Assessment Committee Meeting Report for October 4, 2006
Attendees: Lew Milner, Tom Prendergast, Janet Boeckman, Anne Vinson, Robyn Denney, Bruce Sliney, Paul Sukys, Terry Coleman, Kate Peresie
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION STEPS
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
TIMELINE
Write and send
charge.
Kate
10/6
Establish Crit
Thinking Team
Robyn
10/20
Core learning The Committee decided to establish teams – one team per each of the first 5
outcomes
of the 6 Cs* – to research the core learning outcomes, write a brief
description of the outcomes, develop a set of measurable objectives,
recommend assessment measures, recommend where the assessments should
occur (course, program and/or institutional levels) and recommend
benchmarks. Teams should have 3 - 5 members, have some broader
representation including members from areas of the College outside the
Learning Division who also work with students -- Student Services/Student
Activities/Institutional Advancement/Business Office – and members of the
Curriculum Committee as available.
Team leaders will receive a written charge including above guidelines and the
following timeline. Teams should be established in 2 weeks and reports
should be submitted to the Committee by the end of the quarter.
This will be a collaborative project of the Curriculum and Assessment
Committees.
Team leaders were named:
 Critical Thinking – Robyn agreed to establish a team and be the
Committee liaison.

Communication – Mike agreed to lead a team and be the Committee
liaison.
Establish Communication Team
Mike
10/20

Computer Literacy – Tom will work with the Information Literacy
Group / Mike Renock-Welker, and Tom will be the Committee
liaison.
Establish Comp Lit
Team
Tom
10/20

Culture & Community – Paul agreed to establish a team and be the
Establish Culture &
Paul
10/20
Committee liaison.
Community Team
Computational Proficiency – Kate will ask Bob Cyders to lead a team
and to be the Committee liaison.
Ask Bob to establish
Computation Prof.
Team
Kate
10/6 then
10/20
Tom and Kate presented a draft of a matrix/template for reporting core
learning outcomes assessment.
Prepare to critique at
next meeting.
10/20
Mission
Statement
The Mission Statement will be reviewed and updated as needed.
Committee
Chair
The Committee recognized Anne’s dedication and hard work of the last two
years as Chair of the Committee. Anne requested to resign as Chair. Kate
was appointed Chair by Dr. Bushner for 2006-7.
Dr. Bushner appointed Kate to lead OBR’s Student Success Plan project. A
team (Tom, Bruce, Kate, Brad Hays, Paul, Terry) will be attending OBR’s
regional conference on the project on 10/9.
Committee membership will be aligned with the reorganization. Department
Chairs will be asked to serve. Robyn will continue as a member/liaison for
the Critical Thinking Team. Peg Moir asked to be released from the
Committee – a non-academic member will be asked to replace her (Nikki
Workman? Mark Monnes? Someone from SSC?). Joe Badamy and Richard
Birk will be asked if they would like to be excused from the Committee since
they will be represented by their Department Chairs. Paul Sukys was
accepted as the Curriculum Committee liaison (as well as Culture &
Community Team liaison) to the Committee.
Program Directors will be required to submit updated 5-column reports by the
end of the quarter to the Committee for review for adequate progress and
preparation for completing an assessment cycle at the end of the year. Deans
will also be notified.
Members were invited to attend the meeting on October 27th.
Send to Committee
for review at next
meeting
No action needed.
All
Committee
Members
Kate
Communicate to
members and
potential members.
Kate
10/12
Communicate to
Program Directors
and Deans
Kate
10/11
Contact Kate if you
want to attend.
All
Committee
Members
10/11

*The last of the 6 Cs, Career Competence, is already assessed at the program
level with the 5-Column report process. This will not be the focus of this
project.
Student
Success Plan
Committee
Membership
Program
Level
Assessment
OATYC
Meeting
10/6
No action needed
Next Meeting The next meeting was scheduled for Friday, October 20, 2 – 3:00. Agenda
will include revising mission statement as needed and critiquing the core
learning outcomes assessment matrix. New members will be invited.
Make arrangements
Kate
10/11