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Writing Program-level Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs) - PPT Presentation

Practicing Assessment Leadership Within Departments and Institutional Supports for this Work Participants in Session A Will Be Able To Identify programs within their departments Explain Program Student Learning Outcomes and their role in a continuous improvement cycle to colleagues within the ID: 619035

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Slide1

Writing Program-level Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs)

Practicing Assessment Leadership Within Departments and Institutional Supports for this WorkSlide2

Participants in Session A Will Be Able To:

Identify programs within their departments

Explain Program Student Learning Outcomes and their role in a continuous improvement cycle to colleagues within their department (including their role in program review)

Evaluate particular PSLOs, identifying their stronger and weaker elements

Assist and lead colleagues in their own departments through the process of drafting PSLOs by the end of Fall Term.Slide3

Participants in Session B

Will Be Able To:

Identify College Goals for PSLOs

Follow some suggested processes

Understand resources and materials available to support this process

Contact appropriate others for help.Slide4

What’s a “Program”?

Any conceptual grouping of more than one course together as an educational unit that appreciable numbers of students might take, for which it makes sense to define outcomes

At a minimum: Every formal degree/certificate/certification is a program

The opposite extreme: Even a two-course sequence can be considered a programSlide5

Your Programs

What programs are offered by your department?

Examples of ProgramsSlide6

Stakeholders

Who are

the stakeholders

in your

program(s)?

Examples of StakeholdersSlide7

Making Claims about Programs

What claims can we make about how our students change by

experiencing the components of your program(s)?

Examples of Claims

Claims = Program SLOsSlide8

Let’s Practice

Learning About Components and Strengths of Written Program Students Learning OutcomesSlide9

Components of well-written PSLOs

Describes an observable behavior of the learner (Uses an action verb – See reverse for examples)

Specific content and expectations for behavior is stated

Easily and similarly understood by stakeholdersSlide10

Components of well-written PSLOs

Easily and similarly understood by stakeholders

Faculty in your program, or faculty who are part of a similar program at other institutions, should be able to the read the collection of PSLOs and know what concepts need to be understood, skills mastered, and issues addressed within the collection of courses The PSLOs are strong enough to drive the curriculum.Slide11

Components of well-written PSLOs

Easily and similarly understood by stakeholders

Prospective students and parents/family of prospective students can understand what they’ll be able to do when they complete the program. The PSLOS clearly communicate the added-value of the program to prospective students and their parents/families

.Slide12

Components of well-written PSLOs

Easily and similarly understood by stakeholders

Assure stakeholders that students exit the program with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities to be successful

Prospective employers should be able to discern the skill sets of graduates of career technical programs.

Transfer institutions should be able to discern the skill sets of graduates of educational programs that build upon this one.Slide13

Practice Writing PSLOs

At 2 PM, be prepared to review and discuss your answers.

2:15 Break time

We’ll reconvene at 2:30 for Session B. Slide14

Recap of College Goals for PSLOs

Use

what you have learned to lead your department through the development or revision of PSLOs.

Meet

deadlines for

Blueprint/Planning/Catalog

Active Involvement by your department and other stakeholders is needed for this processSlide15

Basic Steps of Process

Identify your programs

Identify the roles your students play after they complete your program that are influenced by having been in your program

Based on those roles, identify stakeholders to participate in the process Slide16

Basic Steps of Process

During Fall term, gather input from department members and stakeholders on what successful graduates are able to do in those roles as a result of having been in your program.

Use that input to craft well-written, robust PSLOs  Slide17

Review a Suggested Process

Review Handout Slide18

Academic Leadership

Is what you need to do to accomplish clear to you?

Are you aware of the

resourses

that are available to you?

What do you need to be successful?Slide19

Institutional Supports

Available Resources and Materials

Guidebooks and Instructional Materials

Facilitation (Help us define what sorts of facilitation you might need)

Customized professional developmentSlide20

What else can be provided to help you be successful?

Let

us know if your department needs additional resources or support they need to do this work.

Remember facilitators are available to help you with any step in this process

!!!

Any final thoughts?