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.
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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.