REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AssessmentCommitteeNotesforOctober21,2013 DaveBazard,PaulChown,AngelinaHill,MarlaGleave,ErikKramer,LisaSayles,Richard Ries(phone),MelodyPope(failedphoneconnection).Absent:ClydeJohnson(prior commitment) 1. Updates: Course‐LevelPlanning–TheAssessmentCoordinatorhasbeenworkingwithDeans andfacultytocompletethecourse‐levelplanningpagesfortheirdisciplines.The programreviewprocesshasbeenusefulforidentifyingareaswhereplanshavenotbeen completed.Insomecasesfacultywerenotawareofthenewprocess ClosingLoops–Facultyareclosingloops.Somehaddifficultyfindingthe“openloop” siteandothersweresurprisedtofindsomanyloopshadbeencreated.TheAssessment Coordinator(Dave)hasbeenworkingwithfacultytounderstandtheprocess ILOdiscussionatSenateandDeans/Directorsmeetings–TheInstitutionalLearning OutcomesproposalwasreviewedbyboththeAcademicSenateandDeans/Directors counsel.Minorrevisionsweresuggested,otherwisebothgroupsprovidedenthusiastic supportoftheproposal.ItwillnowbeforwardedtothePresidentforBoard consideration. 2. Discussion ‐ RolesandresponsibilitiesofAssessmentandAssessmentPlanning (attachments) Full‐timeandAssociateFaculty AssociateDeans AssessmentCoordinator ConsiderablediscussionledtotheproposalofhavingatrainingfortheDeanstohighlight theirrolesintheassessmentprocessandtodiscusspotentialproblemareas.Therewas agreementthatweareinatransitionalperiodwheretheoldrolesofCoordinatorsno longerexist.MuchofthisworkthenneedstobeoverseenbytheDeans.TheAssessment CoordinatorwillcontactDr.Snow‐Flameraboutsettingupadiscussion/trainingwiththe Deans. ‐ QualityandRequirementsofAssessmentProcessandReports Thisdiscussionfocusedaroundacoupleofproceduralandqualityissues.Oneismaking surethatstudentwork(artifacts)arekeptanonymous.Thesecondconcernedhow assessmentsfrommultiplesectionsandmultiplefacultywereused.Therewasconcern thattheassessmentresultsfromaspecificfacultymember’ssectionwouldbeusedasa meansofevaluatingtheperformanceofthefaculty.TheAssessmentCommittee emphasizedthatthiswasnottheroleoftheassessmentprocess,andthattheAssessment Handbookandotherresources(includingcontractualdocuments)emphasizethat assessmentisintendedforcourseorprogramimprovementsbutnotasameansof evaluatingfaculty.TheAssessmentCoordinatorwillworkonanannouncement/reminder tosendouttofacultyprovidingguidanceregardingtheseissues.Thereminderwillbe sharedwiththeAssessmentCommitteepriortobedistributedtofaculty.Wewillwait untilafterthefacultyhavecompletedtheirProgramReviewsbeforereleasingthese guidelines. 3. SoftwareDemonstration–Programlevelmapping(PaulChown) PaulChownshowedtheAssessmentgroupanewtoolformappingcourseoutcomesto program‐leveloutcomes.ThiswillbediscussedinmoredetailatthenextAssessment Committeemeeting.TheCommitteeisencouragedtoreviewthenewonlinetoolatthe followingURL.But,pleasedonotdistributethisbeyondthecommittee. http://webapps.redwoods.edu/assessment/outcomes/outcomemapping.aspx Thispagerequiresanemailusernameandpasswordtologin. Onceonthepage,usethepull‐downmenutoselectadegreeorcertificate.Theprogram outcomes(PLOs)areshownontheleftandthecorrespondingcourseoutcomesmappedto thisprogramoutcomeareinthecolumnontheright.Clickontheblue+buttonbythe coursetoviewthespecificcourseoutcome(s).Thetoolallowstheusertoeditordelete outcomes.Thecourseoutcomeswillbeupdatedascurriculumoutlinesareapprovedand posted,buttheactualmappingofcourseoutcomestoprogramoutcomesneedtobe selectedusingtheeditingtoolprovided.