EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Office of the Vice President – Academic Affairs
NOTES – 23 March 2009
Assessment of Learning Committee (ALC)
Present: J. Simon, L. Kjeseth, L. Gallucci, D. Grogan, C. Gold, R. Bergeman, D. Thompson,
K. Laureano-Ribas, R. Lewis, H. Storms, K. Holt, C. Striepe, D. Maruyama, B. Jaffe,
D. Goldberg
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m.
II. Assessment of Student Learning Week Update
The Assessment of Student Learning Week will be held in the Distance Education classroom
in the new library annex. Two different workshops will be held Monday through Thursday
on (1) forms and (2) the rubric for evaluating assessment proposals. The mini conference on
Friday will be a training workshop for division SLO committees. Committee members were
asked to volunteer at the workshops. The schedule will be as follows:
Monday, April
27
Forms
Workshop/
Assessment Fair
1:30p – 4:00p
(for faculty
groups to learn
about forms,
deadlines and
processes)
Personnel:
H. Storms
D. Grogan
Tuesday, April
28
Forms
Workshop
12:30p – 2:00p
(for faculty to
learn about our
rubric for
evaluating
assessment
proposals)
Personnel:
R. Lewis
D. Grogan
D. Thompson
Wednesday,
April 29
Rubric
Workshop/
Assessment Fair
2:30p – 5:00p
(for faculty to
learn about our
rubric for
evaluating
assessment
proposals)
Personnel:
C. Striepe (3-5 pm)
D. Grogan
R. Bergeman (2:303:30 pm)
Thursday, April
30
Rubric
Workshop
12:30p – 2:00p
Friday, May 1
Training Workshop
for Division SLO
Committees
8:30a – 1:00p
(for faculty
groups to learn
about forms,
deadlines and
processes)
Personnel:
K. Holt
D. Grogan
Personnel:
C. Striepe
K. Holt
Forms for program-level SLOs were created last fall semester and rolled out at spring flex
day. The goal is to create a program level proposal (assessment report form). The
assessment proposal forms will only be used for one more semester and then transferred to
CurricUNET.
It was noted that courses taught by adjunct faculty are exempt from the deadlines for now.
Although adjunct faculty are required to complete additional work other than instruction, up
to a maximum of four hours a semester, it may take more than four hours to work on SLOs.
III. Claudia Striepe’s Draft of Sixth Core Competency
Committee members were asked to review C. Striepe’s draft of a sixth core competency and
email comments to all.
IV. Review of Assessment Rubric
Committee members met in small groups during the meeting to discuss rubric for evaluating
assessment proposals and shared their findings to the committee as a whole. How to train to
use rubric: (1) move ahead and work on assessment; (2) do not change timeline; (3)
clarification of what an assessment and SLO is.
In reviewing the rubric for evaluating assessment proposal chart, it was suggested to combine
data and dialogue together and rename Data & Dialogue. L. Gallucci will assist J. Simon on
the second draft which will also address common pitfalls in creating an SLO assessment
proposal.
V. Share Recommendation 2 Document
The timeline to complete Recommendation 2 for the Accrediting Commission was discussed.
The final draft will need to be completed by the September 8 Board meeting. L. Kjeseth
would like Recommendation 2 in draft form by the end of the spring semester.
VI. Adjourn
The meeting on April 27 is cancelled due to the Assessment of Student Learning Week.
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