Outcomes & Assessment Committee
Meeting Minutes
April 13, 2015  3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
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Members
Name
Eric Bosler
Paul Casey
Mary Cousineau
Delia Edeza
Barbara Durham
Laura Fatuzzo
Carol Kimbrough
Carol King
Peggy Mayfield
Kathy Mendelsohn
Cheryl O’Donnell (Chair)
Dan Petersen
Mark Sanchez
David Techaira
Representing
Faculty
Management
Faculty
CSEA (Academic Affairs, LLS&R)
Faculty
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Faculty
Management
Faculty
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Management
Staff
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CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 3:25 p.m. by Cheryl O’Donnell.
ACTION ITEMS:
1. Approval of Minutes: The 3.23.15 minutes were approved as written.
INFORMATION/DISCUSSION/PRESENTATIONS
2. Report on ACCJC Visit
Cheryl reported to the committee that the meeting with the ACCJC visiting team on Friday,
April 10, 2015 went very well. She, Kathy Mendelsohn, Mary Cousineau and Mohammed
Yahdi met with Dr. Wright. Assessment activities, Elumen implementation activities, and
plans for a continuous cycle were addressed at the interview. Dr. Wright expressed that she
was impressed with the efforts that have been done on campus to ensure adequate training
for the roll out of Elumen. She also indicated that based on our comments on Core
Competency assessment activities that are in the works at the committee level, it appears
that we have a calendar in place that will help ensure a continuous and ongoing process.
HARTNELL COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT
Hartnell College will be nationally recognized for the success of our students by developing leaders who will
contribute to the social, cultural, and economic vitality of our region and the global community.
HARTNELL COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
Focusing on the needs of the Salinas Valley, Hartnell College provides educational opportunities for students to
reach academic goals in an environment committed to student learning, achievement and success.
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3. Institutional Standards for Mastery Levels
Cheryl reported that she had communicated with Melissa Kilbrick from Elumen about the
Masterly Level settings and was informed that this is a new feature that the company just
added in the previous roll out. Therefore, they did not have any schools that they could
refer us to for discussion on how they were dealing with this aspect of the program. Based
on this information, Cheryl indicated that she will follow up on this matter as time allows but
it was no longer an issue that had a level of urgency associated with it.
4. Projects for Spring 2015 (Core Competency Assessment)
Direct Measurement Assessment. The committee continued with discussing core
competency assessments for Spring and Fall 15. Cheryl indicated that she would be meeting
with Kelly Locke to discuss Turnitin.com data to be used for analysis of the Information
Skills core competency. She will report out on her findings at the next meeting on April 27.
In addition, Cheryl indicated that she would meet with LaVerne Cook to determine GE
courses that would be appropriate to collect writing samples from in terms of doing the
written communication core competency assessment. She will report out on her findings at
the next meeting.
The committee discussed the plan to collect papers from the Spring 15 semester and then
conduct scoring in the Fall 15 semester. It was agreed that we should proceed with the
same requirements and rubric as used in the previous assessment and scoring activity which
took place in the Fall 09 and Spring 10 semesters. This criteria includes:
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Writing assignments that have a word count requirement. For research papers this
would be 1250 – 2000 words. The committee agreed to move forward with the
collection of research papers only as this would allow us to also do a second round
of assessment on the Information Skills Core Competency which was last done in
Spring 09. This will provide direct measurement of both the written communication
CC and the Information Skills CC and will allow us to compare the data from
Turnitin.com to the data from the direct assessment of student work.
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A filtering factor of 30+ units and completion of English 1A.
Indirect Measurement Assessment. The Committee determined that the next
“graduation survey” would be done during the same semester that the CCSSE is revisited.
Cheryl checked with Brian Lofman and reported that this will be in 2017.
Calendar of Assessment. The committee developed a calendar of assessment for Core
Competencies that covers the time period from 2013/2014 – 2020/2021 time period.
Starting in the 2015 – 2016 academic year, two core competencies will be scheduled for
assessment with a rotation of the graduate survey every 3 years. (see attached)
HARTNELL COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT
Hartnell College will be nationally recognized for the success of our students by developing leaders who will
contribute to the social, cultural, and economic vitality of our region and the global community.
HARTNELL COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
Focusing on the needs of the Salinas Valley, Hartnell College provides educational opportunities for students to
reach academic goals in an environment committed to student learning, achievement and success.
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OTHER ITEMS/BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cheryl told the committee that we need to start thinking about another faculty member who will
chair the committee beginning in the Fall 2015 semester.
NEXT MEETING(S): Monday, April 27, 2015
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting concluded at 4:45 p.m.
HARTNELL COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT
Hartnell College will be nationally recognized for the success of our students by developing leaders who will
contribute to the social, cultural, and economic vitality of our region and the global community.
HARTNELL COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
Focusing on the needs of the Salinas Valley, Hartnell College provides educational opportunities for students to
reach academic goals in an environment committed to student learning, achievement and success.
Schedule of Core Competency Assessment
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Communication
Info Competency
Critical Thinking
Global
Awareness
Aesthetic
Appreciation
Personal Growth
& Responsibility
Graduate Survey
20142015
20152016
20162017
20172018
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20182019
20192020
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20202021
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HARTNELL COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT
Hartnell College will be nationally recognized for the success of our students by developing leaders who will contribute to the social, cultural, and economic
vitality of our region and the global community.
HARTNELL COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
Focusing on the needs of the Salinas Valley, Hartnell College provides educational opportunities for students to reach academic goals in an environment
committed to student learning, achievement and success.