LEARNING OUTCOMES COUNCIL
October 24, 2013
Minutes
Approved – October 31, 2013
Co-Chairs:
Present:
Absent:
Recorder:
Berta Cuaron, Wendy Nelson, Katy French, Marty Furch
Berta Cuaron, Melinda Carrillo, Michael Deal, Debra Doerfler, Erin Feld, Katy
French, Marty Furch, Michael Gilkey, Masako Ikenushi, Cassondra Lochard, Leanne
Maunu, Susan Miller, Norma MINUTES
Miyamoto, Michael Mufson, Wendy Nelson, Brian
Stockert
Michelle Barton, Linda Cox, April Cunningham, Phil de Barros, Robert Deegan,
MINUTES
Gular Dinckan, Adrian Gonzales, Cheryl Kearse, Kevin
O’Hara, Mollie Smith, Rocco
Versaci
Lani Fawcett Murders
Vice President Cuaron called the meeting to order at 2:06 p.m.
APPROVE MINUTES – 9/26/2013
MSC: Miller/Miyamoto
CHANGE AGENDA
Marty Furch asked that the agenda be changed to include announcements. MSC Mufson/Maunu
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 Marty and Wendy Nelson attended the Student Success Conference in San Francisco
October 9. ACCJC representatives indicated that all proficiency reports submitted have
been reviewed and feedback will be provided upon request. Palomar’s student SLO page
was used as an example of how to reach proficiency and beyond. Palomar was also
acknowledged for having an exemplary SLO website among the five or six colleges of note in
the ACCJC summer 2013 newsletter.
 Michael Mufson shared information from the Performing Arts Department
 Berta introduced the new Dean of Counseling Services, Brian Stockert
FINALIZE GE/ILO REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
The Workgroup Summary and Discussion of Findings report on the assessments of oral
communication and critical thinking was discussed.
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Oral Communication
 Make the rubric available to all faculty members
 Provide PD training to faculty to help teach oral communication skills
 Offer speech preparation workshops for students in the TLC
 Create a learning module on dashboard for students on “how to prepare a speech”
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Consider ideas for exploration - videotaping workshops to make available to other
students
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Critical Thinking
 Revisit the definition and intention of the college’s critical thinking outcome.
Consider creating more than one rubric or
 Consider using a standardized critical thinking test to assess critical thinking
 Clarify our expectations for faculty with respect to scoring the rubric
 Make the rubric available to faculty and students
 Offer PD workshops on critical thinking
 If rubrics are adopted and used – make them available for faculty to look at when
they are mapping course SLO’s to GE/Institutional outcomes.
GE/ILO ASSESSMENT DIRECTION AND PLANS FOR SPRING 2014
Part II: GE/ILO Assessment Process, Evaluation and Recommendations
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Improve cross-discipline representation of the curriculum to make the data more
meaningful
Look for ways to increase faculty and student participation
Create a mini-lecture on the various rubrics and areas and how to assess. Put them in
Blackboard; apply for SPFF funds to support the creation of a teaching/learning
website.
Continue to revisit the techniques used for training faculty how to use the rubrics and
future GE/ILO assessments
Continue to compensate faculty and add ongoing PD workshops
CHANGES TO WRITING AND QUANTITATIVE RUBRICS
Consideration of creating separate writing rubrics for GE and ILO was discussed. It was suggested
that we consider assessing only those courses in the GE pattern with the identified rubric. The
current rubric could be reorganized and expanded to be used for non-GE classes. Colleagues from
other disciplines could be invited to give input. Wendy may put together a workgroup to address
these ideas..
Strategic Plan Objective 1.9
The Strategic Plan for 2013 has been updated and completed, and the plan for 2016 has been
adopted. The focus is on student success. Within the Strategic Plan are objectives, and objective 1.9
has been assigned to the LOC. It reads “Improve the understanding of the role and value of
Institutional Learning Outcomes among faculty, staff, administration and students.” The LOC
discussed activities to support the objective
In addition to recommending activities to achieve the objectives, the LOC has the opportunity to
submit request for SPPF Funding that will help support the implementation of these activities.
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NEW STIPEND FOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Wendy distributed a portion of the PFF contract which deals with the stipend for Department
Chairs for performing SLO work. The LOC did not participate in the language of the contract. LOC
discussed the new language. Some questions arose, so these questions will be taken to the PFF for
clarification.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:37pm
Next Meeting
October 31, 2013
2:00 – 3:30pm
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