A Student Portfolio is a collection of student work, which may be from a variety of formats: formal papers, DVD's of Oral Presentations or group projects, student self-reflections, selected excerpts from journals, lab reports, field experience reports or clinical patient evaluations, to name a few.
Student Portfolios will be used to assess:
The Associate of Arts in General Studies
Portfolios are intended to be the primary method for assessing the skill areas of the General Education Goals for the Associate of Arts in General Studies (AA) degree. ThePortfolio process was introduced to incoming freshmen in fall 2005 in Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS 110), the freshman orientation course. The first Portfolio cycle will be complete in spring 2007. The portfolio for the AA degree will include one early sample from the first-term semester coursework as a benchmark of writing progress and a final writing sample from the capstone class (IDS 297) which is required for graduation.
Students will compile at least five examples of their work (artifacts) which may be samples of their writing or oral presentations. These artifacts should demonstrate achievement of the skill areas of the General Education Goals:
- Communication,
- Higher-Order Thinking,
- Global Awareness,
- Managing Information, and
- Valuing.
Using Rubrics approved by the Assessment Committee, a trained group of faculty evaluators will assess the portfolios.
The students' advisors will be the students’ contacts to supply information on the portfolio process until students complete the capstone course.
Associate of Science Nursing and Associate of Applied Science Degree Programs
The Associate of Science (AS) Nursing program will use Student Portfolios to evaluate the five institution-wide General Education Learning Outcomes as the AA degree. They will also employ other elements of their Assessment Plan, such as Course-Embedded Assessment and Standardized Testing to assess both Degree Program goals and general education goals.
The AAS in Respiratory Therapy will use Student Portfolios to evaluate the five institution-wide General Education Learning Outcomes as the AA degree.They will also employ other elements of their Assessment Plan, such as Course-Embedded Assessment and Standardized Testing to assess both Degree Program goals and general education goals.
Portfolios for the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees are developed and guidelines for the AAS portfolios for business and technical courses are also in place. Faculty in the Division of Business/Applied Technology and Public Service will use Student Portfolios to evaluate the five institution-wide General Education Learning Outcomes as the AA degree. They will also employ other elements of their Assessment Plan, such as Course-Embedded Assessment and Employer Surveys to assess both Degree Program goals and general education goals.