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