Recommendation 2: Student Learning Outcomes

Quick links:

• A. Response to the Recommendation

• B. Analysis and Resolution of Deficiencies

   

  • B.1. Identification of Measurable Student Learning Outcomes (for every instructional, library and student support program)
    • B.1.1. Identification of Outcomes - Instruction
    • B.1.2. Identification of Outcomes – Library
    • B.1.3. Identification of Outcomes – Student Services
  • B.2. Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
    • B.2.1. Assessment of Outcomes - Instruction
  • B.2.2. Assessment of Outcomes - Library
  • B.2.3. Assessment of Outcomes – Student Services
  • B.3. Incorporation of Student Learning Outcomes Assessments into Program Planning
  • B.3.1. Incorporation of Outcome Assessments into Planning – Instruction
  • B.3.2. Incorporation of Outcome Assessments into Planning – Library
  • B.3.3. Incorporation of Outcome Assessments into Planning – Student Services
• B.4. Incorporation of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocation
  • B.4.1. Incorporation of Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocations – Instruction
  • B.4.2. Incorporation of Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocations – Library
  • B.4.3. Incorporation of Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocation – Student Support Programs
• B.5. Improvement of Student Learning
  • B.5.1. Improvement of Student Learning – Instruction
  • B.5.2. Improvement of Student Learning – Library
  • B.5.3. Improvement of Student Learning – Student Services
    
    
• C. Sustainability Agenda

A.  Response to the Recommendation

• College of Marin Assessment Plan for College-Wide General Education, Degree/Certificate, Course Level, and Non-Instructional Student Learning Outcomes 2012 (PDF)

B.  Analysis and Resolution of Deficiencies  

B.1. Identification of Measurable Student Learning Outcomes (for every instructional, library and student support program)

B.1.1. Identification of Outcomes - Instruction

 

B.1.1.1. Identification of Outcomes – General Education, Degrees and Certificates

1. Status of Student Learning Outcomes in Course Outline and Degree and Certificate Database as of August 2, 2012 (PDF)
2. Degrees and Certificates of Achievement Matrix Status (PDF)
3. Arts and Humanities Degree and GE SLO Tracking sheet (PDF)
4. Math and Science Degree and GE SLO Tracking sheet (PDF)
5. Career Technical Education Areas Degree and Certificate of Achievement SLO Tracking Sheet (PDF)
6. Matrices (web page)
7. Presentation to the Board of Trustees April 17, 2012 (PDF)
8. Academic Senate Report to the Board of Trustees - June 19, 2012 (PDF)

B.1.1.2. Identification of Outcomes – Courses

• Status of Student Learning Outcomes in Course Outlines of Record as of August 2, 2012 (PDF)
• Faculty SLO web page on COM website

B.1.2. Identification of Outcomes – Library

 

B.1.2.1. Identification of Outcomes – Library Student Services

1. Library Services Annual Program Level Plan, Report, and Mini-Program Review

B.1.2.2. Identification of Outcomes – Information Literacy Instruction

1. Library SLO  Plan:  Information Literacy Instruction at College of Marin: An Overview (web page)
2. COM Library Group Instruction Questionnaire (Instructor) (PDF)
3. COM Library Group Instruction Questionnaire (Librarian) (PDF)
4. Minutes from 15 weekly meetings of Librarians spring 2012 (PDF)
5. Library Instructional Program Review for Budget Requests (PDF)

B.1.3. Identification of Outcomes – Student Services

 

• Student Services SLO web page
• Student Services Division-Level 2-Year SLO Cycle 2011-2013 (PDF)
• Program-Level SLO Meeting Minutes Summary (PDF)
• Student Services SLO Division and Program-Level SLOs 2011-2012 (PDF)
• Program-level Annual Assessment Plans (PDF)
• Student Services SLO Assessment Process (PDF)

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B.2. Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

B.2.1. Assessment of Outcomes - Instruction

 

B.2.1.1.   Assessment of Outcomes for General Education, Degrees, and Certificates

1. College of Marin Assessment Plan for College-Wide General Education, Degree/Certificate, Course Level, and Non-Instructional Student Learning Outcomes 2012 (PDF)
2. Instructional SLOs Matrix (webpage)
3. Instructional SLOs Rubrics (webpage)
4. Instructional SLOs Assessment: Tracking Tool for COM Common Rubrics (webpage)
5. Inventory of courses assessed Spring 2012 (PDF)
6. Links to Program Review SLO sections
   1. 2007-2008 - Executive Summary of SLO Sections (PDF)
   2. 2008-2009 - no SLO section as it had been done 6 months before
   3. 2009-2010 (PDF)
   4. 2011-2012 (PDF)
7. Communication Department - Speech Department notes on Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Common Rubric (PDF)
8. Instructional SLOs Results (webpage)

B.2.1.2.  Assessment of Outcomes – Courses

1. Instructional SLOs Matrix (webpage)
2. Instructional SLOs Rubrics (webpage)
3. Instructional SLOs Assessment: Tracking Tool for COM Common Rubrics (webpage)
4. Inventory of courses assessed Spring 2012  (PDF)
5. Links to Program Review SLO sections
   1. 2007-2008 - Executive Summary of SLO Sections  (PDF)
   2. 2008-2009 - no SLO section as it had been done 6 months before
   3. 2009-2010 (PDF)
   4. 2011-2012 (PDF)
6. Communication Department - Speech Department notes on Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Common Rubric (PDF)
7. Instructional SLOs Results (webpage)

B.2.2. Assessment of Outcomes - Library

 

B.2.2.1. Assessment of Outcomes – Library Services

1. Library Services Circulation Study 2005-2011 (PDF)
2. Library Student Services Mini Program Review (PDF)
3. Library Services Annual Program Level Plan, Report, and Mini-Program Review (PDF)
4. Library Prog-Level SLO Meeting Minutes (PDF)

B.2.2.2. Assessment of Outcomes – Information Literacy Instruction

1. Minutes from 15 weekly meetings of Librarians Spring 2012 (PDF)
2. Reference Service Statistics Form - KTD (PDF)
3. Reference Service Statistics Form - IVC (PDF)
4. Information Literacy Rubric (PDF)
5. Information Literacy - Standards, Goals, and Shared Responsibility (PDF)
6. Library Instructional Program Review for Budget Requests (PDF)

B.2.3. Assessment of Outcomes – Student Services

1. Annual Assessment Plan Template (PDF)
2. COM Follow-Up Report dated October 5, 2011 (PDF) (pages 29 and 31)
3. Annual Assessment Report Template (PDF)
4. 2-Year Program-Level Assessment Plan Template (PDF)
5. Student Services Division-Level 2-Year SLO Cycle 2011-2013 (PDF)
6. Student Services SLO Assessment Process (PDF)
7. SS SLO Minutes - April 28, 2011 (PDF)
8. SS SLO Minutes - May 13, 2011 (PDF)
9. SS SLO Minutes - September 2, 2011 (PDF)
10. SS SLO Minutes - November 17, 2011 (PDF)
11. SS SLO Minutes - February 23, 2012 (PDF)
12. SS SLO Minutes - April 19, 2012 (PDF)
13. SS SLO Minutes - August 2, 2012 (PDF)
14. Student Services SLO Process Survey Report (PDF)
15. Student Services SLO Process Survey Comments Report (PDF)
16. Student Services SLO Proficiency Survey Report (PDF)
17. Student Services SLO Proficiency Survey Comments Report (PDF)

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B.3. Incorporation of Student Learning Outcomes Assessments into Program Planning

B.3.1. Incorporation of Outcome Assessments into Planning – Instruction

1. PRIE Reports from Tracking Tool (web page)
2. Academic Senate SLO WIKIspace (web page)
3. Fall 2012 Flex Presentation Announcement for Workshop on Using College-wide SLOs to Develop Best Practices (PDF)
4. Department SLO Assessment Discussion Report Examples (PDFs)
   • Behavioral Science
   • Biology (spring 2012)
   • Biology (fall 2012)
   • Business and Information Systems
   • Communication
   • Dance
   • Credit English as a Second Language
   • Noncredit English as a Second Language
   • English
   • English #2
   • Math
   • Modern Languages
   • Psychology
   • Social Sciences
   • Sociology
   • Library
   • PE/Health/Athletics
5. ESL Alignment project
   1. Summary of Expected Outcomes - Credit ESL Writing and Grammar Overview (PDF)
   2. COM ESL Credit Reading and Vocabulary Overview (PDF)
6. Individual Research & Development Proposal from the Social Sciences and the Tutoring Center (PDF)
7. Nursing Request for Additional Teaching Units (PDF)
8. The Dance WASC Bin (PDF)
9. Early Childhood Education SLO Section of Program Review 2011-2012 (PDF)
10. Agenda and Minutes for the Planning and Resource Allocation Committee posted on website
11. Point of Improvement Section of 2012 Full PR template (PDF)
12. PRAC Minutes of May 1, 2012 - Recommendations for Improving Process (PDF) (under Other Reports and Updates on page 3)
13. 2012 Procedural Recommendations (PDF)

B.3.2. Incorporation of Outcome Assessments into Planning – Library

1. Library Services Annual Program Level Plan, Report, and Mini-Program Review (PDF)
2. Library Student Services Mini Program Review (PDF)
3. Library Instructional Program Review for Budget Requests (PDF)
4. Minutes from 15 weekly meetings of Librarians spring 2012 (PDF)
5. Summary of Strategies 2011-2012 (PDF) (see page 4)

B.3.3. Incorporation of Outcome Assessments into Planning – Student Services

• Student Services SLO Assessment Process (PDF)
• Annual Program-Level Assessment Report (PDF)
• Student Services SLO Minutes of February 23, 2012 (PDF)
• Student Services SLO Minutes of April 19, 2012 (PDF)
• Student Services SLO Strategies for Presentations to Constituencies (PDF)
• Student Services Student Learning Outcomes Presentation for EPC, PRAC, and the Senates (PDF)  
• Minutes of April 17, 2012 PRAC meeting where SS SLO Assessments outcomes were shared (PDF)
• College of Marin Assessment Plan for College-Wide General Education, Degree/Certificate, Course Level, and Non-Instructional Student Learning Outcomes 2012
• Student Services Mini-Program Reviews 2011-2012 (PDF)

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B.4. Incorporation of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocation

B.4.1. Incorporation of Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocations — Instruction

1. 2012 Full PR Template
   1. Blank template of SLO Section (PDF)
   2. Blank Point of Improvement Section (PDF)
2. PRAC minutes (website)
3. Instructional Equipment 2012 Tiered Recommendations (PDF)
4. Individual Research & Development proposal from the Social Sciences and the Tutoring Center (PDF)  
5. Letters to programs receiving funding from 2010-2011 (PDF)
6. Examples of Items funded based on SLOs (2007 - 2012)
   1. Instructional Equipment Approvals from May 2008 (PDF)
   2. Justifications for Instructional Equipment Approvals from May 2008 (PDF)
      • Auto Collision Repair’s Request for a System Scanner - May 2008 (PDF)
   • Instructional Equipment Approvals from May 2009 (PDF)
   • Justifications for Instructional Equipment Approvals from May 2009 (PDF)
     • Court Reporting (PDF)
     • EMT and the Health Center (PDF)
     • MEDA (PDF)
   • Instructional Equipment Approvals from April 2010 (PDF)
   • Justifications for all 2009-2010 approved Instructional Equipment (PDF)  
     • Emergency Medical Tech’s Request for an Airway Mannequin (PDF)
     • Photography’s Request for a Projector (PDF)
     • Counseling’s Request for a Dry-Erase Board (PDF)
     • Environmental Landscaping’s Request for Two PH meters (PDF)
     • Speech Communication’s Request for Subject-Matter DVDs (PDF)
   • Instructional Equipment Approvals from April 2011 (PDF)
   • Justifications for all 2010-2011 approved Instructional Equipment (PDF)
     • Credit ESL Request, Justification and Assessment (PDF)
   • PRAC IE Approvals from May 2012 (PDF)
   • PRAC Recommendations May 2012 (PDF)
     • Social Science’s Request for $1,100 to Participate in University of California Berkeley’s Model United Nations (PDF)
     • Nursing Request for Additional Units (PDF)
7. Memo regarding Funding Language (PDF)
8. 2011-2012 PRAC Recommendations to the superintendent/president - June 12, 2012 (PDF)

B.4.2. Incorporation of Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocations – Library

1. Library Student Services Mini Program Review (PDF)
2. Link to Library Instructional Program Review for Budget Requests (PDF)
3. Minutes from 15 weekly meetings of Librarians Spring 2012 (PDF)
4. 2011-2012 PRAC Recommendations to the superintendent/president - June 12, 2012 (PDF)

B.4.3.  Incorporation of Outcomes Assessment into Resource Allocation – Student Support Programs

• Student Services Mini-Program Reviews 2011-2012 (PDF)
• Annual Program-Level Assessment Report - 2011-2012 (PDF)
• Child Development Program Review (PDF)
• Testing Center Program Review for 2011-2012 (PDF)
• Tutoring Center Program Review for 2011-2012 (PDF)
• 2011-2012 PRAC Recommendations to the President - June 12, 2012 (PDF)

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B.5. Improvement of Student Learning

• Planning, Research and Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE) - Institutional Research Website
• Student Learning Outcomes and Program Review Website

B.5.1.  Improvement of Student Learning – Instruction

• 2012 Full Program Review SLO sections (PDF)
• Early Childhood Education SLO Section of Program Review 2011-2012 (PDF)
• Dance notes on the WASC Bin (PDF)
• Department SLO Assessment Discussion Report Examples (PDFs)
  • Behavioral Science
  • Biology (spring 2012)
  • Biology (fall 2012)
  • Business and Information Systems
  • Communication
  • Dance
  • Credit English as a Second Language
  • Noncredit English as a Second Language
  • English
  • English #2
  • Math
  • Modern Languages
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Library
  • PE/Health/Athletics

B.5.2.  Improvement of Student Learning – Library

1. Library Student Services Mini Program Review (PDF)
2. Library Instructional Program Review for Budget Requests (PDF)
3. Student Services SLO Strategies 2011-2012 - Report for the Educational Planning Committee (PDF) (see page 4)

B.5.3.  Improvement of Student Learning – Student Services

1. Annual Program-Level Assessment Report (PDF)
2. Student Services SLOs - Minutes of August 2, 2012 (PDF)
3. Student Services Mini-Program Reviews 2011-2012 (PDF)
4. Counseling Annual Program-Level Assessment Report (PDF)
5. Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) Program Review (PDF)
6. Health Center Mini-Program Review (PDF)
7. Veterans Services Mini-Program Review (PDF)

C. Sustainability Agenda

College of Marin Assessment Plan for College-Wide General Education, Degree/Certificate, Course Level, and Non-Instructional Student Learning Outcomes 2012 (PDF)

College Status Report on Student Learning Outcomes Implementation (PDF)

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Accreditation: Evidence for 2012 Report - Recommendation 2
Content Responsible:Dr. Chialin Hsieh, Director of PRIE and ALO Liaison, 415.485.9545
Technical Contact: Sara McKinnon, Academic Senate President, 415.485.9411 ext. 7924