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Julianna Barnes &
Greg Stoup
Lessons from the BRIC Initiative
Building Stronger Systems for SLOs and Program Review
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What we will cover
1. Framing the issue
2. What we learned from the BRIC Initiative
3. Making the connection
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WHO IS THE RP GROUP?
Putting our work in context
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The RP Group
Strengthens the abilities of California community colleges to gather, analyze and act on information in order to strengthen student success
Provides research, evaluation, professional development, and technical assistance services that support evidence-based decision-making and inquiry
Work is defined and conducted by community college practitioners
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THE IMPETUS FOR OUR WORK
What is getting between data and action
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When evaluating your outcomes, make sure you are focusing on the right data.
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Retention Rate
Success Rate
1999 2008
20 year trend for institutional outcomes
What does that tell us about the usefulness of these metrics in setting institutional strategies?
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Much of what is needed to support
good decision making isbeyond the
grasp of institutional
databases.
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Potential First Time Student
Successful Completion
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Completes SEP
Books in stock at Bookstore
Library Orientation
Effective degree audit
Effective Early Alert program
Faculty Letter of Recommendation /
intro to network
Effective Orientation
Good impression from
campus visit Talk to Univ. Rep / Employer
Intrusive Counseling
Meet with college outreach professional
Attends Lecture Series
Join club / participate in student Govt
Connecting with faculty outside
classroom
Clean petition process
User-friendly application
process
Leverages Learning Center resources
Powerful learning experience in classroom
Financial Aid Support
Successful Completion
Get accurate perception from HS counselor
Placement Test Prep
PROGRESSENTRY COMPLETION
Potential First Time Student
CONNECTION
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Data do not
speak for themselves.
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The vital role of conversation
● In order to make data useful, ample time and space are needed to discuss and analyze the information and connect it back to the original research question.
● Answers are not always immediately apparent, so skilled facilitation may be needed to dig out the deeper meaning.
● Multiple perspectives and types of information are often needed to make sense of individual data points.
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WHAT CAN WE DO?
What we learned from the BRIC initiative
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BRIC’s on-campus support helps colleges improve internal practices.
• Technical experts who are community college practitioners
• Focus on discrete practices such as program review
• Opportunities for dialog
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Colleges wanted to reform processes
to make themsimpler and
provide more useful
information.
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age 2: While what colleges developed varied, each system was:
• Meaningful• Sustainable• Consistent
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For example …
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Comprehensive Assessment Report Exampleshttp://www.rpgroup.org/resources/comprehensive-assessment-reports-best-practice-examples-around-country
Resource Compendium on Assessmenthttp://www.rpgroup.org/resources/assessment-strategies-and-models-help-tell-story
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Creating space and time to talk allowed good ideas
to be put into action
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Get conversations going using inquiry guides.
• Assessing Student Learning Outcomes
• Using an Equity Lens to Assess Student Learning
• Assessing Student Services Outcomes
• Maximizing the Program Review Process
• Assessing Non-credit Student Learning Outcomes
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You do not have to
reinvent
the wheel.
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WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU
How can you improve your SLO and program review processes?
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Brainstorm & Discuss(10 minutes)
• Identify a way that you could make your SLO or program review process more meaningful, sustainable, and consistent.
• Pair up with someone and share your ideas.
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Final take aways
● We can redefine how we define and gather data so that it becomes more meaningful and useful.
● We need to create time and space for conversation that engage a wide range of people in analyzing information and developing action plans.
● We can use existing mechanisms for research, planning, and assessment rather than building additional processes.
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Find Out More
The RP Group Websitewww.rpgroup.org
Rob Johnstone, Senior Research [email protected]
Priyadarshini Chaplot, Project [email protected]
