Malcolm X College Assessment Committee

Welcome Back Faculty

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The Assessment Committee is doing some wonderful things this semester. Some of the projects include: Completing Department Assessment Plans, Reviewing last year's critical thinking project responses from participating departments, implementing the new component of the Student Learning Project which is to assess Foundational Studies courses with a series of capstone courses in both general education and career programs, and create professional development opportunities on the topic of assessment.

We hope to have a great year and get new members from a wide variety of departments and campus services involved.

Links to Sample Mission Statements

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Based on a faculty member's presentation on developing missions for the Department/Program Assessment plan, she provided the following resources:

Definitions and general samples:
Definition of Mission Statements from Wikipedia
Mission Statement from National Association of Veterans' Research and Education Foundations Best practices
Board Source
Mission Statements.com
Microsoft Mission Statement
Nike Mission Statement

Program specific mission statements:
D'Youville College Sociology Department Mission Statement
Blackburn College Mission Statement
Valley Health Mission Statement Medical Radiography Program Mission Statement
Walter's State Community College Pharmacy Technician Program Mission Statement
Concordia University Library Instruction Mission Statement
University of California, San Francisco Surgical Hospitalist Program Mission Statement
Washington State University Police Intern Program Mission Statement
Linfield College Athletic Training Program Mission Statement
Millikin University Pre-Professional Program Mission Statement
Texas Intensive English Program Mission Statement
Tufts University Nutrition Science and Policy Program Mission Statement
Wake Forest University Physician Assistant Studies Program Mission Statement
Bethany College Education Program Mission Statement

2-12-2009 Meeting Minutes

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Please click on the below link to access the committee meeting minutes. If you click on the link, you will need to join Scribd to download files OR YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO YOURSELF WITHOUT HAVING TO JOIN!

Full Committee Minutes 2-12-09

1-29-2009 Meeting Minutes

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Minutes from Full Group Assessment Meeting 1-22-09

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Additional Assessment Related Information

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For those of you interested in getting specific articles on assessment in your particular disciplines, please let us know. We have a large collection of print articles on general assessment, assessment of critical thinking, and assessment based on specific disciplines such as nursing, radiography, general education, English, health care, and more.

Please contact sowen2@ccc.edu to get those print sources or ask to be added to the college's blackboard version of this blog (for MXC faculty, staff, and students only). For anyone else interested but not affiliated with the college, please contact sowen2@ccc.edu who can send you a bibliography on assessment resources.

Department Assessment Plan

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The Assessment Committee will spend the Spring semester assisting programs and departments on developing Department (or program) assessment plans. Programs and departments are asked to come to full group meetings ready to workshop their plans. There will be mentors willing to help departments and career programs in need of assistance. Please review the DAP template.

Please click on the below link. *If you click on the link, you will need to join Scribd to download files OR YOU CAN EMAIL IT TO YOURSELF WITHOUT HAVING TO JOIN!

DAP Template

Thanksgiving Holiday

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For those of you who missed the last full group meeting, we will be starting up in Spring 2009! There will be one more Executive Board meeting slated for Dec. 4. Make sure to keep abreast of what the committee is doing by reading through past committee minutes.

Spring 2009 brings some new focus for the committee. The committee will share the results from Fall 2008 Student Learning Project, which was to access critical thinking in the classroom. Committee will share the results and provide a forum to discuss what needs to be done with the data.

Also, the focus will shift to completing Department Assessment Plans. A template will be created for those departments unclear on what's expected of them. The committee asks that all members bring a copy of their department mission statement and standardized Student Learning Outcomes for their all the classes offered by their department. Please make sure to have these ready for the first full group meeting planned for January 22, 2009 meeting.

Great work team! Have a good holiday, and we'll see everyone in the New Year.

Minutes from 11-13-2008 Full Committee

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Minutes 11-13-2008

Minutes from 11-6-2008 Executive Board

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Minutes from 10-30-08 Executive Board

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Minutes from 10-23-2008 Full Committee

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Assessment Committee November 2008 Calendar of Events

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AC Minutes 10-9-08

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Minutes from 10-09-08

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Executive Board Meeting Minutes 9-18-08

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Executive Board Minutes 9-18-08

Updated By-Laws as of Oct 2008

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Updated AC By-laws as of October 2008
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October Calendar

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Updated September 2008 Calendar

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Updated Schedule for Fall 2008

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THIS IS THE UPDATED CALENDAR FOR ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES

Updated Assessment Committee Calendar

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Meeting Minutes from 9-4-08

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Here are the minutes from the Assessment Committee Meeting held September 4, 2008.

Minutes Sept. 4, 2008

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September Calendar

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Please note that the meeting room has changed to 3603.

Meeting Minutes August 28, 2008

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Here are the minutes from the Assessment Committee Meeting held August 28, 2008.

8-28-08

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Revision: AC - From the FDW Packet - Rubric for Scoring Critical Thinking Evaluation

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This is the revised and most recent version sent as of 8-24-08. If you need a Word Document or PDF version of these sheets, please email sowen2@ccc.edu or go click on the below links. *If you click on the below links, you will need to join Scribd to download files or you can email it to yourself without having to join.

Grader 1

If you need a Word or PDF version of this document, click here: Critical Thinking Answer Sheet and Rubric

Grader 2

If you need a Word or PDF version of this document, click here: Critical Thinking Answer Sheet and Rubric

If you need a Word or PDF version of the Holistic Rubric, click here: Word version of the Holistic Rubric or you can go to the website and get your own PDF version: Insight Assessment

Word document version of the Assessment Committee Faculty Development Packet

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If you would like a Word version of anything in this packet, go to the following link and download the document from there: To download packet, click here

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August Calendar

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August

August is a busy time! Not only will the committee be promoting the Student Learning Project and Department Assessment Plan, it will also continue its regular Thursday meetings. All meetings will be in Room 2610 unless specified. In those cases, the meetings will be conducted in Room 3618, but an email will be sent out to everyone.

We want to welcome everyone back to school. We're looking forward to a great semester of assessment!

Assessment Committee By-Law

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Timeline for Student Learning Project and Department Assessment Plan

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Welcome

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to Malcolm X College's Assessment Committee Blog.

Mission Statement - “The Assessment Committee is the body of an institution of higher learning that promotes conscious efforts to ensure accountability in effective learning and teaching.”

Vision Statement - We are a collaborative, interdisciplinary entity within Malcolm X College founded on the premises of creating and developing systematic monitoring of academic assessment. We serve in the capacity of providing integrity, accountability, and assurance to maintain effective student learning.

Our Commitments - Align student outcomes with the mission of the college. Communicate across the disciplines. Identify academic needs for enhancement and growth. Develop planning and implementation of informational resources. Capitalize on instructional and faculty resources. Ensure quality instruction for professional and academic preparedness.

Our Focus - Be a premier example of a functional assessment system. Centralize assessment around instructional delivery and pedagogy. Support institutional aims of assessment at multiple levels. Maintain an assessment centered culture. Provide effective leadership on assessment education.

-Marietta McDuffy from 1(1) 2008 Assessment Newsletter.