Assessment Committee Meeting Report for May 31, 2005
Attendees: Anne Vinson, Teri Kofod, Janet Boeckman, Mike Allen, Richard Birk, Diane Hipsher, Dale Doty, Kate Peresie
Anne called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
CAAP Report
Kate and Anne reported that the CAAP Critical Thinking Assessments
were completed and mailed to CAAP today. Reports should be returned
in about 10 business days.
WAC
Omaha
Goals/Future
Goals
ACTION STEPS
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
TIMELINE
Some suggestions for next year are to arrange for specific rooms in each
building for testing. Some of the rooms used this year made it difficult to
impossible to seat the students according to CAAP recommendations (all
students facing one direction, sitting every other seat). Another
suggestion is to edit the instructions to be read by the test administrators
to eliminate the verbage that does not apply.
Consider changes in
procedure for next
spring.
Kate
Spring ‘06
The Committee will meet August 4th at 4:00 to look at the CAAP results
and prepare to report as indicated by the CAAP/WAC procedure as well
as report to the College during fall professional development days.
The WAC packets sent to participating faculty was shared with the
Committee.
Call meeting.
Anne
Report CAAP results
Committee
By August
4th
September
WAC reports are due June 10th. Mike and Kate will compile the results
and will report to the Committee on August 4th. The Committee will
report the WAC results along with the CAAP results.
Compile WAC
results.
Mike and
Kate
In July
Report WAC results.
Committee
September
The Committee reviewed the Outcomes to be Achieved by 2008 (aka the
Omaha Goals), written in 2003. Of the top five, outcomes one and five
have been completed. Of the Other Outcomes, the one related to AQIP
has been completed.
The Committee prioritized the remaining outcomes. No new outcomes
were added.
Other Business
A report on the progress made on the remaining outcomes is needed.
Update Outcomes
document.
Kate
July
The Committee will report to the faculty on the progress made via a fact
sheet at fall professional development days.
Anne will likely be resigning as Chair of the Committee beginning Fall
Quarter. The Committee will need a new Chair.
Create fact sheet.
Mike
September
Appoint/elect new
chair if Anne’s
resignation becomes
official.
Committee
September
The Committee agreed to recommend to the Faculty and Staff Caucuses
and the MAC that assessment be included in all job descriptions. A
formal recommendation will be sent to those groups.
Make proposal to
Caucuses and MAC.
Anne and
Teri
June
The new course syllabus template that includes assessment methods with
course outcomes needs to be on the F:
Check F: Place on F:
if needed.
Kate
June