Information for Faculty Involved in HALP
Distribute the following items to your students in the first couple weeks of the semester.
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Student's Guide to HALP
Rubric
Please make sure that the essay is incorporated into the class to ensure it is taken
seriously.
Test parameters:
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Give prompt
Provide opportunity for students to go through writing process: brainstorming,
organizing, drafting, feedback, revising, turning in (the feedback and revision is
crucial)
Allow use of text
Require 3 typed pages double spaced
Collect final paper at end of semester
Test prompt should follow these guidelines, though wording may be altered to fit the
specifics of a given class: Students will identify aesthetic criteria, theory, or cultural
context and will apply such to analyze or interpret a work in the humanities.
Test procedures
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Students will write on one side of the page, double spaced
Students should put their name, student ID and class number on the title page
Students should put their student ID number and Class number at top of first page
of text
You should have a class roster available for students to provide them with ID
numbers
For the instructor
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Do not mark on any of the text body pages.
Tear off cover sheets for your own records
Turn in essays after finals
Check to see the ID #s are on each essay
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Turn in a copy of class roster
Procedures we take after the test
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Each essay will receive a least two independent readings, with a third in case of
disagreements
Essays will be scored holistically on a four point scale
Scoring will occur during February
Students will receive scores and explanations for the meaning of that score by the
end of spring semester
Scores have no effect on transcripts or academic career
Feedback letters are designed to provide additional feedback the student may find
useful in evaluating their own educational progress
The purpose of this assessment is to give us data to tell us how well we are teaching
the humanities as a whale. We do not keep track of individual scores of individual
instructors. We need the student ID # to help us to track the progress of students who
have taken composition courses vs. those who have not. Our MCC ethical statement of
assessment would not permit any other such approach to assessment.
Statement of Ethical Conduct and Assessment: The Metropolitan Community
Colleges recognize that the activities associated with assessment must be conducted in an
ethical and professional manner. Information, data, and assessment activities designed to
present an aggregate picture of assessment of MCC shall in no way be used to evaluate
individual students or faculty. Also, students, faculty, and staff associated with
assessment activities or projects will be treated in a manner that follows accepted
practices for dealing with human subjects. The MCC initiatives are designed and
conducted so as to improve teaching and learning as well as overall institutional
improvement.
Turn in essays to one of the following :
Anne Dvorak 2-2260
Cathy Hardy 2-2321
Jim Smith 2-2263
Thank you for your cooperation and participation! If would like to help score essays (for
$20.00 per hour) please contact any of the above committee members.