Assessment Committee Meeting Report for November 18, 2009
Attendees: Sheila Campbell, Robert Slabodnick, Bob Brownson, Cindy Freeman, Penny Snyder, Randy Storms, Jay Jacquet, Kate Peresie, Troy
Shutler (guest)
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
Membership
The Committee welcomed Cindy Freeman, new Curriculum Committee Chair, as
a new member. Ross Justice, past Curriculum Committee Chair is off of the
Assessment Committee.
CLO Assessment Schedule: The Committee discussed the value of CAAP testing
for the Critical Thinking and decided to go ahead with it for this spring in capstone
courses. Last CAAP testing was spring 2007. The plan is for CLOs to be assessed
on a 3 year cycle.
CLOs
ACTION STEPS
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
TIMELINE
Plan for CAAP testing
Critical Thinking spring
2010 – select and notify
capstone course faculty
in winter.
Kate
End
Winter
quarter
Graduate Survey: The survey has questions for self-reporting on CLO attainment.
The survey goes out 6 months post graduation. Return/completion rates in the past
have been poor. Troy reported that the survey has been developed on Survey
Monkey and was piloted with 10 on-campus students. Logistically, it went well.
Penny volunteered her students for further pilot testing. Troy has obtained prizes
for a drawing for survey completers. (The Committee suggested that the first 100
completers be eligible.) The plan is that all completers will be able to print a
coupon for Subway – Troy needs funding for this that may come from the
Assessment budget for this year. (After that Career Services should seek a budget
for the survey.) Graduates will be notified of the survey by letter. The Committee
suggested that they be notified by e-mail and that personal e-mail information
should be requested on the petition to graduate.
Clean up survey and
develop coupon printing
section; attain funding
for coupon; pilot further
by e-mailing students
the instructions;
determine how drawing
will work; put request
for personal-email on
petition to graduate;
submit for Career
Services budget next
cycle.
Troy
By
end
Winter
quarter
Computer Literacy: The Committee discussed recommending to the Curriculum
Committee that computer literacy become an entrance requirement for incoming
students (which would require the development of an appropriate remedial
course). The CLO at graduation would become an information literacy outcome.
Kate indicated that HS/PS faculty (informally) supported that concept at the
Contact Cathy Craig to
get access to test.
Kate
By
11/20
Take test by next
meeting 12/2.
All
Committee
By
12/2
5-Column
Reports
division meeting. The Committee decided to take the Computer Literacy
assessment to become familiar with its content and to launch a team to look at
information literacy (support for the move, definition, measurable outcomes,
rubric – that could be used by program faculty).
The Committee recommended some revisions to the proposed new report
template, otherwise agreed to the new template, changed the name to Program
Assessment Report.
Kate e-mailed Cindy (11/02) regarding the changes that the Assessment
Committee is recommending for the Curriculum Committee’s processes.
“The Assessment Committee would like to see program/department level learning outcomes and their
Contact faculty for Info
Lit team membership
Kate
By
12/2
Make changes. Send to
Dept Chairs, Deans, VP
of Learning, Curr
Comm Chair.
Kate
By
12/2
Follow-up with Cindy
Kate
By
12/2
assessment (the 5-column report) included in the curriculum approval process, both for new/revised programs
and for new/revised courses. This might be part of a curriculum mapping process that would demonstrate how
the course learning outcomes support program and core learning outcomes. It also would put the assessment
of student learning outcomes at the program/department and institutional (for core learning outcomes) levels
into the mind set of more faculty and administrators.”
5 Column Reports still out are:
 For HS/PS = Radiology (Rob – should have soon), HSV (Penny – should
have soon)
 For Technology = Mechanical Engineering
 For BU/ED = ALL programs EXCEPT PLG.
Jay and Randy have scheduled a meeting with Kate to discuss how to improve
program learning outcomes and their assessment in their areas. They pursue
sending faculty teams from their areas to attend the HLC Assessment Workshop.
(Kate received confirmation this week that the assessment budget has funds that
can be used for the workshop.)
Next
Meeting
Next meeting is 12/2. Agenda to include Culture & Community Team report
(Anne), CCSSE refresher (Sheila).
Follow-up with Dept.
Chairs to get 5-Column
reports
Send workshop info to
Jay and Randy