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What Do Suffolk Faculty Value in Public Education?

What Do Suffolk Faculty Value in Public Education?. Defining Institutional Learning Outcomes: A Collaborative Initiative Facilitated by the Office of Academic and Student Affairs AND the College Governance Council. Public Mission of Public Higher Education. Traditional mission:

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What Do Suffolk Faculty Value in Public Education?

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  1. What Do Suffolk Faculty Value in Public Education? Defining Institutional Learning Outcomes: A Collaborative Initiative Facilitated by the Office of Academic and Student Affairs AND the College Governance Council

  2. Public Mission of Public Higher Education • Traditional mission: • To prepare students to participate effectively as citizens within a democracy. • Traditional mission of community colleges: • To provide open access to an affordable quality education to all members of the community

  3. SUNY Mission • To provide to the people of New York • educational services of the highest quality, • with the broadest possible access, • fully representative of all segments of the population • in a complete range of academic, professional and vocational postsecondary programs . . . .

  4. Suffolk Mission • Suffolk County Community College promotes • intellectual discovery, • physical development, • social (awareness) • ethical awareness, • economic opportunities • for all through an education that • transforms lives, • builds communities, and • improves society.

  5. General Education • That education common to all graduates irrespective of major or degree program • Commonly confused as Liberal Arts and Sciences courses required by education law. • Generally achieved through: • Common course work • Common activities (e.g. required study abroad experience, service learning experience, intern/externships • Common learning outcomes

  6. National Conversations about General Education • Civic engagement • Understanding diversity and multiculturalism • Information management/literacy • Entrepreneurialism • Civility/Leadership/Collaboration/Team building • Environmental awareness • Educating the person (i.e., parenting, personal finances) • Training/Workforce development • Understanding the global community

  7. LEAP Initiative • Essential Learning Outcomes—as a guiding vision and national benchmarks for college learning and liberal education in the 21st century • High-Impact Educational Practices—that help students achieve essential learning outcomes • Authentic Assessments—probing whether students can apply their learning to complex problems and real-world challenges • Inclusive Excellence—to ensure that every student gets the benefits of an engaged and practical liberal education. • http://www.aacu.org/leap/

  8. LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes • Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World • Through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts • Intellectual and Practical Skills, Including • Inquiry and analysis • Critical and creative thinking • Written and oral communication • Quantitative literacy • Information literacy • Teamwork and problem solving

  9. LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes • Personal and Social Responsibility, Including • Civic knowledge and engagement—local and global • Intercultural knowledge and competence • Ethical reasoning and action • Foundations and skills for lifelong learning • Integrative and Applied Learning, Including • Synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized studies

  10. SUNY General Education • Explanation: The State University of New York (SUNY) and Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) both require successful completion of core courses that meet General Education requirements. • Students intending to transfer from SCCC to another SUNY school for a bachelor's degree are expected to meet the SUNY General Education requirements. • All baccalaureate degree candidates at any college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system must complete a 30 credit-hour General Education requirement. Students must take at least one approved course in each of the ten areas identified below. Students at Suffolk County Community College who plan to transfer to a SUNY four-year institution are expected to complete a minimum of 21 credits (7 courses) of the SUNY general education course requirements. Students are strongly advised to satisfy the full 30-credit requirement prior to transfer. • Mathematics Other world civilizations • Natural Sciences Humanities • Social Sciences The Arts • American History Foreign languages • Western Civilization Basic communication • Students not intending to transfer to a SUNY school, or students not intending to continue beyond an Associate's degree need only fulfill SCCC General Education requirements. These circumstances do not preclude students from meeting the SUNY requirements. Students whose plans remain open are encouraged to complete the SUNY requirements because doing so will provide greater flexibility in exercising future options.

  11. Middle States Requirements • Critical thinking • Written communication • Oral communication • Quantitative reasoning • Scientific reasoning • Technological competence • Information literacy

  12. What do we value? • To find out, we need • Informed and faculty-driven conversation • Conversion of conversation into institutional learning outcomes • Deliberation through shared governance processes

  13. Considerations • Missions of public higher education, community colleges, and Suffolk Community College • Research and conversations taking place across the country, the state, SUNY, and our own college community • The needs of our students and our communities • Our own values, expertise, and possibilities

  14. Get your start at Suffolk But getting a start means different things to different students. • A start in their college or employment career • Continuing their education • Starting over • Discovering new interests

  15. Developing Suffolk ILOs • Fall 2012—Education and Information Gathering • CGC members, GSC members, and Faculty Coordinator of Assessment to visit governance meetings, department meetings, town hall meetings, and other venues • Nov/Dec 2012—Survey to determine top priorities • Jan 2013—GSC to convert priorities into ILOs • Feb 2013—ILOs discussed at governance meetings • March 2013—College Curriculum considers ILOs • April/May 2013—Governance considers ILOs

  16. Resources SUNY General Education Requirement:  http://www.suny.edu/provost/generaleducation/GenEdGuideApp.cfm General Education in the 21st Century: A Report of the University of California commission in General Education in the 21st Century: http://cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/docs/GEC-WEB.FINAL.pdf Reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation’s Future: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/aboutcc/21stcenturyreport/21stCenturyReport.pdf Liberal Education and America’s Promise:  http://www.aacu.org/leap/vision.cfm LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes: http://www.aacu.org/leap/documents/EssentialOutcomes_Chart.pdf Trends and Emerging Practices in General Education: http://www.aacu.org/membership/documents/2009MemberSurvey_Part2.pdf The Degree Qualifications Profile: http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/The_Degree_Qualifications_Profile.pdf Common Core State Standards Initiative: http://www.corestandards.org/

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