Civic Engagement and Ethics: Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO)
At the end of the Fall 2016 semester, Merritt College faculty met to discuss their assessment of the Civic Engagement Institutional Learning Outcome (ILO). The faculty brought samples of student work and scoring rubrics that allowed us to consider student achievement in the areas of written and oral communication.
The results and action plans are summarized below.
Civic Engagement and Ethics ILO Assessment Meeting – December 16, 2016
Participants: Fereshteh Mofidi (Business), Heather Casale (Nutrition), Jennifer Yates (Radiological Sciences), Jennifer Briffa (Child Development), Lawrence Lee (Landscape Horticulture), Sheila Metcalf–Tobin (Art), Ruhina Najem (MEDAS), Sarah Gronquist (Landscape Horticulture), Mia Kelly (Nursing), Marty Zielke (Counseling), Susan Andrien (English), Nia Hill (Landscape Horticulture), Theresa Halula (Landscape Horticulture), Laura Forlin (Landscape Horticulture)
Present: Maril M Bull (Landscape Horticulture ), Molly Sealund (Landscape Horticulture).
Strengths
- Our students are passionate about civic engagement and social justice
- Our students expressed an acute awareness of professional ethics, particularly in the allied health fields
- Our students expressed an awareness of their behavior on the broader community
Areas for Improvement
- Many of the faculty expressed the challenges to assessing this ILO with a common rubric
- Some of our students expressed a lack of civic engagement/lack of participation in the broader community in which they live
Actions
- Communicate clear behavioral expectations in the classroom and professional practices
- Work towards greater engagement of campus-wide faculty and staff – model for our students how to be engaged
- Rubric/Scoring Sheet
- Permission Form
Contact Information
General Questions?
mer-sloac@peralta.edu
Heather Casale
SLOAC Co-Chair
hcasale@peralta.edu
Evan Nichols
SLOAC co-chair
anichols@peralta.edu
Sun Young Ban
Division I Coordinator
syban@peralta.edu
Taslima Rehman
Division II Coordinator
trehman@peralta.edu
Heather Casale
Division III Coordinator
hcasale@peralta.edu
Marty Zielke
SAO Coordinator
mzielke@peralta.edu