SLOs for Counseling By Patricia FloresCharter Southwestern College

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SLOs for CounselingBy Patricia
Flores-CharterSouthwestern College

• Welcome!
• Pick up a handout
• Complete the SLO Checklist

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Becoming one with the SLO

• The Zen
• Of Student Service SLOs

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Why Participate in Accreditation?

• Have a voice in campus planning and development
• Build campus and community relationships and
  mutual respect
• Learn about academic, fiscal, HR, and
  administrative processes
• Help others learn about Student Services

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SLOs and Accreditation

• SLOs and their assessment are a part of Student
  Service Program Review
• Each year faculty monitor and document progress
  on SLOs
• What are your goals for students who participate
  in college counseling services?

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Unfunded Mandate?

• Workload and evaluation concerns
• What is the goal?
• How will it help students?
• Refining the process
• Making your time count
• Who will assess?

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How It All BeginsThe Core Competencies

• Core Competencies identify
• Outcomes we want for our students
• Skills in which we want our students to develop
  competency during their college studies
• What are your colleges Core Competencies?

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Keep SLOs Simple and Meaningful

• Communicate to student what they should be able
  to do upon the successful participation in
  service
• SLO language is comprehensible and meaningful to
  our students
• Help students participate more in their learning
  by working toward the identified outcomes
• SLOs may be measured during and/or at the end of
  service

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Assessment of SLOs

• Possible data elements for assessment of SLOs
• Appointments (Ed plan, probation,
  disqualification, career, transfer)
• Workshops, Success Seminars, Tutoring
• Service and GPA/Degree/Transfer comparisons
• Pre/Post Surveys
• Others

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Getting It Done

• Program Review/SLO Liaison
• Stakeholders students, faculty, staff
• Office of Research
• Identify Core Competency (s) the service supports
• Identify SLO
• Design method of assessment and cycle