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Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Assessment Committee

February 23, 2018 9:30 a.m.

Logan Campus, Building A, Harless Library

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Members Present: Larry D'Angelo; Kimberly Hensley; Chair, Cynthia Lowes, Debra Mullins, Matthew Payne, Brandon Kirk, Nathan Freeman

Ex-officio Members: Bill Alderman, Guy Lowes, Russell Saunders, Dr. Deanna Romano

Staff Present: Rebecca Ferris (recorder)

1. Verification of Quorum and Call to Order Acting Committee Chair Kimberly Hensley declared a quorum present and called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.

2. Elections: Acting Chair Hensley informed the committee that she was not able to serve as the Assessment Committee Chair due to medical reasons. She asked if anyone would be interested in the chair position. • Guy Lowes recommended Brandon Kirk as Chair of the Assessment Committee.

Brandon Kirk said he would consider it but having just returned to the committee after a two-year hiatus as a member of the Technology Committee he was not sure if he was ready to lead the committee.

Chair Hensley asked for nominations for vice-chair of the Assessment Committee. • Nathan Freeman agreed to serve as vice-chair of the Assessment Committee.

A motion was made by Larry D'Angelo to close the nominations for vice-chair and seconded by Debra Mullins. The motion carried unanimously.

3. Review Minutes from November 10, 2017 The minutes from the September 21 , 2017 regular Assessment Committee were presented to the committee for approval. A motion to accept the minutes as written was made by Larry D'Angelo and seconded by Cynthia Lowes. The motion was adopted and the minutes were approved.

4. Old Business 4.1. Assessment Showcase 2018

4.1.1 Campus Managers * Reminders of weeks 13 and 14 * Set Up Tables

4.1.2 Technical Updates * Computers and Locks * Advertising on Webpage, Facebook, etc.

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*Survey Monkey to Assess Assessment Showcase - Survey Monkey QR codes, contests etc.

4.1.3 Reminder Email with release forms 4.1.4 Schedule Input * Mock Trauma Week 13

4.1 .5.1 Transport to Campuses * Computers * Projects

4.1.5.2 Set Up * Tablecloths * Assessment education posters * Projects

4.1.5.3. Tear down 4.1.5.4. Transport Back 4.1.5.5 Week 14 (April 23-27) Assessment Showcase 4.1.6 Other

Ms. Hensley updated the committee generally on what was needed in order to conduct the showcase. Russell Saunders reported that the Mock Trauma is scheduled for Wednesday, April 18th, 2018, they will be hooking up a live feed to Youtube as well as recording. There will also be at least 1 drone used for recording the event. Further discussion of the Assessment Showcase was deferred until later in the meeting. The meeting adjourned before each item could be discussed in full. Ms. Hensley had previously agreed to oversee the necessary accommodations for the event.

5. New Business 5.1 Policy SCP 3637

Dr. Romano addressed the Assessment Committee about the weakness of the revisions of Policy SCP-3637. No one on the Committee had seen the revisions or been part of the revisions, the only thing that the Assessment Committee had worked on was the Institutional General Education Goals, this was voiced by everyone on the committee who had previously been on the committee. Members of the committee expressed surprise at the revises policy as presented to them. Larry D'Angelo remarked that he had not seen those revisions. The previous Chair, Dr. Cline, had not worked on this policy, she had worked on consolidating the goals that all of the faculty who were present during the February 2017 Governance Day had submitted. Dr. Romano asked the committee to develop new definitions and goals to be followed by development of rubrics to assess the goals.

5.2 Live Text Dr. Romano presented the committed with information on LiveText. LiveText is an assessment tool that's embedded into courses. She believes that implementing Live Text will improve assessment. She stated that we need appropriate assessment systems in place to implement this tool and that this tool can be used for co-curricular, strategic planning, and programmatic information. This will help getting information for yearly outcomes, and allowing analysis at

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The program and institutional levels.

6. Reports/Updates 6.1 Math Scoring Committee Report:

None Presented. 6.2 Writing Scoring Committee Report:

Larry D'Angelo will email the Assessment Committee all non-English writing samples.

6.3. Schools 6.3.1 School Report: Chair for the School of Career and Technical

Programs None Presented.

6.3.2 School Report: Chair for the School of Allied Health and Nursing None Presented.

6.4 WV Assessment Council None presented.

7. Other None Presented.

7. Adjournment and Next Meeting The allotted time for the meeting have expired, Acting Chair Hensley declared the meeting adjourned at 11 :08 a.m. The motion to close was made by Brandon Kirk and seconded by Cynthia Lowes. The next regular session Assessment Committee meeting is scheduled for April 27, 2018 to begin at 9:30 A.M. at Williamson Campus in Room 207.

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OFFICIAL Approved February 22, 2019

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Assessment Committee

Members Present:

Members Absent:

Ex-officio Members:

Meeting of April, 27, 2018 9:30 a.m.

Williamson Campus, Room 207

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Brandon Kirk, Chair; Nathan Freeman, Vice Chair; Larry D'Angela; Austin Evans, Student Government Representative; Cynthia Lowes; Debra Mullins; Stephanie Mounts, and Chris Ward.

Matthew Payne (excused)

Staff Members Present:

Dr. Deanna Romano, Kimberly Hensley

Shelly Parker (Recorder)

1. Verification of Quorum and Call to Order Committee Chair, Brandon Kirk, declared a quorum present and called the meeting to order at 9:55 a.m.

2. Approval of Minutes A motion to table the minutes from February 23, 2018 meeting of the Assessment Committee was made by Stephanie Mounts and seconded by Cynthia Lowes. The motion carried unanimously. Chair Kirk declared the motion adopted.

1. Old Busines~ 3.1 Minutes from November 10, 2017

A motion to table the minutes from November 10, 2017 meeting was made by Stephanie Mounts and seconded by Cynthia Lowes. The motion carried unanimously. Chair Kirk declared the motion adopted.

3.2 Assessment Showcase 2018 Chair Kirk commended the success of the Assessment Showcase 2018 and acknowledged Kim Hensley for her work during the event.

Ms. Hensley recognized the students' excellent work. Ms. Hensley stated that the Allied Health Mock Disaster went well.

3.2.1 Sticks (Spring 2018, Volume 2) Chair Kirk presented a copy of Sticks (Spring 2018, Volume 2.) to the committee and opened the floor for comments on the latest publication.

Austin Evans, Student Government Representative, commented, "It was hard. 'hardest thing was deciding which submissions did not get to be in the issue."

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Chair Kirk told the committee that he was pleased with this issue of Sticks.

3.2.2 Skills USA Chair Kirk commended Southern students and their accomplishments at the Skills USA event. Austin Evans stated that he felt getting first place for the Speech event was "unbelievable."

3.2.3 Logan Campus

Kim Hensley stated that, due to the need for final editing of the Allied Health Mock Disaster video, the video display was not ready until Tuesday morning.

Cynthia Lowes, expressed her excitement for the 3-D printing projects that were on display during assessment week.

There was also a demonstration of the 3-D projects on Thursday, April 2sth 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

3.2.4 Williamson Campus Student projects and videos (e.g.) mock disaster, were displayed on Williamson Campus during assessment week.

3.2.5 Boone/Lincoln Campus The video projects of the mock disaster were not available to the Boone and Lincoln campuses until Wednesday morning due to the final edit completion. However, both campuses did get projects to display as well as computers to display the video assessments.

3.2.6 Wyoming Campus Students were provided the opportunity to display their projects and videos at the Wyoming Campus during assessment week.

3.3 Policy SCP-3637 3.3.1 Do we agree that 3.2.1-5 will be new general education statement

definitions?

Discussion was held for reevaluating the definitions of Policy SCP-363 to establish goals. Due to scheduling conflicts, several assessment committee members agreed to meet after this meeting to discuss policy SCP-3637. Recommendations from this meeting will be sent to all members electronically to be voted on and discussed.



3.3.2 Create goal statements to be included. This committee will work on determining the goals and definitions for policy SCP-3637.

3.3.3 Identify how we will assess if students are meeting our goals Dr. Romano addressed the topic of assessing student progress. Kim Hensley stated that surveys have been utilized in the past; however, students have not participated well in the past with this form of assessment. Dr. Romano expressed the importance of measuring the student's progress for the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).

4. New Business 4.1 Watermark Implementation

Dr. Romano stated that the college has negotiated a contract for the Watermark System, which is an evaluation progress assessment tool. This system will track general education, co-curriculars, and goals of the organization as well as departments. This system is a much more sophisticated tool for assessment, which will assist in collecting data, and generating reports more efficiently to the HLC. Dr. Romano also stated that the HLC has given the college 2 years to show a dramatic improvement in the assessment process. The college is hopeful that the watermark system will help to obtain this goal.

4.2 Professional Development Opportunities Dr. Romano spoke about professional development, emphasizing the need for those who have been given the training opportunity to share the information with employees throughout the college. This could be completed through presentations to the faculty and staff.

4.3 Philosophy and Goals Policy (handout) A handout for the General Education Philosophy and Goals Policy was given to the committee. It was established that the committee needed to reevaluate the definitions and goals of the policy. After much discussion, the committee that decided that those committee members who were available would meet in the library following the assessment meeting to discuss the definitions and goals of the policy. Recommendations will be sent to the committee electronically to be revised and voted on.

4.4 HLC response for academic and co-curricular Dr. Romano reported that the HLC is interested in Southern's co-curricular. Ms. Hensley stated, "There isn't enough time for co-curriculars to be added to the curriculum." Dr. Romano stated that she understands and hopes to be able to implement a plan now because it will be a requirement in the future.



4.5 Review Academic Assessment Committee purpose, officers, membership. None Presented.

4.6 Plan of succession None Presented.

4. 7 Release Form revisited None Presented.

5. Reports/Updates 5.1 Committee Chairman Items

5.1.1 Committee Correspondence None Presented.

5.1.2 Watermark Meeting, March 12, 2018 None Presented.

5.1.3. Romano-Kirk-Freeman Meeting, March 22, 2018 None Presented.

5.1.4 HLC Conference Assessment Session Notes, April 2018. Handouts given. No discussion.

5.2 Chris Ward is new Math Rubric Scoring Team Chairman None Presented.

5.3 Writing Rubric Scoring Team None Presented.

5.4 The School of Arts and Sciences None Presented.

5.5 The School of Career and Technical Studies None Presented.

5.6 The School of Allied Health and Nursing None Presented.

6. Other

None Presented.

7. Adjournment and Next Meeting



There being no further business, Chair Kirk declared the meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m. The next regular Assessment Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, September 21, 2018 beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the Harless Library, Building A, Logan Campus.

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Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Academic Assessment Committee

Meeting of September 21t 2018 8:00 a.m.


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Members Present: Brandon Kirk, Chair; Nathan Freeman, Vice Chair; Larry D'Angelo; Matthew Ellis; Cynthia Lowes; Debra Mullins; Matthew Payne; and Chris Ward.

Members Absent: Carol Howerton (excused); Dr. Deanna Romano (excused); Student Representative (vacant)

Ex-officio Members: Kimberly Hensley; Dr. David Kommer; Russell Saunders; Chris Ward

Staff Present: Shelly Parker (Recorder)

1. Verification of Quorum and Call to Order Committee Chair Brandon Kirk declared quorum present and called the meeting to order @8:05a.m.

2. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the April 27, 2018 regular Academic Assessment Committee meeting were presented to the committee for approval. Kimberly Hensley recommended a change. A motion to accept the minutes as written with modification from Kim Hensley was made by Chris Ward and seconded by Larry D'Angelo. The motion was carried unanimously. Chair Kirk declared the motion adopted and the minutes were approved.

3. Old Business 3.1. Policy SCP-3637

3.1 .1 General Education Philosophy and Goals: Definitions {April 27, 2018, Williamson Campus.) The information about policy SCP-3637 was presented to the Academic Assessment Committee for preliminary goals and definitions. Due to time restraints the committee met after the meeting to continue the definition and goals of policy SCP-3637. Additional work occurred later in the summer (see below.)

3.1.2 General Education Philosophy and Goals: Definitions (August 9, 2018, Logan Campus.) The Academic Assessment Committee continued to improve their definitions and goals for policy SCP-3637. Some committee members convened after the scheduled meeting to continue discussions. Additional work occurred later in the summer/fall.

3.1 .3 General Education Philosophy and Goals (September 21, 2018). The Academic Assessment Committee was presented with the changes in policy SCP-3637 that had been previously discussed. Kim Hensley and Dr. Romano

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Hensley presented the changes to the Assessment Committee to be reviewed for approval.

3.1.4 Vote on the General Education Philosophy and Goals.

MOTION: Nathan Freeman (Vice-Chair) made a motion to approve the changes of the policy SCP-3637 pending recommended changes.

ACTION: Larry D'Angelo seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.

3.2. Release Form Revisited. The committee was presented with the re-evaluation of the Release Form (i.e. Originally Produced PhotosNideos/Projects/Essays, etc.) After much discussion Chair Kirk asked for volunteers to work on revamping the current release form. A subcommittee was formed with Debra Mullins and Matthew Payne. The committee was advised that there will be an open discussion for suggestions to be sent regarding the release form. October 4, 2018 was established as the deadline. All information is to be sent via email to the subcommittee.

4. New Business 4.1. Design and Approve Rubrics to Assess the Goals

Kimberly Hensley advised the committee that Dr. Romano has asked the Academic Assessment Committee to complete the rubrics to assess the goals for policy SCP-3637. Due to time restrictions, the committee members who are available will meet after the meeting to complete the rubrics per Dr. Romano's request. Recommendations from this meeting will be sent to all members electronically to be voted on and discussed.

5. Reports/Updates 5.1 Assessment Academy, June 6-7, 2018

Dr. Romano hosted an Academic Assessment Academy over the summer. Handouts given. Chair Kirk expressed his appreciation for the academy.

5.2. Watermark None Presented due to Dr. Romano's absence.

5.3 Math Rubric Scoring Team Chris Ward stated there is nothing new in Math. However, in the next two weeks he will be gathering samples from other departments for review.

5.4 Writing Scoring Team Larry D'Ange/o stated that Dr. Romano said even with the new Watermark system, the institution will continue to use the writing samples for assessment.

5.5 The School of Arts and Sciences None Reported.

5.6 The School of Career and Technical Studies

6. Other


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Debra Mullins informed the committee that nursing recently had their accreditation site visit. During the exit interview, the nursing program was approved for full accreditation. Russell Saunders also noted that radiology technology was approved for full accreditation in April. Both programs are awaiting for official approval. Russell Saunders also stated that the paramedic program and respiratory program will be having their accreditation reviews in October.

None Presented.

7. Adjournment and Next Meeting There being no further business, Chair Kirk declared the meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m. The next regular Academic Assessment Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, November 30, 2018, beginning at 11 :00 a.m. in the Harless Library, Building A, Logan Campus.

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Email November 8, 2018

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Voting Members: Brandon Kirk, Chair; Nathan Freeman, Vice Chair; Larry D'Angelo; Matthew Ellis; Cynthia Lowes; Debra Mullins; Matthew Payne; and Chris Ward.

Staff: Shelly Parker (Recorder)

1. Institutional Compact Update An extended meeting was held September 21, 2018 in the Harless Library on the Logan Campus with available members of the Academic Assessment Committee to work on Southem's SCP-3637 policy and rubrics. Committee Chair, Brandon Kirk, provided the following final draft of Southern's SCP-3637 policy and rubrics to all members of the Academic Assessment Committee for review and motion to approve the document.

MOTION: Larry D'Angelo made a motion via e-mail to all members of the Academic Assessment Committee to approve the draft SCP-3637 policy and rubrics included in the e-mail attachment from Brandon Kirk, Chair.

ACTION: Chris Ward and Debra Mullins seconded the motion via e-mail to all members of the Academic Assessment Committee. The motion was approved by a majority with none opposed and Chair Brandon Kirk declared the motion approved. Brandon Kirk will forward the Institutional Governance Recommendations of said committee and draft Institutional Compact Update to Dr. Romano.

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Meeting of November 30, 2018 11:00 a.m.


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Members Present: Brandon Kirk, Chair; Larry D'Angelo; Matthew Ellis; Cynthia Lowes; Debra Mullins; Matthew Payne; and Chris Ward.

Members Absent: Nathan Freeman (excused); Matthew Payne (excused); and Student Representative (vacant).

Ex-officio Members: Kimberly Hensley; Dr. David Kommer; Russell Saunders; and Chris Ward.


1. Verification of Quorum and Call to Order Committee Chair Brandon Kirk declared quorum present and called the meeting to order at 11:10 a.m.

2. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the September 21, 2018 regular Academic Assessment Committee meeting were presented to the committee for approval. A motion to accept the minutes as written was made by Larry D'Angelo and seconded by Cynthia Lowes. The motion was carried unanimously. Chair Kirk declared the motion adopted and the minutes were approved.

3. Old Business 3.1. Policy SCP-3637

Brandon Kirk, Chair, reported to the Academic Assessment Committee that the task of updating policy SCP-3637 was completed. Chair Kirk thanked the committee for their hard work during this process.

3.1.1 Rubrics for Institutional General Education Goals. Approved by Committee (November 8, 2018 via email vote and forwarded via Institutional Effectiveness Form with Chair signature November 14, 2018). Chair Kirk presented the Academic Assessment Committee with the Changes to policy SCP-3637 and rubrics. A motion to accept the policy and rubrics was made by Larry D'Angelo and seconded by Chris Ward and Debra Mullins. The motion was carried. Chair Kirk declared the motion adopted and the SCP-3637 policy and rubrics were approved.

3.2. Release Form Revisited/Intellectual Property Draft Chair Kirk informed the committee that due to the beaucratic change in the institution that the Academic Assessment Committee was no longer responsible for the Release Form. Kimberly Hensley asked if the students still needed to


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complete this form for the Assessment Showcase. Dr. Kommer volunteered to follow up with Rita Roberson and Dr. Romano to verify if the students need to complete the release form for the showcase. Chair Kirk thanked Debra Mullins for her work on refurbishing the release form and noted that he would refer her suggestions to the proper committee.

3.3 Minutes from November 10, 2017 Chair Kirk addressed the committee about past minutes. He stated that they all need to be approved, signed, and uploaded to the S drive. Kimberly Hensley reported that all past minutes have been completed and signed up to Fall 2017. Hensley said the November 10, 2017 minutes have been approved and as the past Vice Chair, Kim Hensley signed the official minutes for November 10, 2017 to be uploaded to the S drive.

4. New Business 4.1. Assessment Showcase 2019

The Assessment Showcase is the fourteenth week of the Spring Semester. Hensley reported that emails will be sent out about the showcase in the following weeks. Dr. Kommer is to follow-up with Rita Roberson about the student release form. Chair Kirk asked what types of things would need to get done for the Assessment Showcase. Hensley stated some things that need to be done are to get arrangements for laptops, transportation for projects, computers, etc., campus managers need to be reminded about the showcase and tables need to be reserved for displays. Dr. Kommer suggested that the committee needs to identify the desired outcomes of the Assessment Showcase. Chair Kirk asked the committee to give this assignment consideration.

4.2 Creation of a Common Rubric to Collect Data across all Programs. Chair Kirk commented that Dr. Romano has asked the committee to create a common rubric to collect data across all programs. Kirk asked the committee to reflect on this task.

4.3 Course Evaluation Questions Sheets The current course evaluation survey was submitted to the committee. Kirk asked the Committee if they had any suggestions on changes for the survey. Committee members agreed that the course evaluations should not have more than 20 questions. The committee was informed that if they had any recommendations that they can submit those to the faculty senate committee.

5. Reports/Updates 5.1 West Virginia Higher Education Assessment Council Summit, Charleston,

WV November 8-9, 2018. Brandon Kirk reported that he has attended the West Virginia Higher Education Assessment Council Summit. He stated that there was a lot of good information. He provided the committee with handouts as well as a powerpoint presentation from the summit.

5.2. Basic Teaching Skills Workshop, Logan Campus, November 13, 2018. Chair Kirk provided the committee with information from the Basic Teaching



Skills Workshop hosted by Dr. Kommer He also encouraged faculty to attend future workshops.

5.3 Watermark Implementation Watermark Presentation by Dr. Romano is scheduled to be presented to faculty and staff today.

5.4 Math Scoring Team Chris Ward states there is nothing new to report at this time.

5.5 Writing Rubrics Scoring Team Larry D'Angelo stated the writing scoring team is currently collecting samples for assessment.

5.6 The School of Arts and Sciences Dr. David Kommer states that they are completing the process of creating school mission statements and goals to ensure that they align with the college mission statement and goals. Chair Kirk thanked Dr. Kommer for the School of Arts and Sciences Newsletter.


6. Other

Russell Saunders reported that the Allied Health and Nursing Applications are on the website. It was emailed to all the student services specialists. The guidelines have been changed slightly. Saunders also reported that C & I has created a skills set for the Powersports Program. C &I is also are working on creating a full machining degree. The Business and Industrial Technology program are to be fully revamped by February.

None Presented.

7. Adjournment and Next Meeting There being no further business, Chair Kirk declared the meeting adjourned at 12:25 p.m. The next regular Academic Assessment Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 22, 2019, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Harless Library, Building A, Logan Campus.

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Meeting of February 22, 2019 9:30 a.m.


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Members Present: Brandon Kirk, Chair; Larry D'Angelo; Matthew Ellis; Nathan Freeman; Cynthia Lowes; Debra Mullins; and Chris Ward.

Members Absent: Matthew Payne(excused); and Student Representative (vacant)

Ex-officio Members: Kimberly Hensley; Dr. David Kommer; Dr. Deanna Romano; Russell Saunders; and Chris Ward.


1. Verification of Quorum and Call to Order Committee Chair, Brandon Kirk, declared quorum present and called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.

2. Approval of Minutes The minutes from the November 30, 2018 regular Academic Assessment Committee meeting were presented to the committee for approval. A motion to accept the minutes as written was made by Larry D'Angelo and seconded by Debra Mullins. The motion was carried unanimously. Chair Kirk declared the motion adopted and the minutes were approved.

3. Old Business 3.1. Release Form/ Intellectual Property Draft

Dr. Deanna Romano stated that the current release form has been approved by Southern's lawyers as the official release form. Dr. Romano informed the committee that she will forward them a copy of the release form for their records. Dr. Kommer asked the committee if the released form could be implemented as an automatic signed document. Dr. Romano said that they are currently working with the proper departments to execute that process.

3.2. Question Sheet for Course/Faculty Evaluation Update. Chris Ward reported that through the Faculty Senate Committee they just approved a base of 20 new questions for the course/faculty evaluation form. The Faculty Senate Committee plans to use that as a baseline for the pilot that Watermark will be using. Dr. Romano explained the plan for students and faculty to received and review the course/faculty evaluations.

3.3 Minutes from February 23, 2018 A motion to table the minutes from February 23, 2018 meeting of the Assessment Committee and to be voted on via electronic vote was made by Chair Kirk and seconded by Larry D'Angelo. The motion carried unanimously.



Chair Kirk declared the motion adopted.

4. New Business 4.1. How Will We Share the New Goals and Rubrics with Faculty?

Dr. Romano informed the committee that the general education goals and rubrics have been sent out for 30-Day comment. Chair Kirk asked the committee for suggestions on how to introduce the new goals and rubrics for policy SCP-3637. Mr. D'Angelo suggested that the information be submitted to faculty by departments. Mr. Ward agreed saying that faculty would be more open to ask questions if it is introduced by departments.

4.2 Assessment Showcase 2019

4.2.1 Overview of Assessment Showcase

Kimberly Hensley presented the committee with a handout explaining an overview of the Assessment Showcase due to loss of her voice because of sickness. Mr. Ward read the handout out loud for discussion. Dr. Kommer asked if the purpose of the showcase was to collect data. Dr. Romano stated that you would be able to collect data. Debra Mullins suggested that faculty assess the projects during the assessment showcase. Dr. Romano stated that the goals and rubrics of policy SCP-3637 should be sent to faculty along with the release form. After much discussion, Dr. Romano suggested that due to Ms. Hensley's sickness prohibiting her from discussing her plan for the showcase that a phone meeting would be beneficial. The committee agreed.

4.2.2 Data Collection: Rubric Sheet for Assessing Student Displays. Chair Kirk and Ms. Hensley both submitted sample forms to the committee to help assess projects during the assessment showcase.

4.3 Program Discussion

4.3.1 General Education Goal Assessment for Programs (i.e. English, Math, Science, Social Science); how many goals will be assessed? Dr. Romano expressed the importance of sharing the new goals and rubrics with faculty. She wants the faculty to use the rubrics and wants their feedback on them. Dr. Romano states that every program should meet 3 out of 4 of the general education goals.

4.3.2. Update Master Syllabi with Appropriate General Education Goals being Assessed. Mr. Ward presented a handout to the committee. He stated that the handout given was not an approved document; however, it was the proposed master syllabi.

4.3.3 Artifact Sharing Process Dr. Romano stated that artifacts need to be collected. She also stated that Watermark will help in this process.



4.4 General Education Assessment Plan

4.4.1 Review Cycle Dr. Romano stated that there should be a subcommittee formed to receive the feedback from faculty on the general education goals and rubrics. Volunteers for the subcommittee are; Debra Mullins, Cynthia Lowes; and Kimberly Hensley.

4.4.2 Process to Review Artifacts

4.4.3 Aqua Training Dr. Romano said that there will be some Aqua Training, which will help process the artifacts.

4.4.4 Writing and Math Scoring Team.

5. Reports/Updates 5.1 Watermark Implementation.

Dr. Romano states that training is being provided. The training will be done in small groups.

5.2. Math Rubric Scoring Team Chris Ward states that there is nothing new to report at this time.

5.3 Writing Rubric Scoring Team Larry D' Angelo states that they are still using the old method to assess for the writing scoring team at this time; however, they are using the new general education rubrics. He states that he will report the feedback from the faculty to the subcommittee. He also reports that they have received more submissions than before.

5.4 The School of Arts and Sciences Dr. Kommer states that there is nothing new to report.


6. Other

Russell Saunders reports that Tuesday, April 23, 2019 the mock disaster for allied health is scheduled. Mr. Saunders also said that several program changes are happening in C & I.

None Presented.


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7. Adjournment and Next Meeting There being no further business, Chair Kirk declared the meeting adjourned at 10:55 a.m. The next regular Academic Assessment Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2019, beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the Harless Library, Building A, Logan Campus.

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Voting Members: Brandon Kirk, Chair; Nathan Freeman, Vice Chair; Larry D'Angelo; Matthew Ellis; Cynthia Lowes; Debra Mullins; Matthew Payne; and Chris Ward.

Staff: Shelly Parker (Recorder)

1. Institutional Compact Update The minutes from the February 23, 2018 regular Academic Assessment Committee meeting were presented to the committee via email for approval.

MOTION: Larry D'Angelo made a motion via e-mail to all members of the Academic Assessment Committee to approve the minutes of the February 23, 2018 regular Academic Assessment Committee. Cynthia Lowes seconded the motion via email to all members of the Academic Assessment Committee.

ACTION: The motion was carried unanimously. Chair Kirk declared the motion

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