April 15, 2016 Meeting
Agenda
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee
April 15, 2016
Cafe Conference Room
8:10 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Agenda
- Approval of Minutes from February 19, 2016
- Administrative Procedures for SLOs – Update
- IEPI Plan – Overview and ideas
- La Canada model – Review and suggestions
Minutes
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee
Minutes April 15, 2016
Café Conference Room
8:10 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Present: Paul Blake, Geoffrey Dyer, Vicki Jacobi, Abbas Jarrahian, Mike Jiles, James May, Debora Rodenhauser and Brandy Young
Members Absent: Michelle Beasley
Approval of Minutes from January 22 meeting
The minutes from the February 19th meeting were approved without changes.
Administrative Procedures for SLOs – Update
On March 16th the Academic Senate Council reviewed the draft Administrative Procedures
for SLOs. Feedback was given to Vicki via email. Minor changes were made. The draft
was reviewed today by this committee. It was stated that the SLO Assessment Guide
will provide detail on the procedures that will support the implementation of the
new AP. A few recommendations were made and the AP for SLOs now reads as follows:
a. In addition to the two regular planning days during in-service, the institution
through the Professional Development Committee sets aside one full day during each
in-service dedicated to SLOs, in which the results will be documented in eLumen or
another approved data housing system.
b. The institution provides a dedicated day for faculty to participate in program-wide
dialogue regarding the interpretation of data, identification of gaps in outcome achievements,
and recommendations of resource allocations to improve course, program outcomes during
fall in-service as part of the program review process. In addition, there will be
one day for faculty to participate in a campus-wide dialog regarding Institutional
Student Learning Outcome data.
c. The institution through the appropriate faculty ensures current SLOs are clearly
identified on course syllabi, on the Taft College website and in the on-line catalog.
d. The institution posts on its website a two-year assessment plan for each program
area in conjunction with the two-year scheduling cycle as developed by the program
area faculty.
e. The institution through the SLOs Assessment Steering Committee, a sub-committee
of the Academic Senate, ensures alignment of course SLOs to both Program and Institutional
level learning outcomes.
f. The institution through the Office of Instruction provides new full-time and part-time
faculty, during their first week of employment, orientation, and training regarding
all expectations of the Taft College’s process and requirements for SLOs.
g. The institution maintains a SLO handbook, providing faculty with guidelines, instruction,
current methodology, and other information related to SLOs. This handbook will provide
the relevant and current requirements for assessing, facilitating, and documenting
SLOs accomplishments at the institution.
h. The institution documents patterns of SLO results and actions supporting a continuous
cycle of improvement through the Annual Program Review process.
i. The institution includes SLOs as part of the current Course Outline of Record.
The draft AP for SLOs was reviewed by the Academic Senate Council once again on April
20th and was approved by consensus without changes. The AP will now go to the Academic
Senate of-the-whole on May 2nd. If approved by the Senate the AP will be forwarded
to Brock for approval and will go to the Board of Trustees. The hope is to have the
new AP in place by fall inservice. The Board Policy for SLOs was approved by the Board
of Trustees on Wednesday, April 13th.
IEPI Plan – Overview and ideas
A brief overview was given on the status of the IEPI plan and the application for
funding. The IEPI Plan and application for funding have been submitted to the IEPI
group. If awarded funding the District may receive up to $150,000 to implement the
IEPI plan. The funds would be distributed to the District within 30 days of approval.
The potential funds have been earmarked for professional development, the creation
of the SLO Assessment Guide and for consultants. The committee discussed the possibility
of Bob Pacheco conducting a similar event like the Governance Council Retreat.
La Canada Model – Review and suggestions
During the IEPI PRT visit a recommendation was made to review SLO Assessment Guides
from other schools. After research, the La Canada SLO Assessment Guide was found to
be the most concise. A copy of the guide was distributed to the members of this committee.
The members will review the guide and provide feedback to Vicki. The Committee has
scheduled a special meeting to discuss the feedback and start the conversation regarding
the SLO Assessment Guide for Taft College.
Next Meeting: Friday, April 29, 2016 – 8:10 to 9:00 a.m. in the Café Conference Room
Respectfully submitted by Brandy Young