The Office of Assessment, Program Review, Curriculum and Articulation serves to help campus-wide assessment efforts.
The office assists units with the assessment of academic and institutional program reviews, goals, and outcomes, and serves as the Unit Administrator and provides training for AWC's Tk20 system.
Mission Statement
The Office of Assessment and Program Review supports the College Vision by providing college-wide leadership in assessment, program review, and the collection of the educational data. These informational services enhance the college's culture of evidence and assists administrators and faculty in data-driven decision making at all levels of the college. We are dedicated to accessibility, communication and innovation.
Learning-Centered Values
- Arizona Western College graduates will demonstrate competency in critical inquiry, communication, civic discourse, quantitative analysis, scientific literacy, and digital literacy.
- Arizona Western College graduates will demonstrate expertise in their selected fields of learning.
- Arizona Western College graduates will be able to interact, communicate, and work effectively with partners, teams, and networks.
- Arizona Western College graduates will be able to participate actively in the political, ethical, and aesthetic aspects of community life.
Statement of Purposes
The College...
- creates an environment for growth through impassioned teaching and learning that encourages higher orders of thinking and performance, advocates the free exchange of ideas and is responsive to changes in technology, delivery structures and markets;
- awards associate degrees and certificates to students who successfully complete programs of study and prepares students for work, for meeting personal goals or for transition into other studies;
- enhances the cultural climate through visual and performing arts and offers physical and recreational development to the community;
- assists students to achieve success by providing support services, including academic advising, career counseling, financial direction, learning support and activities for student enrichment;
- establishes opportunities for lifelong learning through partnerships with public/private schools and colleges, universities, governmental agencies, and economic development organizations; and
- provides access to learning for students, staff, and community through environmentally safe and sound facilities and equipment.
Tk20
There is so much happening in assessment. If you feel overwhelmed, do not worry because the Assessment and Program Review is here to help!
Entering outcomes and measures is not all you can do in Tk20. Check out all it has to offer:
- Juried Assessments
- Portfolios
- Faculty Qualifications
- Curriculum Mapping
- Course Evaluations
| Form/File Name | File |
|---|---|
| Assessment/Tk20 Glossary of Terms | Download |
Log in and check it out!
Training Resources
| Form/File Name | File |
|---|---|
| Faculty Assessment Workshop 1 | Download |
| Faculty Assessment Workshop 2 | Download |
| Administrative Departments Assessment (Part 1) | Download |
| Administrative Departments Assessment (Part 2) | Download |
| AWC Academic Program Assessment Plan Rubric | Download |
| AWC Academic Course Level Assessment Plan Rubric | Download |
| AWC Institutional Department Assessment Plan Rubric | Download |
Assessment Happenings
| Form/File Name | File |
|---|---|
| 2018 February Assessment Happenings Newsletter | Download |
| 2017-2018 Assessment Report | Download |
Institutional Benchmarks
Quantitative Analysis: 70% or more of students enrolled in GE courses designated Quantitative Analysis will be able to identify and extract relevant data from given mathematical or contextual situations; and/or select known models or develop appropriate models that organize the data into tables or spreadsheets; and/or obtain correct mathematical results and state those results with appropriate qualifiers.
2016- 2017 Proficiency Results
| Competency | Measures | Proficient |
|---|---|---|
| Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of exponential and logarithmic functions | Set up and evaluate an exponential growth model | 48% |
| Find the doubling time | 45% | |
| Investigate linear functions and use them to model real world data | Finding the line of best fit | 60.6% |
| Finding the correlation coefficient and interpreting | 51.6% | |
| Using the line to make a prediction | 49.2% | |
| Average rate of change | 53.5% |
Writing in the Discipline (Writing Intensive-WI) : 70% of AWC students in Writing in the Discipline (Writing Intensive) classes will demonstrate a writing proficiency of a level of “2”, or proficient, on a writing artifact evaluated by a blind juried assessment team comprised of disciplinary scholars. This percentage will be determined by a random sample of WI writing artifacts. Results are available on the Writing in the Discipline webpage.
Assessment Coalition
The Assessment Coalition was established to encourage the assessment of teaching, learning, and services at AWC by creating opportunities for individuals to discuss, document, and share assessment results and the changes being implemented based on the results.
Mission Statement
The Assessment Coalition is dedicated to providing support, resources, and opportunities for faculty and administrators to discuss, conduct, and share thorough, thoughtful, critical analysis and reflection of student learning and services provided at Arizona Western College and to encouraging students to become agents in their own learning.
Goals
- Support and sustain a culture of assessment.
- Share information about assessment practices of curricular, co-curricular, and institutional services and develop a shared language and demonstrated understanding of assessment on campus.
- Survey faculty, administrators, staff, and students on their understanding of assessment and current assessment efforts.
- Provide opportunities for students to develop an understanding of the value of learning and assessment
- Encourage students to become agents of their learning.
- Solicit feedback about faculty, staff, administrator, and student needs related to assessment.
- Provide opportunities for professional development on departmental goals and learning outcomes assessment.
- Encourage the use of assessment plan data to improve student learning and services.
- Create and update Assessment Coalition webpage annually to demonstrate how institutional assessment results and surveys are used to improve learning and services at Arizona Western College.
Membership
Membership in the Coalition is voluntary and time limits are fluid to allow for diverse, creative, and innovative discussions and support of institutional assessment. Membership will include:
- the Director of Assessment, Program Review, Curriculum and Articulation.
- faculty.
- administrators.
- students.