Assessment Committee Meeting Report for May 15, 2007
Attendees: Robert Slabodnick, Randy Storms, Tom Prendergast, Anne Vinson, Kate Peresie
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION STEPS
Assessment
Committee
Reporting to
Faculty/Staff
Congress
The Assessment Committee reports to the Staff/Faculty Congress. The
Faculty Caucus had been reviewing its responsibilities and has asked for
more updates on the Committees activities. Drs. Abrams and Bushner are
considering having the Committee report instead to administration. The
Committee discussed this and supported the current structure due to the
central role faculty has in learning outcomes assessment.
The Curriculum Committee responded to the proposal with the suggestion
that the core learning outcomes need only be “addressed” to be checked off,
and should be placed at the end of the syllabus because “it is primarily for
college use and may be confusing for students.” The Assessment
Committee agreed with the use of “addressed” but disagreed with the belief
that CLO’s are primarily for college use.
Unfinished business – Last year, the Committee sent a proposal to the
Faculty Caucus recommending that assessment of outcomes be added to all
job descriptions. The Faculty Caucus planned to revisit the proposal last
fall. There has been no response.
OBR is conducting another Student Success Workshop June 14th. The
College needs to send a team. Kate will be attending.
Notify Drs. Abrams
and Bushner on
Committee’s
stance.
Course Syllabus
Template
Proposal
Assessment in
Job Descriptions
OBR Student
Success
Workshop
CAAP Update
WAC/SpAC
Update
Computer
Literacy Update
All courses have completed or are planning to complete CAAP testing
except ACC 260 (Jen Adkins stated she was notified to late to comply).
Kate has contacted D. Ramsey to use that course as a replacement but has
not heard back.
More reports should be coming in to Mike Allen.
The Team has the green light to select faculty to work on test development
and piloting the test in capstone courses next spring – from the Assessment
budget. (Budget for matching to remediation classes and for entry testing
PERSON
RESPONSIBLE
Kate
TIME-LINE
Respond to
Curriculum
Committee, include
Faculty Caucus and
Dr, Bushner
Kate
1 week
Re-send proposal
Anne
1 week
Ask Dr. Bushner to
get
recommendations
from Pres Staff
Contact Teri Kofod
for assistance.
Kate
This week
Kate
This week
DCs to remind
program faculty
DCs
This/next
week
This week
Professional
Development on
CLOs
Celebrating Our
Successes
Other Business
Next Meeting
for CIS are not from the Assessment budget.)
Dr. Bushner indicated that professional development days were planned and
there would not be room for workshops on CLOs. The Committee noted
that CLOs are one of the strategic initiatives.
Request again time
on professional
development days
from Dr. Bushner
Kate
Next week
Ask Mike RenockWelker to put in
link.
Kate
Next week.
Accomplishments include:
 Complete web-based reporting of program/department assessment
(5 column reports).
 Proceed with WAC, SpAC and CAAP assessments.
 Develop a Student Success Plan (an Ohio Board of Regents
initiative) that includes identifying core learning outcomes and
plans for their assessment.
 Evaluate and provide feedback on program/department assessment
reports to all departments via Vice President for Learning, Deans
and Academic Chairs.
Assessment Committee members, Core Learning Team members received a
thank you with pens as gifts.
Anne requested that a link to the Student Success Plan be placed in the
Faculty Portal.
Next meeting will be sometime this summer if needed, otherwise starting in
the fall.