final report from HLC - Glendale Community College

3CRITERION THREE: STUDENT LEARNING AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING.The organization provides evidence of student learning and teaching effectiveness that demonstrates it is fulfilling its educationalmission.1. Evidence that Core Components are metStandardization of the hiring process thru district hiring guidelines insures all applicants receive an equal opportunity forconsideration and only the most qualified applicants are hired. MCCCD has established minimum requirements for faculty positions.The team reviewed hiring processes and practices and determined faculty positions were aligned appropriately.GCC supports the needs of students who are not prepared for college level work through a holistic approach to developmentaleducation. A review of documents in the resource room and interviews with faculty and staff provided evidence that underpreparedstudents receive support through developmental education courses, one-on-one faculty assistance in the Center for Learning,Supplemental Instruction, Peer Tutoring, Learning Communities and Student Success course enrollment.GCC provides the opportunity for faculty to attend the Maricopa Summer Institute for four weeks each year to gain skills andknowledge in strategies for working with underprepared students. Through the support for participation in the Institute, and bycreating a Developmental Education Committee that reports to a newly created Dean of Academic Planning, the administrationdemonstrates its commitment to addressing the specific needs of developmental education.Since the 2002, accreditation site visit, GCC demonstrates progress in and commitment to assessment of student learning. TheCollege-wide Academic Achievement Committee(CWAAC) and faculty are widely and actively involved in general education andcourse level student outcomes activities.As a result of the Site Team 2002 visit, GCC was asked to complete a monitoring report that was submitted to the Higher Learningcommission in 2005. GCC has stated student learning outcomes at primary and secondary levels. The college has an active CollegewideAcademic Achievement Committee (CWAAC) and it is the representative body for general education assessment initiatives.GCC has clearly articulated college level outcomes and conducted annual assessment efforts since 1998. Concerted institutionalefforts to improve assessment practices are documented and are a priority for the institution. GCC currently utilizes the AcademicProfile/ETS-Proficiency Profile to obtain quantitative measures about student learning. The institution had demonstratedcommitment to continue to expand the sample size of college level assessments.GCC has also made progress in assessing secondary college-wide outcomes assessment to address additional skill assessment setsas identified in the Arizona Governing Board Outcome for University Transfer and General Education: communication, computer,and information literacy. Assessment of these outcomes is conducted on a three year rotation.The current Self-Study and Site Team visit recognized that progress has been made at the course level assessment through GCC’sparticipation in the HLC Academy Project that began in 2009. Department level coordinators work with residential, adjunct anddual enrollment faculty on course level assessment. However, these efforts are advancing at different rates with some departments13 Final Report: Assurance Section