Outcomes Assessment Committee
2014-15
Monday September 29, 2014 (4 pm)
Kulshan 226
Goals for today
1. Introductions and welcome new members: Hilary
Engebretson and Ashley Nichols
2. Review committee charge
3. Review 2013-14 accomplishments
4. Review 2014-15 goals
5. Review 2014-15 workplans and OAC work groups
6. Time to meet in subcommittees
The outcomes assessment committee
…is charged with promoting excellence in teaching and
learning at the course, program, and college levels.
Specifically, the OAC
•
coordinates and monitors the college, program and
course outcomes assessment work as outlined in the
College’s assessment plan.
•
provides outcomes assessment resources to faculty
and staff
•
provides educational forums to discuss assessment,
teaching, and learning
2013-14
accomplishments
Course outcomes accomplishments in 2013-14
96%
of fall 2014 courses have approved course outcomes.
100+
back-logged courses’ outcomes approved.
80%
of syllabi had course outcomes listed on the first or
second page of the syllabus in winter 2014.
42%
(30 of 72) of full-time faculty submitted a course
outcomes report.
Workshops
Teachable moments by design (full session, fall & spring)
Making the grade and writing learning outcomes (mini, fall)
Using student success data (full session, winter)
Program outcomes accomplishments in 2013-14
Refined
program outcomes, curriculum maps, and outcomes
plans.
Listed
program outcomes on syllabi (most programs).
Assessed
formally one program outcome (except CIS and
cybersecurity).
Core learning ability (CLA) accomplishments in 2013-14
Posted
information literacy posters in classrooms and student
meeting spaces.
Assessed
information literacy in PIP/DIP disciplines/ programs
(except IDS) that had IL mapped.
Refined
prof-tech CLA curriculum maps.
Selected
critical thinking for 2014-15; refined definition and
selected rubric.
Used
CurricUNET for management of curriculum and
mapping CLAs and program outcomes and capturing
course outcomes.
Services outcomes accomplishments in 2013-14
Met
individually with many service directors.
Identified
learning outcomes for some services, including some
student services and the library.
Submitted
SIP reports.
2014-15 goals
(assessment plan)
Course outcomes goals for 2014-15
95%
of spring 2015 syllabi will have revised course outcomes
listed.
100%
of spring 2015 courses will have approved course outcomes.
100%
of course outcome backlog will be approved.
???
100%
100% of full-time instructors and 20% of adjunct instructors
will submit a course outcomes report assessing one course
outcome.
Conduct a teachable moments (version 2.0) full workshop
and a few mini-sessions though out the year.
Program outcomes goals for 2014-15
100%
of program outcomes will be listed on syllabi.
100%
of programs will submit a program outcomes report
assessing one program outcome.
CLA goals for 2014-15
Post
critical thinking posters in classrooms and student
meeting spaces. 
List
CLAs on at least 80% of syllabi by spring 2015.
Select
2015-16 CLA (refine the definition, create rubric).
Review
IL assessment data from 2013-14 and determine next
steps.
Educate
faculty about information literacy.
Draft
curriculum maps for AST, AAST, ALS degrees and assign
CLAs to pre-college courses (ESL, math/ENGL, ABE).
Assess
information literacy and critical thinking (PIP/DIP cycle).
2014-15 workplans
1. Tresha and Anne Marie
2. OAC member workgroups
3. Ashley
Tresha’s and AM’s 2014-15 workplan
Draft
curriculum maps for AST, AAST, ALS degrees & assign
CLAs to pre-college courses (ESL, math/ENGL, ABE).
Assist
those in PIP/DIP cohort with IL or CT report.
Assist
prof-tech coordinators with program outcomes
report.
Conduct
teaching/learning workshops*.
Finalize
approval of course outcomes.
Work
Follow-up
with honors program, international courses, co-op
and learning contracts on course outcomes.
with faculty and chairs about missing syllabi and
missing outcomes on syllabi.
Tresha’s and AM’s 2014-15 workplan (continued…)
Coordinate
with curriculum committee (e.g., new courses,
program curriculum maps).
Finalize
and implement syllabus generator.
Develop
reports through CurricUNET.
Train
and assist faculty submitting a course outcomes
report.
Assist
services with identifying one learning outcome.
Conduct
Attend
(possibly) a services learning outcome workshop.
an assessment conference.
OAC members workgroups
1. Information literacy (2013-14 CLA)
2. 2015-16 CLA
3. Course outcomes approval
4. Services outcomes
1. Information literacy (2013-14 CLA)
Review
Implement
Research
Create
assessment data from 2013-14.
next steps.
discipline-specific teaching, learning and
assessment strategies.
a plan for educating faculty about IL and,
preferably, present at February 2015
professional development day.
2. 2015-16 CLA
Select
next year’s CLA.
Review
and compare AACU definition and rubric
with current WCC definition and current
rubric.
Propose
a definition and rubric for approval by
OAC by January 2015.
Research
discipline-specific teaching, learning, and
assessment strategies.
3. Course outcomes approval
Continue working on back-logged course outcomes submitted
for approval.
4. Services outcomes
Assist services on campus to identify one learning outcome,
where appropriate, to be included in their 2015-16 SIP plan.
Ashley’s 2014-15 workplan
Check
all syllabi for course outcomes, program
outcomes, and CLAs.
Enter
course and program information into
CurricUNET.
etcetera
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Questions and time to meet in
subcommittees