LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Program Assessment
Division: Social and Behavioral Science
Discipline/Program: Political Science
Course Number and Name: POL SCI 041 Principles of Student Leadership
Program Contact Person: Van Chaney
Phone: ___(323) 233-4064____________
Reviewed by:
Date: January 8, 2015
Joachin Arias, Ph.D. (SLO Coordinator)
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Institutional Student
Pathway
Learning Outcome
Learning
Outcomes
1
Communication:
using modes of
expression
appropriate to the
audience and
purpose
2) Students will
communicate a
clear argument
both orally and in
writing. The
argument will
include a thesis
statement, support
data, and citations.
Student Learning
Outcomes
Means of
Assessment and
Criteria for Success
Evaluate the
methods used by
leaders of
government,
organizations and
communities
including meetings
addressing policy
issues.
Write a clearly
constructed essay
including a thesis
statement, supporting
paragraphs, and
citations that
compares and
contrasts the
leadership skills
demonstrated by one
or more government,
organization, or
community leaders.
Criteria: 70% or
better based on
leadership methods
identified and
evaluated.
Summary of Data
Collected
Fall 2014:
N=19
Percent (number) that
satisfactorily
answered essay:
On average 68% of
the combine total of
student satisfactorily
compared and contrast
the leadership skills
by one or more
government,
organization, or
community leader.
Use of Results
Timeline for
Program
Modification
Analyze the
political
structures for
city, county,
state, and
federal
government.
3
Information
Competency:
research proficiency
4) Students will
locate, identify,
and evaluate
relevant sources
of traditional and
electronic
information and
demonstrate an
ethical use of
these sources.
Analyze content of
policy initiatives,
participate in a
PRO/CON debate,
and deliver
arguments on
controversial issues
affecting
government,
organization, or
community.
Take a pro or con
position on an
assigned California
proposition and
deliver arguments to
an audience from an
outline using
guidelines for formal
argumentation.
Criteria: content,
delivery, eye contact
and cogency.
4
Social
Responsibility:
including Respect
for Diversity
5) Students will
describe how
different cultures
have contributed
to the workforce,
community, and
the world.
Evaluate the effects
of policy measures
from community and
campus leaders on
demographic groups
within the
community and
campus setting.
Present an oral
presentation on the
effects of a policy
measure on
community members
that has been
implemented on the
federal, state, or local
level.
Fall 2014:
N = 19
On average 84% of
the combine total of
student satisfactorily
delivered arguments
taking a pro or con
position on an
assigned California
proposition.
Assign students
to research,
synthesize and
convince others
of the merits of
their
arguments.
5
Personal
Development:
including Ethics and
Values to make
sound judgments
and decisions
4) Students will
locate, identify,
and evaluate
relevant sources
of traditional and
electronic
information and
demonstrate an
ethical use of
these sources.
Critically evaluate a
proposal that is
under consideration
by an elected
government,
community, or
campus leader.
The student writes
two questions
evaluating a proposal
under consideration
by a state, local, or
campus leader as
preparation to
participate in a
roundtable discussion
with the official.
N=25 (Feb. 2012)
100% = 18
90% =
85% =
80% =
70% =
65% =
60% =
55% = 0
45% = 0
40% = 0
20% = 0
10% = 0
00% = 7
Criteria: promptness
of arrival, intellectual
quality of questions,
and professionalism.
Assign students
in pairs to
research and to
critically justify
a policy
proposal in
order to
prepare for a
conversation
with an
community
leader.
THE LEADERSHIP PROCESS
L1. Leadership is learning within communities/organizations. (Leaderly Learning)
L2. Effective leadership involves optimism/self-confidence but also humility/self-control. (The Paradox)
L3. Successful Leaders have focus but also objectivity to other points of view. (Leaderly Learning)
L4. Negotiation and alliance building is necessary but leader need to stir things up to avoid complacency. (The Paradox)
L5. Leaders must be representative, to a point, and unlock the best in everyone. (The Paradox)
References:
Leadership Matters (Cronin/Genovese, 2012)
Learning as a Way of Being (Peter Vaill, 1996)