Assessment Purposes Institutional initiatives Student learning outcomes Program Justification Curriculum adjustment Re-teaching Differentiation How standardized Assessment often manifests in our classrooms……. Quality Enhancement Plan Accreditation reporting Student Learning Outcome Mastery So are we not assessing our students learning? Of course we are! Assessment is embeded in good pedagogy Indirect assessment Formal assessment Observation Culminating assessment Signature Assignments Culminating in nature Contextualized Flexible to meet institutional needs Holistic Most professors are already doing it without knowing it, just takes some fine tuning Finding our Purpose Six student learning outcomes Acclimating students with college life Quality Enhancement Plan focusing on critical thinking Building a career foundation/ how that translates to school Relevance of an FYE course Critical thinking Decision making The Career Choice Project • Culminating • Holistic • Measures four out of six student learning outcomes • General enough to be standardized across all FYE sections • Provides data through LMS • Highly contextualized Career choice Project, A Flexible Assessment Tool • Students demonstrate mastery at intervals • Encompasses two of our institutional assessment requirements What makes it a Signature Assignment Contextualized Holistic Culminating Reporting Data Embedded Rubrics Every assignment has a standard agreed upon embedded rubric attached to it For institutional data reporting we can run a rubric analysis in Blackboard Flexibility to use data You may be thinking how… • May seem like an abstract idea • Takes too much effort or coordination • Or your set up doesn’t work this way • Or……. you could be way smarter than me and already have an idea. In Summary, Signature Assignments and Assessment Flexible Holistic Reliable Non-intrusive Contextualized/relevant Two birds, one stone Meaningful Align with the art of teaching and learning Joselyn R. Gonzalez Professor and Division Coordinator, Student Success El Centro College 801 Main St. Dallas, Texas 75202 [email protected]
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