Institutional Core Competencies Workshop

Dr. Ian R. Haslam DeanHealth Sciences and Athletics

Overview ACCJC Guidelines League for Innovation in Community Colleges: 21 st C. Learning

Outcomes Project World Futures Society: Learning for Tomorrow AACU Great Expectations Report: Empowered, Informed,

Responsible Learning outcomes for the Learning Organisation Executive Summary of institutional core competencies

Delphi Round 1 (from 25 + to 10) Delphi Round 2 (from 10 to 5) Ranking top 5 with clicker technology

Learning students need for the 21st C?

College wide core competencies – the context

World Futures Society

AACU Greater Expectations Report

Organizational learning

Student Student Learning Learning

OutcomesOutcomes

Curriculum

The Learning Students Need for the Twenty-First Century

Empowered With the intellectual and practical skills that students need are

extensive, sophisticated, and expanding with the explosion of new technologies.

As they progress through grades K-12 and the undergraduate years, and at successively more challenging levels, students should learn to:

effectively communicate orally, visually, in writing, and in a second language understand and employ quantitative and qualitative analysis to solve problems interpret and evaluate information from a variety of sources understand and work within complex systems and with diverse groups demonstrate intellectual agility and the ability to manage change

AACU Greater Expectations Report, Educational imperatives, for the 21st C

The Learning Students Need for the Twenty-First Century

Informed While intellectual and practical skills are essential, so is a deeper

understanding of the world students inherit, as human beings and as contributing citizens.

Both in school and college, students should have sustained opportunities to learn about:

the human imagination, expression, and the products of many cultures

the interrelations within and among global and cross-cultural communities

means of modeling the natural, social, and technical worlds the values and histories underlying U.S. democracy

 

AACU Greater Expectations Report, Educational imperatives, for the 21st C

Responsible The integrity of a democratic society depends on citizens' sense

of social responsibility and ethical judgment. To develop these qualities, education should foster:

intellectual honesty

responsibility for society's moral health and for social justice

active participation as a citizen of a diverse democracy

discernment of the ethical consequences of decisions and actions

deep understanding of one's self and respect for the complex identities of others, their histories, and their cultures.

AACU Greater Expectations Report, Educational imperatives, for the 21st C

The Learning Students Need for the Twenty-First Century

Learning organisations

Future skills and the learning organisation

Mental Models Personal Mastery

Shared Vision SystemsThinking

ResponsibleResponsible

InformedInformed

EmpoweredEmpowered

Teams

El Camino

College as a learning organization

for students faculty and staff

Institutional Learning Outcomes

Five disciplines of the learning organisation

Sooooo…. Institutional learning outcomes/core

competencies are as important for ECC employees in the future as they are for the students we teach!

High performance organizations continually work toward refinement of employee mental models, their personal mastery, use teams effectively, work toward a shared vision and develop systems thinking skills

Workshop activities - College wide core competencies Review the executive summary of core competencies from

10 different institutions Consider the AACU Greater Expectations Report Don’t forget the ECC institutional learning outcomes

As a result of his/her experiences at El Camino College:

Students are productive citizens. Students are equipped to meet the challenges of life. Students are prepared for and are competitive in the

workforce. Students possess critical thinking skills. Students embrace learning and are committed to

lifelong learning. Students are knowledgeable about local and global

events. Students appreciate and enjoy the arts and humanities. Students improve the quality of their lives. Students improve the lives of others.

The Delphi Round #1 Review the examples of core competencies Individually around each table select ten Each table average individual responses to

reach a consensus on top ten core competencies.

Results of Round #1 Communication Creative, critical and analytical thinking Problem solving Personal responsibility and professional development Global awareness Reading Ethics Digital technology skills Personal and interpersonal skills  Lifelong learning

The Delphi Round # 2 Discuss the new list of ten core

competencies Individually around each table select your

preferred five Table coordinator collect all responses and

average them per table to reach a consensus on the top 5.

Results of Round #2 Communication Critical and creative thinking Personal responsibility Ethics Lifelong learning

Ranking the top 5 Using the clicker technology rank from

one to five each of the five or six core competencies… Critical and creative thinking 1.78 Communication 2.07 Personal responsibility 3.10 Ethics 3.82 Lifelong learning 4.10