EWC Student Assessment Committee

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Members


Larry Curtis - Chair, Pam Capron, Rex Cogdill, Geri Lewis, Dee Ludwig, Melissa Meeboer, Marilyn Miller, Kimberly Russell, and Kate Steinbock 

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Goals & Achievements 2009-2010

  • Prepare and facilitate faculty in-service on CAAP and CCSSE results and how they can be used to enhance student learning.
  • Prepare Outcomes Assessment Summary Report and disseminate information
  • Ensure incorporation of assessment results into program review
  • Facilitate transition of assessment tools from Blackboard to LancerNet

Achievement of goals for 2009-2010

In-service activities are being planned on a monthly delivery schedule.  Several sessions of assessment tool trainings were conducted in late summer.  

Additionally, ACT/CAAP and COMPASS/CAAP Linkage reports were also purchased for dissemination and discussion. 

The Assessment Summary Report for the prior year (2008-2009) was completed and discussed at all division meetings.  It was made available on the EWC web site.

Program reviews were completed for Social Sciences, Computer Information Systems, and Construction Technology. 

 Faculty Job Aids are being developed for use of the assessment tools available on LancerNet. 

Meetings

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About the Committee

The outcomes assessment committee was formed in 1992.  Personnel on the committee include the Outcomes Assessment Coordinator and the Committee Members.

The Outcomes Assessment Coordinator is chosen and directly reports to the Vice President for Learning.  The coordinator is released from three credit hours of instruction or the equivalent each semester and serves for a minimum of two years.  The coordinator’s charge includes:

  1. Chair the Assessment Advisory Committee.
  2. Work with instructors and staff to clarify the purposes of outcomes assessment - and thus to deepen the understanding of and commitment to long-term assessment and to help ensure college-wide participation.
  3. Explain to students why assessment is necessary and what forms it will take.
  4. Explain to those who are responsible for assessment data collecting and how and when data are to be collected.
  5. Ensure the timely submission of written assessment reports.
  6. Review and distribute assessment reports for analysis and use.
  7. Work closely with the Vice President for Learning to provide faculty and staff with assessment results.
  8. Participate as a nonvoting member of the Curriculum & Learning Council.
  9. Assist in the allocation of assessment funds.
  10. Retain all departmental/divisional assessment plans on file.
  11. Work with division chairs and individual faculty to develop assessment plans.

The Advisory committee is comprised of faculty, professional staff, and administrators. The committee has the same permanent members including the Vice President for Learning,  the Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, the Dean of Student Services, the Director of Institutional Research, the Director of Library & Media Services and the Assessment Coordinator.  Each division has one faculty representative and each year, one division will have two representatives on a rotating basis.   The charge given to members of the committee includes:

  1. Be a standing committee
  2. Meet at least once each semester, with the coordinator calling additional meetings as they are needed.
  3. Monitor the implementation and progress of assessment.
  4. Review assessment reports.
  5. On the basis of reported assessment data, recommend to the Curriculum & Learning Council changes in programs and in courses of instruction.
  6. Review the assessment plan annually and amend it as necessary. The assessment plan is a formative and descriptive document and will be modified as needed in light of what assessment results suggest.

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