MJC SLO Related Objectives 2006-2007

Letter to MJC Faculty
MJC President Sends Email Requesting Faculty Participation in SLO Trainings

Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:04 PM
To: _MJC Certificated Full Time
Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF DR. ROSE
Importance: High

MJC Colleagues,

On behalf of the Student Learning Outcome Committee I am soliciting your participation and support in the SLO trainings held this fall.

You will recall that the new 2002 Western Association for Schools and Colleges (WASC) has stated in the new academic standards:

The primary purpose of an ACCJC-accredited institution is to foster learning in its students. An effective institution ensures that its resources and processes support student learning, continuously assesses that learning, and pursues institutional excellence and improvement. An effective institution maintains an ongoing, self- reflective dialogue about its quality and improvement.

In the most recent Accreditation visit the team made the following recommendation:

“The team recommends that the college develop, implement, and assess student learning outcomes to ensure student success in courses, programs, certificates, degrees, and services and use the assessment and analysis for the purpose of improvement.”

Student learning is our primary and central purpose at MJC. Every MJC employee is here in some way to help facilitate student learning – whether directly or indirectly.

These Accreditation Standards remind us that, in order to ensure our efforts are consistently meaningful and relevant to student learning, we must maintain a culture of ongoing and systematic inquiry into the effectiveness of our activities. Since student learning occurs in response to any combination of our services, facilities, instruction, or operations – and external forces beyond our direct control, we must adopt an ongoing cycle of self-evaluation to identify and respond to factors that impact student learning for the purpose of improvement.

In spring, MJC will take a fundamental step toward employing this process. We will do this through participation college-wide in a “pilot” project where teams of individuals from various areas of the college will work together to identify what factors are affecting learning and success at MJC. Through this project we will demonstrate that we are responsive to the WASC recommendations in that we place student learning at the center of our decisions and actions. I encourage you to investigate how your participation in this pilot will be beneficial to your students and your area of expertise. Your efforts will be essential to demonstrating to WASC that we have made progress in this area.

The SLO Committee has developed a comprehensive training program to aid the institution in adopting these methods for the purposes of improving learning. In the weeks ahead you will participate in several training session through your division, department or program meetings. These college wide trainings are essential to engage the total college in the dialogue, discussion and implementation of SLOs. You will also learn more about the pilot project referenced above. For more information, please visit the SLO website or contact Letitia Senechal, SLO Facilitator.

Richard Rose

MJC President




Letter to MJC Faculty MJC President Sends Email Requesting Faculty Participation in SLO Trainings Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:04 PM To: _MJC Certificated Full Time Subject: IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF DR. ROSE Importance: High MJC Colleagues, On behalf of the Student Learning Outcome Committee I am soliciting your participation and support in the SLO trainings held this fall. You will recall that the new 2002 Western Association for Schools and Colleges (WASC) has stated in the new academic standards: The primary purpose of an ACCJC-accredited institution is to foster learning in its students. An effective institution ensures that its resources and processes support student learning, continuously assesses that learning, and pursues institutional excellence and improvement. An effective institution maintains an ongoing, self- reflective dialogue about its quality and improvement. In the most recent Accreditation visit the team made the following recommendation: “The team recommends that the college develop, implement, and assess student learning outcomes to ensure student success in courses, programs, certificates, degrees, and services and use the assessment and analysis for the purpose of improvement.” Student learning is our primary and central purpose at MJC. Every MJC employee is here in some way to help facilitate student learning – whether directly or indirectly. These Accreditation Standards remind us that, in order to ensure our efforts are consistently meaningful and relevant to student learning, we must maintain a culture of ongoing and systematic inquiry into the effectiveness of our activities. Since student learning occurs in response to any combination of our services, facilities, instruction, or operations – and external forces beyond our direct control, we must adopt an ongoing cycle of self-evaluation to identify and respond to factors that impact student learning for the purpose of improvement. In spring, MJC will take a fundamental step toward employing this process. We will do this through participation college-wide in a “pilot” project where teams of individuals from various areas of the college will work together to identify what factors are affecting learning and success at MJC. Through this project we will demonstrate that we are responsive to the WASC recommendations in that we place student learning at the center of our decisions and actions. I encourage you to investigate how your participation in this pilot will be beneficial to your students and your area of expertise. Your efforts will be essential to demonstrating to WASC that we have made progress in this area. The SLO Committee has developed a comprehensive training program to aid the institution in adopting these methods for the purposes of improving learning. In the weeks ahead you will participate in several training session through your division, department or program meetings. These college wide trainings are essential to engage the total college in the dialogue, discussion and implementation of SLOs. You will also learn more about the pilot project referenced above. For more information, please visit the SLO website or contact Letitia Senechal, SLO Facilitator. Richard Rose MJC President
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