University Assessment Committee Meeting
December 11, 2014
Brookside Room, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Berkel, LaVerne
Bethman, Brenda
Bunce, Larry
Cancilla, Devon
Cornell, David
Dickerson, Rhiannon
Doss, Crystal
Friend, Jennifer
Garavalia, Linda
Glesner-Fines, Barbara
Horsmon, Caitlin
Kelly, Colleen
Madison-Cannon, Sabrina
Mitchell, Ken
Mullaly-Quijas, Margaret
Potts, Chelsia
Plamann, Lynda
Quaintance, Jennifer
Sargent, Carol
Smith, Kit
Stroud, Dan
Van Ness, Christopher
Vonnahme, Greg
Ward-Smith, Peggy
Zhu, Da-Ming
I.
II.
Representation
School of Education
Ex-Officio/Student Affairs
Ex-Officio/Institutional Research
Ex-Officio/VP for Online Learning
Bloch
Ex-Officio/Discourse Coordinator
Ex-Officio/Coordinator of Writing Assess.
Interim Director for Assessment
Pharmacy
Law/Faculty Assessment Mentor
Arts & Sciences-Humanities
Graduate Studies
Conservatory
Computing & Engineering
Libraries
Student/Higher Education Administration
Biological Sciences
Medicine
Ex-Officio/School of Education
Nursing
Graduate Assistant for Assessment
Dentistry
Arts & Sciences-Social Sciences
Ex-Officio/FaCET
Arts & Sciences-Natural Sciences
Welcome / Approval of UAC Minutes from 11/13/14
Open Discussion – Department / Unit Assessment Updates
III. General Education Course Assessment Reports (due 11/1/14)
 Status of 2013-2014 Course Report Completion & Review Process for GECC
 Fall 2014 Gen Ed Course Reports will be due February 1, 2015
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IV. Review Process for 2013-2014 Annual Assessment Plans for all degrees
 Appreciation for Completion of Reviews by UAC Members
 Discussion of the Review Process / Recommendations for Fall 2015
 Reminder that 2014-2015 WEAVE Annual Assessment Plan Deadline will be
October 15, 2015
V. HLC Requirement—Student Learning Outcomes for ALL courses
 February 1, 2015 deadline for ALL undergraduate courses
 May 1, 2015 deadline for ALL graduate and professional courses
 Contact persons in each unit will return Excel spreadsheet to Amy Watson
o The Associate Deans who are serving as the points of contact, and the
Assessment Coordinators within the academic units will work with faculty
who may need support to create SLOs that are measurable, relevant to the
course, and at the appropriate level of development (Bloom’s action verbs
/ course level).
 Dan Stroud, Barb Glesner-Fines, and Jennifer Friend are also available to meet
one-on-one or with groups to support this work. Are additional resources
needed?
 There are new resources for creating SLOs on the UMKC Assessment website,
including a link to a brief video tutorial:
http://www.umkc.edu/assessment/resources.cfm
 Once the SLOs are submitted to Amy Watson, they will be uploaded in the
Curriculum Navigator system. There is no internal review after submission of the
SLOs.
VI. FaCET Assessment Mentoring—Barb Glesner-Fines
 Discussion of Spring 2015 FaCET and Tea & Teaching Topics and Preferred Dates
VII. Spring Meeting Dates: February 12, March 12, April 9, May 14, 2015
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. in Brookside AC
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