About OAC

Purpose of the Committee

The Outcomes and Assessment Committee (OAC) helps meet the assessment goals and objectives of continuous quality improvement.  The Outcomes and Assessment Committee is a standing committee that supports the college’s mission by empowering, training and assisting administrators, faculty, and staff with the assessment process.  The purpose of the committee is to:

• Provide vision and leadership for outcomes-based assessment
• Assist administrators, faculty, and staff with navigating the college’s assessment management system
• Provide administrators, faculty, and staff with regular updates and information about the field of outcomes-based assessment and its status at Chaffey College
• Develop policies and procedures for outcomes-based assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation
• Develop comprehensive training materials and professional development opportunities on outcomes-based assessment for administrators, faculty, and staff
• Provide administrators, faculty, and staff with assistance, resources, and support to implement outcomes-based assessment
• Ensure that Chaffey College is compliant with accrediting commissions guidelines for student learning outcomes
  
  

Meets Standards for Accreditation

The Outcomes and Assessment Committee (OAC) is one of many support steering committees that helps ensure Chaffey programs meet standards of quality for degree and certificate requirements and of transfer institutions.  The focus of the OAC is on the assessment of student learning outcomes, which are referenced throughout the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Handbook.  Listed below are specific learning outcomes standards for accreditation that faculty and student support staff should be mindful of.

Accreditation Standards and Learning Outcomes

STANDARD	DESCRIPTION
Standard I.B.2 Assuring Academic Quality and Institutional Effectiveness (Academic Quality)	The institution defines and assesses student learning outcomes for all instructional programs and student and learning support services.
Standard I.C.4 Assuring Academic Quality and Institutional Effectiveness (Institutional Integrity)	The institution describes its certificates and degrees in terms of their purpose, content, course requirements, and expected learning outcomes.
Standard II.A.3 Student Learning Programs and Support Services (Instructional Programs)	The institution identifies and regularly assesses learning outcomes for courses, programs, certificates and degrees using established institutional procedures.  The institution has officially approved and current course outlines that include student learning outcomes.  In every class section students receive a course syllabus that includes learning outcomes from the institution’s officially approved course outline.
Standard II.A.11 Student Learning Programs and Support Services (Instructional Programs)	The institution includes in all of its programs, student learning outcomes, appropriate to the program level, in communication competency, information competency, quantitative competency, analytic inquiry skills, ethical reasoning, the ability to engage diverse perspectives, and other program-specific learning outcomes.
Standard II.C.2 Student Learning Programs and Support Services (Student Support Services)	The institution identifies and assesses learning support outcomes for its student population and provides appropriate student support services and programs to achieve those outcomes.  The institution uses assessment data to continuously improve student support programs and services.

 

 

Outcomes and Assessment Committee

 

Representative	School/Area	Department
Laura Picklesimer OAC Faculty Tri-Chair	Arts, Communication & Design	English
Ariel Sales-Martinez OAC Classified Tri-Chair	Office of Institutional Research	Institutional Research
Melissa Christian OAC Management Tri-Chair	Institutional Research, Policies & Grants	Institutional Research
Angela Burk-Herrick Faculty	Curriculum Chair	Curriculum Office
Julie Law Counselor	Academic and Career Counseling	Counseling and Matriculation
Candice Piper Faculty	Health & Wellness	Vocational Nursing
Lisa Pitts Faculty	Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics	Geography
Adeel Rizvi Faculty	Health & Wellness	Physical Therapy Assistant
Melissa Sakoonphong Management	Student Systems Integration & Innovation	Enrollment Services & Student Support
Jasmeet Singh Faculty	Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics	Chemistry
Arthur Kayzakian Faculty	Arts, Communication & Design	English
Louisa Villeneuve Faculty	Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics	Biology
Patricia Bopko Management	Financial Aid	Enrollment Services & Student Support
RuthAnn Valencia Management	Transfer Center	Enrollment Services & Student Support
Selene Pineda Faculty	Library	Library
Janeth Rodriguez Management	Enrollment Services & Student Support	Enrollment Services & Student Support
Andrew Long Management	Instructional Support	Instructional Support
RoseAnn Osmanian Faculty	Success Center	Instructional Support
Kirk Collins Faculty	Academic and Career Counseling	Counseling and Matriculation
Albert Rodriguez Management	Student Equity & Engagement	Student Equity & Engagement
Diana Sanchez Management	EOPS	Counseling and Matriculation
Alisha Serrano Management	Admissions and Records	Enrollment Services & Student Support
Jacob Peck Management	DPS	Counseling and Matriculation
Trelisa Glazatov	Credentialing Systems Designer	Work Experience
Jordan Hung Faculty	Vocational Nursing	Health and Wellness
Melissa Christian Management	Institutional Research, Policy, and Grants	Institutional Research