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Gen Ed Assessment

General Education Learning Assessment: Year of Learning 2024-2025
Welcome

Welcome to the informational page all about the Year of Learning (YOL) for General Education assessment. Here, you will learn more about the YOL, how to participate, and where to go with questions.

What is the Year of Learning?

It is a year of professional development for SACs with one or more courses on the Gen Ed list (see table below). These SACs will take a break from their regular learning assessment project requirements in order to participate in professional development in the area of Gen Ed learning assessment.

Courses on the Gen Ed list will continue carrying out signature assignments during the Year of Learning, as these assignments were designed to help students engage in the learning of important course outcomes. The completed assignments will not be collected for assessment this year, but you will still need to administer them to help students achieve their goals

Why Are We Doing This?

Prior Gen Ed assessment work revealed gaps in our ability to generate meaningful data about outcome achievement. We all realize that faculty need more support around shared understandings of Gen Ed outcomes, signature assignment design and implementation, and assessment practices.?The YOL professional development opportunities will help close those gaps for faculty and for college-wide Gen Ed assessment.

How Will It Work?

During this 2024-2025 academic year, you will perform the following actions:

  • Fall term: SACs with Gen Ed courses will discuss and choose from a menu of options and report this choice by the end of fall term (see link to form below) DUE: December 6, 2024
  • Winter and Spring terms: Engage in your chosen Year of Learning activity
  • End of Spring Term: Submit one narrative report about what your SAC learned by end of spring term (see link to form below) DUE: June 20, 2025

The goal of the Year of Learning is to encourage and provide support for all faculty (full-time and part-time) who currently teach Gen Ed courses, or who may teach them in the future, to participate in the SAC’s professional development activities around Gen Ed assessment.

What Support Will SACs Have?

Your learning assessment leadership team and coaches, deans, and administration are all working to support faculty during this year of learning. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to any of them with questions. Check our resources list, below, for additional support.

All part-time faculty will be compensated for their work on the professional development project. Depending on the project you choose, full-time faculty may receive some compensation as well (see the table with menu items, below).

Gen Ed SACs

These are the SACs who will need to participate in a YOL professional development project this year.

ART ATH BA BI CG CH
CHLA CIS COMM CS EC ENG/WR
ESOL ESR FN G GEO GS
HE HEC HST HUM INTL J
MTH MUS PHL PHY PS PSY
R SOC TA WS World Languages

See Spaces for current information about 2024-2025 assessment expectations for CTE and non-Gen-Ed LDC SACs.

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Note: All professional learning options come with event planning support and supplies, when applicable (e.g. room reservation and catering for an in-person meeting)

Menu Items Compensation Structure
Hold a 1-day workshop focused on some aspect of gen ed assessment Participants: Meeting Rate for PT faculty only
SAC FLC (Faculty Learning Community) with SAC rep and a LAC coach (as co-facilitators)?

Co-faclitators (SAC rep and LAC coach): Special Projects Rate for development and delivery

Participants: Meeting Rate for PT faculty only
Package of courses during Anderson Conference Participants: Meeting Rate for PT faculty only
Complete asynchronous assessment course (existing D2L course) Participants: Meeting Rate for PT faculty only
Do a practice assessment with feedback
 Participants: Special Projects Rate for all faculty involved. We will determine reasonable hours with SAC up front.
Choose your own adventure TBD; assessment leadership and administration will work with the SAC to determine the reasonable number of hours and rate.
Due Dates
  • YOL project selection form due December 6, 2024
  • YOL final report form due June 20, 2025
Forms
  • Link to Google form to select menu option (to follow)
  • Link to Google form for end-of-year report (to follow)
Resources
  • If you would like to attend a Zoom drop-in session to ask questions and learn more, feel free to join with one of the following links:
  • SAC Day October 30: This is a great opportunity for your SAC to talk about which project you would like to choose. If you would like an assessment coach to visit your SAC during this meeting day, reach out to Heidi Van Middlesworth.
  • Contact the PCC Learning Assessment? Coordinator, Heidi Van Middlesworth with questions (you can e-mail her directly at heidi.vanmiddlesworth@pcc.edu)
  • You can also contact your Program Dean for more information
FAQs
  • Q: Will my SAC still have to administer signature assignments in our Gen Ed classes during? this year of learning?
  • A: Yes! The signature assignments were designed to help students engage in learning of the Gen Ed and other important course outcomes for your course. The completed assignments will not be collected for assessment this year, but you will still need to administer and grade them to help students achieve their goals.
  • Q: What happens if I get sick or otherwise cannot participate on the day my SAC planned to engage its YOL professional development project?
  • A: Although full participation from SAC members is encouraged and supported, there is no penalty for those who cannot participate.
  • Q: Do all SAC members need to participate in the professional development project?
  • A: Again, although full participation from SAC members is encouraged and supported, there is no penalty if not all SAC members participate.
  • Q: What is SAC members cannot agree on which project to engage in? Can we do different projects within the same SAC?
  • A: One of the main goals of the project is to have your SAC come together to decide what will help you as a whole group. If you think different components of the projects in the menu will help rather than just one, then you should select the “choose your adventure” option and piece together something that looks right for you. Ultimately, you will come together as a SAC at the end to discuss what you all learned (no matter which task you completed individually) and turn in one final report.