faculty reports january 16, 2009 geoffrey dyer taft college’s progress in slos
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FACULTY REPORTSJANUARY 16, 2009GEOFFREY DYER
Taft College’s Progress in SLOs
Overheard This Week
“I don’t know if you know what you’re talking about, but it makes sense to me.”
“Give us release time to do this.”“I still don’t know what SLOs are.”“Can you get someone to do it for me?”
“Our campus has embraced change!”
Taft College’s SLO History
Course SLOs added to Course Outlines of Record, 2002
Independent efforts to raise SLO awareness, 2002-present
Social Sciences Division Wide SLOs and assessmentsScience includes specific Learning Objectives, linked
with instructional units, into course-packseLumen purchased, piloted Student Services integrate SLOs into program review
handbook, work extensively; develop timeline, template and five sets of Student Services program SLOs
History
Liberal Arts division retreat focusing on SLOs, spring 2008
SLOs placed on syllabi, spring 2008Institutional SLOs drafted through divisions
and Academic Senate, 2007-2008SLO Coordinator identified to begin duties in
fall, 2008Meaningful discussion! “Campus embraces
change”
Since Summer, 2008
SLO Assessment Teams implementedNew Course Level SLO template adoptedNew Individual Assessment Report template adopted53 new Course SLOs written in new template22 documented Individual Assessment Reports from
Assessment Team participants to dateCourse Level SLO workshops at in-serviceSLO Webpage createdProgram SLOs drafted in Business AdministrationProgram SLOs discussed at Planning and division
meetings as component of Program Review template
SLO Assessment Teams
Pilot launched in summer 2008Offered fall and spring, 2008-2010Participants identify or write an SLO to
assess, conduct assessment, document it, and suggest improvements.
Individual Assessment Reports sharedEmphasis is on integrating assessment of
SLOs into campus culture
Course Level SLO template
Easy and fun to useLists SLOs, assessments, and institutional
alignmentEnsures academic freedom (Faculty write
SLOs . . . Does not ensure freedom from SLOs)
Available on Taft College’s SLO Webpage—free!
Individual Assessment Report Template
A home for dataGuides you through the steps of conducting
assessmentConsolidates evidence for accreditationEye catching, thanks to Linda West’s in-
service training on Microsoft Word 07Improved by input from the summer
Assessment TeamAnd . . .
You guessed It! Fun and easy to use!
SLO Webpage
The living repository of course SLOs, templates, Individual Assessment Reports, and training materials
Created at faculty requestSoon to be the home of program SLOsVisit:
http://faculty.taftcollege.edu/slos/data/slo.shtml
Apples to Apples
1
Palomar’s statistic taken from their 2006-2007 Annual Report Update on SLOs for
ACCJC. Sacramento and LA Mission taken from their 2007-2008 Annual Reports,
and Riverside from its most recent Self Study.
. . .But then . . .
That 42% of course SLOs for Taft includes the old SLOs written in grids on Course Outlines (95 courses from our 2008-2009 offerings) and courses using the Social Sciences division wide SLOs.
The percentage, based on courses offered at Taft in 2008-09, of courses with our new revised SLOs is 16%.
This is the area we have made the most progress in. In assessment, improvement, and program SLOs, we are even weaker.
How can we fix it?
How can I help?