Assessment of Student Learning: Phase III OSU-Okmulgee’s Evidence of Student Learning

Review  Phase I: Develop mission statements and Program Objectives  Phase II: Develop/assign assessment measures for each Objective  Phase III: Report assessment results for individual students and for programs

The Result: A Comprehensive Assessment System

Consequences of implementing an accurate, active assessment system  NCA Accreditation  $8.5 million dollars in federal funding  Increased state funds through Performance Funding initiative  Data-driven decision making (e.g, college and division budgeting)  Enhanced student learning

Phase III: Reporting and Data Utilization 1. Assessment of Individual Student Learning 2. Assessment of Program-level Learning

Assessment of Individual Student Learning via The Learning Portfolio

How is this different from the Career Passport?  The Career Passport  Served as a roadmap to educational experiences  Identified expectations of competencies within courses  Explained the importance of leadership in campus and community organizations Career Passport OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY OKMULGEE

The Learning Portfolio  Provides students with  Stated program objectives  Identified examples of skill and learning performance  Entry, Midpoint, and Exit Project Evaluations  Internship Evaluations OSU-Okmulgee Learning Portfolio Information Technologies Division

Suggested Organization of the Learning Portfolio  Welcome  Unit Information  Professional Code of Ethics & Reflective Essay  Program and/or Specialty Learning Objectives  Achievement & Leadership Documentation  Student Organization Participation & Student Activities Transcript  Career Planning – Employment Papers  Work Experience  Internship – Search, Placement, Follow-up  Capstone – Final Projects and Reflective Analysis  Individual Course Documentation

Welcome  Letters of Welcome from:  Dr. Klabenes, President  Unit (Division) Chairs  Advisory Committee Chairs  Related Student Association Presidents

Unit Information  Mission Statement for OSU-Okmulgee  Mission Statement for the Unit (Division)  Mission Statement for the Unit’s Programs of study (or specializations of Programs)  If defined – Unit Core Values (these have not be requested at this time  Introductions to Faculty and Staff members

Professional Code(s) of Ethics  As identified and researched from the Ethics course(s), standard professional codes of ethics for the students program area – may be reflective of an associated student organization as well  The reflective essay associated with the assignment may also be included to demonstrate an appreciation for the goals of the profession’s code of ethics

Program and/or Specialty Learning Objectives  The listed objectives found in the Assessment Plan, Form B, from the Programs of the Unit  Assessment Measures to notify the student of outcome expectations  Portfolio Content Items to include for review committee evaluation

Achievement & Leadership Documentation  Portfolio Content Items to include to document:  Participation in and leadership of student organizations and or student government  If required, service learning activities  Leadership program requirement satisfaction (if actively pursuing the Leadership Certification)  Student Activities Transcript

Career Planning  Teaming role self-analysis reflection  Skill set awareness  Letters of recommendation  Documented certifications  Resume  Sample Job Application  Mock Interview Analysis

Work Experience  Detailed descriptions of past employment to assist in the development of the resume  Descriptive lists of skills utilized on the job  Details of the supervisors you worked for (names, address, telephone number, etc.)  Details of the people worked with (names, address, telephone number, etc.)

Internship – Search, Placement, & Follow-up  Self-assessment of abilities from the skills inventory  Identification of targets for internship placement  Contact, Interview, & Follow-up schedules  Internship Agreement Forms  Internship Guidelines (or expectations)  Internship Reports (by the student)  Internship Evaluations (by supervisors)

Capstone – Final Projects and Analysis  Documentation and results of “Final Projects”  Individual and team analysis of work efforts, strengths & weakness, and possible improvements  “Final Project” presentations and analysis  “Final Project” evaluations and reviewer notes

Individual Course Documentation  Course syllabi  Examples of required portfolio entries and optional (student elected) entries  Other documents the student feels should be included to reflect his/her best work

New Assessment System Software Iwebfolio a Unit-wide Portfolio System and TrakDat a Data Reporting Mechanism that can standardize our reports

Assessment of Program-level Learning using Form C

Two Remaining Sections in Form C  Description of Data Collection  Assessment Results

Description of Data Collection

Analysis of Assessment Results  Which students were assessed?  How were these students assessed?  When were these student assessed?  What are the numerical results?

Three Possibilities  Overall student results:  meet expectations  exceed expectations  fail to meet expectations

Standards  Programs set the standards (academic, industry)  Compare results to standard (minimum expectations)  Calculate average success rate of completing students (formative and summative)

Use of Results to Improve Instructional Program  Provides opportunity for discussion of how the findings will be used to improve academic services and  Allows for the design of course testing instruments used in the gathering of necessary data

This is where needed changes are recommended based on assessment results Recommendations should involve collaboration between technical faculty and Arts &Science faculty

What’s Next? Where do we go from here?

 Assessment Committee to review all assessment measures submitted by Units  Units begin collecting data as prescribed in Form C  Assessment results are analyzed next August  Results are reported with recommended changes next September

IA&R requests all current assessments by September 22 (Capstone assessments, Internship Evaluations, Other assessments)

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