{"id":242,"date":"2015-11-24T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu\/sloasc\/?p=242"},"modified":"2015-11-24T22:00:26","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T22:00:26","slug":"friday-october-16-2015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/committees.taftcollege.edu\/sloasc\/friday-october-16-2015-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, October 16, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n Minutes Present: Geoffrey Dyer, Vicki Jacobi, Abbas Jarrahian, Michael Jiles, James May, Absent: Paul Blake, Michelle Beasley and Mark Williams<\/p>\n Approval of Minutes from September 18, 2015<\/strong> Review Charter and Approve<\/strong> Second Page Review Course Level SLO Status \u2013 SLO Presentation Report Feedback<\/strong> ACCJC Standards<\/strong> Presentation of Studio Arts Program<\/strong> Other<\/strong>
\nOctober 16, 2015
\nCaf\u00e9 Conference Room
\n8:10 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n
\nTina Mendoza, Debora Rodenhauser and Brandy Young<\/p>\n
\nThe minutes from September 18, 2015 were approved without changes.<\/p>\n
\nThe charter was reviewed and approved with the following changes:
\nFirst Page
\nThe fourth bullet will now read, \u201cUsing the current accreditation standards, identify areas to improve the college\u2019s progress in student learning outcomes and take action to move the college forward in using assessment data for decision making.\u201d
\nThe seventh bullet will now read, \u201cEnsure that faculty are in the primary position of authority in these processes.\u201d
\nThe eighth bullet will now read, \u201cEstablish and facilitate assessment practices that are meaningful and will improve student learning outcomes.\u201d
\nAdd a twelfth bullet that reads, \u201cGive input to the Strategic Planning Committee, the Curriculum and General Education Committee and Academic Senate on the role of Student Learning Outcomes in Annual Program Review and Comprehensive Program Review.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe first bullet will now read, \u201cThe Chair is responsible for reviewing minutes, processing requests, and building agendas and briefs in advance of monthly meetings.\u201d
\nThe third bullet will now read, \u201cThe committee as a whole will draft policies, guide college-wide action, and identify and provide resources as appropriate to the culture of Taft College and accreditation standards.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nCommittee members were asked to take the SLO Presentation report back to their divisions for review and \u201cclean-up\u201d of SLOs. Discipline faculty were asked to review the course SLOs and make changes or deletions where needed. Two divisions turned in their changes: Math\/Science and Liberal Arts.<\/p>\n
\nAt the September 18th meeting it was recommended that each committee member familiarize themselves with the current ACCJC standards and how they relate to SLOs. This agenda item was not discussed directly at this meeting but will remain on the agenda for future discussion.<\/p>\n
\nVicki gave a presentation on the structure of the Studio Arts AA-T degree and demonstrated the flow of SLOs from the course level up to the institutional level through the program.<\/p>\n
\nNew members of the committee had questions regarding the actual role of SLO\/ASC. They wanted to know what part the committee played in the development of SLOs. There is a question of where the authority lies in the SLO assessment process. It was recommended that the committee develop a policy regarding the SLO process, mainly how many SLOs should be assessed per semester, and present it to the Academic Senate.<\/p>\n