Date

Items Needed

July 15^th (Deans & Department)

1.     Desired Outcome (A statement of what students will be able to … demonstrate…, know…, do…, etc… -- That is, as a result of your course and/or program, what will students be able to achieve that they were not able to prior to the learning experience[s]).
Example: Students will demonstrate understanding of the dimensions of poverty.
 

2.    Implementation Strategy (Describes the tactic[s] to be used to influence this outcome. What will you do to create an environment in which this learning can occur?)) 
           Example:  Class discussions, lectures, and outside readings will be used to expose students to the concepts of poverty.  Community service experiences will be used to have students to gain a better understanding of poverty. 

3.     Assessment Method  (The method or methods you will use to determine if students achieve the desired outcome?  Describe the ASSESSMENT TOOL (rubric, portfolio, observation of performances, standardized test), the FOCUS of the ASSESSMENT tool (measure students understanding of the dimensions of poverty), WHO is to be ASSESSED (all students or only certain students), WHEN the assessment will occur (at the end of SOCI1301), and if appropriate how INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE MASTERY.) 
         Example:  At the end of each term, portfolios of students completing SOCI 1301 will be scored using a rubric that evaluates students level of understanding of the dimensions of poverty in the U.S..  Individual students will be judged to have mastered this concept if they obtain a rating of “complex level of understanding” in each of the dimensions of poverty in the portfolio.
 

4.     Assessment Criteria  (This answers the question “how do you know” that students [in aggregate] are able to achieve the desired outcome.  This should describe the PATTERNS OF EVIDENCE that you would see by looking at a GROUP OF STUDENTS.) 
         Example:  75% of students will have a rating on the scoring rubric of “complex level of understanding” on all of the sociological dimensions of poverty in the U.S.
 

5.    Narrative Description:  To view the State's requirements for the Core Curriculum pleasedownload the Defining Characteristics and Perspectives of the Core Curriculum (Adobe Acrobat)
         Example:  This outcome directly relates to students ability to critically think, as understanding the sociological dimensions of poverty in the U.S. challenges many ‘common sense' approaches to poverty.  This outcome also relates to Reading Comprehension and Written Communication, as they are required to engage in a critical reading of sociological texts, and demonstrate that they can apply those concepts to what they observe through their writing portfolio.

August thru June

6.      Implementation and Ongoing assessment throughout the year.

July 15^th

(Deans & Department)

7.    Narrative of the observed results using the assessment method & criteria described above. (what did you observe?)

8.     Description of the changes that are made as a result of what was learned.  (what types of changes were made to your course, program, curriculum, instructional technique, implementation strategies, etc... as a result of what you learned?)