Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Department: Political Science
Date ______12/12/13___________________
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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)
Full-time hire
X
Resources for creating online videos
One-time
funds
Work with other disciplines on improving
writing
X
Create Poli-Tech program
X
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
None
We will be conducting our full-time hiring process in the
spring 2014 semester.
HASS Division and Political Science were given funding this
fall to purchase video equipment, lights and editing software to
create online content. I have already reached out to Francine
on this matter and the department will be working with the
TLC on purchasing equipment.
Plan: Full-time faculty will attend FLEX workshop on writing
in different disciplines. Hold conversations/meetings with
other departments to explore possibilities
Plan: Work on finding internships for political science
students as a first step towards eventually developing this
program
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
SLO Assessment Progress: In a sentence or two, describe where your department should be on the Revolving Wheel of Assessment (what
assessment you should have done in the last year) and what was actually done. If you’re not sure where you should be on the Revolving Wheel
contact the SLO Coordinator (x6366). If any task was not completed, explain why.
After completing our program planning process in spring of 2012 we began assessing the Core Four once again. During the fall semester of
2012 the department is assessed Critical Thinking and in the spring of 2013 we assessed Communication. Please see the attached departmental
Revised September 28, 2012
SLO forms for our findings and future goals.
Fill out the Assessment Results section below.
SLO Assessment Results: 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.
Core Competency, Course
SLO, or CTE Program SLO
Assessed. Example: all course
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2
Fall 2012: Critical Thinking
Spring 2013: Communication
Revised September 28, 2012
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example: Department
Meeting 8/27/10
Spring 2013 FLEX dept.
meeting
Fall 2013 FLEX dept.
meeting
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.
See attached form.
See attached form.