Culture of Quality
FM is focused upon its Vision to be recognized as a model community college that offers quality education, excellence in student support, innovative approaches, and programs that reflect the institutional values. At the core of these values is for the college to promote a quality environment, one that is committed to excellence. Additionally, central to meeting the institution’s strategic goals and mission is fostering a culture of betterment. Assessments and documenting evidence allows the institution to continually modify plans, expenditures, and goals to improve and sustain a high quality learning environment.
In spring 2015, FM adopted an Institutional Effectiveness Plan that documents all levels and types of assessment processes and systems implemented by faculty and staff of the college. Results from these assessments are used in the ongoing planning of college activities and initiatives. FM has embraced a culture of transparency and invites you to view its assessment results in many forms in the next section of this page, a Culture of Evidence.
Culture of Evidence
Institution level
- Institutional Effectiveness Report Card 2017-2018
- Institutional Effectiveness Report Card 2016-2017
- Institutional Effectiveness Report Card 2015-2016
- Institutional Effectiveness Report Card 2014-2015
FM’s Institutional Learning Outcomes Framework
- Institutional Learning Outcomes Report Card 2017-2018
- Institutional Learning Outcomes Report Card 2016-2017
- Institutional Learning Outcomes Report Card 2015-2016
- Institutional Learning Outcomes Report Card 2014-2015
- CCSSE 2015 Results – Academic Affairs
- CCSSE 2015 Results – Student Affairs
- CCSSE 2015 – Key Findings and Focus Questions
Program/Unit level
- AA operational goals and student learning outcomes matrix – Academic Affairs Units (updated 2018)
- SA student learning outcomes matrix – Student Affairs Units (updated 2017)
- AF operational goals matrix – Administration and Finance Units (updated 2017)
- General Education Learning Outcomes and assessment cycle
- Program Learning Outcomes – assessment
- Program Review schedule – 6 year
Course level
- At the course level, each academic course has a three year assessment plan that identifies the rotation for which it will be assessed. The assessment results are submitted by faculty who teach the course, including full-time, part-time, and concurrent course faculty in the high schools. This allows for a manageable, cyclical rotation where course data is being submitted every semester as evidence. Division chairs use the collected course data to engage in conversations with faculty of the program about curriculum and program related topics.
- Course assessment process
Assessment Resources
- Institutional Effectiveness Plan
- ILO #1 Rubric – Pilot spring 2015
- ILO #2 Rubric – 2015-2016
- ILO #3 Rubric – Student Affairs 2016-2017
- Annual Assessment Template – Unit/Dept
- Annual Program, Discipline, General Education , Developmental Report Template
- 6-year Program Review Template
- Annual Course Assessment Report Template
- General Education Learning Outcomes mapped to ILOs and MSCHE General Education expectations
Professional Development Presentations
- Developing and Linking Objectives at the Program and Course Levels
- Accreditation Update, General Education, and Institutional Student Learning Outcomes
Additional links to support a Culture of Evidence