represent an innovative or set student up for success in tangentially related to the do not set students up for creative approach for the assessments assessments success in the creating student assessments. engagement and success Action Plan: Required for all of and “Area Improvement” “Significant Issue” Workload and Course activities, materials Some course activities, Course activities, Meets “Satisfactory” creative methods for and workload reflect materials or workload do not materials and workload distributing workload without appropriate difficulty and reflect appropriate difficulty are systemically inhibiting rigor are employed complexity for the level of and complexity for the level inappropriate in difficulty the course of the course and complexity for the level of the course Action Plan: Required for all of and “Area Improvement” “Significant Issue” Instructional Clarity and Directions provided to Some clarity or consistency Course directions present Meets “Satisfactory” directions exemplify positive, students and instructors are issues with the course significant clarity or efficient, and effective clear and consistent directions are present consistency issues that communication would impede student success Action Plan: Required for all of and “Area Improvement” “Significant Issue” Instructional Materials and Formats of instructional Instructional materials, while Instructional materials are Meets “Satisfactory” instructional materials material are varied, accurate accurate and relevant, are not accurate, varied or underwent peer-review to and multiple perspectives not varied and only present provide multiple ensure accuracy provided one perspective perspectives Action Plan: Required for all of and “Area Improvement” “Significant Issue” Learner Engagement and Learning activities are Learner engagement is Learning activities are not Meets “Satisfactory” most learning experiences meaningful and foster limited and/or not relevant to relevant and do not foster are designed to foster instructor-student, the course outcomes instructor-student, dynamic learner and student-student content-student, and engagement interaction student-student interaction
represent an innovative or creative approach for creating student engagement and success set student up for success in the assessments tangentially related to the assessments do not set students up for success in the assessments. Action Plan: Required for all “Area of Improvement” and “Significant Issue” Workload Meets “Satisfactory” and creative methods for distributing workload without inhibiting rigor are employed Course activities, materials and workload reflect appropriate difficulty and complexity for the level of the course Some course activities, materials or workload do not reflect appropriate difficulty and complexity for the level of the course Course activities, materials and workload are systemically inappropriate in difficulty and complexity for the level of the course Action Plan: Required for all “Area of Improvement” and “Significant Issue” Instructional Clarity Meets “Satisfactory” and directions exemplify positive, efficient, and effective communication Directions provided to students and instructors are clear and consistent Some clarity or consistency issues with the course directions are present Course directions present significant clarity or consistency issues that would impede student success Action Plan: Required for all “Area of Improvement” and “Significant Issue” Instructional Materials Meets “Satisfactory” and instructional materials underwent peer-review to ensure accuracy Formats of instructional material are varied, accurate and multiple perspectives provided Instructional materials, while accurate and relevant, are not varied and only present one perspective Instructional materials are not accurate, varied or provide multiple perspectives Action Plan: Required for all “Area of Improvement” and “Significant Issue” Learner Engagement Meets “Satisfactory” and most learning experiences are designed to foster dynamic learner engagement Learning activities are meaningful and foster instructor-student, and student-student interaction Learner engagement is limited and/or not relevant to the course outcomes Learning activities are not relevant and do not foster instructor-student, content-student, and student-student interaction