CTE Breakout Assessment

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CTE BreakoutAssessment Planning

• East Los Angeles College
• Anthony Cadavid, MBA
• SLO Facilitator
• 1/23/09

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CULTURE
CULTURE

• SLO Process must become an integral part of our
  culture, here at ELAC!
• In essence, the Accreditation Board is looking
  for evidence of it in all departments.
• Evidence of what exactly?

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The SLO Processin detail
Develop SLOs for each course
Develop SLOs for each course
Develop SLOs for each course
Develop SLOs for each course
Develop SLOs for each course
Develop SLOs for each course
Develop SLOs for each course
Develop SLOs for each course
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Develop assessment tool for SLOs
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Start process again (adding new or modified SLOs)
Student Learning
Report results (improvements, corrections, etc)
Administer to students
Faculty make adjustments if needed (curriculum,
pedagogy, etc)
Faculty collectively assess results
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Assessment IS

• Systematic gathering, analyzing, and interpreting
  evidence to determine how well performance
  matches class expectations and standards
• Planning improvements
• based on analysis using
• the resulting information to
• document, explain, and
• improve performance

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Assessment IS NOT

• Merely Data Gathering
• A Research Project
• Grading
• A New Form of Performance Evaluation

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COLLECTIVELY ASSESSING RESULTS

• Faculty decides the best way to assess
• how much learning is taking placeas it refers to
  
• each SLO

• How much learning vs. Right or Wrong

• Appoint a Faculty point-person per course

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Assessment Tool Examples

• Embedded Questions
• Essay
• Speech / Presentation
• Portfolios
• Surveys
• Projects
• The key is assessing HOW MUCH Students have
  learned!

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Catalog Course Description

• MGMT 06

Public Relations (3) CSU RPT1 Lecture, 3
hours. This course covers basic concepts,
fundamentals, and considerations in organizing a
public relations program community relations
customer relations and special group relations.
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SAMPLE MGMT 06 SLOs

• At the end of this course, students will be able
  to appraise and debate at least two advantages of
  keeping Public Relations as a separate discipline
  from Marketing.
• Given a scenario in which an organization is
  communicating a message, students will be able to
  name and evaluate the publics to which the
  message is directed.

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SAMPLE MGMT 06 Assessment Procedure and Criteria

• Students will take an objective question quiz
  consisting of three multiple choice questions.
• Test will be graded using a rubric.

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Assessment Tool
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MGMT 06 Rubric
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MGMT 06 Final Report
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MGMT 06 Final Report
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Focus when reviewing reports

• Did assessment really measure SLO?
• Was there any improvements necessary to make
  assessment better?
• What changes are needed?
• Improvement Plan.

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Catalog Course Description

• CAOT 9

Computer Keyboarding Improvement (1) RPT1
Advisory CAOT 1 or CAOT 62. Note This is not a
beginning course ability to key 30 gross words
per minute is suggested. Laboratory, 3
hours. This course is designed to improve
keyboarding speed and accuracy through timed
writings, corrective drills, and production using
PCs and special software.
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Course SLO
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Assessment Tool and Results
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Course SLOs
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Assessment Tool and Results
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Assessment Tool and Results
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Catalog Course Description

• CAOT 23

23 Legal Secretarial Procedures I (5) Advisory
CAOT 2. Lecture, 5 hours. Law office procedures
for the legal secretary including discussion of
different kinds of law practiced legal office
staff and technology used in todays law firm
development of legal vocabulary and legal
correspondence the history of law and of the
court structure codes and court rules and
preparation of civil lawsuit pleadings from
initial filing to trial.
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AJ 4
Principles and Procedures of the Justice System
(3) UCCSU (UC Limit AJ 1 AJ 4 combined,
maximum credit, one course.) Lecture, 3
hours. This course presents an in-depth study of
the role and responsibilities of each segment
within the criminal justice system law
enforcement, judicial, and corrections.
Consideration is given to past, present, and
future exposures to the procedures of each
sub-system from initial entry to final
disposition, and the relationship each segment
maintains with its system members and the
community.
Catalog Course Description
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Course SLOs
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Assessment Tool - Pre-Test
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AJ 4 Final Report
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CD 10
Child Health (3) CSU Lecture, 3 hours. Common
childhood diseases, first aid, environmental
safety, nutrition and special health problems of
children. Students are required to participate in
and pass the American Red Cross Multimedia First
Aid Course and Infant CPR. Certification must be
current.
Catalog Course Description
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CD 10 Final Report
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