Introduction

Minutes

Members

Assessment Committee Minutes
Date: September 2, 1998

2:00 PM PC Conference Room

Chairperson Brent Jameson called the meeting to order. Several documents were distributed including the agenda. Seven items were included and appear as headings within the body of these minutes.

Introduction of committee members
Members who were present introduced themselves. Those present were Brent Jameson, Marian Tadano, Yi Qin, Bill Roe, Marsha Hopkins, Dave Gorman, Kristin Anderson, Rosemary Schweigert, Marion Gibney and Betsy Frank.

Full committee membership includes: Billie Hughes, Mike Mitchell, Geoff Eroe, Richard Cupps. Georgia Gudykunst will be joining this committee when her assignment as Institutional Research begins next month.

Future meetings schedule
There were numerous schedule conflicts for regular monthly meetings. Brent asked that everyone forward their schedule to him so he could select a good time. The idea of a rotating meeting date also was discussed. Next meeting date is Tuesday, October 13 in the PC Conference Room.

Responsibilities of the Assessment Committee (handout)
Brent distributed a handout that outlines the functions of this committee. When asked, Brent provided a background for new committee members. The Assessment Committee works in preparation for the NCA in generating the college assessment plan. This committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the plan. Because of the implementation phase of the assessment plan, this committee should have membership from all the general education and general distribution areas.

Brent advised that there is a website that has seventy pages of information regarding the work of the assessment committee. This website can be found under the PC homepage--info--institutional research.

The next discussion involved work for this year's committee. It was suggested that dividing into subcommittees would be efficient. These subcommittees were recommended: 1) Asset Tests 2) Checksheets 3) CAAP testing for general education 4) Critical Thinking testing, CA Critical Thinking 5) newsletter and 6) general campus education. Each department should be in the process of creating concrete assessment plans for themselves. NCA does look for significant faculty involvement and ownership.

There was significant discussion regarding the past work and future work that needs to be completed by the subcommittees. A paper written by Cecilia Lopez will clarify where we need to go with outcome assessments. Brent will provide a copy to each member.

For those needing information on program evaluation, this information can be found on the web.

NCA Implications/Where do we go from here?
Phoenix College needs to generate a report by Spring, 1999 that describes the progress made by various assessment pilots. NCA wants to know where we are now.

Brent will provide a copy of the NCA letter to our committee, a copy of Cecilia Lopez's paper, a list of departments who have finished the program evaluation process and a list of those conducting program evaluation this year.

Information from Dean Tadano
Dean Tadano distributed information regarding Governing Board Ends Statements, AGEC requirements and NCA requirements. There is significant conflict in the requirements of these three entities. For the time being, our charge is to concentrate on meeting NCA requirements.

In closing, Brent again asked that schedule information be sent to him. Again, the next meeting is Tuesday, October 13 beginning at 3:00 pm in the PC Conference Room.

Respectfully submitted,

Betsy Frank