What do you expect your language students to know at the end of any given language course, and what do you expect them to be able to do with the target language at that level? What would an ideal graduate of your program be able to do in the language, and what knowledge and skills will they take with them as they move beyond the program? Learn about the best practices for establishing realistic learning outcomes for individual classes as well as for entire programs. Brainstorm with colleagues and come away with concrete strategies for determining student outcomes for interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. 

Part II: Using Assessment to Measure and Encourage Growth
How will you know you have arrived? How will you know you are headed in the right direction along the way?

Once we establish and articulate realistic expectations for our learners, we need to design an assessment framework that will tell us, and our students, not only whether we are reaching our goals by the end of the class or the program, but how we are doing along the way. We will explore ways to capture student progress (without making a lot of extra work for us!), including how to use our LMS (Canvas) more effectively for both instruction and assessment, in ways that encourage and capture progress. Examples of successful practices will be shared, including ideas for aligning our "grading" with our course and program goals.