Institutional Core
Competencies Workshop
Dr. Ian R. Haslam Dean
Health Sciences and Athletics
Overview
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ACCJC Guidelines
League for Innovation in Community Colleges: 21 st C. Learning
Outcomes Project
World Futures Society: Learning for Tomorrow
AACU Great Expectations Report: Empowered, Informed,
Responsible
Learning outcomes for the Learning Organisation
Executive Summary of institutional core competencies
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Delphi Round 1 (from 25 + to 10)
Delphi Round 2 (from 10 to 5)
Ranking top 5 with clicker technology
Learning students need
for the 21st C?
College wide core
competencies – the context
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World
Futures
Society
AACU
Greater
Expectations
Report
Organization
al learning
Student
Learning
Outcomes
Curriculum
The Learning Students Need for the
Twenty-First Century
Empowered
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With the intellectual and practical skills that students need are
extensive, sophisticated, and expanding with the explosion of new
technologies.
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As they progress through grades K-12 and the undergraduate years, and at
successively more challenging levels, students should learn to:
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effectively communicate orally, visually, in writing, and in a second language
understand and employ quantitative and qualitative analysis to solve problems
interpret and evaluate information from a variety of sources
understand and work within complex systems and with diverse groups
demonstrate intellectual agility and the ability to manage change
AACU Greater Expectations Report, Educational imperatives, for the 21st C
The Learning Students Need for the
Twenty-First Century
Informed
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While intellectual and practical skills are essential, so is a deeper
understanding of the world students inherit, as human beings and as
contributing citizens.
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Both in school and college, students should have sustained opportunities to learn
about:
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the human imagination, expression, and the products of many
cultures
the interrelations within and among global and cross-cultural
communities
means of modeling the natural, social, and technical worlds
the values and histories underlying U.S. democracy
AACU Greater Expectations Report, Educational imperatives, for the 21st C
The Learning Students Need for the
Twenty-First Century
Responsible
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The integrity of a democratic society depends on citizens' sense of
social responsibility and ethical judgment.
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To develop these qualities, education should foster:
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intellectual honesty
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responsibility for society's moral health and for social justice
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active participation as a citizen of a diverse democracy
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discernment of the ethical consequences of decisions and actions
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deep understanding of one's self and respect for the complex identities
of others, their histories, and their cultures.
AACU Greater Expectations Report, Educational imperatives, for the 21st C
Learning organisations
Future skills and the learning
organisation
Institutional Learning
Outcomes
Responsible
El Camino
Informed
College as a
learning organization
Empowered
for students faculty and staff
Mental Models
Personal
Mastery
Teams
Shared Vision
Five disciplines of the learning organisation
Systems
Thinking
Sooooo….
Institutional learning outcomes/core
competencies are as important for ECC
employees in the future as they are for the
students we teach!
 High performance organizations continually
work toward refinement of employee mental
models, their personal mastery, use teams
effectively, work toward a shared vision and
develop systems thinking skills
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Workshop activities - College
wide core competencies
Review the executive summary of core
competencies from 10 different institutions
Consider the AACU Greater Expectations Report
Don’t forget the ECC institutional learning outcomes
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As a result of his/her experiences at El Camino College:
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Students are productive citizens.
Students are equipped to meet the challenges of life.
Students are prepared for and are competitive in the workforce.
Students possess critical thinking skills.
Students embrace learning and are committed to lifelong
learning.
Students are knowledgeable about local and global events.
Students appreciate and enjoy the arts and humanities.
Students improve the quality of their lives.
Students improve the lives of others.
The Delphi Round #1
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Review the examples of core
competencies
Individually around each table select
ten
Each table average individual
responses to reach a consensus on
top ten core competencies.
Results of Round #1
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Communication
Creative, critical and analytical thinking
Problem solving
Personal responsibility and professional development
Global awareness
Reading
Ethics
Digital technology skills
Personal and interpersonal skills
Lifelong learning
The Delphi Round # 2
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Discuss the new list of ten core
competencies
Individually around each table select
your preferred five
Table coordinator collect all responses
and average them per table to reach a
consensus on the top 5.
Results of Round #2
Communication
 Critical and creative thinking
 Personal responsibility
 Ethics
 Lifelong learning
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Ranking the top 5
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Using the clicker technology rank from
one to five each of the five or six core
competencies…
Critical and creative thinking
 Communication
 Personal responsibility
 Ethics
 Lifelong learning
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1.78
2.07
3.10
3.82
4.10