The University of Texas at Tyler
University Assessment Committee
September 8, 2011
Committee Members Present:
Lou Ann Berman, Chair
Guillemo Covarrubias
Mary Barr
Mary Fischer
Shari Koukl
Arun Kulkarni
Pam Martin
Ross Sherman
Jeanne Standley
Ona Tolliver
Ken Wink
Alecia Wolf
Susan Yarbrough
AGENDA ITEM
Welcome and Introductions
April 2011 Minutes
Committee Members Not Present:
Sheryl Dennis
Bill Geiger
DISCUSSION
Welcome new members Dr. Guillermo Covarrubias, Assistant Professor of Economics and
Dr. Arun Kulkarni, Professor of Computer Science and Acting Chair, Computer Science.
Minutes approved as standing.
Bylaws amendments approved via email (10 of 15) members responded “AYE”
Assessment Reviews of 2009-2010 Final Reports (134 Assessment Plans)
 2 assessment plans for Administrative units were not completed
 12 assessment plans for Academic Programs were not completed
2011-2012 Goals and Action Plan
Priority Goal: Update undergraduate curriculum maps
2011-2012 Assessment Updates
The Assessment Plan review process and rubrics have been revised based on the feedback
from the UAC members at the April 2011 meeting. Rubrics for continuing programs and
departments have been streamlined and merged with signature forms. The AIE AVP will
meet with the Department Chair/Director and UAC liaison for the first review meeting.
Administrative units will be presented to appropriate Vice Presidents at the end of the fall
semester. Academic Programs will be presented to Provost at the end of the spring
semester.
TracDate Orientation/Review
Sessions
UAC Calendar and Meetings
Tuesday, September 13 in ADM 325 @ 10:00 am or 3:00 pm
Adjourn
Submitted, Sue Gossett
Thursday, October 13 @2:00 in RBS 2023
Thursday, November 10 @ 2:00 in RBS 2023
Thursday, December 8 @ 2:00 in RBS 2023
Adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
ACTION
Updating all Undergraduate curriculum
maps will be included in the assessment
plan reviews this year.
All Administrative Unit assessment plans
need to be updated with the 2010-2011
results, action plan, and 2009-2010 followup statements in TracDat by October 15.
All Academic program assessment plans
need to be updated with the 2010-2011
results, actions plan and 2009-20102 followup statements in TracDat by October 30.
The University of Texas at Tyler
University Assessment Committee
October 13, 2011
Committee Members Present:
Lou Ann Berman, Chair
Guillemo Covarrubias
Mary Barr
Jeanne Standley
Ona Tolliver
Committee Members Not Present:
Shari Koukl
Alecia Wolf
Sheryl Dennis
Mary Fischer (excused)
Bill Geiger (excused)
Arun Kulkarni (excused)
Pam Martin (excused)
Ross Sherman (excused)
Ken Wink (excused)
Susan Yarbrough (excused)
AGENDA ITEM
September 8, 2011 Minutes
DISCUSSION
Approval of September Minutes tabled because there was not a quorum present.
ACTION
Postpone approval until November meeting.
Review Rubrics for New and
Continuing Departments
Writing Center
Math Lab
New Organizational Lines in
TracDat for Reporting Units
Liaisons need a list of educational administrative units vs. administrative units to
determine which should have student learning outcomes.
Assessment Plans reviewed
Add Rubrics to the AIE website as a side
navigation tool labeled, “AIE Forms.”
SERS – Student Enrollment, Retention & Success, Jesse Acosta, Associate Vice President
AIT – Accountability & Information Technology Dr. Sherri Whatley, Vice President
AO – Auxiliary Operations and Athletics, Dr. Howard Patterson, Vice President
Assessment Review Status Report
and Scheduling
Assessment review appointments are being scheduled through the end of the fall semester.
The review deadline for Administrative and Educational Administrative departments is
December 20, 2011.
SERS units will need to update related goals
when Jesse finalizes the goals. The AIE
Office will notify the SERS directors and
UAC liaisons when the new goals are
entered into TracDat. AIT and AO goals
will be brought forward from previous
organizational lines and updates will be
provided.
UAC Liaisons are encouraged to attend
review meetings with assigned departments.
Liaisons will assist department directors in
updating assessment plans for final review
and approval.
Adjourn
Submitted, Sue Gossett
Adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
The University of Texas at Tyler
University Assessment Committee
November 10, 2011
Committee Members Present:
Lou Ann Berman, Chair
Guillermo Covarrubias
Mary Barr
Mary Fischer
Shari Koukl
Arun Kulkarni
Pam Martin
Ross Sherman
Jeanne Standley Sheryl Dennis
Ken Wink
Alecia Wolf
Susan Yarbrough
AGENDA ITEM
Sept & Oct 2011 Minutes
New IE Forms
Chair’s Report
Committee Members Not Present:
Ona Tolliver
Bill Geiger
DISCUSSION
Assessment forms for Academic, Admin, and Educational Admin are now on AIE
Website: http://www.uttyler.edu/aie/forms.php
Admin reviews with liaisons have been ongoing, averaging 3/day, and all units have
appointments scheduled until the end of the semester.
Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) and Adult Student Priorities Survey
(ASPS) and Graduation Exit Survey of all UG & GR proceeding throughout Nov/Dec
2011.
Spring Scheduling for Academic
Program Assessment Reviews
ACTION
Minutes approved as standing.
Higher Education Survey of Employee Engagement (HESEE) formerly HEES (last
administered at UT Tyler 2008) will be administered to all benefits-eligible employees
February, 2012
Academic review will likely take longer than admin reviews. Please share with faculty
colleagues that 2010-11 results and action plans should be posted to TracDat prior to
reviews.
Core Curriculum Updates
Fyi that CB is recommending changes to the core requirements. See
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/generalpubs/agenda/AG2011_10/VIIIM1/
Adjourn
Adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
UAC Liaisons are asked to confirm their
assigned units have made recommended
changes and to collect signed rubrics to be
forwarded AIE. AIE will add a check box
for units to indicate they made suggested
changes
Berman to recommend to Provost that this
be administered every 3 years rather than
annually and possibly target Sophomores
who are largely left out of the campus
assessment process now.
J Standley asked that it not coincide with the
LibQual, which also is scheduled for every 3
years.
AIE Office will coordinate administration
with Shari Koukl and Mary Barr who have
previous experience with HEES.
AIE office will work with academic UAC
members to identify priority programs for
assessment reviews based on quality of their
assessment plan in the last review.
A workshop for faculty and others who
work with the core curriculum in advising or
admissions will be coordinated with the
Provost during 2012.
No December meeting unless necessary
The University of Texas at Tyler
University Assessment Committee
January 26, 2012
Committee Members Present:
Chair
Mary Barr
Bill Geiger
Shari Koukl
Arun Kulkarni
Pam Martin
Ross Sherman
Jeanne Standley
Ken Wink
Alecia Wolf
Susan Yarbrough
AGENDA ITEM
November 2011 Minutes
Status Report on Admin and Educ
Admin Assessment Plan Reviews for
2010-2011
2011 Academic Assessment
Reviews for Spring 2012
Spring 2012 CLA for Seniors
Higher Education Survey of
Employee Engagement
NSSE
TracDat Orientation/Review
Sessions for Spring 2012?
UAC Calendar & Meeting
Adjourn
Submitted by: Sue Gossett
Committee Members Not Present:
Ona Tolliver
Mary Fischer
Sheryl Dennis
Lou Ann Berman
Guillermo Covarrubias
DISCUSSION
ACTION
Minutes approved as standing.
Our goal was to complete 90% by the end of the fall semester for the Admin and Educ
Admin assessment Plan Reviews but we only completed 81%.
The revised rubrics have an added a check box to indicate suggested changes or updates
have been made and/or adopted.
The revised Process and Timelines implemented during the fall for the Admin and Educ
Admin reviews went well. All of the liaisons agreed the process was more efficient and
effective.
UAC Member Liaison Assignments were reviewed. The AIE Office will prioritize reviews
for the academic programs that are behind in the assessment reporting.
Assistance in student recruitment for our seniors is needed!
Testing Window February 1-April 15. The sessions for the Profile and CLA will be at the
same times until February 17 to facilitate scheduling.
Each student completing the CLA receive $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
All benefits-eligible employees received an email memo from Dr. Mabry today
encouraging everyone to participate. The survey link email from UT Austin will be sent
on Monday, January 30. The Survey is open January 30 – February 17.
All Freshman and Senior Students
Student Recruitment – We need your help to encourage students to take this survey.
Survey is available online February 15 through March 29
All completers receive $5 Dining Coupon to be picked up in our office RBS 2029
“Early Bird” Completers are entered into a drawing for 1of 2 $50 Barnes and Noble Gift
Card.
New faculty or staff TracDat Orientation will be scheduled as needed.
Next UAC meeting is scheduled for the academic UAC liaisons only on February 16.
Adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
We will continue to complete the remaining
reviews during the spring semester.
Academic UAC liaisons to contact assigned
department chairs to let them know that all
2010-2011 results and action plans should
be in TracDat.
Dr. Geiger requested that the AIE Office
contact Barbara Jackson for the student
teacher capstone course.
Please encourage everyone in your area to
complete this survey and if you know of
anyone that did not receive this who is more
than 50% employed, please forward to them.
AIE Office will contact Scott Dillingham to
put this on BlackBoard
Contact AIE Office for requested
orientation.
The University of Texas at Tyler
University Assessment Committee
February 23, 2012
Committee Members Present:
Chair – Lou Ann Berman
Mary Fischer
Arun Kulkarni
Ken Wink
Susan Yarbrough
Pam Martin
Committee Members Not Present:
Ona Tolliver – excused
Mary Barr – excused
Sheryl Dennis - excused
Bill Geiger - excused
Guillermo Covarrubias - excused
Ross Sherman
Alecia Wolf - excused
Jeanne Standley - excused
Shari Koukl - excused
AGENDA ITEM
January 2012 Minutes
DISCUSSION
Postpone approval of minutes until full committee meets next month
2010-11 Academic Assessment
Reviews for Spring 2012
Revised Rubrics
Deadline for Academic Program Review Completion to Provost May 20.
Core Curriculum review postponed until Summer 2012 and coordinated with Core
Curriculum subcommittee on new THECB Core requirements and guidelines
UAC Member Liaison Leadership roles
Spring 2012 CLA for Seniors
Student recruitment – We still need your help!
Testing Window February 1 – April 15
Barnes & Noble Gift Card for completers increased to $35
Higher Education Survey of
Employee Engagement
661 surveys sent to UT Tyler benefits-eligible employees
284 (42.97%) responders
NSSE
All Freshman and Senior Students
Student Recruitment – We still need your help!
Survey open February 15 – March 29
All completers receive $5 Dining Coupon
“Early Bird” Drawing on March 9 for 1 of 2 $50 Barnes & Nobel Gift Cards
Sue Gossett attended the TAMU Assessment Conference Feb 19-21
Other Announcements
UAC Calendar & Meeting
Adjourn
Submitted by: Sue Gossett
Thursday, March 22
Thursday, April 19
Adjourned at 2:55p.m.
RBS 2023
RBS 2023
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
ACTION
AIE office will CC deans on assessment
plan review appointments. UAC liaisons
will serve actively in review process and
assist in scheduling deadlines for
departments. All undergraduate program
curriculum maps need to be completed in
this review cycle.
Dr. Fischer requested that the AIE office
visit her senior classes to tell the students
about the CLA. Dr. Martin requested that
the AIE Office contact Terri Ford to
schedule nursing students on a Tuesday
afternoon.
Send out closing tomorrow reminder
Request was made to provide 2008 response
rate for comparison.
Announcement was posted on BlackBoard
and LCD monitors around campus.
AIE office is creating fliers to be placed on
campus bulletin boards.
The University of Texas at Tyler
University Assessment Committee
March 22, 2012
Committee Members Present:
Chair – Lou Ann Berman
Mary Barr
Mary Fischer
Bill Geiger
Arun Kulkarni
Pam Martin
Ross Sherman
Ken Wink
Alecia Wolf
Susan Yarbrough
AGENDA ITEM
January & February 2012 Minutes
Academic Program Assessment Plan
Reviews Update and Discussion
Committee Members Not Present:
Ona Tolliver
Jeanne Standley
Sheryl Dennis
Shari Koukl
Guillermo Covarrubias
DISCUSSION
ACTION
Minutes approved as standing.
The AIE office has reviewed all of College of Engineering & Computer Science. Dr.
Kulkarni provided leadership to revamp mission statements and SLOs to be more efficient
and accurate. The BSN assessment plan is complete with the exception of minor edits in
TracDat. Approximately one-half of the departments in the College of Arts and Sciences
have been reviewed.
The 2014 core curriculum changes must be submitted to THECB by fall 2013 and students
beginning in fall 2014 will enroll under the new core. UT Tyler faculty will decide on the
6 hours in the component area to be distributed to one or more of the foundational
component areas. The 2014 core must have 42 SCH. New assessment for the core
objectives are teamwork, social and personal responsibility.
Discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of measuring student learning and the value
added experience using standardized tests with non-scientific sampling and low stakes
incentives for representative performance abilities.
Tabled to discuss in April.
We will continue to review and meet with
departments in the summer.
All faculty are encouraged to participate in
any of the FLC projects and may contact Dr.
Bill Geiger for additional information.
UAC Calendar & Meeting
A new initiative funded through the Office of Sponsored Research and facilitated by Dr.
Bill Geiger began earlier this spring for a “Teaching Excellence & Innovation Center.”
The purpose of the center is to promote support for new initiatives in teaching as well as to
encourage and support research related to teaching and learning. The TE&I Steering
Committee has proposed working through four Faculty Learning communities that each
have a specific area of interest. The FLC topics for 2012-13 are: Core Curriculum,
Effective Teaching Practices, Innovation, and Undergraduate Research
Thursday, April 19
RBS 2023
2:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Adjourned at 3:00 p.m.
2014 Core Curriculum
Assessing Value Added Learning in
the Undergraduate Experience
Student Assessment Reporting
Teaching Excellence and Innovation
Center
Submitted by: Sue Gossett
UAC will collaborate with the Core
Curriculum Subcommittee in developing
new assessment strategies and planning.
The University of Texas at Tyler
University Assessment Committee
April 19, 2012
Committee Members Present:
Chair – Lou Ann Berman
Mary Barr
Mary Fischer
Shari Koukl
Arun Kulkarni
Ross Sherman
Ona Tolliver
Ken Wink
AGENDA ITEM
March 2012 Minutes
2010-11 Academic Assessment
Reviews for Spring 2012
Student Assessment Reporting
HESSE Presentation-Discussion
UAC Chair Report to Faculty Senate
President and Provost
Announcements
Submitted by: Sue Gossett
Pam Martin
Jeanne Standley
Sheryl Dennis
Bill Geiger
Alecia Wolf
Susan Yarbrough
Guillermo Covarrubias
DISCUSSION
ACTION
Minutes approved as presented.
CAS-working on math today, needs to complete journalism, communication and religion
studies.
CBT-all reviews to Roger, May 1 appointment
CECS-all reviews complete, departments in progress with updates
CEP-on tail end of plan since this college has an annual assessment summit
CNHS-Nursing review complete, departments in progress with updates. H & K reviews to
Scott, may 1 appointment.
Core will be this summer
Student Life & Leadership has a lot of request to send surveys to all students through
Patriot emails. If the survey does not go to all students, you can request a list of students
by majors from the registrar’s office.
Lou Ann presented a PowerPoint presentation on the results of the HESSE given to
faculty and staff during the month of February. Area of strengths are supervision, benefits
and strategic. Areas of concern are pay, external and internal communication.
This will be completed by the last Faculty Senate meeting and email to UAC members.
Dr. Jo Alice Blondin, Ozark Campus Chancellor, Arkansas Tech University is a reviewer
for North Central Association of Colleges and School will be here in Tyler to visit her
twin sister Jill Blondin. She is willing to come to campus.
Have a great summer
Adjourn
Committee Members Not Present:
Adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
We will continue to review and meet with
departments in the summer.
Talked about generating a University
Assessment Calendar, Institutional Bulletin
Board, pull from TracDat how many
departments are using surveys.
Lou Ann will take this information to UC
and Charis Council.
UAC members would like to have the
meeting scheduled in late September or
early October. Break down into groups of
academic and administrative then meet with
just the UAC members.