Program Wide for Special Programs
The Special Programs staff has identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by Special Programs:
- SLO#1: Students will demonstrate awareness of Columbia College campus services and resources (ISLO #2,3)
- SLO #2: Students will demonstrate self-awareness and high levels self-efficacy, as well as self-advocacy skills (ISLO #3)
- SLO#3: Students will demonstrate the ability to identify an educational goal and develop an appropriate plan for reaching that goal. (ISLO #2,3)
- SAO#1: Students participating in special programs will have achievement levels similar to those of their peers who are not “educationally disadvantaged” (Eliminating achievement gaps).
- SAO #2: Students participating in special programs will have access to high quality services (Providing access to high quality programs).
CalWORKS
The CalWORKS staff have identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by the CalWORKS Program:
- SLO#1: Participants will demonstrate ability to develop an appropriate educational plan. (SPLO #3 ISLO #2,3)
- SLO#2: Participants will demonstrate knowledge of campus support services including deadlines for application to the various resources; such as, but not limited to EOPS/CARE, Financial Aid, and DSPS. (PSLO #1, ISLO #2,3)
- SLO#3: Participants will demonstrate self-advocacy skills. (SPLO #2, ISLO #1)
DSPS
The DSPS staff has identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by DSPS:
- SLO#1: Participants will demonstrate awareness of campus services and resources available to them (SPLO#1, ISLO#2,3)
- SLO#2: Participants will demonstrate self-advocacy skills with college instructors, (SPLO #2, ISLO #1,3)
- SLO#3: Participants will demonstrate the independent use of appropriate assistive technology (ISLO #2).
- SLO #4: Participants will identify functional limitations and educational barriers that are specific to the individual. SPLO #2, ISLO #3)
- SAO#1: DSPS participants will have access to high quality tutoring services (SPAO #2)
- SAO #2: DSPS Participants will have course success rates equal to those of their peers who are not enrolled in DSPS (SPAO #1)
EOPS
The EOPS staff has identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by EOPS:
- SLO #1: Participants will demonstrate self-advocacy skills. (SPLO #2, ISLO #1,2,3)
- SLO #2: Participants will demonstrate high levels of self-efficacy. (SPLO #2, ISLO #1,2,3)
- SAO #1: EOPS participants will have higher rates of persistence than their similarly disadvantaged in their efforts to develop and reach their educational goals. (SPAO #1)
- SAO #2: EOPS participants will demonstrate higher GPA’s than their peers who are similarly disadvantaged in their efforts to develop and reach their educational goals. (SPAO #1)
CARE
The CARE staff has identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by CARE:
- SLO #1: Participants will demonstrate high levels of self-efficacy related to their ability to reach their goals. (SPLO #2, ISLO#1,2,3)
TRiO
The TRiO staff has identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by TRiO:
- SLO #1: Enrolled SSS students will demonstrate an ability to continually set and achieve (or modify appropriately) short and long term goals. (ISLO #3)
- SLO #2: Enrolled SSS students will demonstrate self-advocacy skills and high levels of self-efficacy. (SPLO #2, ISLO #1,2,3)
- SLO #3: Enrolled SSS students will demonstrate the ability to conduct university/transfer research and use this research to make appropriate decisions about preparing for and transferring to a four-year institution with the goal of completing a bachelor’s degree. (ISL0 #2)
- SLO #4: Enrolled students will demonstrate knowledge about how to afford college, specifically the costs associated with transferring to a university to complete a bachelor’s degree. (ISLO #2).
- SAO #1: SSS Participants will demonstrate higher GPA’s than their SSS- eligible peers/not-served. (baseline of 87% college-wide) (SPAO #1)
- SAO #2: SSS participants will persist from fall term to fall term at a higher rate than their eligible peers/not-served. (baseline of 44.7% college wide) (SPAO #1)
- SAO #3: SSS participants will graduate at higher rate, within four years, from Columbia College than their eligible peers/not-served. (baseline 10.4%) (SPAO#1)
- SAO #4: SSS participants will graduate and then transfer at a higher rate than their eligible peers/not-served. (baseline 6.6%) (SPAO #1)
Mental Health Services
The Mental Health Services faculty has identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by Mental Health Services:
- SLO #1: Participants will demonstrate knowledge of campus support services for mental and emotional health and wellbeing. (PSLO #1, ISLO#2)
- SLO #2: Students will demonstrate the ability to identify an appropriate tool for addressing a psychological/mental health issue.
