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EPA Coordinator:
Claire Cesareo-Silva
Phone: (949) 582-4739
ccesareosilva@saddleback.edu

Program Review Coordinator:
Heidi Ochoa
Phone: (949) 582-4404
hochoa@saddleback.edu

SLO Coordinator:
June Millovich
Phone: (949) 582-4576
jmillovich@saddleback.edu

Student Learning Outcomes and Administrative Unit Outcomes

The Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) assessment process is a means to discover if students, are, in fact, learning what they are expected to learn in courses and programs throughout the college.  The accrediting agency for California Community Colleges (ACCJC) has elected to use SLOs as an integral part of its accrediting standards.  This is, in large part, a response to the U.S. Department of Education call for colleges and universities to engage in a process of continual self-examination and reflection with the goal of improvement. All student support and administrative service units will also engage in a Administrative Unit Outcome (AUO) assessment process.

Saddleback College assesses SLOs on the course, program, and institutional levels. These outcomes are in the process of being transferred from CurricUNET to TracDat.

Saddleback College Institutional
 Student Learning Outcomes (ISLOs)
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Students completing a degree or transfer program at Saddleback College will be able to demonstrate:

• Effective Communication
• Reading Competency
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication

• Intellectual and Practical Skills
• Computer Literacy
• Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning
• Information Competency
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Teamwork and Problem Solving
• Skills for Lifelong Learning

• Community/Global Consciousness and Responsibility
• Knowledge of Cultural Diversity
• Interpersonal Skills
• Civic Knowledge and Engagement
• Ethical Reasoning and Action

• Breadth of Subject Area Knowledge
• Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Arts and Humanities
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Handbooks and Forms	Forms
SLO-AUO Handbook Department Chair's Step-by-Step Guide to SLO Writing and Assessment (8/16/10) Modifying and Creating Course-Level SLOs in Curricunet (8/25/2010)	Program-Level SLO Form AUO Form
Status Reports and Statistics	Resources and Links
Course-Level SLO Status Report (10/18/10) Program-Level SLO Status Report (10/18/10) ISLO Status Report (Pending) AUO Status Report (Pending) Information Compentency ISLO - Spring 2010 (Chart)	Rethinking Program-Level SLOs (8/18/10) Outcomes Mapping Worksheet ACCJC Rubrics on Program Review and SLOs Student Learning Outcomes and Assessments at the CSUs Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning How to Write Student Learning Outcomes (Kansas State University)