Assessment Council Academic Senate Office Telephone: (989)774-3350 Fax: (989)774-2038 Minutes - October 24, 2016
Present: D. Gray, S. Bechtel, S. Berkshire,T. Periyaswamy, S. Richards, T. Stohlman, B. VanDeusen, J. Xi // Absent: B. VanDeusen, M. Kreth ,S. Richards // Guest: J. Thomas, M. Senter, Y. Su-Ritzler, G. Umpstead, S. Naeve-Velguth, M. Carson, M. Libby
1. Meeting Called to Order: 8:34 am 2. Approval of Minutes: The minutes of October 10th, 2016. Gray motioned to approve, Bechtel seconded. Motion carried. 3. Announcements: a. HSBS Vacancy Reminder. Gray communicated that she sent an email to Dean Gates to let her know there was a vacancy.
4. Old Business: a. Taskstream Proposal Update (AC Goal #2) .Carson explained the revisions to the proposal with regard to data migration from WEAVE to Taskstream. In addition, Carson summarized his discussion with other universities who have left WEAVE and moved to taskstream as well as recent discussion with Jera Lee (Taskstream Consultant) Based on the number of universities/colleges who left WEAVE, the Council is not confident that WEAVE will be in use for much longer. Senter suggested a revision of proposal timelines from specific dates to the more general such as Fall, Spring, Summer semester. Berkshire made a motion to accept proposal for Taskstream and support the continued WEAVE contract for one year to allow overlap for the migration of data from WEAVE to Taskstream. Bechtel made a friendly amendment to include the training process and change dates in proposal to semesters for implementation purposes. Bechtel seconded. Motion approved. b. Certificate Program: The Council should establish a reasonable, practical structure for certificate assessment plans that includes 1-2 objectives and measures. Discussion to use TESOL certificate as an example for other certificate programs. Senter will look into getting permission to use the TESOL certificate assessment plan as an example. Gray will find an external example. Bechtel agreed to the first initial write-up and will send it to a few others (Senter, Gray, Carson) for further review. Berkshire moved to ask the Senate executive committee to clarify specifying which Certificates require assessment plans, given the language of the CAD. Gray seconded. Motion approved.
c. Update on AC Goal #1 (should have a solid way to proceed by next meeting), Goal #3 (still working, might have data by 15th of November), Goal #4 (in contact with CETL, Diane Marble is scheduled to attend second meeting in November)
5. New Business: a. Social Sciences Assessment Revision (Michael Libby) Small program for social studies majors that were education majors and are able to transition out of that program while still able to keep their credits. (Presented by Michael Libby Mary Senter and discussion held after) Gray moved to approve, Seconded T. Periyasway. Motion Carried. b. Define “Introduce” “Reinforce” and “Emphasize” for SLO’s. T. Stohlman found definitions to continue the discussion when time permits.
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6. Meeting Adjourned: 10:00 am
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