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Assessment Committee Minutes - January 13, 2005
Present: Linda Fisher (chair), Cheri Brown, Pat Henry, Alec Hosterman,
Barbara Peat, Linda Fritschner
I. Capstone Workshop
A. Steven Hundley and Karen Black from IUPUI will be presenting,
Capstone Experiences and Their Uses in Learning and Assessment: Mountaintops,
Magnets and Mandates on Friday April 7, 1:00 to 4:00 in Weikamp 1275
B. Rhonda will start to publicize the workshop
C. We will check on the price of cookies and water, and request
support from the Academic Affairs foundation account, if food is allowed
in the room.
II. Grants
A. Spring assessment grants will be accepted until Mach 6th.
The Committee will meet March 10th, and recipients will be informed
by the 16th. Rhonda will send publicity materials.
B. The guidelines will be changed to emphasize sharing of results.
C. Rhonda will work on a list of 4-5 questions that can be used
as the guidelines for the final report.
D. The new grant rubric will be circulated for comments. The
Committee will pilot the rubric in tandem with the old evaluation form
for this round of grants.
III. Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting - Linda encouraged
members of the AC to attend the HLC meeting. Money is available to cover
expenses for this conference.
IV. Annual Report Changes
A. The AC considered using the following e-mail for the Annual
Report form:
Based on information from the Barbara Walvoord Assessment Workshop,
the Assessment Committee is simplifying its annual report form. Please
feel free to submit your report by cutting and pasting information from
your assessment plan and replying directly to this email. The Assessment
Committee would welcome feedback on this form.
a. Program Name -
b. Report prepared by -
c. Who is the current assessment contact for your program?
d. Should assessment information be sent to anyone else in your department?
1. What are the program's educational goals? (Please take goals directly
from your program's assessment plan, and highlight any changes made
this year.)
2. What assessment techniques did the program use? (Please take assessment
techniques directly from your program's assessment plan and highlight
any changes made this year.)
3. What has your program done with assessment information this year?
(i.e. communicated results to faculty, staff, alumni and students, made
changes in the curriculum, made changes in the budget, added new courses.
. .)
4. What are two concerns about student learning you identified this
year?
V. Third Year Reviews
A. A new procedure for Third Year Reviews was proposed:
1. Reports from departments will be due March 31st. Programs will not
need to include data from Spring '06.
2. All reports will be distributed to all committee members. Two Committee
members will be responsible for completing the evaluation rubric, and
for making a list of concerns and commendations to discuss at the Third
Year Reviews. (Reports will be divided among the Committee members.)
These will be sent back to the programs and to the other AC members
by April 18th.
3. The thirty minute reviews on May 5 and May 8 will be used to discuss
the concerns raised by the evaluation; to emphasize any 'themes' of
the AC, (i.e. communication,) to commend those programs with good reviews,
and to make suggestions for future work.
B. Rhonda will work on a draft of new Third Year Review guidelines
that more closely follows the rubric.
Submitted by Rhonda Culbertson
Assessment Committee Minutes - November 11, 2005
Present: Linda Fisher (chair), Mike Darnel, Cheri Brown, Monle Lee, Barbara
Peat (excused herself for own evaluation), Alec Hosterman, Randall Davies,
Pat Henry.
A. Grant applications.
1. SPEA Criminal Justice, submitted by Barbara Peat: approved for entire
amount.
2. School of Education submitted by Naomi Peterson: partially funded
for Survey Monkey.
B. Committee members signed up to work with various assessment
liaisons and that sign up sheet will be sent out via email.
C. Cheri Brown suggested that we use some of the assessment monies
not used on grants this round to bring in assessment speakers. Barbara
Peat suggested that we contact the presenters from her pre conference
workshop to present a workshop at IU South Bend on "Capstone courses"
The Committee agreed but first we will see what kind of interest there
is in this topic.
D. There will not be a December meeting.
Submitted by Linda Fisher
.Assessment Committee Minutes - Sept 5, 2005
Present: Cheri Brown, Alec Hosterman, Randy Davies, Mike Darnel, Linda
Fisher, Monle Lee, Linda Fritschner-ex officio
- Linda Fisher opened the meeting
- Members discussed the schedule and participants for the Barbara Walvoord
workshop.
- Linda Fisher mentioned that $ 7000 or more, depending on conference
attendance, would be available for grants this year. The committee discussed
the need for revisions in the grant guidelines. Members will e-mail their
comments so that the grant announcements can go out in September. Rhonda
will develop an evaluation rubric for the grant proposals, after the final
guidelines are determined.
- Linda Fisher promoted the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis. The
Committee will subsidize attendance at the conference for interested Committee
members. The Committee will pay registration costs for some additional
interested faculty from IU South Bend.
- Nine Third Year Reviews are scheduled for the Spring. In addition, the
Committee discussed the possibility of doing a preliminary review of the
Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Health Services Management and
Graduate programs. These new programs will not be ready to do a full Third
Year Review, but may benefit from an initial meeting with the Committee.
Committee members will be meeting with Third Year Review representatives
later this semester.
- The calendar for the rest of the year was discussed.
- - Regular meetings will take place the second Friday of the month at
11:00
- - A special debriefing meeting for the Barbara Walvoord workshop will
take place on September 16
- - Bob Appleson will be having a special meeting with the Assessment
Committee on Wednesday December 9. This is a very important meeting for
reaccreditation efforts.
- - The HLC annual meeting is March 31 to April 4 of 2006
Submitted: Rhonda Culbertson, secretary
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