Metropolitan Community College
DACC MEETING
Thursday, February 9, 2012
3-4:30 PM
Room AC Board Room
Minutes
Attendees: Linda Nelson, Tristan Londre, Cheryl Carpenter-Davis, Dachia Scroggins, Mindy McCallum,
Melissa Giese, Cynthia Sexton-Proctor, Lisa Bonneau, Mary Ann Blitt, Kristy Bishop, Tammie May, Jim
McGraw, Al Dimmitt, Kim Glackin, Mary Svoboda-Chollet, and Tim Gill
Approval of Minutes
The minutes were reviewed and approved.
Vice Chancellor for Educational Services & Technology Report
No report
IRB Report
The IRB PRP is still in committee.
HLC Committee Report
HLC Committee structure and membership is being considered. May be formalized after the HLC
Conference at the beginning of April so that meetings of the committee may begin in May 2012.
Survey Reports
Noel Levitz Survey of Student Satisfaction
The Noel-Levitz online Institutional Priorities Survey has been emailed out to MCC FT and PT faculty.
Twelve percent (N=126) of faculty have completed the survey. Reminders will go out to those faculty who
have not already participated. They are scheduled to be emailed 2/10/21012 and 2/21/2012.
If you have not already done so, please complete this survey before Feb. 29th, 2012.
The student survey component (Student Satisfaction Inventory) will go out to a sample of students March 19,
2012. Please encourage your students to complete the survey. A reminder to faculty, administrators and
officers will be sent out approximately a week prior to the administration to promote communication for this
project.
MCC Open Pathway Improvement Project Report
General Education Outcomes, and Proposed Revisions
Tammie May and Linda Nelson presented feedback from LV. They suggested several revisions to the
General Education Outcomes that addressed redundancy, formatting consistency, as well as expressing
emphasis. A motion was made to make edits and the following edits were approved.
1. Replace the word “should” to “will” in each outcome statement.
2. For formatting consistency, add the following wording to the Communications outcome: “The
student will be able to use receptive and productive skills to interpret, synthesize, and integrate ideas
of others and their own to communicate.”
3. Eliminate Communication-Productive Skills #6
4. Combine the wording of Communication-Productive Skills #2 and #3
5. Critical Thinking #2-add the word solve
6. Critical Thinking #3-eliminate the 2nd “relevant.”
7. Information Literacy #3- change “appropriately” to Utilizing the correct format. Delete “be able to.”
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Metropolitan Community College
DACC MEETING
Thursday, February 9, 2012
3-4:30 PM
Room AC Board Room
Cynthia will amend the document to reflect all approved changes and send to the committee for final
approval and sign off for HLC documentation.
Discipline-Level Outcomes and CIFS
The General Education outcomes along with the attributes went to DICC for their support. Questions arose
concerning where the discipline level outcomes should be placed when that time comes. Discussion centered
on using the CTE format. It was decided to recommend to DICC that a modification could be made on the
CIF’s to say “Program or Discipline Outcomes” to model the CTE forms.
Second Cohort meetings
Meetings of the 2nd Cohort will be 2/17/12 at BR EC 110, 3/23/12 at BTC CA 104A, and 4/13/12 at MW CC
110 (Arbor Room). Unfortunately some ZBB meetings have been scheduled simultaneously with these
cohort meetings. Paul Long communicated that the Cohort meetings take precedence. Information about
what to expect has already been sent to this cohort, and Notebooks are in process of being printed and
compiled. The revised General Education Outcomes will be added to the notebooks.
 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.
Blackboard Organization for Disciplines
The names of the faculty in the 1st and 2nd Cohort, and those who have requested inclusion have been added
to the BB Organization. If you would like to be included please email Deanna Snyder your name and
employee ID.
Newsletter
No update
Higher Learning Commission Update
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The Gamma version of the proposed revisions to the Criteria for Accreditation, including the
Assumed Practices and Obligations of Affiliation, is still available for review. The Delta version
comes before the HLC Board for second reading in February 2012. For the current versions of these
documents, visit http://www.ncahlc.org/.
A group of 4 MCC representatives will be attending the Pathway Pioneer Institution Workshop for
Cohorts 1 & 2 and Peer Reviewer Training on March 8 & 9, 2012 in St. Charles, IL.
A group of MCC representatives will be attending the Annual NCA/HLC Conference in late
March/early April. Cynthia, Kristy, and Tristan have had their proposal on Knowledge Management
accepted to present at the conference.
Assessment Reports
Learning Communities
We cannot assess the developmental education learning communities because too few courses made. We will
try to pilot this assessment again in Fall 2012. Due to communication challenges, 23 students have completed
the online assessment sent to those enrolled in Learning Communities this semester. The focus will be on
completing the post-test for this Semester. A pre/post-test model will resume next semester.
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Metropolitan Community College
DACC MEETING
Thursday, February 9, 2012
3-4:30 PM
Room AC Board Room
Human Diversity
The committee was concerned that the rubric didn’t apply to community colleges. Establishing common
learning outcomes and an assessment project for Fall 2012 is a goal.
Proposals for new assessment or survey requests
No new proposals
Campus Reports
We are still working on a charge for the campus committees. There was a call for Campus Committees to
gather all surveys and assessments currently taking place on their campuses.
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BR-The committee has not met in the last couple of months. Kim Glackin and several other faculty
are administering the GRIT inventory as a pilot in 100 level and above courses to assess self-control,
perseverance and obstacles to succeeding in the classroom. They are giving this survey to
approximately 500 students across several disciplines.
BTC- No report
LV-met to talk about making improvements to the General Education Outcomes as discussed earlier
in the minutes.
MW- hasn’t met, busy with ZBB. The MW curriculum committee is the MW curriculum/assessment
committee.
PV-hasn’t met, busy with ZBB.
Old Business
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Cynthia will draft a Charge for the Campus Assessment Committees and send to the DACC for
additions. It will be discussed at the next DACC meeting.
MCC is hosting the 2nd annual Regional Community College Assessment Conference on April 20,
2012 at MCC-Penn Valley. There are 21 registrants from MCC and 24 from other institutions.
Registration confirmations to MCC employees have not been sent yet. They should be sent shortly
when all details are complete.
o We have filled all slots for panel presentations and are looking for room and World Café
table facilitators. If you are interested please email Melissa or Kristy.
o The MCC conference website (http://mcckc.edu/RCCAConference) is complete and includes
a block of rooms at the conference hotel-Embassy Suites on the Plaza. Melissa and Kristy
are arranging a welcome social at the hotel the evening of the 19th for traveling conference
attendees.
o Several vendors have indicated interest in sponsorship; however we are awaiting
confirmation from them.
New Business
MCC will hold the Student Learning Symposium this summer. Date is TBD, but will be a Friday in July.
The meeting was adjourned.
Future Meetings
March 22nd at 3:00 p.m. in Penn Valley CC0502
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