The Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Committee met on February 8, 2022. The meeting minutes are as follows:
Dr. Margaret Geehan opened the meeting at 1 p.m. It was held via Zoom.
Membership
Dr. Geehan discussed the group’s updated membership. She reminded everyone that if they need to take a break or step down, they should do so. No one opted to step down. Dr. Peter Sawyer, sociology faculty, has joined the committee.
Middle States Update
The Evidence Library has now been fully made into a draft.
Employee Satisfaction Survey review of items for Early Spring Administration
- The group reviewed the ESS step-by-step and item-by-item, discussing how each was worded and if they needed to delete or change any of them.
- Question 1: the group added “give examples and include communication and professional education” to make this question more specific. Karen Paquette worked on the items relevant to her area and made improvements.
- Question 3: members added examples such as an explanation of employee benefits, retirement information, etc.
- Question 11: “I am satisfied that the College makes data-informed decisions,” sparked much discussion and debate. Committee members expressed concern that those taking the survey might not know what data the survey is talking about, and therefore not answer accurately or skip the question entirely. Members wanted to know more about what type of data the question was talking about in order to answer the question. Those who questioned question 11 asked what data we meant, and also said that might not know how decisions are made so may be confused. Committee members discussed whether a “don’t know” or “N/A” option should be added. It was suggested that “data informed” be removed from the question, since that’s what is confusing people, but no change was made at this meeting.
- Question 15: “I am satisfied with the College’s support of the Assessment Process,” no changes had to be made. It was noted that survey takers respond to question 15 deals with perspectives on assessment particular to their areas; i.e., student assessment (grading, mostly), employee evaluations, and how each department and unit assesses itself. For the most part, people were satisfied with this.
- Question 20 and others deal with assessment at the department level, unit level, and institutional level. Members agreed that comments are needed to really tell anything about how the campus views assessment.
- If people have comments or changes to make to any of these items, Dr. Geehan reminded everyone to submit them soon.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:10 p.m.
Subsequent meeting: March 8
Respectfully submitted,
Caitlyn Gerardi
AIE Members
Clem Campana
Colleen Ferris
Patti Gaston
Margaret Geehan
Caitlyn Gerardi
Antoinette Howard
Matt Howe
Alan Joseph
Dennis Kennedy
Patty Klimkewicz
Jim Macklin
Margaret Mann
Karen Paquette
Kathy Petley
Peter Sawyer
Joseph Stenard
Ainsley Thomas
Brian Vlieg
Dennis Wax
Ronalyn Wilson
Published: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:35:01 +0000 by c.gerardi