Welcome to
The Zen of
The Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Cycle (SLOAC) Project
El Camino College
2006-2007
SLOAC Zen Facilitators
(AKA SLO Assessment Coordinators)
• Jenny Simon
– ESL Faculty
• Lars Kjeseth
– Mathematics Faculty
We are...
•Assessment enthusiasts
–NOT assessment experts
•Coordinators
–NOT dictators
•ECC faculty members
–NOT accreditation officials
•Koi Fish
– NOT a carrot
The Student Learning
Outcomes Assessment
Cycle
Identify
Assess
Reflect
What is a Student
Learning Outcomes
Assessment Cycle?
• Create an SLO statement
Statement of what your students will be
able to produce after taking your course,
completing your program, or attending
your institution
– Identify –
What is a Student
Learning Outcomes
Assessment Cycle?
• Collect evidence
Design appropriate instruments to measure
student attainment of your SLO, assess
your students, and compile the results for
your classroom, your program or our
institution
– Assess –
What is a Student
Learning Outcomes
Assessment Cycle?
• Interpret and act on the results
Discuss the compiled evidence with your
colleagues, reflect on the implications,
and decide on improvements for your
classroom, your program or our institution
– Reflect –
At Which Levels Will We
Go Through SLOACs?
Institutional
Identify
Assess
Reflect
Program
Identify
Assess
Reflect
Course
Identify
Assess
Reflect
The Good News
• We are further along than we think
― Behaviorally Defined Objectives
(Title 5 Review)
― On Campus Assessment Experience
― Draft of Institutional Student Learning
Outcomes
• Faculty are the driving force behind SLOs
• Not all SLOs will be assessed in every cycle
What Are Our Strategies?
Coordinate the Collaboration among the:
Academic Senate,
Planning and Budget Committee,
Curriculum Committee,
Faculty, Staff and Administrators,
Students,
Accreditation Self-Study Team,
and other stakeholders
What Are Our Goals for
the Next Three
Semesters (First Cycle)?
• Complete SLOACs for several courses
and programs
• Establish assessment committee
– Establish a list of institutional-level student
learning outcomes (core competencies)
for ECC
• Determine resources needed for full
assessment program at ECC
Identify
Assess
Reflect
Identify
Assess
Reflect
Benefits
Participating in the SLO Assessment Cycle will:
• Make you better able to justify and to
make improvements in your courses, in
your programs and in our institution
• Put you more in touch with
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how well your students are learning
how well your teaching methods are working
your colleagues
& your inner zen spirit!!
Flex Day
Activities
• Foundations of the Student Learning
Outcomes Assessment Cycle
• Program-Level Assessment Cycles –
Connecting Program Goals with
Student Learning Outcomes
• College Level Student Learning
Outcomes / Core Competencies
The End….
Or is it?