1. Overview General Education Assessment Faculty Meeting August 2012

2. Standard 14 Assessment of Student Learning Institutional Goals General Education Goals Program Goals Mission

3. Institutional Goals Gen Ed Goals Program Goals

4. Standard 12 General Education Curriculum must – Tie to institutional mission – Include goals designed to enhance intellectual growth lead to proficiency in oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, and technological competency Must have a systematic plan for assessment of student outcomes for general education goals Results of assessment are utilized for curricular improvement Institutional Research + Provost Office = home of general education assessment

5. C ONCERNS

6. What we need to do What do we want our students to know or be able to do?

7. What we need to do What do we want our students to know or be able to do? How do we support the development of this knowledge or skills?

8. What we need to do What do we want our students to know or be able to do? How do we support the development of this knowledge or skills? How will we know if the students have this knowledge or skills?

9. Where we can start….. Committee – SoTL model Work through our Gen Ed Requirements Starting with CW Volunteers? Westcott@juniata.edu Westcott@juniata.edu Meaningful Useful

10. Where we can start….. On the near horizon - Intercultural Learning Assessment Committee Assessing Intercultural Competencies Announcing: – Dr. Darla Deardorff – Faculty Workshop in January