Assessment Committee Meeting Report for May 14, 2012
Attendees: Kelly Gray, Kate Peresie, Lynn Jones, Janny Nauman, Ellen Johnson, Cindy Freeman
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
In General
The Committee approved the 2011-12 accomplishments report. It is posted on the
Committee’s web site.
The Committee recommended resending the CLO changeover memo with the subject
heading indicating “Action Needed” by Course Coordinators.
Curriculum
Process
No replacement for Kate as Assessment/AQIP Coordinator has been named.
The Assessment Committee (AC) discussed its possible role in the curriculum process as
requested by Cindy Freeman as Chair of the Curriculum Committee (CC). (Cindy, Gina
Kamwithi, and Dr. Reed are working on a curriculum manual.)
 For feedback/approval of learning outcomes for any course required to go
through the process (new courses, changed courses), the Committee made the
following observations/suggestions:
o The purpose would be to improve the quality of course learning
outcomes and their assessment (number, measurability, level).
o The procedure might be: the faculty member submits the to-beapproved syllabus to the CC, it is then placed in a repository; CC notifies
AC it is ready for review; AC reviews the learning outcomes and
assessment methods then provides written suggestions/comments in an
electronic format that are submitted back to the repository; the faculty
member responds to the AC’s suggestions/comments – along with the
CC’s suggestions/comments -- during his/her presentation to the CC.
 The faculty member should be able to see the AC’s
suggestions/comments ahead of time -- optional.
o This should be pilot-tested in the fall.
 For curriculum mapping:
o The purpose would be to assure that new courses/changes to courses
have a positive and not a negative impact on the attainment of program
level learning outcomes and core learning outcomes in the various
curricula.
ACTION STEPS
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
TIMELINE
Ask Gina to resend
Kate
This
week
Ask Robert Slabodnick if
mapping is part of
Institutional Review process
Kate
This
week
Ask Ellen to send curriculum
map change form
Kate
This
week
Forward Robert’s and Ellen’s
responses as well as this
report to Cindy, Gina, Dr.
Reed (and Committee)
Kate
This
week or
as soon
as
possible
o
Meetings
AC is not excited about reviewing curriculum maps nor about requiring it
of faculty. Some thoughts:
 Curriculum mapping might be an appropriate requirement for
the institutional review process. (Perhaps already is a
requirement?)
 The CC might ask it as a question: “How does this course change
affect the attainment of program level learning outcomes and
core learning outcomes for the curricula where it occurs?” (Or
something like that.)
 It might be better to use a form of curriculum mapping that
specifically addresses the change. (Ellen has something like
that.)
This was our last meeting of the year.