Division of Student Affairs

Annual Student Learning Outcomes

2010-11

Student Governance & Organizations

Learning Outcome: Students in Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate will investigate, write, and debate resolutions on behalf of students.

CAS Learning Domain / Action Steps / Type of Assessment / Criteria for Success
Knowledge acquisition, construction, integration & application /
  • Staff will meet with executive officers once per week.
  • Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate will develop petitions and other forms of engagement to express student opinion
  • Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate will offer forums and/or workshops for students to voice their concerns
  • Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate will engage in writing resolutions to promote student issues
  • Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate will consult with students during resolution research
/ SC/GSS Resolution Rubric / Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate members will rate each skill of five skills scoring a 3.75 or higher on at least three skills
Graduate Student Senate will specifically look at item 2 (“identifies and considers other salient perpectives…”) on the resolution rubric. A score of 3.75 will be attained.
Student Congress will specifically look at item 3 (“identifies and assesses the key assumptions”) on the resolution rubric. A score of 3.75 will be attained.
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This may be based on your professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or service, continue to asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.

Learning Outcome: Students participating in the UTA Ambassadors will develop oral presentation skills through a variety of experiences that promote traditions, school spirit, and service to the community

CAS Learning Domain / Action Steps / Type of Assessment / Criteria for Success
Knowledge acquisition, construction, integration & application /
  • Each Ambassador will be required to do three outreach presentations (providing program and traditions information) to major campus organizations
  • Training will be provided for Ambassadors to enhance their public speaking skills for tours and the Outreach
/ Oral Presentation Rubric to assess speaking skills
Self assessment on speaking and communication skills / 75% of participants will score above averageon the oral presentation rubric
85% of participants will indicate improvement on self assessment of speaking skills.
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This may be based on your professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or service, continue to asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.

Learning Outcome: Educate UT Arlington Student Organizations in Risk Management techniques to assist in safe campus programming

CAS Learning Domain / Action Steps / Type of Assessment / Criteria for Success
Knowledge acquisition, construction, integration & application /
  • Implementation of Collegiate Link to assist in group communication and record keeping.
  • Participation in risk management education programs
  • Advisor training workshops
  • Event planning workshops with UC Operations
/ Post Risk Management survey / 70% of students will be able to able to identify 4 out of 6 Risk Management Points.
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This may be based on your professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or service, continue to asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.

Learning Outcome: Students participating in Ambassadors, Student Congress, the Graduate Student Senate, and Freshmen Leaders on Campus will apply leadership skills (i.e. delegation, motivation, conflict resolution) through experiential learning opportunities.

CAS Learning Domain / Action Steps / Type of Assessment / Criteria for Success
Knowledge acquisition, construction, integration & application
Practical competence /
  • Student Governance Staff will provide direction during general body meetings and one on one discussion
  • Student Congress and the Graduate Student Senate will write, investigate, and debate resolutions
  • Ambassadors and FLOC members will organize and develop programs for their constituents.
  • Executive and advisors weekly meetings
/ Experiential Rubrics for members and executives will be collected at the end of the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters. / 80% of students participating in Ambassadors, Student Congress, the Graduate Student Senate, and Freshmen Leaders on Campus score “3.5” or higher on a leadership experiences rubric.
65% of students will score a 4 in the “inform” category
Results of Assessment: Include a brief summary of only the important results that summarize your findings/outcome. Include your interpretation of results. This may be based on your professional experience, literature in your field, etc. If you would like include charts or graphs, you may add an addendum.
Future Plans of Objective: Examples include: possible future plans, decisions to continue with current practices, decisions to expand or improve a program or service, continue to asses to gather for information, change the objective or outcome of unit or refine methods.

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