Beginning in 2003 the college examined its students, programs, and curriculum and determined five Global Outcomes skills that all students graduating from Lake Washington Technical College should have to be successful in our changing environment. The college determined Critical Thinking, Communication, Teamwork, Global and Cultural Awareness, and Technical and Information Literacy to be critical life skills needed by today's graduates.
Each of the five global outcomes was defined. Instructors determined where in their curricula the outcomes were naturally being taught, created or refined current classroom level assessments to assess each of the global outcomes, and applied a college developed rubric for assessment purposes. Instructors report back to the Director of Educational Assessment the assessment used to determine the student's level of proficiency in the global outcome using a standardized college rubric developed by the Educational Assessment Committee. Each degree program teaches and assesses each global outcome at least two times in a degree granting program and at least one time in a certificate of proficiency granting program. The college decided to start assessing the Global Outcome of Critical Thinking as a pilot in 2007 and has since gone through a full-assessment cycle with each of the global outcomes.
To see which classes teach and assess a global outcome in each program click here:
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Global Outcomes Master Matrix (posted July 7, 2011)
For instructions for faculty click here:
Global Outcomes Assessment Guide (more detailed information)
Examples of teaching and reporting global outcomes reports:
