1. Assessment & Tk20
November 12, 2015
Della

2. Today’s Outcomes
Participants who complete today’s workshop/meeting will be able to:
Identify the assessment process at Leeward CC
Define common assessment terminology
Create an assessment plan
Use Tk20 to document assessment work
Della

3. What is Assessment?
Della – open question for the attendees to answer

4. Assessment - An on-going process designed to monitor and improve student learning.
WASC Assessment Leadership Academy, 2012
“Assessment allows program faculty and administrators to reflect on what they intend to accomplish and organize and plan activities and resources to better achieve those end results, thus demonstrating more accountability for what they are trying to accomplish.”
Marilee J. Bresciani
Della

5. Assessment Cycle (or Loop)
Jan

6. Assessment should be systematic, not just “grabbing numbers from the sky”. We capture lots of data every day, but the goal for assessment is to be clear about what you want to measure and then create a plan for capturing useful information about student learning.

7. Why do we need to do course, program, and support area assessment?
Assessment provides feedback to the instructors and is used to improve student learning
Assessment provides feedback to students regarding where they need to focus their attention
Assessment is used to improve curriculum and program offerings
Assessment is necessary for ACCJC accreditation and contract renewals/promotion dossiers.

8. Assessment Process at Leeward CC

9. Who is responsible for assessment at Leeward CC?
Instructors
Discipline coordinators
Program coordinators
Division chairs
Unit heads
Everyone!

10. Assessment Acronyms at Leeward
CLO – Course Learning Outcome PLO – Program Learning Outcome GELO – General Education Learning Outcome SAO – Support Area Outcome ILO – Institutional Learning Outcome
Jan

11. Assessment Map at Leeward CC
Jan

12. Assessing Your CLO or SAO