Applying Learning Assessment Results to Strategic Planning at Multiple Levels

1. Applying Learning Assessment Results to Strategic Planning at Multiple Levels Jannie R. Cobb, Librarian & Professor Jennifer M. Harrison, Associate Professor & Director of Learning Assessment

2. Learning Objectives This session is designed to help you … Understand how a focused approach to competency measurement can contribute to planning at multiple levels. Envision applications for learning assessment results at your own school.

3. The National Labor College • Focused on educating union members • Founded by the AFL-CIO in 1969 • Became a degree granting institution in 1997 • Earned MSCHE accreditation in 2004; reaccredited in 2010 • Crafted a degree completion path for adult learners with a bachelor of arts in labor studies • Launched new degrees in construction, business, and emergency management in 2011

4. NLC Strategic Planning & Learning Assessment: Begin With What You Already Have

5. NLC’s Mission By establishing the physical and intellectual space for the labor movement to imagine its future, the mission of the National Labor College (NLC) is to make higher education available to workers; to prepare union members, leaders, and staff for the challenges of a changing global environment; and to serve as a center for progressive thought and union learning.

6. NLC’s Core Competencies

7. Closing the Assessment Loop

8. Learning MeasuresWe compiled learning results across the curriculum and applied the results to strategic planning, program development, and courses.

9. Institutional-Level Applications: Strategic Academic Excellence

10. Strategic Planning CycleDesigned to include all of the college’s communities (students, unions, alumni, faculty, staff).

11. Institutional-Level Applications: Learning Assessment & Strategic Goals

12. Institutional-Level Applications: Focus on Strategic Goal 1

13. Institutional-Level Applications:Measuring Academic Excellence with Student Satisfaction Data

14. Institutional-Level Applications: Measuring Academic Excellence with Capstone Analysis

15. Institutional-Level Applications: Applying the Results

16. Program-Level Application: Building a Digital Library

17. Program-Level Applications: Focus on Information Literacy

18. Program-Level Applications: Research Across the Curriculum

19. Program-Level Results: Library Use Statistics

20. Program-Level Applications: Learning Assessment & New Curriculum

21. Program-Level Applications: Learning Assessment & New Curriculum

22. Program-Level Applications: Diagnostic Applications CT = Critical Thinking EC = Effective Communication IL = Information Literacy

23. Program-Level Applications: Course-Level Applications CT = Critical Thinking EC = Effective Communication IL = Information Literacy

24. Opportunity-Level Applications CT = Critical Thinking EC = Effective Communication IL = Information Literacy

25. Other Applications • Integrated learning assessment training in our labor educator certificate program Students work in groups to craft learning objectives, design lessons, and build measurement tools.

26. Minute Assessment What was the most useful thing you learned during this session on learning assessment? What important question remains unanswered?

27. Questions? Jannie R. CobbLibrarian & Professorjcobb@nlc.edu Jennifer M. HarrisonAssociate Professor & Director of Learning Assessmentjharrison@nlc.edu