Why are learning outcomes used?
Learning outcomes are assessed on a regular cycle in order to ensure that our students are meeting our stated goals and to continually improve the quality of the instruction and services that we provide.

Who does the assessment work?
Everyone at the college is engaged in assessment work. Click here for a variety of examples of assessment work.

How often are learning outcomes assessed?
All outcomes are assessed at least once every three years. Three years cycles have been developed for all courses and programs to ensure that assessment work is continuous and current.

Where is all of the assessment data kept?
Coruse SLOs are a part of all course outlines. They, along with assessment data, are documented in Taskstream. Taskstream allows collection of assessment data in one location.

Who is charged with organizing assessment work for the college?
The Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Committee (SLOAC) is charged with keeping track of assessment work, organizing professional development activities, reviewing data, and educating the college. SLOAC meets twice monthly. In addition, college administration and department chairs play key roles in planning and keeping track of outcomes assessments in their areas.

• Co-Chairs: Heather Casale and Evan Nichols
• Division I Assessment Coordinator: Evan Nichols, English/ESOL
• Division II Coordinator: Laura Forlin, Landscape Horticulture
• Division III Assessment Coordinator: Heather Casale, Nutrition Instructor
• Service Area Assessment Coordinator: Marty Zielke, Counselor
• Nia Hill, Landscape Horticulture
• Tachetta Henry, Staff Assistant to the Vice President of Instruction
• Taslima Rehman, Mathematics

• Division 1 Assessment Record

• Division 2 Assessment Record

• Division 3 Assessment Record

• Student Services Assessment Record

• CurriQuNet Login

• Login Support

• SLO Video Tutorial

• Step-by-Step Instructions

• Sample Assessments

• SLO Stipend (Adjuncts)

• Course SLO Assessment CurricuNet Meta Template

• How to Document Department Assessment: Departments can document their program-level assessment in a variety of ways:

  • Include reports completed for external agencies such as accrediting bodies (If you are already documenting your work for a grant or special program, you don’t need to duplicate that work, just include what you’re already doing!)
  • Document a discussion during department meetings using a Department Meeting Form (see below)
  • Alternative evidence for assessment discussions: an agenda, minutes, a Zoom recording of a discussion

• Department Meeting Forms: These forms can be used to document department assessment, including SLO, PLO and ILO assessments.

  • Department Meeting Assessment Template
  • LANHT Basic Certificate PLO Assessment Template
  • Math Department Meeting Template

• Stipend Request Form

  • Request for SLO Stipend

    *How to Request an SLO Stipend (adjuncts only) 

    1. Complete an SLO assessment.
    2. For each course assessed (not for each SLO, even if you assess multiple SLOs for that course), fill out one Request-for-SLO-Stipend form (note: timesheet not required).
    3. Sign and send to Dept. Chair
    4. Dept. Chair completes form, signs, and sends to SLOAC coordinator.
    5. SLOAC coordinator signs and sends to SLOAC Chair.
    6. SLOAC Chair signs and sends to the college administrator in charge of SLO stipends.
    7. SLO Stipend is processed, and payment is sent to adjunct faculty.

• Stipend Request Form

• AACU Rubrics

• PR Validation Rubric

• APU Validation Rubric

• Blooms Taxonomy

  • Comprehensive list of Bloom’s Taxonomy active verbs: This is a list of active verbs from Bloom’s Taxonomy that can be used when writing SLOs. These verbs are sorted into three different learning domains (cognitive, psychomotor, and affective). For each domain, the verbs are sorted further from lower-level to higher-level skills.

Other Document links:

1. CurricuNet Meta Template for Student Services
2. Outcomes-Assessment-Calendar-Student Services
3. Student Services Assessment Record Fa 21 to Sp 24