GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING SLO TEACHING/LEARNING IMPROVEMENT PLANS

1. Meet to review student performance data and discuss faculty observations on the attainment of each of the SLOs for the courses that were
implemented during the SLO Cycle in question..
2. Choose the major areas in which the percentage of students who acquired the course SLOs is a concern and where steps need to be taken to
improve their performance.
3. Develop a plan to increase the percentage of students who achieve the course SLOs; base it on an analysis of the IR data report in
conjunction with faculty comments about their student learning needs assessment.
Address these areas:
a. Findings
i. Analysis of data and faculty commentary
b. Plan
i. Solutions
1. Data collection and scoring methods
2. Materials development
3. Teaching and learning strategies development
c. Implementation
i. Timeline, and sequence for implementation
1. Meeting types and schedule
ii. Responsibilities
iii. Training needs
iv. Support and resource needs
v. Consider using common measures to determine the degree of success of the implemented improvement plan
TEMPLATE: SLO TEACHING/LEARNING IMPROVEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

1-3 Key
Improvement
Findings

Possible Causes,
Reasons

Possible Solutions

Implementation Strategies

Timeline

Scope (all or some

sections; all or
some faculty)

Person(s)
Responsible

Resource
needs/Training
Support

1.
2.
3.

Course:___________________________________ Semester__________ Date_______________ Report Author__________________________

EXAMPLE: SLO TEACHING/LEARNING IMPROVEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
Course:___________________________________ Semester__________ Date_______________ Report Author__________________________

1-3 Significant,
Key Improvement
Findings
1. Only 25%
achieved
FocusSLO
on 1:
Thesis
those Course
development and
SLOs for
Support

which Student
Achievement
is lowest

Possible Causes,
Reasons

Possible Solutions

Implementation
Strategies

Textbook doesnt Supplemental

1.Tutorial
cover this areaFocusmaterials
(Course
2.DLA
on interactions and
sufficiently
Pack, handouts,
resource
changes
course faculty 3.Web
Internet resources,
page
can/will
minimake,
lecture,not solely
4.Mini Lecture
on services
tutoring)offered by 5.Rubric
other groups (Tutors, 6.Peer Editing
7.Handout
Counselors)

Timeline
Fall 2008
Develop materials
Spring 2009
Implement changes

Scope (all or some

sections; all or
some faculty)
All sections and
course faculty

Person(s)
Responsible
Course lead and
section faculty
Ann. T. develops
Rubric, Tutorial &
Handout

Collect feedback
Revise
Fall 2009 Fall 2012
Continue to Review &
Implement
improvements
Spring 2013 collect
data and renew formal
SLO cycle

Jim K. produces
DLA and Peer
editing guide
Pat N. collects Web
resources & writes
mini lecture
All implement

Resource needs
Training
Support
Training:
Use of DLAs
(LSS)
Support:
Web resource
page
development
(FRC)

2. SLO 3: 45% of
Students failed to
interpret and use
Statistics
accurately and
appropriately
3. SLO 5: 70% of
students were
unable to evaluate
and select reliable
information on the
Web

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