Department Overview
Visual Arts Department • Fall 2025 • Yavapai College
Enrollment & Participation Metrics
45sections
Total Courses
Across 20+ different course types
648students
Total Enrollment
Fall 2025 semester
199students
Total Responses
Student evaluation responses
30.7%
Response Rate
Below ideal 50%+ threshold
21faculty
Instructors Evaluated
With complete Q1-Q7 data
4.48/5.00
Department Average
Student-weighted calculation
Faculty Performance Distribution
21 instructors distributed across 5 performance tiers.
Performance Categories
Excellent
Score range: 4.67-5.00
5
instructors
Above Average
Score range: 4.60-4.80
3
instructors
Average
Score range: 4.50-4.64
5
instructors
Below Average
Score range: 4.32-4.47
4
instructors
Needs Improvement
Score range: <4.00
4
instructors
Q-Dimension Performance Summary
Department averages across 7 evaluation dimensions, ranked from strongest to weakest.
| Rank | Dimension | Description | Dept Avg | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Q3 | Assessment Alignment | 4.58 | ✅ Strongest |
| #2 | Q4 | Active Participation | 4.53 | ✅ Good |
| #3 | Q5 | Timely Responses | 4.52 | ✅ Good |
| #4 | Q1 | Clear Guidelines & Expectations | 4.51 | ✅ Good |
| #5 | Q6 | Online Organization | 4.46 | ✅ Good |
| #6 | Q7 | Teaching Methods | 4.43 | ✅ Good |
| #7 | Q2 | Timely Grading | 4.31 | ⚠️ Weakest |
Key Insight
Q2 (Timely Grading) scores 0.17 points below department average, indicating a systemic issue requiring departmental intervention. 4 instructors have Q2 scores below 4.00: Maureen Costa (2.77), Lindsay Masten (3.64), Jodi Kolpakov (3.67), Matthias Petsche (3.73).