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Assessment Committee

Minutes of Meeting — November 21, 2002

Present: Aguinaga, Chen, Naimpally, Novack, Parentela, Santhiveeran, Saint-Germain, Wiley, Whitney

  1. The meeting was called to order by V. Novack at 2:00 PM in Lib E-118.
  2. The secretary for the day was selected.
  3. The agenda was moved, seconded, and approved.
  4. Minutes of 11/7/02 meeting were moved, seconded and approved with correction on the meeting date.
  5. Assessment coordinator’s report by M. Saint-Germain.
    1. She will e-mail the coordinator’s report to the committee.
    2. She has prepared the documents for Assessment Workshop II and will send memo to various colleges regarding the availability of Workshops I and II.
    3. She requested deans to nominate faculty to attend various assessment trainings/workshops and had received four responses so far. Assessment committee members are also encouraged to attend assessment workshops.
  6. Assessment Workshops. M. Saint-Germain distributed four handouts on Workshop II:
    1. Workshop II: Developing Program Assessment Plans. Developed by M. Saint Germain.
    2. Grad Center for Public Policy and Administration Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan
    3. Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration PPA 670 Seminar in Policy Issue Analysis.
    4. Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration Master of Public Administration Program Core Knowledge Elements for the MPA
    The first document serves as a guide on how to develop assessment plans and include templates on formulating program mission, goals and student learning outcomes, identifying teaching and learning methodologies, assessment methods, data collection and analysis, and feedback for program improvement. The other three handouts are examples of the PPA program assessment process which M. Saint-Germain clearly described. Positive remarks were made by Santhiveeran, Novack and Chen.
  7. V. Novack distributed a copy of the 1995 Campus Assessment Document which is scheduled to be revised by the Committee. Discussion will start next spring.
  8. The Committee will not meet on December 12, 2002.
  9. Next meeting will be on February 6, 2003.
  10. The meeting adjourned at 2:50 PM.
These Minutes have not yet been approved.

Respectfully submitted,

Emelinda M. Parentela

Acting Secretary