What we learned:
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Our action plan:
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| Some are unaware of how quickly an assignment can be aligned. |
- We revamped our instructions to include a quick reference guide with links to longer instructions.
- The subject line in the faculty notification email will be edited to show aligning only takes five clicks or 30 seconds.
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| Some are unaware that this is a mandatory process outlined in the contract. |
- We added the links and contract language to the FAQ section on our website and the notification email, and we will include them in all future presentations.
- We met with the Dean’s Council so they understood it was mandatory.
- Through this meeting, we partnered with the Dean’s Council to send ELO reminders to faculty members as part of their regular semester reminders/meetings with faculty throughout the year.
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| Assistance is needed to find the best ELO assignment. |
- We will continue to promote our Lib guide, which contains how-to videos and sample assignments used by Tri-C faculty that align with each of our seven ELOs and our DEI courses.
- Our communications will continue to include the contact information for our full CLOA membership. Anyone on CLOA can assist with creating or editing an assignment to better align with an ELO.
- We host ELO workshops at the beginning of each year that include a walkthrough of alignment resources. Recordings of the sessions are made available on our KWeb site for future reference.
- There are also breakout sessions in the ELO workshops that allow faculty members to find the best assignment in a group of sample assignments and to practice editing assignments that are not an exact match.
- There is a working session at the end of the ELO workshops where faculty can meet with CLOA to discuss their actual assignment.
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| Unsure of the "Why" |
- Institutional assessment gives us data to prove our students are learning these specific skills that will help them in their lives and careers.
- Faculty teaching these skills in a wide variety of courses enable our students to learn and practice these skills frequently throughout their time with us.
- In our workshops we discuss the College's accreditation levels and explain that our ELOs are in alignment with both ODHE as well as the HLC.
- We created two documents to showcase how important our ELOs are in the real world, from the workforce to everyday life.
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| Unsure of what happens to the assessment results |
- We will add our yearly workshop schedule where we discuss the results in the faculty notification email. Loop closure sessions will be held in the spring semester after collection ends for an ELO.
- We will also resurrect our yearly assessment newsletter. This is emailed to the entire College and contains assessment terms, a yearly wrap-up of assessment activities and a place to offer suggestions/ask questions/volunteer.
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Rubrics need more opportunities for
review |
- CLOA will review the rubric feedback from our workshop sessions along with representatives from courses that are mapped to ELOs and anyone else at the College who would like to be on the review team.
- CLOA will regularly compare our ELOs with ODHE and HLC to make sure we are staying up to date.
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| Additional information requested in our faculty notification emails. |
- A quick reference guide with links to the longer instructions, if needed
- The subject line in the faculty notification email edited to show aligning only takes five clicks or 30 seconds
- ELO workshops schedule and recordings of previous sessions
- Showcase of how important our ELOs are in the real world, from the workforce to everyday life
- Addition of the contract language
- Reiterating in notification emails important assignment information for all individual ELOs
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| Adjuncts may not be receiving all notifications. |
- We created template language for deans to include assessment questions during their review meetings with all faculty.
- Deans can now email faculty who haven't aligned an assignment by midterms and finals week.
- We are asking Adjunct Services managers to add assessment reminders to their newsletters.
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| Course-level assessment planning meetings additions |
- We met with 50 disciplines in AY 2022/2023 to create their course-level outcome plans.
- We reviewed outcomes for all courses in a discipline and created meta outcomes for faculty to use if they choose.
- As the meetings progressed, we made small tweaks to the informational portion of the meetings to be more inclusive of all situations disciplines may encounter.
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| Common Reading, (re)Imaginings and Cocurriculars |
- Annual end-of-year loop closure narratives
- Any cocurricular events
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