alterlab-accreditation-aol

name	alterlab-accreditation-aol
description	Scaffolds program-level Assurance-of-Learning (AoL) documentation for AACSB (2020 Standard 5) and ABET (Criterion 3 Student Outcomes, Criterion 4 Continuous Improvement) accreditation — program learning outcomes / competency goals, curriculum-to-outcome mapping matrices, direct- and indirect-assessment plans, rubric design, and closing-the-loop continuous-improvement narratives — and validates the structure of an outcome-mapping matrix with scripts/aol_matrix.py. Use when the user needs AACSB or ABET assurance-of-learning material, a program-learning-outcomes set, a curriculum/outcome map or coverage matrix, a direct/indirect assessment plan, a closing-the-loop report, or accreditation self-study text. For single-course design or course rubrics prefer alterlab-teaching-design; for post-award grant reports prefer alterlab-grant-reporting. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.
license	MIT
allowed-tools	Read Write Edit Bash(python:*) Bash
compatibility	No API key, account, or network required — accreditation-format guidance plus a stdlib-only outcome-mapping-matrix validator (scripts/aol_matrix.py). The school still submits its self-study through AACSB myAccreditation or the ABET portal; this skill drafts text and checks structure, it does not file or accredit.
metadata	{"skill-author":"AlterLab","version":"1.0.0"}

Accreditation Assurance-of-Learning — Program-Level AoL for AACSB & ABET

Assurance of Learning (AoL) is the part of accreditation that proves, with evidence, that a program delivers the learning it promises. It is a distinct workload from designing a single course: it operates at the degree-program level, ties program learning outcomes (PLOs) to the curriculum through a mapping matrix, gathers direct and indirect assessment evidence against those outcomes, and writes the closing-the-loop narrative showing the program changed something in response to the data.

This skill scaffolds that documentation for the two accreditors AlterLab faculty most often face — AACSB (business) and ABET (engineering & computing) — in each accreditor's own structure. It drafts text and checks the shape of an outcome-mapping matrix; the school still files its self-study through the accreditor's own portal.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user needs to:

• Write or refine a set of program learning outcomes / competency goals for a degree program (AACSB competencies, ABET student outcomes).
• Build a curriculum-to-outcome mapping matrix (which courses Introduce / Reinforce / Master each outcome) and check it for coverage gaps.
• Design a direct + indirect assessment plan against the outcomes (which measure, in which course, on what cycle).
• Draft rubrics keyed to a program outcome for direct assessment of student work (the assessment instrument, not a course grade).
• Write a closing-the-loop / continuous-improvement narrative: results → interpretation → action → re-assessment.
• Draft AACSB Standard 5 or ABET Criterion 3/4 self-study prose, or an AoL section of a continuous-improvement report.

Does NOT Trigger — route these elsewhere

The request is really about…	Route to
Designing a single course — its schedule, activities, course-level rubric, learning objectives for one class	alterlab-teaching-design
Writing an AI-use / academic-integrity policy for a syllabus	alterlab-syllabus-ai-policy
Post-award grant progress/final reports, RPPR, periodic reports, budget variance