Assessment, Teaching and Learning
The statewide Assessment, Teaching, and Learning community includes educators, administrators, and institutional researchers
- representing both 2-year and 4-year institutions in Washington - who provide ongoing campus leadership to
improve teaching and learning through assessment and faculty development.
The office of Assessment, Teaching and Learning operates as part of the Education Services Division of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. The staff in this office support the Assessment, Teaching and Learning community in the following ways:
- Communicating in ongoing and regular ways about assessment, teaching and learning.
- Convening the statewide community at various retreats and conferences.
- Supporting specific local, regional, and statewide communities of practice, collaborative projects, and related efforts in assessment, teaching and learning that are beneficial to the community as a whole.
In October 1989, the Higher Education Coordinating Board endorsed a Student Outcomes Plan developed by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to:
- Assess the results of students' participation in a community college education,
- Identify strengths and weaknesses, and to
- Improve the quality of the educational experience for students attending community colleges.
Initially, the legislature provided funding for only system level assessment activities. Later, the 1990 legislature provided supplemental funding for each community college to undertake local institutional assessment activities. The funding has been integral in providing and supporting the on-going assessment activities of the system and each college.
Please take time to view our site and if we can answer any questions or if you would like to share your ideas/comments about this work, please be sure to contact us.
Bill Moore,
Policy Associate
Phone: 360-704-4346
bmoore@sbctc.edu
noreen light,
faculty development coordinator
Phone: 360-704-4345
nlight@sbctc.edu
Jackie Eppler-Clark ,
Instructional Services Specialist
Phone: 360-704-4351
jclark@sbctc.edu
State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Assessment, Teaching & Learning
PO Box 42495
Olympia, WA 98504-2495
Fax: 360-704-4416
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