{"id":246,"date":"2015-11-24T22:10:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T22:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu\/sloasc\/?p=246"},"modified":"2015-11-24T22:10:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T22:10:13","slug":"246-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/committees.taftcollege.edu\/sloasc\/246-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, November 20, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee
\n<\/strong>
\nMinutes
\nNovember 20, 2015
\nCaf\u00e9 Conference Room 8:10 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

Present: Michelle Beasley, Paul Blake, Geoffrey Dyer, Abbas Jarrahian, Michael Jiles, Tina Mendoza, Debora Rodenhauser and Brandy Young
\nGuest: Sharyn Eveland
\nAbsent: Vicki Jacobi and Mark Williams<\/p>\n

Approval of Minutes from October 16, 2015<\/strong>
\nThe minutes from October 16, 2015 were approved without changes.<\/p>\n

Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI) Visit<\/strong>
\nGeoffrey begin the overview with some background for IEPI:<\/p>\n

Peer Review Teams (PRT) – The IEPI group is made up of a group of collegiate peers that visit schools in order to give feedback on specific areas of need.<\/p>\n

In the spring 2014 semester, Taft College submitted an application to the IEPI group requesting a visit to the campus to assist with Program Review and SLOs with a focus on budget allocation.<\/p>\n

The College included the upcoming IEPI PRT visit as an Actionable Improvement Plan in the 2015 Self Evaluation.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, the PRT met with Administrators, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Professional Development Committee, SLO\/ASC and other staff that are directly involved with program review and SLOs.<\/p>\n

The PRT asked questions about what worked and what wasn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n

In late December or January, the PRT will submit a report with feedback regarding their observations.<\/p>\n

The College can then develop a formal plan of action.<\/p>\n

The PRT will have two more follow up visits.<\/p>\n

There is a one-time $150,000 fund that may be issued from IEPI to help facilitate and implement the new plan.<\/p>\n

If the College is allotted the $150,000 a third follow up visit from the PRT will take place to gauge how well the College is implementing the plan.<\/p>\n

SLO Policy \u2013 Begin Conversation<\/strong>
\nEven though the College has been assessing SLOs for many years it is still unclear what the procedure or policy is. Geoffrey asked the SLO\/ASC members what they felt was the College\u2019s SLO policy. Their answers were as follows:
\nDo your assessments annually.
\nSocial Sciences assesses the Big Picture SLO division wide.
\nThe division chair dictated what SLOs to assess.
\nDepartment selective is the usual practice.<\/p>\n

Geoffrey gave a brief history of SLOs and the assessment process:
\nIn 2009 the Academic Senate and Planning Council (Governance Council) approved a process for SLO assessment which was for faculty to assess one CSLO and one PSLO.
\nOver time this process was no longer followed. There are a few departments that still utilize this process, but overall the majority do not assess PSLOs.
\nNew faculty stated that there is a need to have a distinction between SLOs and course objectives since SLOs and course objectives are on the Course Outlines of Record.
\nIt was stated that there is a need to revisit and reteach policy.
\nSLO Day during inservice:
\nThere will be three ours at the beginning of SLO Day for faculty to assess their SLOs.
\nThe rest of the day may be used for discussion of SLO data.
\nThere should be training offered during this time as well.<\/p>\n

The eLumen mapping tool and reporting:
\nThere is a question of how SLO data is aggregated once CSLOs, PSLOs and ISLOs are mapped (aligned).
\nBrandy will contact the eLumen team and ask for a clear description of how the reporting is generated.<\/p>\n

Two models were discussed regarding SLO assessment:
\nAll CSLOs, +1 PSLO, +1 GE SLO, +1 ISLO should be assessed each semester (OR)
\nAll CSLOs are assessed but a schedule and a flexible plan is decided upon by the department.<\/p>\n

It was decided by the committee that a special meeting will be held on Monday, November 23 to choose a focus area in order to begin the formulation of the SLO Policy. There were four areas recommended as a starting point:
\nTimeframe for assessments
\nNumber of SLOs per course
\nSchedule of assessments
\nAdditional assessments \u2013 other SLOs, course, program, Institutional and Gen Ed<\/p>\n

Next Meeting: Monday, November 23, 2015 – 8:10 to 9:00 a.m. in the Caf\u00e9 Conference Room<\/strong>
\nRespectfully submitted by Brandy Young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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