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New ALO lunch, WASC ARC 2011 Diane Jonte-Pace, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Santa Clara University April 6, 2011 Four brief recommendations for new ALOs 1. Learn to love the CFRs 42 CFRs (or more, with Handbook revision?) o mission, diversity, learning objectives, data collection, etc… Don’t be overwhelmed: All are useful and necessary They’re the architecture, the foundation for a strong university Use them as guidelines for decision-making and a rationale for university policy Whatever your job is, you’ll be able to do it better because of your role as ALO and your use of the CFRs 2. Remember the broader vision Don’t be overwhelmed by details Keep the goal in mind o good teaching o deep learning o wise decision making that’s evidence based & mission based at every level Remember the vision & you won’t get lost in the details 3. Share the broader vision You may find that WASC isn’t universally loved and understood on your campus You may need to be a mediator or translator o Remind colleagues of common goals: good teaching, deep learning, and informed decision making Share the documents – WASC provides many valuable sets of guidelines, rubrics o Use them, distribute them, rewrite them for your own university. o Integrate them into your work, your presentations on campus, your processes of implementing new initiatives. My favorites:
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New ALO lunch, WASC ARC 2011Diane Jonte-Pace, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Santa Clara UniversityApril 6, 2011
Four brief recommendations for new ALOs
1. Learn to love the CFRs 42 CFRs (or more, with Handbook revision?)
o mission, diversity, learning objectives, data collection, etc… Don’t be overwhelmed: All are useful and necessary They’re the architecture, the foundation for a strong university Use them as guidelines for decision-making and a rationale for university policy Whatever your job is, you’ll be able to do it better because of your role as ALO
and your use of the CFRs
2. Remember the broader vision Don’t be overwhelmed by details Keep the goal in mind
o good teachingo deep learning o wise decision making that’s evidence based & mission based at every
level Remember the vision & you won’t get lost in the details
3. Share the broader vision You may find that WASC isn’t universally loved and understood on your campus You may need to be a mediator or translator
o Remind colleagues of common goals: good teaching, deep learning, and informed decision making
Share the documents – WASC provides many valuable sets of guidelines, rubrics o Use them, distribute them, rewrite them for your own university. o Integrate them into your work, your presentations on campus, your
processes of implementing new initiatives. My favorites: EEF, Educational Effectiveness Framework (good for Pres
Cabinet, Deans, Department chairs) Rubric on learning outcomes for General Ed – we rewrote it for
“core” and “objectives” language & used it with department chairs and faculty core committees.
4. Accept the invitation to serve on a visiting team If you’re invited to serve, accept the invitation. You’ll learn a lot in the evaluator
training; working with the team is great; visiting another institution is a rich experience.
Finally, I want to say welcome - you’re part of an important team engaged in doing something crucial for higher education in the US: supporting good teaching, deep learning, and wise decision making.
