Fall 2015
Professional Development Days
C. Cruz-Johnson & R. Gamez
August 28, 2015
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The Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Committee (SLOAC),
as a standing committee of the Academic Senate, is charged with:
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Developing procedures related to Institutional, Program, and
Course SLOs, their assessment and reporting of same
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Providing guidance and support to faculty and staff in the
development of SLOs and SLO assessment tools at the course and
program levels, as well as in aligning SLOs across the three levels:
course, program and institutional, as well as Service Area
Outcomes
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Organizing professional development activities related to SLO
assessment
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Organizing and implementing a plan to assess Institutional SLOs
for the college
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Coordinating with Division Deans and administrative staff to
review and maintain processes, and ensure current practices are
relevant, meaningful and appropriately linked to the Program
Review Process
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SEMESTER 1, FALL
SEMESTER 2, SPRING
Step 1 • Identify SLOs for program/course
Step 4
• Develop a grid to demonstrate
alignment between Course, Program,
Degree and Institutional SLOs
(attainable during 1-2 meetings)
Step 5
Step 2
Identify at least one direct or indirect
measure to be used for assessment of
one outcome (discussed at same
meetings above)
Step 3 Perform assessment/gather data for one
outcome (per course or program)
Step 6
Review data and summarize strengths
& weaknesses of program/course
based on this assessment (discussed at
1-2 meetings)
Create assessment plan & timeline for
program/course improvement
including date of recommended next
assessment of same SLO (at meetings
in Step 4)
• Implement assessment plan
• Share reports/summaries
• Decide on next SLO to assess.
Review Step 1. Begin again at Step 2
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https://sjcc.tracd
at.com/tracdat/
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Sample log in: rcruz
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The Spring 2015 SLO results need to be in
TracDat by
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October 9, 2015
If you need assistance, contact your
department coordinators, your dean, or
any of the SLOAC Members.
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Course & Division
Lead Faculty
Course SLO Assessment Cycle (Semester &
Year of Review)
Course SLO Revision Date (date course
outline was last reviewed)
Date Submitted (Date you are uploading the
report to Trac Dat)
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Course SLO Name:
This is a 2-3 key word name or number to
identify the Course SLO. (Review course
outline if you are unsure of the Course SLO
Name.)
Course Student Learning Outcome Assessed:
This is the completed Course SLO statement
being assessed.
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Assessment Method Category:
Choose one. If you select any combination/Other , explain the
method used.
TracDat provides a list of methods that you can select from; this
list includes: Capstone Project/Assignment, Combination/Other,
Data-DataMart-Datatel, Data reporting Portal, Group Project,
Internship/Field Placement Evaluation, Portfolio review,
Presentation/Performance, Quiz/Exam-Board, Quiz/exam-In
Course, Quiz/Exam-Standardized.
Description of Assessment Tool:
Briefly describe the method(s) being used to evaluate the SLO.
Include criteria used for evaluation, for examples, rubrics or
scoring guidelines. Longer descriptions can be turned in as
attachments through the ‘Relate Documents’ button of the bottom
of the Results> Edit Data Collected screen.
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Criterion for Success:
Give a target goal/measure that would indicate success
with the SLO, e.g., 75% of the students receives a Pass
evaluation.
Write the percentage “you” consider to be the baseline
mastery.
Data Collected:
Describe the evidence collected. Give a brief summary
of the salient data results of the assessment, for
example, number of students taking the exam and
grade breakdown, number of surveys administered
and responses. Longer descriptions and relevant
documents can be added as attachments.
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Analysis of Findings:
Give salient but brief summaries of the findings. Does
the data reflect the SLO accurately? Longer
descriptions and relevant documents can be turned in
as attachments.
Communication and Lead Faculty:
Briefly describe the manner in which faculty/staff
discussed the findings and arrived at the
recommendations. Include the names of the lead /key
assessment faculty. Include dates if available.
Recommendations:
Describe any recommendations and timeline for
change in terms of instructional delivery, the SLO as
currently written, Program SLOs, and curriculum.
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Jamie Alonzo, Dean of Math & Science, ExOfficio
Celia Cruz-Johnson, Reading Faculty
Sanhita Datta, Biology Faculty
Rebecca Gamez, Spanish Faculty
Deborah Huntze-Rooney, Kinesiology
Faculty
Jessica Smay, Astronomy Faculty
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Join this elite committee!
Fall 2015 meetings are the 1st and 3rd
Wednesday from 3:40-5:00 in GE118.
For more information contact:
Rebecca Gamez
Jessica Smay
Celia Cruz-Johnson
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Thank you for attending this session.
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