Learning Assessment Council: Resources
Contact: Shirlee Geiger | 971-722-4659 | sgeiger@pcc.edu; Michele Marden | 971-722-4786 | michele.marden@pcc.edu
Assessment Resources
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Instructional Skills Class
Here is another great opportunity to get better at evaluating students!
Designing Effective Assessments: Do They Really Know It? Can They Really Do It?
1-day (6-hour) class
Time: Saturday, May 5, 9:00-4:00 (with a one-hour lunch break)
Location: Cascade, Terrell Hall 112
CEU 3192 CRN: 29242
Instructors:
Jessica Bernards, Rock Creek Mathematics Department
Gabe Hunter-Bernstein, Cascade Education Department
Sam May-Varas, Sylvania ABE Department
Outcomes:
- Analyze course content and outcomes to determine effective formative and summative assessments.
- Determine the most effective and practical assessments for particular purposes by comparing strengths and weaknesses of various assessments.
- Develop instructional strategies and formative assessments to most effectively prepare students to meet outcomes and be successful on summative assessments.
Content
- Define, compare and contrast formative and summative assessment.
- Determine advantages and disadvantages of various assessments (e.g., selected response, essay, performance, personal communication, portfolio).
- Analyze characteristics of different types of test items (e.g., short answer, multiple choice, essay) to increase effectiveness in writing them.
- Explore various types and uses of portfolio assessment.
- Examine how formative assessments can provide feedback and instruction to students.
- Begin to design a full assessment program for a course.
To register:
Email your G# to Gabe Hunter-Bernstein ghunterb@pcc.edu
(There is no direct registration via MyPCC.) Use your tuition waiver.
Assessment class
What IS the difference between assessing and grading?
This class is ideal for anyone involved in program/discipline assessment through your SAC, or for those who want to explore the heart of the biggest mystery in higher ed today.
Dates and times for Fall coming soon!Critical Friends Groups
Educators across the nation are discovering the value of working in collaborative groups to talk over their teaching successes and challenges.Last summer, 14 instructors from PCC were trained in one of the most successful formats for collaboration,Critical Friends. Groups of 8 to 10 instructors are forming now.
For more information, or to request to join a group, contact Sally Earll 971-722-7812Conversations with FT and PT Faculty
Facilitated conversations between Full-time and Part-time faculty members
In many PCC offices, PT teachers sit with other PTers. FT faculty may not even know who teaches in their discipline. When people are separated and rarely meet, even for casual interaction, misconceptions and stereotypes never get corrected.
Using a conversation guide from Public Conversations Project, we will try to talk through these divides, to get to what brings us together: better serving our students' needs.
Sylvania TLC :
Dates and Times Coming Soon
Rock Creek TLC:
Dates and Times Coming Soon
Cascade TLC:
Dates and Times Coming Soon
Registration is required.Contact:
Shirlee Geiger
971 722 4659 or sgeiger@pcc.edu
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National Issues Forum
Are you tired of divisive debates that just perpetuate the lines between us and them? Want a respectful and productive conversation about important issues?
Give NIF a try!!
What is NIF?
In order to have wise decisions, we can't just sound off, argue over solutions, or impose our values. We have to struggle with the hard choices that every issue entails, considering the pros and cons of each option. That is deliberation in a nut shell. Deliberation is not debate.
NIF stands for "National Issues Forum." This is a group that has been working for a long time to increase the quality of conversations about public morality. A group of PCC faculty and staff has been trained in the forum process, and will be inviting members of the PCC community to engage in conversations relating to education and local concerns.
For information on how to get involved, contact Neal Naigus, nnaigus@pcc.edu or call 971-722-4122
Learning Assessment Grants
The PCC Learning Assessment Council, in partnership with the Staff Development Office, is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for projects focused on assessment of student learning Program Funds for Excellence Assessment Grant program. This is closed for 2011-2012 assessment grants.
2011-2012 Grant Assessment Winners
SAC Recipient SAC Recipient ART Elizabeth Bilyeu LIB Torie Scott BA Usha Ramanujam MTH Carly Vollet CG Sonya Bedient NRS Priscilla Loanzon CHLA Doris Werkman NRS Doris Rink DE Beth Kaufka SOC Jordan Durbin DE Leslie Boyd GRN Jan Abushakrah
