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 


v 

• "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