Core Competencies in Support of Comprehensive Student Learning

Core Competencies in Support of Comprehensive Student Learning: A National Overview NATASHA JANKOWSKI, PHD, DIRECTOR, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT (NILOA) @njankow @NILOA_Web

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The current state of the field…

Assessment of student learning involves the systematic collection, review, and use of information about educational programs undertaken for the purpose of improving student learning and development. It does not mean testing or grading only It is a discipline and scholarship It is not only done because someone said we had to

Submit Reports Write Outcomes ACCREDITATION/ PROGRAM REVIEW Package Results Identify Assessments Gather Results

Strategize New Student Success Plans Name Expectations for Learning IMPROVEMENT Determine Extent of Learning Communicate Expectations to Learners Collect Student Work

Let’s start here… “Educational assessment is at heart an exercise in evidentiary reasoning. From a handful of things that students say, do, or make, we want to draw inferences about what they know, can do, or have accomplished more broadly. ” (Mislevy & Riconscente, 2005, p. iv). Put more simply it’s a way to justify stated beliefs about students and their learning as well as the role of our institutions and programs in getting them there.

Assessment. . . Is trying to get us to think intentionally about our learning design and how it intersects with our beliefs about the purpose of education and our student population.

Institutional/Core Competencies Degree Programs/General Education Courses/Experiences Activities in courses/experiences Assignments

Co. Curricular General Education Major

Some learning frameworks Degree Qualifications Profile: DQP Common Core State Standards LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes: LEAP ELOs Beta credentials framework Tuning (History, Communications, etc. ) Employability Skills Framework Common Employability Skills (NACE) Your own institutional learning outcomes Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) System-wide initiatives or efforts

Mc. Kendree University Crosswalk

Academic Affairs Course 1 Course 2 Course 3 Learning Outcome 1 X X Learning Outcome 2 I R M Learning Outcome 3 Paper Presentation Debate Course 4 X Exam

Student Affairs Learning Experience 1 Learning Experience 2 Learning Outcome 1 Exposure/ Participation Reinforce/ Development Learning Outcome 2 Reflective Assignment Presentation Learning Outcome 3 Stand alone Coupled with a course Learning Experience 3 Learning Experience 4 Attainment/ Achievement Project Development

Degree-Level Learning General Education Outcomes Learning Outcome 1 Learning Outcome 2 Major Courses Activities and Experience That Provide Support Possible Careers General education Courses that address Cocurricular elements that Possible career paths courses that support specific outcomes related to the map the learning outcomes

Other Elements to Consider Learning Prior Outcomes Learning Courses Other Required Courses, Recommended Electives Activities Work-Based and Learning Experiences That Provide Support Certifications and Licensures Possible Careers Learner Identified Learning Prior Outcome 1 learning that is accepted in relation to specific outcomes Courses that address specific outcomes Other courses that support and reinforce specific outcomes Cocurricular elements that support specific outcomes Possible certifications connected to the outcomes Possible career paths related to the map Elements identified by learners as supporting learning outcomes Learning Outcome 2 Employment and other experiences that reinforce specific outcomes

Evidence of Learning Demonstration

How do you assess them? It depends. How you apply and assess core competencies or learning outcomes will look different within your individual disciplines and areas – but most will occur in the form of a well designed assignment.

Ask yourself: What do you want to know about x? What argument do you want to make about x? What type of evidence would be necessary to make that argument?

Closing Note on Equity We have assumptions about our students: ◦ Who they are ◦ How they learn ◦ Where they learn ◦ What they need to succeed All that impacts what we change and why

Involving students

Transparency in Assignments Transparency in Learning and Teaching: https: //tilthighered. com/ Purpose Skills you’ll practice by doing this assignment Content knowledge you’ll gain from doing this assignment How you can use these in your life beyond the context of this course, in and beyond college Task What to do How to do it (Are there recommended steps? What roadblocks/mistakes should you avoid? ) Criteria (Are you on the right track? How to know you’re doing what’s expected? ) Annotated examples of successful work (What’s good about these examples? Use the checklist to identify the successful parts. )

Equity and Assessment

Socially Just Assessment Podcast Series EP 1 EP 2 EP 3 EP 4 EP 5 campuslabs. com/socially-just-assessment Culturally Responsive Assessment Critical Theory as a Framework to Advance Equity Through Student Affairs Assessment Socially Just Assessment Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Assessment: Graduate School Preparation for Future Student Affairs Practitioners The Connections between Decolonization, Social Justice and Assessment

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