Division of Student Affairs
Annual Student Learning Outcomes
2010-11
Student Governance & Organizations
Learning Outcome: Students in Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate will investigate, write, and debate resolutions on
behalf of students.
CAS Learning Domain
Knowledge acquisition,
construction, integration &
application
Action Steps
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Staff will meet with executive officers
once per week.
Student Congress and the Graduate
Student Senate will develop petitions
and other forms of engagement to
express student opinion
Student Congress and the Graduate
Student Senate will offer forums
and/or workshops for students to
voice their concerns
Student Congress and the Graduate
Student Senate will engage in writing
resolutions to promote student
issues
Student Congress and the Graduate
Student Senate will consult with
students during resolution research
Type of Assessment
SC/GSS Resolution Rubric
Criteria for Success
Student Congress and the Graduate
Student Senate members will rate each
skill of five skills scoring a 3.75 or
higher on at least three skills
Graduate Student Senate will
specifically look at item 2 (“identifies
and considers other salient
perpectives…”) on the resolution
rubric. A score of 3.75 will be attained.
Student Congress will specifically look
at item 3 (“identifies and assesses the
key assumptions”) on the resolution
rubric. A score of 3.75 will be attained.
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This may be based on your
professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or service, continue to
asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.
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Learning Outcome: Students participating in the UTA Ambassadors will develop oral presentation skills through a variety of
experiences that promote traditions, school spirit, and service to the community
CAS Learning Domain
Knowledge acquisition,
construction, integration &
application
Action Steps
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Each Ambassador will be
required to do three outreach
presentations (providing
program and traditions
information) to major campus
organizations
Training will be provided for
Ambassadors to enhance their
public speaking skills for tours
and the Outreach
Type of Assessment
Oral Presentation Rubric to assess speaking skills
Self assessment on speaking and communication
skills
Criteria for Success
75% of participants will score above
average on the oral presentation rubric
85% of participants will indicate
improvement on self assessment of
speaking skills.
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This
may be based on your professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or
service, continue to asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.
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Learning Outcome: Educate UT Arlington Student Organizations in Risk Management techniques to assist in safe campus
programming
CAS Learning Domain
Knowledge acquisition,
construction, integration &
application
Action Steps
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Implementation of Collegiate
Link to assist in group
communication and record
keeping.
Participation in risk management
education programs
Advisor training workshops
Event planning workshops with UC
Operations
Type of Assessment
Post Risk Management survey
Criteria for Success
70% of students will be able to able to
identify 4 out of 6 Risk Management
Points.
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This
may be based on your professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or
service, continue to asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.
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Learning Outcome: Students participating in Ambassadors, Student Congress, the Graduate Student Senate, and Freshmen Leaders
on Campus will apply leadership skills (i.e. delegation, motivation, conflict resolution) through experiential learning opportunities.
CAS Learning Domain
Knowledge acquisition,
construction, integration &
application
Practical competence
Action Steps
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Student Governance Staff will
provide direction during general
body meetings and one on one
discussion
Student Congress and the
Graduate Student Senate will
write, investigate, and debate
resolutions
Ambassadors and FLOC
members will organize and
develop programs for their
constituents.
Executive and advisors weekly
meetings
Type of Assessment
Experiential Rubrics for members and
executives will be collected at the end of the
Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters.
Criteria for Success
80% of students participating in
Ambassadors, Student Congress, the
Graduate Student Senate, and
Freshmen Leaders on Campus score
“3.5” or higher on a leadership
experiences rubric.
65% of students will score a 4 in the
“inform” category
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This
may be based on your professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or
service, continue to asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.
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