Strategic Learning Outcomes and Assessment Plan at SCSU
HLC Annual Meeting - April 17, 2016
Compliance
shared community values
Institutional learning outcomes
transformative learning environment
•
Regional comprehensive university
•
Part of Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities system
•
Enrollment: 15,400
•
Employees: 1450
1.
Adopt institutional learning outcomes that
will characterize the SCSU experience for all
students;
2.
Put in place a robust system of assessment
and continuous improvement.
1.
Adopt
institutional learning outcomes
that will
characterize the SCSU experience for all students
2.
Develop and put in place an
institutional-level
assessment plan
for the institutional outcomes
3.
Complete university-wide assessment
of at least
one institutional learning outcome by spring
semester 2016
4.
Demonstrate the
alignment
between program or
unit outcomes and those of the institution
Process - consultative, iterative, engaging
Representative governance structure
Tri-chair model
Representatives from across campus
•
Oversight committee
•
4 sub-committees:
•
Internal Outcomes
•
External Outcomes
•
Communication
•
Assessment
•
Value Rubrics
(AAC&U)
•
LEAP Vision for Learning
(AAC&U)
•
Curriculum Mapping
•
Degree Qualifications Profile 2.0
(Lumina/NILOA)
•
Employer surveys
•
Multi State Collaborative/MN VALUE Project
(SHEEO/AAC&U)
•
Re-Imagining the First Year
(AASCU)
When students graduate with an SCSU education, they will:
–
Think Creatively and Critically
–
Seek and Apply Knowledge
–
Communicate Effectively
–
Integrate Existing and Evolving Technologies
–
Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World
–
Act with Personal Integrity and Civic Responsibility
•
Oversight Committee
•
Dimension Committees
•
Year 1 – Planning
•
Year 2 – Dimension of the Year
•
Year 3 – Closing the Loop!
What do we mean?
•
How programs already deliver on Our Husky
Compact
•
Orient program outcomes to the OHC dimensions
(in a disciplinarily appropriate way)
•
How students will be exposed to the OHC
dimensions
•
Use of assessment to inform ongoing alignment
and improvement
•
70% of programs had learning outcomes
•
All courses had learning outcomes
•
Backwards design model not possible
•
Process created in order to facilitate
program discussions
•
Co-curricular alignment
Blank=No connection; L=Low; M=Medium; H=High
•
Multi State Collaborative sampling strategy
•
Student artifacts from multiple disciplines
and experiences
•
First-year and senior-level courses
•
AAC&U VALUE Rubrics
•
Written Communication
•
Oral Communication
•
Broad integration of Our Husky Compact
•
Planning and Implementation for Think
Creatively and Critically
•
Planning for Engage as a Member of a
Diverse and Multicultural World
•
Continue alignment
•
Completion of HLC Quality Initiative Report
Communication
Perfect is the enemy of progress
Concerns regarding evaluation, usefulness
Financial
Integration of co-curricular activities
http://stcloudstate.edu/ourhuskycompact
John Eggers:
jmeggers@stcloudstate.edu
Lisa Foss:
lhfoss@stcloudstate.edu
Kristian Twombly:
kmtwombly@stcloudstate.edu
Strategic overview of St. Cloud State University's commitment to institutional learning outcomes, assessment plan implementation, governance structure, oversight committee, and tools used for evaluation such as rubrics and surveys. Emphasis on student graduation goals and educational values.
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HLC Annual Meeting HLC Annual Meeting - - April 17, 2016 April 17, 2016
Compliance shared community values Institutional learning outcomes transformative learning environment
Regional comprehensive university Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system Enrollment: 15,400 Employees: 1450
1. Adopt institutional learning outcomes that will characterize the SCSU experience for all students; 2. Put in place a robust system of assessment and continuous improvement.
1. Adopt institutional learning outcomes institutional learning outcomes that will characterize the SCSU experience for all students 2. Develop and put in place an institutional assessment plan assessment plan for the institutional outcomes 3. 3. Complete university Complete university- -wide assessment wide assessment of at least one institutional learning outcome by spring semester 2016 4. Demonstrate the alignment alignment between program or unit outcomes and those of the institution institutional- -level level
Process - consultative, iterative, engaging Representative governance structure Tri-chair model Representatives from across campus
Oversight committee 4 sub-committees: Internal Outcomes External Outcomes Communication Assessment
Value Rubrics (AAC&U) LEAP Vision for Learning (AAC&U) Curriculum Mapping Degree Qualifications Profile 2.0 (Lumina/NILOA) Employer surveys Multi State Collaborative/MN VALUE Project (SHEEO/AAC&U) Re-Imagining the First Year (AASCU)
When students graduate with an SCSU education, they will: Think Creatively and Critically Seek and Apply Knowledge Communicate Effectively Integrate Existing and Evolving Technologies Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Act with Personal Integrity and Civic Responsibility
Enrolled Enrolled Spring 2015 Spring 2015 Not Enrolled Not Enrolled Spring 2015 Spring 2015 Mean Mean Difference Difference Engage as a global citizen in a multicultural world 3.9 3.4 0.5 0.5 Seek and apply knowledge to solve problems 5.1 4.4 0.7 0.7 Adapt and integrate technology 5.0 4.3 0.7 0.7 Communicate effectively 5.5 4.8 0.7 0.7 Act with personal integrity and civic responsibility 5.6 4.9 0.7 0.7 Think creatively and critically 5.5 4.9 0.6 0.6
Oversight Committee Dimension Committees Year 1 Planning Year 2 Dimension of the Year Year 3 Closing the Loop!
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively 2016 2016- -17 17 2017 2017- -18 18 2018 2018- -19 19 2019 2019- -20 20 2020 2020- -21 21
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2016 2016- -17 17 2017 2017- -18 18 2018 2018- -19 19 2019 2019- -20 20 2020 2020- -21 21
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively Think Creatively and Critically Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2016 2016- -17 17 Think Creatively and Critically 2017 2017- -18 18 Think Creatively and Critically 2018 2018- -19 19 2019 2019- -20 20 2020 2020- -21 21
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively Think Creatively and Critically Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2016 2016- -17 17 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2017 2017- -18 18 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2018 2018- -19 19 Dimension 4 2019 2019- -20 20 2020 2020- -21 21
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively Think Creatively and Critically Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2016 2016- -17 17 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2017 2017- -18 18 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2018 2018- -19 19 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 2019 2019- -20 20 Dimension 5 2020 2020- -21 21
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively Think Creatively and Critically Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2016 2016- -17 17 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2017 2017- -18 18 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2018 2018- -19 19 Dimension 6 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 2019 2019- -20 20 Dimension 6 Dimension 5 2020 2020- -21 21 Dimension 6
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively Think Creatively and Critically Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2016 2016- -17 17 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2017 2017- -18 18 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2018 2018- -19 19 Dimension 6 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 2019 2019- -20 20 Communicate Effectively Dimension 6 Dimension 5 2020 2020- -21 21 Communicate Effectively Dimension 6
Year Year Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Closing the Loop Closing the Loop Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2015 2015- -16 16 Communicate Effectively Think Creatively and Critically Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2016 2016- -17 17 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2017 2017- -18 18 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 Think Creatively and Critically 2018 2018- -19 19 Dimension 6 Dimension 5 Dimension 4 2019 2019- -20 20 Communicate Effectively Dimension 6 Dimension 5 Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World 2020 2020- -21 21 Communicate Effectively Dimension 6
What do we mean? How programs already deliver on Our Husky Compact Orient program outcomes to the OHC dimensions (in a disciplinarily appropriate way) How students will be exposed to the OHC dimensions Use of assessment to inform ongoing alignment and improvement
70% of programs had learning outcomes All courses had learning outcomes Backwards design model not possible Process created in order to facilitate program discussions Co-curricular alignment
Engage as a Member of a Diverse, Multicultural World Act with Personal Integrity and Civic Responsibility Integrate Existing and Evolving Technologies Think Creatively, Critically Seek and Apply Knowledge Communicate Effectively Program Outcomes Blank=No connection; L=Low; M=Medium; H=High
Multi State Collaborative sampling strategy Student artifacts from multiple disciplines and experiences First-year and senior-level courses AAC&U VALUE Rubrics Written Communication Oral Communication
Broad integration of Our Husky Compact Planning and Implementation for Think Creatively and Critically Planning for Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World Continue alignment Completion of HLC Quality Initiative Report
Communication Perfect is the enemy of progress Concerns regarding evaluation, usefulness Financial Integration of co-curricular activities
http://stcloudstate.edu/ourhuskycompact John Eggers: jmeggers@stcloudstate.edu Lisa Foss: lhfoss@stcloudstate.edu Kristian Twombly: kmtwombly@stcloudstate.edu
