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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT CYCLE

SLOAC

 

WORKSHOPS
UPDATES
 

RESOURCES
SKYLINE SLOAC STEERING COMMITTEE

 

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

 

Get flex credit attending the workshop on Assessing with Rubrics

 

WHAT: Get flex credit by partaking in this hands-on introduction to two methods of assessing with rubrics: holistic scoring and primary trait analysis. A rubric is a set of criteria used to determine scoring for an assignment, performance, or product, such as essays, research reports, portfolios, works of art, recitals, oral presentations, performances, and group activities. Descriptors provide standards for judging the work and assigning it to a particular place on the continuum. What are the advantages of developing a rubric? Number one, we make our criteria precise and explicit to ourselves as well as our students. And we inevitably will evaluate more efficiently than without one since we know what to look for.

In this workshop, you will participate in a "norming" session to create a rubric for group scoring and then apply this experience to developing a rubric for one of your major assignments. Please bring a copy of your major assignment, the basic criteria you consider when you are evaluating it and, if possible, samples of student work in response to your major assignment.

 

FOR WHOM: Are you interested in strengthening your instruction by making your evaluative criteria transparently clear to students? Or are you interested in exploring rubrics as a direct measure in conducting assessment? Or are you interested in perhaps implementing departmentally-wide assessments? Then this workshop is for you.

 

WITH WHOM: Susan Andrien, Director of the Learning Center, has used rubrics to evaluate essays as well as led workshops on using rubrics across the curriculum.

 

WHEN & WHERE: Monday, March 27, 1:45- 3:15 in Room 5131

 

RSVP: By Friday, March 24, to Karen Wong at wongk@smccd.net or x4369 to ensure that we have enough copies of the handout

 

 

UPDATES

 

1) OCTOBER 2005 CAMPUS E-MAIL: WORKSHOPS, NEW COURSE OUTLINE TRAINING

TEMPLATE, PILOTING POSSIBILITIES

2) MAY 2005 CAMPUS E-MAIL: SLOAC PHILOSOPHY, SLOAC STEERING

COMMITTEE, WORKSHOP

3) FEBRUARY 2005 CAMPUS E-MAIL: INTRODUCTION TO SLOs

RESOURCES

 

1)  SKYLINE FRAMEWORK

2) SEPTEMBER 2005 SLOAC WORKSHOP HANDOUT, LED BY BAKERSFIELD CC FACULTY

3) AUGUST 2005 SLOs FLEX WORKSHOP (At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: (a) describe the SLOAC and its purpose; (b) differentiate between goals, objectives, and outcomes; (c) explain the assessment cycle; (d) enumerate the potential benefits of the process; (e) cite Skyline's actions thus far, and what more needs to be done. )

 

WEBSITE RESOURCES

 

1) SMCCCD SLOAC PORTAL

2) ASSESSING STUDENT LEARNING IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES (BAKERSFIELD CC)

3) CABRILLO COLLEGE ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION WEBSITE

4) MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE ACCREDITATION WEBSITE

5) SLO ASSESSMENT SITES (FOR SLOAC TASK FORCE #3)

 

 
 

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC RESOURCES

 

1) Intersegmental Committee’s statement of SLOs required at transfer level for academic literacies

2) Intersegmental Committee’s statement of SLOs required at transfer level for Math

3) Business Education Standards

4) Association of College and Research Libraries' “Standards for Libraries in Higher Education”

 

ACCREDITATION RESOURCES

 

1) NEW STANDARDS WITH THE SLOAC SECTIONS HIGHLIGHTED

2) FALL 2005 SKYLINE ACCREDITATION STANDARDS SUMMARY

SLOAC STEERING COMMITTEE
 

 SKYLINE FRAMEWORK

 

 

SPRING 2006 SLOAC MEETINGS, 1:45-3:45, Room 5131

  • Monday, Feb. 13th
  • Monday, March 6
  • Monday, March 27
  • Monday, April 17
  • Monday, May 1

 

AGENDAS FOR MEETINGS

1) OCT. 31, 2005 (Revising the Framework)

2) SEPT. 12, 2005 (Process to create a SLOAC framework, including the members of each task force; three pilot projects identified; list of upcoming meetings)

3) APRIL 11th or 14th, 2005 (Introduction to the SLOAC concept; roles of steering committee members; conferences)

SOCIAL SCIENCES/ CREATIVE ARTS

  • Music-- Jude Navari
  • Philosophy-- Carlos Colombetti
  • Psychology-- Jen Merrill
  • Photography-- Arthur Takayama (Curriculum Co-Chair)

LANGUAGE ARTS

  • English-- Connie Beringer (Coordinator of the HTP learning community)
  • English-- Betty Lindgren-Young
  • English-- Karen Wong (Chair of SLOAC Committee)
  • Speech-- Phyllis Taylor

SCIENCE, MATH, AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Science-- Chris Case & AJ Bates
  • Math-- Jon Freedman, Rick Hough, & Soodi Zamani
  • Respiratory Therapy- Ray Hernandez (Accreditation Co-Chair)

BUSINESS

  • CAOT-- Alma Cervantes & Christine Roumbanis (Curriculum Co-Chair)
  • Cosmetology-- Regina Pelayo
  • ECE-- Valerie Goines

PHYSICAL EDUCATION-- Jan Fosberg

COUNSELING-Virginia Padron; Jacquie Escobar

LIBRARY/ INFORMATION LITERACY-- Dennis Wolbers

LEARNING CENTER DIRECTOR-- Susan Andrien

This page was last updated on March 17, 2006. Please direct any inquiries to Karen Wong at wongk@smccd.net.