EWC Student Assessment Committee
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Members
Back row: Chris Hilton, Larry Curtis, Richard Holcomb, Dee Ludwig. Front row: Kimberly Russell, Melissa Meeboer, Geri Lewis, Judy Stellpflug. Not pictured: Marilyn Cotant, Marilyn Miller.
Goals & Achievements 2007-2008
- Prepare and facilitate faculty in-service on CAAP/CCSSE/Perkins 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
- Review “information literacy” tutorials and disseminate information to faculty
Achievement of goals for 2007-2008
The fall and spring inservice activities did not allow time for the planned faculty in-service because of the new administrative personnel changes, which included a new strategic planning process implementation.
The Assessment Summary Report for the prior year (2006-2007) was completed and discussed at all division meetings. It was made available on the EWC web site.
Program reviews were not performed during the 2007-2008 period because of new administrative personnel changes. This goal will be addressed in the next year by the Vice President for Learning.
Available informational literacy tutorials were reviewed by the committee. The decision for implementation and dissemination is postponed until all of the tutorials are available.
Meetings
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:
- Chair the Assessment Advisory Committee.
- 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.
- Explain to students why assessment is necessary and what forms it will take.
- Explain to those who are responsible for assessment data collecting and how and when data are to be collected.
- Ensure the timely submission of written assessment reports.
- Review and distribute assessment reports for analysis and use.
- Work closely with the Vice President for Learning to provide faculty and staff with assessment results.
- Participate as a nonvoting member of the Curriculum & Learning Council.
- Assist in the allocation of assessment funds.
- Retain all departmental/divisional assessment plans on file.
- 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:
- Be a standing committee
- Meet at least once each semester, with the coordinator calling additional meetings as they are needed.
- Monitor the implementation and progress of assessment.
- Review assessment reports.
- On the basis of reported assessment data, recommend to the Curriculum & Learning Council changes in programs and in courses of instruction.
- 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.
