General Education & CORE4 Alignment
Evidence Goal Team
October 16, 2015
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Terina Lathe
Jeff Scaggs
Basseemah Nance
Kathryn Wells
Bobby Frye
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Carolyn Jacobs
Denise Wells
Gary Ritter
(X) Attendees
x Susan Browning
x Suzanne Marcoux
Linda White
Guests:
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Joey Anderson
Deninne
Marcia Colson
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Mark Coltrain
Martha Ingel
General Education/Core4 Alignment Goal Team – Evidence Committee
The first meeting of the Evidence team met on Friday, October 16th. Review of the committee was
described as:
A team = Shantell, Terina, Joey, Deninne
The core teams are: General Education, Core 4, and Assessment
The goal teams are: Outcomes, Performance and Evidence
How does General Education at the College look before alignment:
General Education consisted of 18 hours and was incorporated in most all programs
Goals recently established were – Critical thinking, written and oral communication (no
assessments)
Previous to 2015 there were eight (8) goals with evidence and assessment. The goals were
Communications, Mathematics, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Cultural Awareness,
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts and Information Literacy.
How does Core4 look before alignment:
All students will have these competencies in AAS programs
Goals are Critical Thinking, Communication, Personal Growth and Responsibility, Information
Technology
Each program picks competency (ies) and they should be assessed at the course level
Terina led the group and set-up expectations and goals for the Evidence team.
1. Identify and recommend evidence examples of “evidence of learning”.
2. Identify strengths and weaknesses of the different types of learning evidence.
3. Establish protocol for collecting consistent evidence across general education and program
courses
4. Suggestions for evidence based on all above
5. Model for faculty driven review and maintenance of evidence learning collection practices
Members of the committee were grouped and asked to look at the following questions:
1. What does evidence of learning mean to you? Comments below:
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You can see growth in student
Student can demonstrate progress
Observable behaviors, product of goal
Course completion
Documentation
Retention
Self-reflection
A vehicle for progress
Student sense of accomplishment
2. What does evidence mean to students? Comments below:
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Grades
Credits earned
Time spent
Ability to get a job
Transcript/transfer of credits
Feelings a sense of accomplishment/failure
Useable feedback
Criticism of one’s work
3. What does evidence mean to others? Comments below:
To Employers –
Grades
Personalization self-interviews
Transcripts
Certifications/licensures/video transcripts
Portfolios
To Four year colleges
Transfer process
Degree completion
Portfolios
Service learning internships
To Scholarship Committees
GPA
Exams
Reference letter
Projects
Credits
Standards – set-up by groups (accrediting agencies)
4. How might evidence look? What are the different types?
Portfolios
Receive something at end
Videos
Sketchbooks
Juried work
Credits/transcripts
Badges???
Course completion
Program completion
Rubrics
Signature assignments
Capstone course
Next meeting will be on Thursday, October 29th at 1:00.