Introduction

Minutes

Members

Attendance: Brent Jameson, Chairperson; Judy Boschult, Kristen Anderson, Marian Tadano, Georgia Gudykunst, Betsy Frank, Kory Merkel, Maria Encisco.

Committee Reports.
Writing Committee.
Betsy reported that last week's debriefing on the writing pilot went well. The rubric held up well, student-writing skills need work, and the sample criteria need to be determined better. The writing samples this semester will come from the L1 courses, as well as other courses in which faculty have indicated they give writing assignments. Marian will communicate to the L1 teachers to plan to participate in providing writing samples this semester. Our next meetings are Nov. 1st at 2 pm rubric training and Dec. 1st (from 1 - 4 pm) on rating samples.

Numeracy Committee.
Kory reported a tentatively planned meeting for Sept. 27th, 2 pm, on debriefing on the numeracy pilot. It would help focus the college community if the Numeracy Committee could also rate their next set of samples on Dec. 1.

Occupational Committee.
Kristen has drafted a matrix of outcomes for Marian and Georgia's input. The series of outcomes seem do-able, with varied "workforce ready" indicators noted. Some programs are vague - not having internships or cooperative programs (e.g., business).
They need to determine what is the goal(s). Kristen plans the first meeting this year for October.

Oral Communications and Team Building Committees.
Marian has scheduled a meeting with committee chairs, Liz O'Brien and Dorothy Sisneros, Brent, Judy and Georgia, to go over the goals and timeline for their respective areas. Marian wants to set up a communications workshop this semester as well with Judy's assistance.

Assessment Day and Assessment Newsletter.
The team suggested PC hold Assessment Day on Dec. 1, when the various committees would convene to rate their respective student samples - writing, numeracy, and other areas, if at that point in time, or to work on their rubrics, etc. All faculty would be encouraged to attend, meet in a large group over lunch, then break out into their respective rating teams. We want to include some students as well as continuing adjunct faculty to participate as raters, recorders, etc. Brent suggested that we include this in our October newsletter - Assessment Matters, and offered to write that piece.
The A Team enjoyed Judy's analogy of Assessment as the Perfect Storm

Assessment Plan and Report.
Betsy briefly reviewed the draft of the report and the plan. The general comment was that the report and plan need to be better separated out, the plan is only the plan, not the results. She asked for written feedback.

Brent will get a screen/overhead projector set up for the next Steering Team meeting, so that we can begin work on editing the report. All members of the Team are review the report and provide feedback on Monday.

Fall Faculty Forum, October 20th.
A light lunch begins at 12:45 pm; the actual sessions begin at 1:30 pm. All members of the Steering Team have indicated that they will attend the forum, to be held at EMCC.

Next Meeting.
October 2nd at 12:30 PM. (The General Assessment Committee is scheduled to meet the same day, immediately following the Steering Team.)

Respectfully submitted,
Georgia Gudykunst