IRAC MEETING
April 29, 2005, 10:00 – 12:00, President’s Conference Room
Attendance: Rebecca Tillberg, Darryl Kinney, Will Marmolejo, Janice Love, Jackie
Ireland, Lawrence Bradford
New member: Will Marmolejo
Update on Student Survey, Spring 2005 - Rebecca Tillberg and Janice Love reported
on the Spring 2005 survey. More than 3,000 students at LACC and more than 14,000
students district wide participated in the survey. The group reviewed a copy of the
responses to the open ended questions. Results will be available in a few months.
Feedback from the group: Exclude lower level ESL courses next survey. Provide some
type of district wide comparison from the data.
SGC Planning Committee: Vital Signs - Rebecca Tillberg reported that the Planning
Subcommittee has begun to review the college priorities. The vital signs are being used to
inform the discussions regarding the college priorities.
USC Equity Scorecard – Janice Love reported on the status of the USC Equity
Scorecard: Robert Rueda, USC professor, is facilitating the discussions with the Math
department. The Math faculty has administered the LASSI (Learning and Study
Strategies Inventory) surveys and reviewed the data. Next month each math faculty will
interview two students. Darryl Kinney reported that Estela Bensimon would be speaking
to the Learning Outcomes Committee regarding barriers to instructional change.
Assessment and Placement (English) – Rebecca Tillberg and Janice Love reported on
the process of revising the English placement test, mostly text changes to the placement
report. The biggest change will be the addition of a new message to students scoring in
the bottom one-third of English 20 placements. The message will instruct these students
to get additional help in Learning Skills. Also, the English department is reviewing the
scoring of the English Essay. An ongoing discussion including the English and Learning
Skills department has begun regarding the appropriate curriculum for the students who
score in the lowest range on the English placement test.
Student Learning Outcomes – Assessment Taskforce - Darryl Kinney (Coordinator of
the SLO program) reported on the progress of the SLO – Assessment Taskforce. The
following documents were distributed: Job Description for Student Learning Outcomes –
Assessment Taskforce, Core Competencies, and Student Learning Outcomes Matrix.
The Student Learning Outcomes Matrix will be used by every course submitted to the
curriculum committee. SLO is looking for volunteers for the committee. The group was
asked to help identify recruits for the SLO – Assessment Taskforce. Each member will
receive six hours of release time (if appropriate).
Planning for Campus Climate Survey, Fall 2005 – The Research department is
purchasing a new scanner and scanning software package from Scantron Corporation.
The new system will allow for imaging scanning. The new software will allow for webbased surveys. This new scanning system will be available for campus wide applications.
Training will be available for six people. Lawrence Bradford suggested that we review
our needs for computer storage.
Rebecca Tillberg lead a review of the Fall 2003 Campus Climate Survey in anticipation
of the Fall 2005 survey. Los Angeles Harbor College Campus Climate Survey was
distributed for contrast. A private company prepared this survey. Comments from the
group: Like Harbor college survey because a large % of questions on LACC survey don’t
apply to faculty. LACC – like the Importance vs. Satisfaction columns. Biggest issue for
faculty is preparation of students for class, nothing on survey allows faculty to address
this. Rebecca will solicit input regarding the survey with other committees.
Program Review: Academic Affairs – The results from the Staff and Department chairs
surveys were distributed.
Accountability: AB1417 - Rebecca Tillberg presented a PowerPoint report on AB1417.
The report on Web-based reporting (Cold Fusion, SAP-BW, and Class Tracks) will be
delayed until the next meeting.