General Education Assessment Project

The State of Florida Department of Education has recommended that post-secondary institutions collect information regarding the efficacy of their respective general education programs.  The methodology used to collect this data has not been dictated by the legislature. Thus, the General Education Assessment (GEA) Task Force was assembled by the General Education Requirements Subcommittee of the College Curriculum Committee in order to achieve the following:

Florida State College at Jacksonville General Education Outcomes
This link provides a list of the Florida State College at Jacksonville General Education Philosophy, Knowledge Bases, Intellectual Competencies and Values.  You must scroll down to the GER section.

College-wide Information

2009-2010 Academic Year

For the 2009-2010 academic year, the GEA Task Force has been subsumed into the General Education Review Task Force, which has been charged with leading the College through our current general education review cycle.  The College's assessment efforts have been integrated with the general education program review work.  For details on this project, please visit the General Education Review Task Force's Web page via the navigational link which appears on the left of this page.

2008-2009 Events

• Friday, May 1, 2009, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.  Deerwood Center, B-1204 (The Academy)
  
  General Education Assessment Updates
  
  * Presented by members of the GEA Task Froce
  
  
• Friday, March 20, 2009 and Friday, April 8, 2009
  
  Meeting Locations
  Friday March 20, 2009, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Wilson Center  
  Friday, April 8, 2009, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m., ATC, T-141
  
  Models for Assessment in General Education
  

  *Presented to Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, and Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning focus groups on March 20, 2009 and Global Sociocultural Responsibility focus group on April 8, 2009 by Youlanda Henry.

• November 20, 21, and 24, 2008 and December 2, 2008

  Campus Meeting Dates
  Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Kent Campus, E-104
  Friday, November 21, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., South Campus, G-101
  Monday, November 24, 2008, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., North Campus, A-122
  Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Downtown Campus, A-2043
  
  Campus-Based General Education Assessment Meetings

  *Presentations by Youlanda Henry and John Wall

• Thursday, October 23, 2008, 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Deerwood Center, B-1204 (The Academy)

  General Education Assessment Project Overview

  *Presented by Youlanda Henry
  

2007-2008 Events

• Friday, November 16, 2007, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Deerwood Center Room B-1204 (The Academy)
  • General Education Assessment Overview
  • Communications Learning Outcome Summary
  
  
• Thursday, January 24, 2008, 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Deerwood Center Room B-1204 (The Academy)
  • Assessment Models
  • Framework of Assessment Models – A Comparison Reference
  • Summary of Faculty Discussion Groups – Assessment Model Comparison Matrix
  
  
• Friday, February 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.–12 noon, Deerwood Center Room B-1204 (The Academy)
• Communication Rubrics (indicators developed by faculty)
  • Communications Rubric - Oral Content
  • Communications Rubric - Oral Delivery
  • Communications Rubric - Reception
  • Communications Rubric - Written
• CLAST Skill Categories for Communication
• Communication Rubric Drafts
  • Groups will finalize drafts by Tuesday, March 25
  • Instructions for accessing the Blackboard Communities for the Communication Rubrics
  
  
• Thursday, March 27, 2008, 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Deerwood Center Room B-1204 (The Academy)
  • Video clips of event
• Friday, April 25, 2008, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Deerwood Center Room B-1204 (The Academy)
  • General Education Assessment Project Summary (including definitions for all five outcome areas)
  • Communication Rubrics (indicators developed by faculty and revised since the February 29th meeting)
  • Communications Rubrics - Oral Content – upload Communications Rubric - Oral Content Final Draft 4 30 08
  • Communications Rubric - Oral Delivery – upload Communications Rubric - Oral Delivery Final Draft 4 30 08
  • Communications Rubric - Reception – upload Communications Rubric-Reception Final Draft 4 30 08
  • Communications Rubric - Written – upload Communications Rubric-Written Final Draft 4 30 08
• MAPP Report – upload MAPP Test Abbreviated Form use of reports

Reports

2008 End of Year Report and Recommendations

2008-2009 Action Plan (Draft)

2007-2008 Task Force Report

2007-2008 Action Plan

AAC&U Institute on General Education – Florida State College at Jacksonville Reports
The General Education Assessment Mentors individuals attended the AAC&U Institute on General Education in 2007. A second group of individuals attended the 2008 institute.

• Florida State College at Jacksonville report June 2008
• Florida State College at Jacksonville report May 2007

Presentations and Training Materials

• General Education Assessment College-wide Meeting Powerpoint - November 16, 2007
• Assessment 101 PowerPoint presentation – presented to the GER Subcommittee, April 19, 2007, by Deborah Morris, Lynne Crosby, and Wayne Singletary.
• Handouts from the meeting - A Comparison of Florida State College at Jacksonville GER, State General Education Learning Outcomes, and 21st Century Learning Outcomes
• General Education Assessment Models - narrated PowerPoint and more!

Other Florida State College at Jacksonville Assessment Resources

• Classroom Assessment
• Academic Learning Compacts (ALCs)
  

Web Resources

• Florida State College at Jacksonvilles’ General Education Outcomes Categories as developed by the State Learning Outcomes Task Force
• Florida State College at Jacksonvilles’ Principles of Assessment as developed by the State Learning Outcomes
• AAHE 9 principles of good practice of assessing student learning
• League for Innovation in the Community College, Learning Outcomes Project
• Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
• AAC&U, Assessment Resources
• Assessment in Higher Education (Australia)
  
• Other web resources

Additional General Education Rubics

• Oral Communication Rubrics:
  • Valencia Community College
  • NWREL oral presentation
  • Iowa State oral presentation
  • Holistic writing and oral communication rubric
  • Brenau University oral communication
  • Alverno College
  • Winthrop University
  • University of Southern Mississippi
  • Ohio State University
• Written communication:
  • Valencia Community College
  • Santa Clara University
  • Brenau University
  • Winona State
  • Cal State Fresno
• Written, oral, reading and listening in one rubric:
• Central New Mexico Community College
• Shoreline Community College webpage has rubrics for all four areas too (separate rubrics, not one document) but geared for ESL population.
• Reception Rubrics
  • Listening
  • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Reading Scoring Guide

 

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