Early Childhood Education A.A.S. - Accreditation Report & Program Outcome Data
The Early Childhood Education A.A.S. at Chattanooga State Community College is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, www.naeyc.org. The accreditation term runs from July 2015 through July 2022.
Table 1
In the table below, you can see the number and percentage of program completers for our most recent academic years. The published timeframe for full-time candidates to complete the early childhood program is two years.
|
Academic Year |
Number of program completers |
% of program completers who were attending full-time (at the time of completion) |
% of program completers who were attending part-time[1] (at the time of completion) |
|
2019-2020 |
9 |
22% |
77% |
|
2018-2019 |
11 |
9% |
82% |
|
2017-2018 |
13 |
23% |
77% |
|
2016-2017 |
9 |
0% |
100% |
Table 2
In this second table, you can see percentage of full-time candidates completing the program within the program's published timeframe of three years, four years, and six years.
|
Academic year in which a Fall cohort of full-time candidates enrolled in the program (select three sequential years) |
Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 150% (three years) of the published timeframe |
Percentage of those candidates who completed the program within 200% (four years) and 300% (six years) of the published timeframe. |
|
Fall 2017 |
0 |
_ |
|
Fall 2016 |
3 |
200%, 4; 300%, 4 |
|
Fall 2015 |
2 |
200%, 2; 300%, 4 |
|
Fall 2014 |
0 |
200%, 0; 300%, 1 |
The table below much more clearly illustrates our candidate completion rates. Because our program primarily attracts and retains working students who enter as non-degree seeking (pursuing CDA-prep coursework), tracking a full-time, freshman cohort does not give a clear picture of our program graduates. When we work backwards and look at those who stayed, became degree-seeking, and graduated with the AAS Degree, we have a much more accurate representation of the true completion timeline for our students for the AAS degree. Interestingly, our full-timers finishing this year took less time to matriculate through the program, but the part-timers finishing included two who had returned to finish a degree more than a decade after beginning their programs, so that average is skewed, but in the best possible way.
Table 3
This final table shows the number and percentage of program graduates employed in the early childhood profession or pursuing further education in the profession within one year of graduation for each of the three most recent academic years for which information is available.
|
Academic Year |
Number of Graduates |
Percentage of Graduates employed in the early childhood profession within one year of graduation* |
Percentage of Graduates pursuing further education in the early childhood profession within one year of graduation* |
|
2019-2020 |
9 |
100% |
3, 30% |
|
2018-2019 |
11 |
100% |
2, 18% |
|
2017-2018 |
13 |
100% |
0, 0% |
Enrollment 2016 - 2017
- Fall 2016 Student Data
- 35 full time
- 39 part time
- 74 total
- Spring 2017 Student Data
- 28 full time
- 37 part time
- 65 total
Number of Graduates 2016 - 2017
- Fall: 2
- Spring: 5
- Summer: 2
- 2016-2017 Total: 9
Program Outcome Data
Measure #1
| Academic | Program Completers | Percent of program completers who were attending full-time (at the time of completion) | Percent of program completers who were attending part-time (at the time of completion) |
| 2016-2017 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2015-2016 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2014-2015 | 18 | 3 | 15 |
Measure #2
| Year of Completion | FT/PT at time of 1st Enrollment | Grad Count | Average Completion Time |
| 2017 | Total | 7 | 5 Years 1 Months |
| Full-Time | 0 | na | |
| Part-Time | 7 | 5 Years 1 Months | |
| 2016 | Total | 10 | 4 Years 11 Months |
| Full-Time | 2 | 3 Years 3 Months | |
| Part-Time | 15 | 5 Years 10 Months | |
| 2015 | Total | 17 | 4 Years 1 Week |
| Full-Time | 4 | 3 Years 2 Months | |
| Part-Time | 13 | 4 Years 3 Months | |
| 2014 | Total | 12 | 3 Years 4 Months |
| Full-Time | 5 | 2 Years 1 Months | |
| Part-Time | 7 | 4 Years 3 Months |
Measure #3
| Academic Year | Graduates | Percent of graduates who are employed in the early childhood profession within one year of graduation* | Percent of graduates who are pursuing further education in the early childhood profession within one year of graduation* |
| 2016-2017 | 9 | 100% | 33% |
| 2015-2016 | 9 | 100% | 44% |
| 2014-2015 | 18 | 83% | 22% |