MetropolitanCommunity College

DACC MEETING

Thursday, November 8, 2012 3-4:30 PM Room AC Boardroom

Minutes

Attendees: Mary Ann Blitt, Cheryl Carpenter-Davis, Cynthia Sexton Proctor, Kristy Bishop, Jim McGraw, Fran Padow, Kimberly Glackin, Karen Moore, Daschia Scroggins, Nancy Russell, Al Dimmitt, Sydney Beeler, Eric Sullivan, Tammie May, Leo Hirner, Mindy McCallum and Felipe Leon

Approval of Minutes

The minutes were reviewed and approved.

Vice Chancellor for Educational Services & Technology Report

AA Review “Survey”

It was suggested that the letter accompanying the AA Survey be very explicit about the fact that this was just a very preliminary tool to get feedback and help everyone start thinking about the degree to prepare for many chances for input to come.

It was suggested that the deadline be extended into next semester (1/21/12 - the day after MLK Day).

It was suggested that the letter state that research is being done, and Nancy suggested that links concerning AA Degrees and information relating to the survey questionsbe sent out periodically to provide more "food for thought". Also, everyone would be encouraged to share any links they might have about curriculum and AA degree expectations that would be helpful.

Various methods for being inclusive were discussed:

(1) The survey would be great for those who want to contribute their ideas anonymously and privately.

(2) Roundtable discussions, convocation, retreats would be a good place for those more vocal and collaborative to contribute. (All of these sessions should have someone dedicated to keeping notes/minutes then sharing them as soon as possible with the participants after the session while the discussions are fresh before sharing with the institution as a whole. Could recording sessions be an option?)

(3) Felipe proposed a Wiki or some other electronic means by which people could contribute answers to the survey questions and comment on each other's ideas, expand upon ideas, share links to resources, etc.

Al suggested that the letter include a specific outline of the process that would be followed, the timeline for the process, the groups or individualsthat would be involved at each stage or accountable for various pieces of the project. In this way, everyone could be aware of the goal and the time allotted to reach it and all of the opportunities available to participate in the process.

Daschia suggested including in the letter the current AA Degree plan or a link to it with a brief history or justification of it.

Jim suggested organizing the survey questions in some way that would make it easier to grasp and not quite so overwhelming. For example, the first 4 questions could share the heading Purpose and Outcomes, the next 2 questions could share the heading Process and Methodology, and the last 5 questions could share the heading Changes and Evaluation.

I suggested the possibility of breaking the survey into smaller surveys, each with smaller periods of time allotted forcompletion, but we may not have time for that at this point.

Assessment Reports

Kim Glackin presented the GRIT assessment project as administered to students and the results of this project.

IRB Report

  • Oral history interview project (MCC Archives)
  • Park University request

HLC Committee Report

No report

Survey Reports

Noel Levitz Survey of Student Satisfaction – Kristy and Melissa will present this report to the Officers on 11/2, at President’s Cabinet at MW on 11/14, and PV Faculty Association on 11/14.

MCC Open Pathway Improvement Project Report

The 3rd Cohort’s 3rd meeting is scheduled for Friday, 11/16/12, at 1:30 p.m., BTC. First semester reports to be completed for report out to DACC in December 2012. The 2nd Cohort is administering assessments this semester. 1st Cohort disciplines have met with Kristy and Cynthia. They need to submit their data and IR will supply spreadsheets for reporting data with student names and IDs to all who request them via email. The 4th Cohort will begin meeting in Spring 2013. The list of the 4th Cohort members was reviewed in anticipation of the Chancellor’s invitation into the project. Suitably classified as general education disciplines: Business/Accounting, Computer Science, Counseling, Math, Physical Education, Reading, Education.

Higher Learning Commission Update

  • Training on new Assurance Portal begins 11/19/12. The current version of the Assurance Criteria revisions is available at

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Proposals for new assessment or survey requests

No report

Campus Reports

  • DACC Membership – It was noted that there are still faculty slots open at some campuses. It is hoped that the Deans of Instruction and Assessment Committees on those campuses can identify faculty to fill those slots to help maintain our 60% faculty ratio on the DACC.
  • BR – No report at this time.
  • BTC – No report at this time.
  • LV – The Longview Assessment Committee was scheduled to meet on 11/26/12. Longview faculty participated in the GRIT survey, and the Student Experience Survey was to be given at Cass County.
  • MW – MCC’s Curriculum/Assessment Committee had met to consider changes to the Spanish curriculum that were in part due to conversations between Spanish faculty that occurred while the Spanish faculty were working on their assessment project as a part of the 1st cohort.
  • PV– No report at this time.

Old Business

  • Convocation – February 12, 2012. Mary Ann and Cynthia Sexton Proctor volunteered to help Rich Higgason with the planning of this event. Others are welcome to join the planning task force.

New Business

  • Next meeting: 3 PM on December 13, 2012, PV CC 503.

The meeting was adjourned.

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