Call to Order
Public Commentary
Approval of Minutes of November 17, 2017 Meeting

Agenda
Information/Discussion Items
1. Inservice SLO Day – January 9, 2018

Action Items

2. Mapping Process – SLO Day afternoon activity

Other/Open Forum for Announcements
Adjournment

The next meeting of the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee is Friday, January 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Counseling Center Conference Room.

Agenda 12-15-2017

Present: Vicki Jacobi, Tina Mendoza, and Debora Rodenhauser

Absent: Paul Blake, Abbas Jarrahian, Mike Jiles, James May, Terri Smith and Brandy Young

The meeting was called to order at 11:10 a.m.
Public Commentary
None

Approval of Minutes of October 20, 2017 Meeting
Minutes are approved by consensus with no changes.

Vicki welcomed members and explained why many people were absent due to field trips and other events.
Communication ISLO – Review of proposed changes
Vicki reviewed a change in the ISLO for Communication. The ISLO has been divided into two subheadings of Written Communication and Oral Communication. Using the VALUE rubric, the criteria was reviewed in order to establish an agreed rubric with criteria for each. Courses that primarily use written work to assess the student will be assigned the Written Communication ISLO whereas courses that use oral presentations in their assessments of student learning will be assigned the Oral Communication ISLO. In courses where both methods may be used, faculty can elect to add the Written Communication ISLO. We also reviewed the GE SLO for Communication and Analytical Thinking as part of the ISLOs for Communication and Critical Thinking (that will be assessed this year).
Action: There was also a discussion about the proposed Plagiarism SLO. It was agreed that during spring in service, there would be a session to discuss this as a possible criteria for both Written and Oral Communication ISLOs.
January Inservice – Structure of SLO Day
There was a discussion of which sessions to have during the spring in service. Some ideas are:
• Allowing time for faculty to enter fall assessment data into eLumen
• Session on the Computation ISLO
• Session for Student Services
Afternoon sessions should be mandatory for all full time faculty to continue mapping SLOs and courses so that a predictable two-year SLO assessment schedule can be developed.
Action: It was agreed that the committee would use the December 15th meeting as a mock trial of the mapping session.
Critical Thinking ISLO – Attached to all 2000 level courses in eLumen
The Critical Thinking ISLO is mapped to all course SLOs written for 2000 level courses. This will allow for reporting and automatic assessment without faculty direct assessment.

Next Meeting: December 15, 2017 from 11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Counseling Center Conference Room unless otherwise notified.

Respectfully submitted by Vicki Jacobi

Minutes 11-17-17

Friday, November 17, 2017

Human Resources Conference Room

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Call to Order
Public Commentary
Approval of Minutes of October 20, 2017 Meeting

Agenda

Information/Discussion Items

1. Communication SLO – Review of proposed changes (15 Minutes)

Action Items

2. January Inservice – Structure of SLO Day (15 Minutes)

3. Critical Thinking ISLO – Attached to all 2000 level courses in eLumen (15 Minutes)

Other/Open Forum for Announcements

Adjournment

The next meeting of the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee is Friday, December 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Counseling Center Conference Room. 

Agenda 11-17-17

Call to Order Public Commentary Approval of Minutes of September 15, 2017 Meeting

Agenda

Information/Discussion Items

1. Communication SLO Data (10 Minutes)
Action Items
3. Global Awareness Strategies (10 Minutes)
2. Critical Thinking Assessment Plan (10 Minutes)
4. Spring Inservice (10 Minutes)
Other/Open Forum for Announcements

Adjournment

The next meeting of the Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee is Friday, November 17, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Counseling Center Conference Room.

Agenda 10-20-17

Friday, September 15, 2017

Counseling Center Conference Room

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Agenda

Welcome Back and Introductions

1. Review the Charter

2. SLO Day Feedback

3. Communication SLO Data

4. Critical Thinking Assessment Plan

5. Global Awareness Strategies

6. Other

Agenda 9-15-17

Minutes
Friday, October 20, 2017
Counseling Center Conference Room
11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Present:  Paul Blake, Vicki Jacobi, Abbas Jarrahian, James May, Tina Mendoza,
Debora Rodenhauser, and Terri Smith

Absent: Mike Jiles
Secretary: Brandy Young

The meeting was called to order at 11:10 a.m.

Public Commentary
None

Approval of Minutes of September 15, 2017 Meeting

Minutes are approved by consensus with no changes.

Vicki updated the Committee of the changes in agenda structure. Because SLO/ASC is a subcommittee of the Academic Senate of the Whole, the format of the agenda and minutes should follow the rules and guidelines of the Brown Act.

Communication ISLO Data
The committee discussed the challenges of assessing the Communication ISLO. A recommendation was made to break the ISLO in to two parts; oral and written. It was also suggested that there be multiple ways to assess the one broad SLO. The committee discussed the problem of plagiarism and how to address it.
Action: The discussion will be taken to the Academic Senate to formulate strategies.

Global Awareness ISLO
Sharyn Eveland presented a session during inservice focusing on the Global Awareness ISLO. This session was not well attended so Vicki would like to have another session during spring inservice. During the spring inservice session, Vicki hopes to identify the classes that should assess the ISLO. It was suggested that the assessment be assigned to specific classes, perhaps Area E of the General Education/Lifelong Learning and Self-development as well as the Social Behavioral classes.
Action: Vicki will talk to Michelle Oja to identify which Social Science courses will assess Global Awareness.

 Critical Thinking ISLO Assessment Plan

The Critical Thinking ISLO will be assessed this semester. Vicki listed out all of the courses that should be assessing this ISLO. The committee discussed several strategies to assess the Critical Thinking ISLO.  The suggestion was made to break up the ISLO into two separate SLOs and embed them into the 1500 and 2000 level courses.

Action: There are two options to facilitate the assessment of the Critical Thinking ISLO. The first is to check CSLOs for Critical Thinking elements and ensure that the mapping in eLumen is correct. The second option is to assign the assessment directly to courses using a generic rubric. This can be done for adjuncts so that they do not have to set up the assessment in eLumen.

Spring Inservice
Vicki suggested that the members of the SLO/ASC team facilitate sessions during SLO Day. The goal is to identify common issues in the classroom regarding SLOs and develop tools for students.

Next Meeting: November 17, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Counseling Center Conference Room

Respectfully submitted by Brandy Young

Minutes 10-20-17

Minutes
Friday, September 15, 2017
Counseling Center Conference Room
11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Present:  Paul Blake, Vicki Jacobi, Abbas Jarrahian, Mike Jiles, James May, Tina Mendoza, Debora Rodenhauser, and Terri Smith

Secretary: Brandy Young

Review the Charter
The Charter was reviewed and was approved without changes.

SLO Day Feedback
The committee discussed the various offering during SLO Day. All sessions had good feedback. One suggestion for the upcoming cycle is to have a July 31^st deadline for SLO assessment. Another idea that was suggested was to have a training day on Graduation Day when there is available time. The training would consist of basic SLO entry processes into eLumen and setting up assessments.

Communication SLO Data
This agenda item was discussed with no action items. It was suggested that all courses embed this ISLO within their assessments. Data was limited due to low assessment activity within disciplines.

Critical Thinking Assessment Plan
This ISLO will be assessed during the fall semester. Transferrable courses should have an element of Critical Thinking assessment. John Eigenauer conducted a session during the fall SLO Day. This session was very helpful to the attendees that participated. Different strategies were discussed on assessing this ISLO.

Global Awareness Strategies
A brief discussion was had on how to continue the evaluation of this ISLO.  Different global topics were described and strategies were discussed on how to embed in assessments within disciplines.

Next Meeting: October 20, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Counseling Center Conference Room

Respectfully submitted by Brandy Young

Minutes 9-15-17

Friday, May 19, 2017

Café Conference Room

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Agenda

1. May Inservice Professional Development Activity – Brief Overview

• What faculty should bring
• What the outcome will be

2. SLO Day – Fall Inservice – Tuesday, August 15, 2017

• Critical Thinking ISLO – Fall Inservice

3. SLO/ASC Webpage

• Cranium Café for Adjuncts

Post discussions on webpage
Agenda 5-19-17