Welcome to the 2008-2009 MPC Academic Senate Web Page.

Student Learning Outcomes: The Form

Starting in the Fall 2008 Semester, please use this form to record your analysis of your students' attainment of course SLOs.

Links to The Form and completed examples

 Why fill out this form?

It is an effort to promote dialog among faculty about what MPC students should be able to do as they exit our courses. The Academic Senate asks that you use this form to promote this dialog. We hope that, as a result of using this form, conversations will develop between instructors who teach within disciplines, in related disciplines, in courses that are sequential within a program, and across MPC. We hope the conversations reveal greater insight into student achievement of faculty-designed objectives and outcomes and ultimately lead to improvement in student learning. The value is in the dialog.

The Academic Senate considers the use of this form a “pilot project” for the first two semesters. Part I, with specific class records and information, is for faculty record-keeping purposes only. To preserve anonymity, it should stay with the instructor. Part II, with the four questions about student achievement of SLOs, is intended for both record keeping and encouraging dialog with colleagues. The Academic Senate would like to collect samples of the second page from a variety of faculty members willing to share on a voluntary basis. The information will be anonymously shared so that other faculty members might learn from their colleagues’ efforts and hopefully stimulate further dialog about student learning.

Remember, for our accreditation self study and site visit, evidence is required to show that MPC is evaluating student attainment of SLOs. Examples of Part II, shared on a voluntary and anonymous basis, will help provide this evidence. In addition, completion of Part II will signal that assessment of course SLOs has occurred for our yearly report to the accrediting agency.