Grossmont College

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Grossmont College

• Approach to GE SLO Assessment

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Grossmont College Institutional Student Learning
Outcomes
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GE SLOs ISLOs

• Because of considerable overlap, Grossmont is
  considering GE SLOs ISLOs

Institutional Student Learning Outcomes General Education Areas
Effective communication Area A Language and Rationality
Scientific Inquiry Area B Natural Sciences
Mathematical Literacy Area A Language and Rationality
Informational and Technological Literacy Area C Humanities
Understanding of the Arts and Humanities Area C Humanities
Cultural competence Area D Social Sciences
Productive Citizenry Area D Social Sciences, Area E Fitness Wellness
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GE SLOs ISLOs

• Departments map GE course SLOs to ISLOs
• S Direct measure of SLO, F Focus on ISLO
• Example Language and Rationality

  Productive Citizenry Informational and Technological Literacy Mathematical Literacy Scientific Inquiry Effective Communication Cultural Competence Understanding of Arts and Humanities
ANTH 215 S S S  
BIO 215 F S S S F    
COMM 120 S, SLO 1       S, SLO 1 F  
COMM 122 S, SLO 2 F     S, SLO 1,2,3,4,5 F  
ENG 120 SLO 4 SLOs 1, 2, 4     SLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 F  
ENG 124 F SLOs 1, 2, 3, 4     SLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 F  
GEOG 104 F F     F    
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Assessing GE SLOs

• Once mapped, by assessing course-level SLOs, they
  are by proxy assessing GE SLOs
• For Example in 2010-11 the following course SLOs
  were assessed

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Encouraging Dialogue on Assessment

• In Fall 2011, departments who assessed course
  SLOS mapped as "S" during 2010-11 will be invited
  to a flex week workshop to more closely examine
  and discuss the assessment instruments and
  results to see how well they are addressing the
  GE/ISLOs.

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Encouraging Dialogue on Assessment

• How did your students do in terms of achieving
  the GE/ISLO you mapped the Course to?
• Does the Assessment Tool (you brought with
  you/used to assess the course) address the
  GE/ISLO and allow you to evaluate whether or not
  students achieved the GE/ISLO?
• IF YES

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Encouraging Dialogue on Assessment

• Does the Assessment Tool (you brought with
  you/used to assess the course) address the
  GE/ISLO and allow you to evaluate whether or not
  students achieved the GE/ISLO?
• IF NO

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Incorporation of SLO Assessment Into Planning
Long-Term Process Annual Process
PLANNING 6-Year SLO Plans Annual Action Plan activity
ASSESSMENT Unit/Program Review Annual Unit/Program Review Update
More details on the integration of SLOs in the
Grossmont College planning process coming in the
General Session following this one.
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QUESTIONS?