Student Employee Outcome WorkgroupIntroductory Meeting4.19.11

Prepared by Amber Garrison DuncanUniversity of Oregon

PurposeUnderstand the role student

employment on the growth and development of students

Identify learning outcomes for students in student employment

Identify opportunities for shared training

Outline standard process for evaluation of student performance and to document student learning

Start with the end in mind.

What knowledge, skills or abilities does a student need to know to be hired? (hiring)

What do you want the student to learn to do their job? (outcome)

What activity will facilitate the learning? (training)

How will student demonstrate performance on the job? (assessment)

How will you improve hiring and training for next time? (improvement)

EXAMPLE CAMPUSES

Learning Outcomes…

…are goals that describe how a student will be different because of a learning experience.  More specifically, learning outcomes are the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and habits of mind that students take with them from a learning experience. (Suskie, 2009).

BrainstormWhat do you want the student to

be able to know or do as a result of participation?

What knowledge, skill or ability should the ideal participant demonstrate?

What on the job training do you currently provide for a student employee?

Bloom’s TaxonomyKnowledge- aware, define, describe,

label, listComprehension- explain, generalize,

give examplesApplication- apply, adopt, construct,

demonstrateAnalysis- analyze, compare, contrastSynthesis- change, compose, plan,

predict, produceEvaluation- assess, judge, defend,

criticize, conclude

Learning Outcome Formula

Program or Service

Action Verb (Bloom’s)

Observable knowledge,

skill or attitude

As a result of Student will be able to

working in the EMU

Scheduling Office

execute Campus event

logistics

As a result of Student will be able to

As a result of student employment, student will…

Demonstrate effective time management and responsibility to a paid position

Demonstrate conflict management skillsEvaluate a crisis situation and take

immediate actionExplain scheduling processesAdopt customer service principles

Workgroup ProcessIndividuals review job descriptions

and define common skill setsWorkgroup reviews individual works

and defines common skill setsSkill sets placed along a continuum

of Bloom’s taxonomy to reflect varying levels of work responsibility

Common training opportunities explored

Common evaluation process explored

Example ContinuumKnowledge

Comprehend

Application

Analysis Synthesis

Evaluation

Aware Explain Apply Analyze Plan Defend

Define Generalize Adopt Compare

Predict Criticize

Describe Give examples

Demonstrate

Contrast Produce Assess

Label Change Respond

List

Basic Advanced