Metropolitan Community College
DACC MEETING
Thursday, April 12, 2012
3-4:30 PM
Room AC Boardroom
Minutes
Attendees: Mary Ann Blitt, Mary Svoboda-Chollet, Cheryl Carpenter-Davis, Mindy McCallum, Melissa
Giese, Cynthia Sexton Proctor, Kristy Bishop, Tammie May, Jim McGraw, Al Dimmitt, George Green, Fran
Padow, Tristan Londre, Rich Higgason, Kimberly Glackin, Jill Kingsbury, Susan Wilson, Karen Moore,
Daschia Scroggins, Linda Nelson, and Jared Rinck
Approval of Minutes
The minutes were reviewed and approved.
Vice Chancellor for Educational Services & Technology Report
No report
IRB Report
No report
HLC Committee Report
 We will have our second annual Summer Symposium: Countdown to Reaccreditation, July 20th in
the PV Education Center from 8:30 to noon.
o Current Program: Bob Mundhenk as keynote, Flash Five Assessment Reports (5 slides in 5
minutes), Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Results
Survey Reports
Noel Levitz Survey of Student Satisfaction
 The Noel-Levitz online Student Satisfaction Inventory invitation was emailed out to all students on
March 19th. The methodology was changed to allow all students the ability to participate. Originally
a random sample of student was going to be asked.
 We have had a good response with over 1200 students completing the survey. Our goal is 2000 by
April 20th.
 A communication plan was created and consists of the following to get the word out to students:
BB notice, Insider article, myMCCKC announcement, Facebook and twitter feeds, and a request of
faculty through the division chairs to encourage participation in their classes.
 An incentive plan was developed to increase participation rates. All students who complete the
inventory will be entered into a drawing to win one of 15 MCC $25 bookstore gift cards. A reminder
was sent to those students who have not completed the survey. A final reminder will go out at a
later date as determined by the current response rate.
Cass County Survey
Tammie May has been working with Melissa and Kristy to write a survey for students to evaluate their
experience at MCC-Cass County. The survey will be administered to all classes held at MCC-Cass County
this spring.
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Metropolitan Community College
DACC MEETING
Thursday, April 12, 2012
3-4:30 PM
Room AC Boardroom
MCC Open Pathway Improvement Project Report
The 2nd Cohort met on 3/23/12 at BTC CA 104A. The disciplines determined which attribute they wanted to
assess and talked about implementation of the assessment. They will be completing the 1st report to present at
the next DACC meeting, 5-10-2012.
Second Cohort meetings
The next meeting of the 2nd Cohort will be 4/13/12 at MW CC 110 (Arbor Room). They will prepare their
1st Reports to present at the DACC Meeting on 5/10/12. The 2nd Cohort includes Chemistry,
Geology/Geography, History, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology/Anthropology.
First Cohort
The 1st Cohort is administering assessments this semester. Encourage and support them and invite them to
help mentor the 2nd Cohort. The 1st cohort will present what they are doing at the Summer Symposium:
Countdown to Re-accreditation on July 20th, 2012 at the PV Education Center.
Deliverables for Improvement Project
Kristy Bishop discussed what items we need to prepare for HLC. HLC will want to see the documentation of
our progress. The following will be looked at:
 Planning meetings-our first semester planning meetings, discipline specific meetings this fall to
discuss what the data from their assessment means and plan next steps
 Reports- reports from the 1st Cohort, individual discipline reports, second and third semester
reports
 Charts and resources used-Gen Ed attributes, chosen rubrics, aggregate data from assessments,
cohort notebooks, training materials, and communication efforts
 Culture of Assessment Survey-Overview of methodology and results
Blackboard Organization for Disciplines
All DACC Members, all 1st Cohort faculty, and the full-time faculty in the 2nd Cohort have been added to the
BB Organization. Part of the adjunct and dual credit faculty for the 2nd cohort has been added. Membership
will be updated after board approval of MCC retirees.
Higher Learning Commission Update
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The current version of the Assurance Criteria revisions is available http://www.ncahlc.org/.
A group of MCC representatives attended the Annual NCA/HLC Conference. Cynthia, Kristy, and
Tristan presented; Moving from a Data Driven to a Knowledge Driven Institution. Here is the link to
the HLC presentation: http://annualconference.ncahlc.org/2012-session-handouts.html. It can
be found toward the bottom under General Program Sunday at 2:15.
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It was well received. They are continuing their collection of oral history about MCC.
HLC is starting to look at Dual Credit and possible accreditation.
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Metropolitan Community College
DACC MEETING
Thursday, April 12, 2012
3-4:30 PM
Room AC Boardroom
Assessment Reports
Human Diversity
Next Human Diversity Assessment Meeting is on 4/6/12 at 1:00 pm in AC 263.
Service Learning Assessment
The service learning group has been giving a pre and post-test survey for the past 4 semesters. Data is
analyzed and a report is being written. The group has decided to develop Student Learning outcomes for
Service Learning. A rubric is being developed to use for the SLO’s this fall.
Proposals for new assessment or survey requests
No new
Campus Reports
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BR-The group is in a holding pattern. They are reviewing the GRIT inventory survey preliminary
results and are awaiting final semester data analysis.
BTC- The group is still forming.
LV-They met at the end of March. Tammie discussed a new initiative with the Independence School
District.
MW- The hybrid Curriculum and Assessment committee met Monday and discussed Vet tech
curriculum. No new items were introduced.
PV-hasn’t met.
Old Business
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MCC is hosting the 2nd annual Regional Community College Assessment Conference on April 20,
2012 at MCC-Penn Valley, Education Center. There are 32 registrants from MCC and 75 from 21
other institutions.
o The MCC conference website (http://mcckc.edu/RCCAConference) is complete.
o Melissa and Kristy are arranging a welcome social at the hotel the evening of the 19th for
traveling conference attendees.
o We are working with several vendors who have indicated interest in sponsorship. we are
There are 4 vendors registered currently.
New Business
None
The meeting was adjourned.
Future Meetings
May 10th at 3:00 p.m. in the AC Boardroom
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