FACULTY REPORTSJANUARY 16, 2009GEOFFREY DYER

Taft College’s Progress in SLOs

Overheard This Week

“I don’t know if you know what you’re talking about, but it makes sense to me.”

“Give us release time to do this.”“I still don’t know what SLOs are.”“Can you get someone to do it for me?”

“Our campus has embraced change!”

Taft College’s SLO History

Course SLOs added to Course Outlines of Record, 2002

Independent efforts to raise SLO awareness, 2002-present

Social Sciences Division Wide SLOs and assessmentsScience includes specific Learning Objectives, linked

with instructional units, into course-packseLumen purchased, piloted Student Services integrate SLOs into program review

handbook, work extensively; develop timeline, template and five sets of Student Services program SLOs

History

Liberal Arts division retreat focusing on SLOs, spring 2008

SLOs placed on syllabi, spring 2008Institutional SLOs drafted through divisions

and Academic Senate, 2007-2008SLO Coordinator identified to begin duties in

fall, 2008Meaningful discussion! “Campus embraces

change”

Since Summer, 2008

SLO Assessment Teams implementedNew Course Level SLO template adoptedNew Individual Assessment Report template adopted53 new Course SLOs written in new template22 documented Individual Assessment Reports from

Assessment Team participants to dateCourse Level SLO workshops at in-serviceSLO Webpage createdProgram SLOs drafted in Business AdministrationProgram SLOs discussed at Planning and division

meetings as component of Program Review template

SLO Assessment Teams

Pilot launched in summer 2008Offered fall and spring, 2008-2010Participants identify or write an SLO to

assess, conduct assessment, document it, and suggest improvements.

Individual Assessment Reports sharedEmphasis is on integrating assessment of

SLOs into campus culture

Course Level SLO template

Easy and fun to useLists SLOs, assessments, and institutional

alignmentEnsures academic freedom (Faculty write

SLOs . . . Does not ensure freedom from SLOs)

Available on Taft College’s SLO Webpage—free!

Individual Assessment Report Template

A home for dataGuides you through the steps of conducting

assessmentConsolidates evidence for accreditationEye catching, thanks to Linda West’s in-

service training on Microsoft Word 07Improved by input from the summer

Assessment TeamAnd . . .

You guessed It! Fun and easy to use!

SLO Webpage

The living repository of course SLOs, templates, Individual Assessment Reports, and training materials

Created at faculty requestSoon to be the home of program SLOsVisit:

http://faculty.taftcollege.edu/slos/data/slo.shtml

Apples to Apples

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Palomar’s statistic taken from their 2006-2007 Annual Report Update on SLOs for

ACCJC. Sacramento and LA Mission taken from their 2007-2008 Annual Reports,

and Riverside from its most recent Self Study.

. . .But then . . .

That 42% of course SLOs for Taft includes the old SLOs written in grids on Course Outlines (95 courses from our 2008-2009 offerings) and courses using the Social Sciences division wide SLOs.

The percentage, based on courses offered at Taft in 2008-09, of courses with our new revised SLOs is 16%.

This is the area we have made the most progress in. In assessment, improvement, and program SLOs, we are even weaker.

How can we fix it?

How can I help?