Peru State College Assessment Team
February 14, 2007 Meeting Minutes
Members present:
Dr. Korinne Tande, V.P.A.S.A., Dean Todd Drew, Associate Dean Jodi Kupper, Associate Dean Bruce Batterson, Dr. Bill Clemente (Chair), Greg Galardi(secretary) ,Cheryl Blue, Brad Griffin.
Clemente called meeting to order at 3:30 p.m.
1. Bill Clemente started the meeting off by thanking faculty members for coming, and briefly updated faculty on the progress of the assessment committee. Handouts for the meeting agenda, evaluation form for online classes, minutes of the November 29, 2006 all faculty assessment meeting, assessment plan summary, and a power point slide handout regarding the recent HLC meeting in Chicago February 6-9, 2007 attended by Dr. Tande, Assistant Deans Batterson and Kupper, and Paul Hinrichs February was distributed. A motion was made to approve the agenda by Blue, seconded by Griffin. All voted in favor of approval.
2. Clemente noted that the link to his webpage that listed all previous assessment meeting minutes had somehow been removed from the school website. Dr. Tande said the school would look into this. Minutes from the all faculty meeting of November 29, 2006 were approved .
3. Due to a schedule conflict, the agenda was revised to allow Dr. Tande to present information first. Dr. Tande initially discussed a handout she had distributed regarding the recent HLC assessment meeting in Chicago. The handout contained five key components HLC looked for school to concentrate on in assessment. These key areas included future preparation, student learning and effective teaching, acquisition, discovery and application of knowledge, mission and integrity, and engagement and service. Dr. Tande discussed how these fit into assessment. Dr. Tande advised the committee needed to take a more active role in this process, and considerations would be made to changing the role of the committee and having more meetings. Dr. Tande noted on the assessment plan summary there was no mention of math and this should be reviewed and corrected. Dr. Tande discussed direct and indirect measures of assessment, and how they fit into the assessment process. More direct measures of assessment were needed according to HLC. Discussion followed including how to code assessment criteria and the creation of rubrics. Dr. Clemente advised of how the NCATE requirements could support this, and the need for a more in depth rubric for assessment beyond the capstone course. Dr. Tande advised PSC needed to develop a program review process, Dr. Tande advised our assessment plan summary looked good and several institutions participating the recent HLC meeting asked for copies of it. Dr. Tande reiterated the need for more meetings, with at least one a month. Committee members should check their calendars. Wednesdays and or Friday afternoons were suggested days. Brad Griffin suggested having meetings over lunch. Dr. Tande advised Bruce Batterson and Paul Hinrichs will present information from the recent HLC visit at the all faculty meeting Friday, February 16, 2007. Dr. Tande left the meeting at 4:00 p.m. due to a prior appointment.
4. Clemente advised that in regards to the Turnitin software, faculty will be trained during the fall orientation in the use of this software.
5. Dr. Clemente presented information regarding the upcoming Faculty College. He advised Dr. Grotrian will present information on this at the all faculty meeting this Friday.
6. Clemente advised more examples of program assessments were needed. Clemente said we needed to set up and discuss further the structure for this. Clemente advised a good way to do this might be to place the NCATE and HLC assessments side by side and compare and contrast them. Kupper discussed program goals, assessment, direct and indirect measures, and the need for more than one direct measure.
7. The online course evaluation form was discussed as presented by Clemente. Clemente presented a memo from Ted Harshbarger, who was absent, regarding percentages of students taking the CAAP tests. Harshbarger advised 39 of 60 senior students took the test, and 22 of the expected 31 freshmen students had taken the test. Dean Drew expressed we needed to revisit how to obtain more compliance from students in evaluating on line courses. Kupper queried as to whether the CAAP tests were a valid and reliable measure. General discussion followed including making sure we had mean scores from the course evaluations. It was concluded that at the upcoming faculty meeting we would seek input from other faculty members on suggestions as how to increase compliance. Discussion followed regarding internet courses in general, establishment of a school wide internet course policy, what was considered adequate response time from instructors to students who emailed questions, and proctored exams. Clemente discussed the integrity of programs in regards to methods of online assessments, as he had been approached by some faculty members regarding the use of proctored exams. General discussion followed. At this time, it was indicated by Dean Drew, proctored exams were not being used; however, this issue would be revisited in the future. Dean Drew also advised Laura Roberts was working on a model policy for online learning .
8. Discussion regarding the all faculty meeting this Friday, February 16, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in Hoyt 104 followed. The agenda was set as follows:
Batterson and Hinrichs- discussion of recent HLC meeting
Turn it in update
CAAP discussion
Grotrian- Faculty College
CCC lunch for faculty information
Online course evaluation
9. Clemente thanked everyone for coming, advised them to check their schedules for possible meeting dates, and the meeting was adjourned at 4:46 p.m.
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