Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date: December, 2012
Department READING
Division BELA
Goals and Recommendations from Program Plan
List the top five Goals and Recommendations from the last Program Plan and indicate whether they have been met?
Goals / Recommendations from six-year plan In progress
Goal Met
Comments
(identify source
of funding)
Increase structure and one on one student
contact in Reading Lab
X
Provide more academic specialist hours for
the Watsonville Reading Students.
Continue to update lab materials.
X
Work with counseling, outreach and English
to encourage higher enrollment.
X
X
ASCC grant
funding.
Correct the current inequity between English
255 Reading corequisite options.
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
Increase tutoring in Reading Center by
offering Read 502
Continued restructuring includes 3 mandatory small group
workshops for increased student-teacher contact. However, no
funding is available to increase LIA hours..
A reallocation of units has dedicated 8 Academic Specialist
units to the restructuring of the Watsonville lab classes..
Purchased mobile whiteboards to facilitate small groups and
tutoring.
We continue to work with counseling, as well as promoting
tutoring and workshops campus-wide.
After presentations and meetings with the English Department,
they refuse to move forward with any change to the current
unenforced corequisites.
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
No cost. Positive
Due to the limited repeat policy, certain students needing reading
hour funds will be
support will be unable to register for the lab. Instituting 502 will allow
collected.
us to support all students while also being reimbursed for them.
.
SLO Assessment: List SLO assessments, dialogues, and priorities identified as a result of your assessment below. Attach Departmental
Assessment Analysis Forms completed in the last two semesters. (See Revolving Wheel of Assessment for recommended schedule).
Core Competency, Course
Date of meeting where
SLO, or CTE Program SLO analysis / dialogue took
Assessed. Example: all course place. Example: Department
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2 Meeting 8/27/10
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment. Example:
Develop strategies for teaching research and documentation skills; share
rubrics for research papers; provide more instructional support outside of
class.
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SLO #1 for Reading 206
8-23-12
SLO #2 for Reading 206
8-23-12
Assign specific skill-based worksheets to improve comprehension of main
ideas. Create workshop focusing on how to paraphrase main ideas..
Offer study skills workshops as a lab requirement.
Restructure lab assignments so all students are required to work with Word
Roots software program.
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Transfer and Basic Skills
Departmental Assessment Analysis Form
Note: Individual Assessment Form precedes this form.
Use the form below to summarize the results of the department meeting in which you discussed the core competency
assessment process or the assessment of course SLOs. Append this form to your Instructional Plan and incorporate the
results into the narrative of your plan.
Department
READING
Meeting Date
8-23-12
FULLTIME
ADJUNCT
1
7
Number of Faculty/Staff sharing
Assessment Results
1
4
Total number of faculty/staff in
department
2
8
Number of Faculty/Staff
participating in dialogue
Core Competency or Course
SLOs measured
Read 206
Paraphrase the main ideas of non-fiction articles.
Assessment Tools
(Give examples of major
assignments your faculty/staff
used to measure the competency
or course SLOs)
Critical Reading Worksheets
Book Commentaries
Assessment Results
(Summarize the overall results of
your department
Students struggled with identifying main ideas.
What student needs and issues
were revealed?
Writing problems and ESL issues complicate ability
to paraphrase information.
Were there any areas where
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student performance was
outstanding?
Any areas where it can be
improved?
Exercises in the book “6-Way Paragraphs” help
students grasp the concept of main ideas. Scores
improved after working with this text.
.
Next Step in the Classroom
to Improve Student Learning
o
How might student performance
be improved?
o
o
Check all the items faculty/staff
felt would help them address the
needs and issues that were
revealed by the assessment.
o
o
State goals or objectives of assignment/activity
more explicitly
Revise content of assignment/activities
Revise activities leading up to and/or supporting
assignment/activities
Increase in-class discussions and activities
Use methods of questioning that encourage the
competency you measured
When filling out this form
on a computer, please
indicate selections by
deleting unselected items.
Next Step in the Department
to Improve Student Learning
Check all that the department felt
would help them improve student
learning.
When filling out this form
on a computer, please
indicate selections by
deleting unselected items.
Priorities to Improve Student
Learning
o Offer/encourage attendance at seminars,
workshops or discussion groups about teaching
methods
o Encourage faculty to share activities that foster
competency
o Write collaborative grants to fund departmental
projects to improve teaching
o Visit classrooms to provide feedback
(mentoring)
o Create bibliography of resource material
Better assessment and placement of ESL students.
Assigning specific exercises dealing with main ideas.
(List the top 3-6 things
faculty/staff felt would most
improve student learning
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Implementation
(List the departmental plans to
implement these priorities)
Timeline for Implementation
Revise the lab assignments to include more exercises
on main idea.
Spring 2013.
(Make a timeline for
implementation of your top
priorities)
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Transfer and Basic Skills
Departmental Assessment Analysis Form
Note: Individual Assessment Form precedes this form.
Use the form below to summarize the results of the department meeting in which you discussed the core competency
assessment process or the assessment of course SLOs. Append this form to your Instructional Plan and incorporate the
results into the narrative of your plan.
Department
Reading
Meeting Date
8-23-2012
FULLTIME
Number of Faculty/Staff
participating in dialogue
Number of Faculty/Staff sharing
Assessment Results
ADJUNCT
1
7
1
4
Total number of faculty/staff in
department
Core Competency or Course
SLOs measured
1
8
Read 206
Employ vocabulary building tools such as root words
and context clues..
Assessment Tools
(Give examples of major
assignments your faculty/staff
used to measure the
competency or course SLOs)
Fill-in quizzes
Multiple choice quizzes
Root word software scores
Vocabulary questions on Critical Reading Worksheets
Assessment Results
(Summarize the overall results
of your department
Students regularly pass quizzes on their first attempt if
they have completed and corrected their exercises first.
What student needs and issues
were revealed?
Various study skills need to be taught, such as the use
of flashcards.
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Were there any areas where
student performance was
outstanding?
Any areas where it can be
improved?
Next Step in the Classroom
to Improve Student Learning
How might student performance
be improved?
Students who practiced with flashcards had perfect
test scores.
o
o
o
Revise activities leading up to and/or supporting
assignment/activities
Increase student collaboration and/or peer review
Increase guidance for students as they work on
assignments
Check all the items faculty/staff
felt would help them address
the needs and issues that were
revealed by the assessment.
When filling out this form
on a computer, please
indicate selections by
deleting unselected items.
Next Step in the Department
to Improve Student Learning
Check all that the department
felt would help them improve
student learning.
o Offer/encourage attendance at seminars, workshops or
discussion groups about teaching methods
o Encourage faculty to share activities that foster
competency
When filling out this form
on a computer, please
indicate selections by
deleting unselected items.
Priorities to Improve Student
Learning
(List the top 3-6 things
faculty/staff felt would most
improve student learning)
Provide study strategies for all learning types
Teach study techniques in the lab.
Require work on the Word Roots software
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Implementation
(List the departmental plans to
implement these priorities)
Timeline for Implementation
Restructure some lab assignments to ensure all
students work with the roots software.
Offer workshops on study techniques.
Spring, 2013.
(Make a timeline for
implementation of your top
priorities)
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