SUNY Orange Assessment Work Plan 

Assessment Coordinator - Christine Work 

Last Updated: March 1, 2006 

 

Objective 

Timeline 

Action Steps 

Progress 

Notes 

The Culture of 
Assessment at OCCC 

Ongoing 

� Continue to meet with key faculty & staff 


� Regularly meet & update AVPs & VPAA on assessment 
initiatives 

� Attend & participate as ex-officio in college task forces and 
governance committees including AMP, Course Evaluation, 
PBIE, Assessment Advisory Committee, IT, Banner, Key 
Performance Indicators task force, Center for Teaching and 
Learning 
� Attend & participate in Department, Division, Assembly and 
Staff & Chair meetings 


v 

 

History of assessment 
at OCCC 

Ongoing 

� Review past assessment documents 
� Meet with past/present Chairs of General Education 
Committee, CWAC, and PBIE 
� Inventory OCCC assessment initiatives (both external and 
internal 


v 

Inventory Chart DRAFTED - needs 
updating and editing (located on 
Blackboard�s Assessment Advisory 
Committee course) 

SUNY Assessment 

of SLO in 

GENERAL 

EDUCATION & 

MAJOR 

Ongoing 

� Maintain & disseminate SUNY Assessment Schedule 


v 

Regularly update assessment 
schedule and forward to SUNY 

Ongoing 

� Keep informed of SUNY's assessment requirements including 
methods and reporting formats 
� Maintain relationship with Patty Francis, Assistant Provost for 
University Assessment and Academic Initiatives 
� Keep informed of GEAR initiatives 


v 

Attend SUNY & GEAR sponsored 
workshops and conferences 

Each AY 

General Education (3 year cycle) 

� Assist General Education areas scheduled for assessment in 
reviewing and revising their assessment plans 
� Assist GE areas in developing assessment methods (as needed) 
� Complete GE Summary & Campus Reports to submit to SUNY 
� Collaborate with Assessment Committee to review, disseminate, 
and utilize assessment findings: 
o Disseminated Critical Thinking assessment results 
o Conducted a CT Roundtable and a CT Workshop for 
faculty and staff 


� Collaborate with other college areas to support assessment 
initiatives such as Center for Teaching and Learning 


v 

� See SUNY GE Assessment 
Schedule for the AY in which GE 
areas are to be assessed 


� GE assessment reports 
submitted to SUNY June 2005 

 




 

Strengthened Campus Based Assessment (SCBA) 

� Developed Strengthened Campus Based Assessment Plans for 
Critical Thinking, Mathematics, and Written Communication 
� Collaborate with Assessment Advisory Committee to review 
and revise plans for implementation 


 

� SCBA plans submitted to GEAR 
for review February 2006 


Each AY 

Major/program (5-7 year cycle) 

� Update and distribute �Overview� of assessment expectations 
and requirements for SUNY assessment of SLO 


� Regularly meet with Department Chairs scheduled to be 
assessed (including attending AVP/Chair meetings) 

� Provide assistance to programs in the planning, implementation, 
and utilization of assessments 
� Compile and submit Assessment Reports to SUNY 
� Collaborate with Assessment Advisory Committee in 
supporting programs in developing and implementing program 
improvement initiatives 
� Developing OCCC �Guide� for Program Assessment 
� Collaborate with Assessment Advisory Committee to �refine� 
and promote assessment PLAN template 


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� "Overview" developed and 
distributed to Chairs each 
semester 
� OCCC �Guide� currently in 
draft form 
� Assessment Reports submitted 
to SUNY June 2005 


Student Learning 
Outcomes 

Ongoing 

� Assist all academic programs, in particular those scheduled for 
assessment in reviewing and revising program Student 
Learning 


v 

 

Professional 
Development 
Initiatives 

Spring 2006 

Faculty & Staff 

� Collaborate with Assessment Advisory Committee (AAC) in 
identifying college's assessment needs 
� Collaborate (also) with Center for Teaching and Learning in 
identifying assessment needs 
� Strategize on best format for delivering professional 
development opportunities 
� Identify external presenters/trainers to come to OCCC 
� Apply to FSDC funds for AAC members to attend a 
Middlestate�s assessment workshop 


 

 




Ongoing 

Assessment Coordinator: 

� Attended "Strengthened Campus-Based Assessment" 
Conference at Alfred State, NY (FEB 2005) 
� Attended GEAR Conference (APR 2005) 


� Attended Middlestate's sponsored SLO assessment workshop 
(JUN 2005) 

� Meeting with Patricia Francis (JUL 2005) 
� Meeting with Francis Deering, WCCC (SEPT 2005) 
� Middle State�s �Student Learning Assessment Conference� 
(SEPT 2005) 
� Attended USA FUNDS Symposium on Student Retention (San 
Antonio, TX FEB 2006) 


v 

 

Writeplacer 

2005/2006 

� Collaborate with English Department, Mary Warener in 
developing an appropriate cutoff formula for Writeplacer essays 
in order to eliminate faculty reading 
� Collaborate with Mary and Student Services to appropriately 
implement automated �results� 
� Develop and implement pilot to test the formula for accuracy in 
placement into English courses; also pilot to track student 


 

 

GUIDE for Program 
Assessment 

ASAP 

� Review current OCCC assessment practices (plans, methods�) 
� Standardize/streamline information collection including 
surveys and data collection 
� Review best practices � meet with F. Dearing WCC 
� Draft Guide 
o Guide to include template for assessment PLAN 


� Collaborate with Assessment Advisory Committee in soliciting 
recommendations 


 

Currently in Draft format 

Assessment Webpage 

 

� Storyboard DRAFTed 
� Contents gathered for webpage 
� Collaborate with Assessment Advisory Committee 


Page up in 
Summer 
2006 

 

Goals & Next Steps 

Ongoing 

� Encourage electronic communication of assessment schedules, methods, results, and uses 


� Begin to strategize on how best to create a culture of assessment in all unit areas of OCCC 

� Develop next steps for assessment with "other" college areas/units