Minutes of meeting 9/11/24

The Academic Senate Committee on Committee on Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness met on 9/11/24, 12:10PM, S211

Committee Members in Attendance:

Present: Susana Pinheiro, Elizabeth Nercessian, Kathryn Wong, Stefan Spezio, Fei Ye, Alisa Cercone, Ian Beckford

Absent: Matthew Lau

Liaisons in Attendance:

Arthur Corradetti (Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, President's Liaison)

 

Business:

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 PM

1. Minutes- from the May 15, 2024, were approved
   
2. Agenda- The meeting agenda was approved

 

3. MSCHE – preparations for the 2026-27 reaccreditation

Artie- talked about preparations for the Middle States visit.  Preparation has begun with a focus on self-study design.

  

Later in semester the call will go out for co-chairs for working groups.  

 

Academic Affairs will ask for volunteers to serve on working groups, we will have a visit in spring and then start the writing in fall 2025. 

 

Ian Beckford will be sharing Gen Ed reports in the coming weeks, we will review and then send them to the senate. 

 

Artie stressed that ideally, the college needs to close the loop by following up with the senate on actionable things. 

 

Ian spoke about the forthcoming reports coming from his office. They include: 

 

1. General education aggregate report date is coming in October/November 
2. Longitudinal report
3. Gen Ed study for Fall 23 which also involves the Pathways Outcomes

 

Stefan- commented that WID/WAC has asked for syllabi from WI faculty. 

Artie said he would like to meet with the new chair of WID/WAC committee. 

Faculty need to be certified but they also need to be recertified. 

 

Elizabeth asked if there is an advantage to teaching a WI class and Artie responded by saying they are smaller sections.  

 

Fei Ye- suggested that we have a self-training course on Brightspace for Writing Intensive.  It becomes and place to gather all the materials.  

  

Susanna asked if we should follow up with the reports. 

   

After summary reports are done, Artie will be meeting with each of the department chairs. 

 

4. Discuss scheduling and procedure for review of teaching and non-teaching departments, and programs

 

Susanna showed everyone on the committee website which contains rubrics and previous reports. She also showed us how to access the reports. 

It was decided that we will use the same fall/spring system to assess the departments. The assessment committee work will be focusing on non-teaching departments in the fall and teaching departments in the spring. 

Susanna will be sending an email out with our assignments. 

 

5. Old Business
   There was no old business to discuss.
6. New Business- Ian reported earlier in the meeting about the forthcoming reports which is “new business”.

 

The next meeting is 10/9.  Room details to follow but most likely S-212. 

 

7. Adjournment

 

Respectfully submitted,

Alisa Cercone, Secretary
Committee on Committee on Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness, Secretary

Minutes typed on 9/11/24

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