Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date _____12/16/2013_________
Department ________Econ_________________
Division ___HASS______________
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)
Improve assessment, in particular SLO’s both
course and Core Competency assessment
Yes
Yes
Clickers, analysis and best practices
Math Prerequisite
Yes
Yes
Yes
It was agreed to have a common Comprehensive Exam for
Econ 1B. Econ 1B results will be worked with and evaluated
before implementation to other courses. More work to do.
Some analysis has been completed. More work to do.
State finally agreed to model courses. Curriculum was edited
to meet state models.
New Goals and Recommendations
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Goal/Recommendation
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
SLO Dialog will be face-to-face, not in a
NA
Improve SLO review. Is the result from the Course SLO, Econ 1A
technology mediated format (Econ 1A’s
dialog.
dialog was using the Inquiry Network).
Continue to improve and track results of Dept NA
Comprehensive Final was found to be useful, so we should continue
Comp. Final
with it. Results should be tracked historically. A Study Guide should
be developed Result of Course SLO, Econ 1B dialog
Investigate Assessment Methodology
NA
The Dept Comp Final seems useful. If we’re going to continue with
it, we should spend some time investigating best practices. Result of
Course SLO, dialog.
SLO Assessment: List SLO assessments, dialogues, and Departmental Assessment Analysis Forms completed in the last two semesters. (See
Revolving Wheel of Assessment for recommended schedule).
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment. Example:
Core Competency, Course
Date of meeting where
Develop strategies for teaching research and documentation skills; share
SLO, or CTE Program SLO analysis / dialogue took
Assessed. Example: all course place. Example: Department rubrics for research papers; provide more instructional support outside of
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2 Meeting 8/27/09
class.
Core 4: Student
Dept Meeting Feb 18, 2013
None
Responsibilities
Core 4: Communication
To Be Done: Dept. Meeting
NA
at Flex Spring 2014
Course: Econ 1B
On going