Assessment Committee Meeting Report for January 20, 2005
Attendees: Peg Moir, Mike Allen, Diane Hipsher, Carol Easley, Anne Vinson, Pete Grant, Gary Wood, Lew Milner, Richard Birk, Janet
Boeckman, Kate Peresie
Kate Peresie called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
ACTION STEPS
Committee
Membership
Committee members who did not attend the
meeting or indicate an interest in continuing their
membership were Ross Justice, Bob Lewis, Sharon
Miller, Lisa Reip, and Paul Sukys. Doug Kranch
and Terry Coleman previously had resigned from
the Committee. (Dale Doty and Ginger Rocks did
not attend the meeting but had indicated a desire to
continue membership.)
Ross Justice, Bob Lewis, Sharon
Miller, Lisa Reip, Paul Sukys, Doug
Kranch and Terry Coleman were
removed from the membership list.
Student Services areas will be considering the
establishment of their own Assessment Committee.
Peg Moir wishes to continue her membership and
be a liaison to Student Services.
Committee agreed.
The Committee agreed it should be strongly
faculty-based. Arts and Sciences is wellrepresented. Dale will represent the Engineering
Division.
Recruit one faculty member each
from the Business and Health
Sciences Division.
Committee
Leadership
Meeting
Schedule
It was determined that the Committee Chair and
Vice-Chair should be a one-year terms, January to
January, with the Vice-Chair moving into the role
of Chair for one year. A Recorder is needed.
Monthly meetings should suffice for accomplishing
Committee objectives as long as work/activity
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
Committee. Kate
will notify people
listed.
TIME-LINE
By next
meeting.
Done.
Carol and Janet.
Carol resigned from the Committee.
Pete and Janet will continue as
Deans. Lew will continue as VP of
Learning.
Anne agreed to serve as Chair. Kate
agreed to serve as Recorder.
By next
meeting.
Done.
Done.
A Vice Chair will be appointed.
Committee.
The next meeting is Tuesday,
February 15th, at 3:00.
Kate will send
meeting
Next
meeting.
In one
week.
occurs between meetings. Meetings will be on the
third Tuesday of each month.
Goals for
2004-05
 Continue the
WAC
project.


Pilot the
assessment of
oral
communication skills.
Develop
general
education
(core) skills/
outcomes.
We need to determine a process for data
accumulation, analysis and reporting and document
those programs planning to participate in WAC this
year.
We need to plan how to pilot the assessment of oral
communication skills. A rubric is already
developed.
English, Speech, Humanities and Social Sciences
courses are required for all Associate Degrees.
English and speech outcomes are already
established. Humanities and social sciences can be
assessed across the curriculum once the learning
outcomes are determined. The Committee is
committed to the assessment of outcomes for
English and speech.
Science, Math and Computer courses are not
required for all Associate Degrees, therefore these
may not be “general” for all of our students. The
Committee discussed whether outcomes related to
these areas should be assessed at the program level
or whether they should still be part of “what all
announcement.
The Committee will look at data
from those courses in which writing
was assessed last year.
Mike will bring
data.
Next
meeting.
Document programs planning to
participate.
Carol for
Business, Kate
for HS and
Engineering.
Next
meeting.
Develop a process.
Committee.
Next
meeting.
Develop a plan and report back to
the Committee.
Pete, Phil Martin,
Kate.
Next
meeting.
students should know, think, and do,” therefore
assessed institution-wide.

Determine/
clarify the
Committee’s
mission and
role.
Conferences
The Committee decided to pursue the development
of outcomes for humanities and social sciences.
Evaluate outcomes listed for the
Humanities and Social Sciences
courses in the Learning Outcomes
Inventory for commonalities and
report back to the Committee.
Janet, Anne,
Kate, Pete.
Next
meeting.
The Committee decided that the challenge of
determining what all students should know, think
and do as a result of their NCSC experience would
be worthy of the guidance of the new VP of
Learning.
We need to re-visit the existing mission statement
and clarify the role of the Committee.
Communicate need for discussion to
new VP, once hired.
Committee.
?
Submit a proposal to the Committee.
Anne, Pete,
Diane.
Next
meeting.
Anyone.
By
registration
deadlines.
Assessment conferences are coming up: 2005
Contact Kate for more information.
Innovations Conference (March 6-9, New York),
Ohio Student Learning Forum (March 4,
Columbus), The Collaboration’s conference
(February 18-19, Bloomington, Minnesota), and
AAHE’s Assessment Conference 2005 (June 12-14,
Toronto). Monies are available in the assessment
budget.