Assessment

2023 Summer Intensive Institute for General Education

This Summer Intensive consisted of 28 full- and part-time faculty who met 4 times to improve general education. The faculty were divided into 8 groups, corresponding to the 8 Skill Categories of the Educated Person.

• Group 1A: Jessica Araujo (ENGL), Mark England (BUSN), Kristen Swithers (BIOL)
• Group 1B: Christopher Anderson (CMMD), Joyce L'Heureux (CMMD), Christine Lima (BIOL), Lydia Rogers (CMMD)
• Group 2A: Mazin Adams (ARTS), Christopher Carruba (PHYS), Kelly Delaney (SOCS), Mary MacInnes (SOCS)
• Group 2B: Langdon Clough (SOCS), Charles Morgan (ENGL)
• Group 3A: Patrizia Curran (BIOL), Francislley Holzmeister (MATH), Sabine Moritz (BIOL), Rongfang Yang (CHEM)
• Group 3B: Ernie Dupuis (SOCS), Melissa Lancellotta (PHYS), Aaron Schrank (MATH), Svetlana Staviskiy (MATH)
• Group 4A: Aaron Botelho (SOCS), Ali Khalil (ENGL), Suzanne McCormack (SOCS), Colin Murtha (SOCS), Sandra Luzzi-Sneesby (CMMD)
• Group 4B: Paul Napolitano (BUSN/SOCS), Matthew Ulricksen (SOCS)

Meeting 1: This meeting entailed reviewing the learning outcomes for each of the 8 Skill Categories, identifying areas for strengthening clarity and focus, and recommending language to describe competent, emergent, and beginning work.

Meeting 2: The second meeting focused on assignment revisions incorporating the TILT framework to improve student satisfaction and success.

Meeting 3: Groups met remotely to create a final presentation focused on either rubric or assignment revisions.

Meeting 4: Group presentations allowed for additional discussion of current work and next steps in improving general education outcomes at CCRI.

Meeting PowerPoints

• Meeting 1: May 26, 2023
• Meeting 2: June 9, 2023
• Meeting 3: June 30, 2023

Rubric and Assignment Resources

• Meeting 1
  • Definition of an Educated Person
  • Tips for Rubrics
  • Guidelines for Virtual Meetings
• Meeting 2
  • Understanding by Design
  • Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT)
  • Collective comments on gen ed rubrics from Meeting 1

Group Presentations

Group 1A	Group 2A	Group 3A	Group 4A
Group 1B	Group 2B	Group 3B	Group 4B

 

Proposed Rubric Revision Project

If you would like to be involved in the discussions to update the rubrics for one of the skill catgories, please reach out to Leslie Killgore and stay tuned for more information!