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Closing the Loop: SLOs, GE SLOs, Assessment, Curriculum, Program Review, Planning, and Budgeting. Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica College. Burning Questions. Where is your college on the ACCJC Rubric for SLOs?.
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Closing the Loop: SLOs, GE SLOs, Assessment, Curriculum, Program Review, Planning, and Budgeting Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica College
Burning Questions Where is your college on the ACCJC Rubric for SLOs?
Burning Questions What does your college need to do to get to proficiency by 2012?
More Burning Questions • Where would you place your college on the ACCJC Rubric for Program Review? • Where does ACCJC expect colleges to be currently?
The Whole Ball of Wax • Program Review is where all three ACCJC rubrics come together • Institutional Effectiveness • SLOs • Program Review
So What’s a Program? • Title 5 §55000(g) educationalprogram is "an organized sequence of courses leading to a defined objective, a degree, a certificate, a diploma, a license, or transfer to another institution of higher education”
What’s a Program? • Title 5 – ends in a degree or certificate • Disciplines – majors, areas of interest • Departments • Student Pathways (EOPS, CTE, Transfer) • Mirror planning organization • Mirror budget organization (Are these last two equal?) • Differences for student services, administrative services?
Can These Be Programs? • General Education • Basic Skills • Vocational CTE • Others?
How does your college define “programs?” • Do you need to define it differently to reach the sustainable level on the ACCJC Rubric for Program Review? • Do you need to define it differently to reach proficiency on the ACCJC Rubric for SLOs?
Program level SLOs Guides Program Review Promotes Healthy Program Dialogue Links across departments Considers external factors
Burning Questions about Assessment • What kinds of assessments are you using to measure programs? • How can your assessment methods work with other processes (budgeting, currculum etc) established at your college?
More Burning Questions • Where does your college store the data?
How Will Program Assessment Have Value? • How does your program review process link to planning and budgeting at your college?
Program Review Represents the Vital Signs of a Healthy Institution
Signs of Successful Linkage • Communication • Planning driving budgeting NOT budgeting driving planning • Use of Evidence • ??
ASCCC Program Review Paper • Structure • Data • Program Variety • Evaluation of Program Review Process
CCC Network for Student Learning Outcomes Assessment • http://sloassessment.com/ • Links to Program review samples and worksheets • http://www.asccc.org/Events/sessions/spring2009/materials.html