评估 of Student Learning
评估 of Student Learning begins with the Sitting Bull College mission statement. The SBC mission and its corresponding vision, 值, 目的, and goals inspire all assessment activity. As the scope of assessment is widened, it involves multiple committees, along with academic and student service 程序s in a well planned and organized cycle. Central to this process is the 评估 Committee who functions as a collection point for the data. The Vice President is accountable to the Board of Trustees, administration, academic and student service divisions for reporting and publishing the summative results of yearly assessments activities.
Sitting Bull College has an 评估 Committee that is composed of faculty members, the Vice President, and the Director of Institutional Research. The chair of the 评估 Committee is a faculty member. The chair and the faculty members are rotated and serve a term of three years.
The 评估 Committee meets quarterly throughout the academic year. In 2022, the 评估 changed the two-day general education and 程序 assessment reporting process from last two days of faculty academic contracts, to fall semester for general education outcomes, and end of spring semester for 程序 outcomes. During the reporting process faculty are required to complete a one-p年龄 summary of their 发现, along with the general education or 程序 plan that lists the outcomes, measurement tools, measurement goals, 发现, analysis of data, and action or recommendations.
评估 procedures at the course, 程序, and institution level are at the core of the institutional activities and strategic planning at SBC. Feedback collected through these outcomes provides support for the decisions made for future SBC planning. Since planning guides resources allocation, the feedback through assessment is used to coordinate future resource allocation to guide institutional effectiveness and assessment of student learning.
Minutes are kept for all 评估 Committee meetings along with the two day assessment reporting process, which includes recommendations and action items for each general education and degree 程序 outcomes. The minutes along with each general education and degree 程序 发现 are filed in three ring binders that are housed with the Vice President. 除了, all 发现 and minutes are stored in shared folder on the SBC server that can be accessed by all faculty and staff. During the reporting process, recommendation and action items from the previous academic year are also reviewed with each faculty as a follow-up to insure that the recommendations and action items from the previous year have been implement.