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How Do We Know What’s Working?
A Guided Dialogue on SLOs and Assessment
Lesley Kawaguchi Santa Monica CollegeChair, Committee on Student Learning Outcomes and Accreditation
Bob Pacheco Barstow College Member, Committee on Student Learning Outcomes and Accreditation
How Do We Know What’s Working?
A Guided Dialogue on SLOs and Assessment
The regional SLO Coordinator meetings in Spring 2008 gave us some rich information about current practices at California community colleges. Survey results have provided some common themes across the state. Faculty leaders play a critical role in empowering SLO Coordinators. Come learn what other colleges are doing and join the dialogue. If SLOs work, what does it look like in a classroom, in programs and departments, and at the college level. Come help us move to the next level.
Outcomes For Today• Report Some Preliminary Findings of What’s
Working in Student Learning Outcomes Assessment According to Those at the Heart of the Field.
• Dialogue about 1) the Successes and Setbacks of the Movement; 2) Concerns for Practice; and 3) the Role of Faculty Leaders.
• Examine Some New Directions.
Background of the StudyWhen?
Who Came?
• Spring 2008, 4 Regional Meetings • Northern and Southern California • SLO Coordinators, Committee
Members and Administrators
• 142 attended, 83 institutions represented• 53 institutions responded (64%)
How? • Survey questions (quantitative)• Opened Ended (qualitative)
Some Developing Themes
Increased Dialogue
Intradepartmental
Interdisciplinary
Cross- Campus
Pedagogy
Expectations+
CriteriaArticulation
Pre-Reqs
Student Services
Quality of Student
Experience
Some Developing Themes
Faculty Senate
Leadership
Generate Momentum
Curriculum Connection
Provide Direction and Leadership
Equity in Educational Outcomes
Some Developing Themes
Institutional Level
GEOs, ISLOs Core Competencies
Institutional Direction
Shared Responsibility
Institutional Purpose
Program ReviewStrategic
PlanningAccreditation
Some Developing Themes
Assessment Process
SLO’s IdentifiedHow to Get It
Done?
Individualized
Connection to Research
Training
Experts
Resistance
EmbeddedCommunication
Disconnect
Data
Some Developing Themes
Work LoadDemands
SLOACs
SLO Coordinator
Completion of the Cycle
Role and Authority
Some Developing Themes
Systematize the Process
Predictable and Reliable ;
No Regular Assessment
Adjunct Instructors
Common Use of Terms
Connection to BSI, Grants and Other
ProgramsNot
Institutionalized
System for Collecting, Storing and Reporting Data?
What Kind of System?
Dialogue
What Can Faculty Leaders Do to Help?
Conduct trainings that are thorough, broad scoped and institutionally and culturally appropriate
Encourage dialogue and program changes that faculty led;
Lead by example; model effective practices; Be open-minded
Implement valid and reliable assessment methods
Demonstrate concern over budget and workload demands
Focus on assessment that improves education
Source: Janet Fulks http://online.bakersfieldcollege.edu/courseassessment/Section_8_Implementation/Section8_1.htm
Next Steps for the Study
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