San Diego City College Institutional Assessment Committee (Student Learning Outcomes)





	San Diego City College (619) 388-3400 1313 Park Blvd San Diego, California 92101

Mission Statement
San Diego City College

The mission of San Diego City College Institutional Assessment Committee is to facilitate the assessment of student learning outcomes on campus. This committee seeks to provide faculty and staff with strategies and tools to improve teaching/learning. The committee facilitates use of the Student Learning Outcome Assessment Cycle and a focus upon Institutional Effectiveness and program improvement.

Our meetings will be 2^nd and 4^th Wednesdays spring 2010

Dates and Times are Wednesday from 2 to 3 pm and the dates are:

· February 10, 24

· March 10 (1:00-3:00pm)

March 24

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April 14, 28

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May 12

Catalog SLO Contact 2009

SLO Work Report

2007-2009 Update on

Student Learning Outcomes

Institutional Assessment

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Introduction

In order to provide an update for San Diego City College (SDCC) on Student Learning Outcomes, a qualitative narrative overview of our process is necessary. We began the assessment of student learning outcomes at the institutional and program level. The steering committee for the work is the Institutional Assessment Committee (IAC).

History
SDCC began Student Learning and Institutional Assessment work in May 2003. The process has involved the instructional and student services community in an institution-wide dialogue at the “grass roots” level. Staff and faculty began with a dialogue regarding their values, the nature of their teaching, and goals for learning in their programs. They design and measure SLOs that are unique to their programs and departments, rather than using college prescribed outcomes and assessments. A common framework for documentation provides for the culture of evidence that is needed.

Our Process

City uses a Six Column Assessment Model (see Appendix I), that visually depicts the linkage between our college mission, institutional priorities and competencies and individual program work. An important part of our initial efforts involved engaging the campus community in the development of Institutional Competencies. Seven competencies were collaboratively developed and collegially agreed upon over a one year period. These competencies include the overall skills, abilities and knowledge we would like to see in students as they complete their programs

SDCC Report

The two sections we used in providing an update on our work are: Part II: Student Learning Outcomes for Programs Leading to Certificates and Degrees and the Student Support section of Part IV: SLOs for Instructional Support and Student Support Services.
We view this Assessment work as an ongoing process and therefore do not consider SLO work to be “complete”. Ours is an ongoing student learning outcomes assessment cycle, often referred to as the SLOAC (Student Learning Outcome Assessment Cycle). At various points in the report document, we have bolded phrasing to more accurately reflect what we are reporting.

Where We Are Today

With on-going opportunities for training, collaboration, input, and sharing, we continue to increase meaningful departmental participation in measuring student learning and in using the data for program improvement. This semester we instituted an all-day Classified Retreat to provide an opportunity (much like Faculty professional development days) to discuss common values and connections to student success. Administrative support insures that this will be an annual event with follow-up workshops throughout the year.

Last Update: 03/03/2010


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