LET Minutes
Wed., March 8, 2006
East 3-113
Present:Linda Anthon, Nick Bekas, Kira Bishop, Philip Bishop, Melody BoeringerHartnup, Mike Bosley, Jenny Britton, Suzette Dohany, Kurt Ewen, Emily Hooker, Celine
Kavalec-Miller, Maryke Lee, Patrick Nellis, Melissa Pedone, Julie Phelps, Ann Puyana,
Cheryl Robinson, David Rogers, Allison, Sloan, Roberta Vandermast, Sharon Wyly
Regrets: Helen Clarke, Aida Diaz
Agreements
The following items were agreed upon during the meeting.
 A committee of LET members will meet before the next LET meeting to review
the proposal for the future direction and organization of the Learning Evidence
Team with Dr. Walter’s feedback in mind and bring a revised version back for
LET review in April.
THINK Workshop Update
The rubric and assignment workshops are now complete. Participants are now in
the implementation phase of the project. Optional roundtables have been scheduled to
provide support for participants in completing their projects by the end of this semester.
Year of COMMUNICATE Work Team Report
There will be two rubrics developed for oral and written communication. The
draft oral communication rubric was distributed. It is based on the speech rubric
developed by faculty but has been altered to follow the same format as the THINK rubric.
The team is still working on clarifying the terminology and creating a clear separation
between accomplished and competent levels. A student-friendly version will also be
created (similar to the one for the THINK rubric). Faculty participants in Destination
2006 will pilot the rubrics. As of now, listening is not a part of the communicate rubric.
This is something that may have to wait for future iterations for inclusion.
CAAP Report
The CAAP assessment is designed to assess a general education program in 6
areas or modules. Each module would cost approximately $40,000 to administer to all
Valencia grads. There are many questions that would need to be resolved before the LET
would recommend using this instrument at Valencia. Cheryl Robinson and Allison Sloan
offered to do more research into using CAAP if the LET would provide research
parameters to guide their investigation. Another discussion of CAAP will be planned for
a future LET meeting.
Marketing Team Report
 The May/June newsletter is under development. We need to find a replacement
editor for Roberta Vandermast to keep the newsletter going following her
retirement.
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A verb list correlated to Bloom’s taxonomy has been developed for the Course
Outline Builder to help faculty develop course learning outcomes.
Feedback on Organizational Redesign Proposal
Kaye Walter provided feedback on the proposal for the future direction and
organization of the Learning Evidence Team. Important points to consider include:
 The current timeline will not provide for a full implementation of the
TVCA assessment process (two complete cycles) for all four core
competencies before our next SACS accreditation visit.
 The LET steering committee should be smaller than the current LET and
have 75%-80% of its membership made up of faculty.
A committee of LET members will meet to discuss Dr. Walter’s feedback for revision of
the proposal before the next LET meeting. Final recommendations will be submitted to
Dr. Walter’s office before the end of the spring semester.
Next LET Meeting
Wed., April 12, 2006
2:30pm-4:30pm
East Campus, 3-113