LAKE TAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

SARA PIERCESPANISH INSTRUCTOR

Assessments

WHY???

We are already assessing our classes!

We have templates to make this process very easy!

Putting what we already know on paper!

Process driven from Accreditation

In 2005-2006 we were visited by the Accreditation Team and were mandated to create Student Learning Outcomes for all courses. Our Accreditation Self-Study started last year! This year we are being visited by the Accreditation team! Time to get moving….

We finished creating these for ALL courses three years ago.

Now it’s time to assess these courses.The assessment process is a multi-faceted process

including the following: Mapping our Core Competencies to our Program SLOs Mapping our Program SLOs to our Degree/Certificate SLOs Mapping our Program SLOs to our course SLOs

Assessing our course SLOs

TracDAT 2010New software purchased

last year to keep track of our assessments.

Will show the mapping our CORE competencies to our department/program Student Learning Outcomes to our class SLOs.

We will be implementing this software SLOWLY this year!

oWE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS OUR CLASSES WITH THE OLD TEMPLATES, SUBMITTING TO

SLO@LTCC.EDUoFACULTY MEMBERS WILL BE ASKED TO PILOT THIS

SOFTWARE THIS YEAR.oOUR GOAL: TO HAVE ADJUNCTS AND/OR

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS ENTER THE ASSESSING INFORMATION DIRECTLY INTO THE SOFTWARE.

oTHIS SOFTWARE WILL TRACK OUR PROGRESS AND STAGES OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS.

What does this mean for assessing?

LTCC Core CompetenciesWhat do we want every student to obtain from

LTCC?

Communication Students will communicate effectively, which means the ability to:

read, write, listen, & speak and/or converse.

Critical Thinking and Information Competency Thinking critically is characterized by the ability to perform: analysis,

computation, research, and problem-solving.

Global Awareness Demonstrate a measurable understanding and appreciation of the

world: scientific complexities, social diversity and civics, and artistic variety.

Personal Responsibility and Professional Development Self-management and self awareness, social and physical wellness, and

workplace skills.

Assessment SchedulesWe have asked that each department submit an

Assessment Schedule, outlining what courses they will assess each quarter. Each department is responsible for submitting their

own. Be realistic and submit often! Accreditation will look at these and check our

progress. Our goal is to have every class assessed (at least)

once in three-year period. (Fall 2008 - Spring 2011) This did not happen but we made significant progress.

Let’s keep it going.

How do we assess? Assessing guidelines:

Fill out the template with your SLOs. (See course outline)SLO 1:

Compose one evidence-based paper and discuss the culture and peoples of a Spanish-speaking country that reflects information learned and personal reflection.

SLO 2: Communicate and comprehend target language at mid-elementary level with appropriate grammar and vocabulary as presented in the list of topics for this course.

SLO 3: Participate in casual and formal dialogues by means of class activities and oral presentations that demonstrate recycled vocabulary, grammar, and phrases.

SLO 4: Recognize, differentiate, and produce statements and questions with regular and irregular verbs in present and preterite tenses and be able to express future actions.

Approved methods of Assessing SLOs:

Input the approved methods into the template.

Take these directly off your Course Outline:Approved Methods of Assessing SLOs:Conversations and skitsTests and quizzesWritten sentences in SpanishOral PresentationsClass ParticipationCultural DiscussionsInstructor ObservationAssessment tools appropriate for course level

Choosing method to assess outcome!

Choose your method that assesses each outcome. Choose from the list on your template.

For example: I chose the Maya Web Lesson to assess SLO 1. SLO 1: Compose one evidence-based paper and discuss the

culture and peoples of a Spanish-speaking country that reflects information learned and personal reflection.

These methods of assessing SLOs can change every quarter you teach the class.

MASLOs used:SLO 1: Web Lesson: Los mayasSLO 2: Class activity: Weather reportSLO 3: Final Oral PresentationSLO 4: Final Exam

Complete the boxes for student understanding!

Fill in the areas for mastery, some understanding or no understanding with the number of students that fall into each respective category. Please DO NOT represent students that did not complete the assessment.

SLO Mastery Some understanding

No understanding

#1 25 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)#2 20 5 0#3 18 2 0#4 17 6 6

Narrative for each SLO

Write a brief narrative describing EACH outcome of EACH SLO. Please answer these questions in your narrative: Were you satisfied with the outcome of this SLO? Why or why not? Do you have any recommendations in the future to improve student learning for this outcome? If not, what worked well? Anything else you want to add? Example: SLO #4: This SLO was addressed with a written

final exam including short answer and essay portions. While the majority of students performed at an above average level, I would very much like to improve the performance of students who performed at an average level. While we completed many practice activities, most were oral language activities. I plan to create more activities to prepare students to successfully perform in writing. I plan to improve the quality of my review sheet to better prepare students for the exam. I would also like to include an in-class pre-test so that students have practiced the material in writing and have an opportunity in areas of weakness to focus their review for the exam.

Budget Recommendations

If there are some budget recommendations tied to improving your Student Learning Outcomes, write them in the designated space. This will help us justify purchases in the future (even

though there is no money now).SLO #1: The Mystery of the Maya DVD. $35.00

SLO #2: None

SLO #3: None

SLO #4: None

When are they due?

Due the Friday of the second week of the following quarter.

Submit to slo@ltcc.eduEmail pierce@ltcc.edu if you have any questions

or call 541-46602, x255All templates are available at

http://www.ltcconline.net/pierce/Assessment%20Stuff/Assessment.htm

Remember, we SHOULD already be assessing our classes. Let’s just put it on paper!