Closing the Loop: SLOs, GE SLOs, Assessment, Curriculum, Program Review,

Planning, and Budgeting Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College

Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College

Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica College

Burning Questions

Where is your college on the ACCJC Rubric for SLOs?

Burning Questions

What does your college need to do to get to proficiency by 2012?

More Burning Questions

• Where would you place your college on the ACCJC Rubric for Program Review?

• Where does ACCJC expect colleges to be currently?

The Whole Ball of Wax

• Program Review is where all three ACCJC rubrics come together

–Institutional Effectiveness

–SLOs

–Program Review

So What’s a Program?

• Title 5 §55000(g) educational program is "an organized sequence of courses leading to a defined objective, a degree, a certificate, a diploma, a license, or transfer to another institution of higher education”

What’s a Program?

• Title 5 – ends in a degree or certificate• Disciplines – majors, areas of interest• Departments• Student Pathways (EOPS, CTE, Transfer)• Mirror planning organization• Mirror budget organization (Are these last

two equal?)• Differences for student services,

administrative services?

Can These Be Programs?

• General Education

• Basic Skills

• Vocational CTE

• Others?

How does your college define “programs?”

• Do you need to define it differently to reach the sustainable level on the ACCJC Rubric for Program Review?

• Do you need to define it differently to reach proficiency on the ACCJC Rubric for SLOs?

Program level SLOs

• Guides Program Review

• Promotes Healthy Program Dialogue

• Links across departments

• Considers external factors

Burning Questions about Assessment

• What kinds of assessments are you using to measure programs?

• How can your assessment methods work with other processes (budgeting, currculum etc) established at your college?

More Burning Questions

• Where does your college store the data?

How Will Program Assessment Have Value?

• How does your program review process link to planning and budgeting at your college?

How can your college sustain these efforts?

Program Review Represents the Vital Signs of a Healthy Institution

Signs of Successful Linkage

• Communication

• Planning driving budgeting NOT

budgeting driving planning

• Use of Evidence

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ASCCC Program Review Paper

• Structure

• Data

• Program Variety

• Evaluation of Program Review Process

CCC Network for Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

• http://sloassessment.com/• Links to Program review samples and worksheets• http://www.asccc.org/Events/sessions/

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Thank you