Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date _________12/10/13________________
Department Women’s Studies
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)
GOAL #1: Increase student success and yes
transfer rates by offering more classes
that fulfill GE requirements and provide
opportunities to master very high-order
thinking skills
GOAL #2: Increase student engagement yes
with class material by encouraging
students to see the real world applicability
of course content and to identity openings
for social change within our community
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
In the 12-13 school year guest speakers included a city council
member, lawyer, journalist and anthropologist working on
women’s issues in the community, as well as visitors from
NGOs working on issues related to women and children with
HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
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.
We submitted our Program Plan Spring 2012. We decided to start with the Core Four before doing Course SLO assessments. However, we did
fall off the Wheel in the FA12 semester. We did get back on the Wheel in SP13. So in the 12-13 school year, we assessed Core Four #1:
Revised September 28, 2012
Communication. We collected the individual assessments in May and compiled the program assessment during Fall 2013 Flex.
We are back on track. All faculty have submitted indi assessments from the FA13 term for Critical Thinking as of the submission date of this
update so we are ready to compile a dept analysis Spring 14 flex and will do indi assessments of Global Awareness during the SP14 term.
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
Communication
Revised September 28, 2012
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example: Department
Meeting 8/27/10
9/16/13
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.
Develop strategies for teaching theoretical material that can be challenging
for students to grasp.
Find suitable videos and other materials for classes.