General Education Assessment Workshop: Spring 2015 Attributes General Education Assessment Committee (GEAC) SUNY Oneonta January 27 & 30, 2015

Workshop Structure 1. Presentation/Discussion of process Brett Heindl, Political Science (1/27) Suzanne Black, English (1/30) 2. Small working sessions (facilitated by GEAC members)

GEAC Members Nancy Bachman, Biology Suzanne Black, English (Chair) Paul Bauer, Economics Deborah Farro-Lynd, Mathematics Brett Heindl, Political Science Kirsten Hilpert, Human Ecology (on sabbatical) ■Michael Koch, Philosophy ■Julie Licata, Music ■Gayane Torosyan, Communication Arts (co- chair) ■William Vining, Chemistry & Biochemistry ■Steve Walsh, ■Wade Thomas (ex-officio)

Recent Changes in GE Assessment Process Schedule—attributes now only assessed once every three years New forms intended to place emphasis on use of assessment data to inform teaching and learning Critical Thinking and Information Management assessed separately—infused attributes of all GE courses Workshops dedicated to GE assessment as part of “closing the loop”

Planning Your General Education Assessment—“Do’s” Make sure student learning outcomes (SLOs) that are part of your attribute are listed on your syllabus Assess all SLOs that are part of your attribute —do not add or delete attributes Make sure your assignments map to the SLOs Have systematic way of evaluating non- quantitative assignments (e.g., rubrics)

Planning Your General Education Assessment – “Don’t’s” Do not use final course grades as measures for your SLOs Do not add SLOs to the reporting form (fine to have them, but not needed as part of GE assessment)

Submitting Your Assessment Report Reports are due within two weeks of your final exam Reports should be submitted to: Your department chair If you use a rubric, include a copy of it when you submit your assessment report