STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESSEMENT COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Regular Meeting: September 29, 2015
3:45pm to 5:15pm, OC3511
Members Present: Yesenia Balcazar, Rita Barden, Jonathan Fohrman (ex officio), Shannon Gracey (Chair),
John Towers, John Thomford, Melissa Lloyd-Jones
Members Absent: Al Taccone (ex officio), Suzie Bailey, Gwen Partlow (Resource)
Recording Secretary: Toni Sharp
I.
Action Items
a. Approve Minutes from September 15, 2015
A motion to approve the minutes as presented was made by Lloyd-Jones and seconded by
Thomford.
II.
Chair’s Report:
a. Department Chairs and SLO Lead Retreat
Gracey reported that the retreat went very well and that she has had three or four SLO leads
contact her following the retreat to seek SLO advice. She believes that is a result of including
qualitative data at the retreat. Fohrman reported that dialogue during the retreat provided
training and valuable discussion. It also created enthusiasm and confirmed the value of
sharing. Barden reported that she has received positive feedback from faculty suggesting that
the format was more helpful than a typical SLO training.
b. Mini-Grant
Gracey reported that the mini-grant was submitted by the deadline.
c. November 6-7 Cultural Competence Workshops
Gracey reported that Wendy Stewart has offered to fund this workshop and she would like
representation from SLOAC. Balcazar offered to attend. Thomford, Gracey, and Lloyd-Jones
are possible attendees. Gracey will send invitation to SLO leads.
III.
Discussion Items:
a. Assessment Day Planning
After extensive discussion, the following agenda was proposed:
Session 1 – Attendees will be given 25 minutes at each table.
9:00am-10:40am
Tables will have the following themes:
1. Survey
2. Focus group
3. Six success factors
4. Global Awareness or Critical Thinking SURF assessment results
10:40am-11:00am
Wrap up, feedback/survey
11:00am-11:15am
Break
Session 2 - Attendees will be given 35 minutes for each activity to share what they think of the
following:
11:15am-12:30pm 1. GELOs/ISLOs - merger possibility (everyone participates in this topic)
2. Everyone picks one table:
a. Global Awareness
b. Effective Communication
c. Information Literacy
d. Professional and Ethical Behavior
e. Aesthetic Literacy and Appreciation
(Three sample rubrics will be available for feedback from faculty and staff
at each table)
12:30pm-1:00pm
Lunch with Halloween activities
1:00-3:00pm
School/program meetings
Gracey noted that the goal of Assessment Day is to foster and record faculty and staff
discussion. Fohrman noted that it will provide information on what is going on and where we
can improve while fostering open and constructive dialogue.
SLOAC would prepare guiding questions to be placed at each table during Session 1. A scribe
will be requested for each table in order to promote speedy results. Departments will be
requested to email a summary of their discussion to Gracey.
Fohrman noted that there are a few items still dangling that will need to be resolved: AUOs,
staff, newbies, resources.