Fall 2009 Flex Days

Fall 2009 SLOAC Packet(doc)  Fall 2009 SLOAC packet (pdf)

Wednesday, Nov. 11

12-1:15 SLOAC Poster Session Buffet (Cafeteria)

While enjoying a delicious, nutritious lunch hosted by the SLOAC and PEDAC committees, circulate around the cafeteria to peruse model assessment plans and instruments (i.e., rubrics, surveys—both printed and via webaccess )  and chat with poster session presenters about  how they generated the assessment plans, lesson learned, and tips to create your own plans. While the ideas are fresh, after lunch head over the assessment plan workshop that follows this poster session.

Poster Presenters: Steve Aurilio (Administration of Justice), Chris Case (Biology), Kathleen Feinblum (English), Dan O' Connell (ESOL), Jude Navari (Music), Vanson Nguyen (Mathematics), Christine Roumbanis (Computer Applications and Office Technology), Dennis Wolbers (Information Literacy/ Library) 

 

1:15- 3 Assessment Plan Workshop (SLOAC Part I) (Room 8211)

We hear you! By popular demand, this workshop is fully hands-on. Round up your departmental colleagues, secure a copy of SLOs for at least one course or a program, and bring your laptops to this session so that you can download templates to create assessment plans, with experienced assessors circulating to assist as needed. (You also can bring your draft assessment plan to get feedback.) Ideally you’ll emerge with a draft assessment plan so that you’re ready to assess in time to complete an annual assessment report by the end of the spring semester, as every department is expected to do. Also, you’ll be able to determine what instruments you need to make in time to participate in one of tomorrow’s SLOAC workshops. For sample assessment plans, see http://www.skylinecollege.edu/facstaff/GovCommittees/sloac/examples.html .  To download templates, forms, and checklists, see http://www.skylinecollege.edu/facstaff/GovCommittees/sloac/framework.html . 

Facilitators: Jan Fosberg  (Physical Education), Tom Hewitt (Library), Virginia Padron (Counseling), Regina Pelayo (Cosmetology), Karen Wong (English/ Reading), and friends

 

Thursday, Nov. 12

9-12 (SLOAC Part II) Surveys or Rubrics Workshop

  • Survey Workshop (Room 8213): Like yesterday’s SLOAC workshop, this workshop is also fully hands-on. An indirect measure, surveys are a very efficient means of collecting data that reveals students’ assessments of their abilities, what they’ve learned, and/or their attitudes toward learning. They can be designed for a specific course, or they can be designed to administer in all courses that unify a program. Bring your laptops so that you can generate survey statements and responses while getting assistance from experienced researchers. Also find out about the OCR technology available through the Research Office to format surveys and tabulate data, thus eliminating the need for separate scantrons. For sample surveys, see http://www.skylinecollege.edu/facstaff/GovCommittees/sloac/examples.html .

Facilitators: Michael Bishow (Speech Communications) and Rob Johnstone (Research and Planning Office)

 

  • (Online) Rubric Generator Workshop (Room 8211): Like yesterday’s SLOAC workshop, this workshop is also fully hands-on. A direct measure used to evaluate student work, rubrics are an excellent means of articulating a common grading criteria and demystifying grading for students. Bring your laptops so that you can generate a rubric either manually or with the aid of i-rubric (http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm ) , with experienced rubric users circulating to assist as needed. For sample rubrics, see http://www.skylinecollege.edu/facstaff/GovCommittees/sloac/examples.html .  

Facilitators: Luciana Castro (Foreign Languages), Lucia Lachmayr (English/Reading), Soodi Zamani (Mathematics)

 

 

Assistance from Steering Committee Members  

If you would like a workshop on writing SLOs or creating assessment plans, or if you would like some assistance from SLOAC Steering Committee members either individually or during departmental meetings, please contact Karen at wongk@smccd.edu to make arrangements.

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SLOAC Steering Committee, 2008-2009

SLOAC Steering Committee   

You are more than welcome to attend our meetings! We generally meet the fourth Monday of every month, 1:45-3:45, in Room 6203: September 28, October 26, November 23, January 25, February 22, March 22, and April 26.

You can access notes to previous meetings from our website.

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