1. Making Sense of the Core Objectives
SBSCI & the New Core
Making Sense of the Core Objectives

2. Today’s GOALS Ease fears about unruly standardization
Confirm commitment to local control
Share & develop strategies to meet the Core Objectives that suit YOUR teaching style

3. Sir Ken Robinson’s Inspiration
Author & educator
Knighted for his service in education
Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick
Ph.D. , University of London
TED Talk

4. Industrial Paradigm vs. Agricultural Paradigm
expired
Industrial Paradigm vs. Agricultural Paradigm

5. Organic Cultivation

6. How to grow this? Critical Thinking Communication Skills
Empirical & Quantitative Skills
Teamwork
Social Responsibility
Personal Responsibility
How to grow this?

7. Core Objective Definitions
Critical Thinking Skills* - to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information
Communication Skills* - to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral and visual communication
Empirical and Quantitative Skills* - to include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions
Teamwork - to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal
Personal Responsibility* - to include the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making
Social Responsibility* - to include intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities

8. THECB Core Guidelines

9. Assessment Instrument
Core Objectives
Assessment Instrument
Direct/ Indirect
Internal/ External
Peer Review
Critical Thinking Skills
ACT CAAP D E P
Departmental Objective Exam I
Class Essays and Presentations assessing Critical Thinking evaluated with a shared rubric
Institutional Assessment
CCSSE/SENSE
Communications Skills
Class Essays and Presentations evaluated with a shared rubric
Lab reports
Empirical & Quantitative Skills
Case studies structured to assess empirical skills
Teamwork
Group projects structured to develop and assess teamwork evaluated with a shared rubric
Structured Classroom Discussions with Students Teams evaluated with a shared rubric
Social Responsibility
Departmental Objective Exam addressing Intercultural competence
Class Essays and Presentations with Social Responsibility Themes evaluated with a shared rubric
Community Service Assignments
Personal Responsibility
ESAP
Class Essays and Presentations addressing personal ethics evaluated with a shared rubric

10. Hamburgers!

11. Assessing a Hamburger Excellent Acceptable Poor Appearance Taste
GUIDE
Assessing a Hamburger
Excellent
Acceptable
Poor
Appearance
Taste
Cooking
Cost

12. Handouts Other Rubric Sources Educause:
Association for American Colleges & Universities
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Educause:
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment m
Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Handouts

13. Other Assessment Strategies
Brainstorming
What are you doing that is working well?
Have you tried a strategy that didn’t work out?
Are you developing new strategies?