Assessment of Student Learning
Salina Area Technical College faculty members evaluate mastery of student learning by using competency profiles.
The competency profile is a summary of all course learning outcomes in the program’s curriculum. For example, the Dental Assistant competency profile is a summary of all course learning outcomes in the Dental Assistant program. The competency profiles track individual student performance. A summary sheet tracks how all students in the class are performing on each learning outcome. Learning outcomes focus on developing a student’s technical, communication, critical thinking, and interpersonal/workplace skills.
The instructor uses the assessment plan to evaluate competency profile performance for the class and to make changes for the following year.
