MISSION STATEMENT:

 The mission of the Student Learning Outcomes Committee is to assist Imperial Valley College's campus community in the ongoing assessment of courses, programs, and services which lead to student success. (Standard II.a.2.b)

 FORMS

Cycle Assessment Form 2012. New in 2012.  This updated form includes only the Cycle Assessment portion.  You do not need to print out your form. Please send your completed Cycle Assessment electronically by email to the person in your department who is collecting them.  Do NOT send it to the SLO Coordinator.

Program_Learning_Outcomes Form This is the form that you need to submit both Phase I and Phase II of your PLOs.  You do not need to print out your form.  Please send your completed form electronically by email to the SLO Coordinator at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Service Area Outcomes (SAOs)  Identified Service Areas should use this form for submitting the PHASE I and PHASE II information.  Completed forms are to be sent by email to the SLO Coordinator at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  You do not need to print out your form.  

 SAMPLE SLO FORMS

 Do you have questions about how to fill out an SLO Cycle Assessment form?  Look here for examples:

Example SLO - Administration of Justice     Example SLO - American Sign Language

Example SLO - Biology                                    Example SLO - Nursing                              Example SLO - Political Science

ASSESSMENT PLANNING

Size Reduction Guidelines  For courses that offer multiple sections, guidelines on choosing which sections to assess.    

Planning Grid Sample 1 Each department needs to have a plan and a schedule for assessing SLOs over a muti-term, multi-year period.  These samples can provide guidance in your planning.

Course_Alignment_Grid This grid guides you in aligning course SLOs to the Institutional Learning Outcomes.

Alignment Grid Sample 1           Aiignment Alignment Grid Sample 3          Bloom's Taxonomy

Designing Outcomes

SLO Handout from ASCCC Curriculum Institute - This is a wonderful Outcomes Handbook designed by the ASCCC.  It may be helpful to you as you go through the process of designing outcomes and collecting data.

Bloom's Taxonomy - Key words you can use to help you write your outcomes statements.  

Questions and comments may be directed to Kevin Howel at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (760) 355-6712 or Jill Kitzmiller at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (760) 355-6296.