Appendix 5: Meetings and Minutes
Once the full faculty had helped create a set of student outcomes from which to develop our Educational Effectiveness Indicators, the task of selecting these indicators was moved to the WASC Capacity Review Group 2.
This group is composed of six faculty members, one of whom teaches graduate classes at one of the off-campus locations and another of whom teaches at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The group also includes the Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness, who heads up the Assessment Committee and is chaired by the Vice Provost for Faculty Development who also serves as the Dean of General Education.
The group met 4 times during the months of October and November. Specifically, the group met on October 8, 22, 29 and November 12. Due to a personal crisis in the life of the individual selected as secretary for the group, minutes are only available for the last three meetings when a new secretary was selected.
Minutes
October 22, 2004
Members present: Lori Carter, Karen Davis (by speakerphone), Becky Havens (Steering Committee liaison), Karl Martin, and Hadley Wood (chair)
Members absent: Kerry Fulcher, Barbara Taylor, Kevin Archer
1. The nature of desired student outcomes was clarified.
Most of the outcomes represent skills that people work on throughout their lives. We must think realistically about how far along people can get in 4 years of college.
2. The nature of the Educational Effectiveness Indicator was clarified.
EEI’s are specific, testable or measurable things which have strong symbolic and predictive value for the student outcomes we desire to see.
3. Using the student outcomes grid generated during the faculty workshop, the committee created the EEI’s given in the current EEI document (see attached).
4. At the next meeting (October 29), the committee will pay special attention to values and attitudes and will continue discussion of the oral communication EEI.
5. The meeting was adjourned at 2:45.
Hadley Wood
Minutes
October 29, 2004
Members present: Lori Carter, Karl Martin, Kerry Fulcher, Barbara Taylor, and Hadley Wood (chair)
Members absent: Karen Davis (by speakerphone), Becky Havens (Steering Committee liaison), Kevin Archer
1. The committee continued to work on developing EEI’s and clarifying which learning outcomes it felt were appropriate for all PLNU graduates.
2. Rather than categorize elements as values and attitudes, the committee chose to use the rubric Social Literacy.
3. At the end of the meeting, it was decided that Hadley would write up the results of the EEI’s and send them around to committee members for their editing work over the next week.
4. The meeting was adjourned at 3:25. The next meeting will be on November 12, 2004 at 2:00 p.m.
Hadley Wood
Minutes
November 12, 2004
Members present: Lori Carter, Karl Martin, Barbara Taylor, Becky Havens (Steering Committee liaison), Kevin Archer, Kerry Fulcher and Hadley Wood (chair)
Members absent: Karen Davis
1. Language for cultural experience EEI was clarified.
2. EEI’s were examined for their correspondence to the key values of the institution as well as to the mission statement.
3. It was recognized that we need to find out from department chairs (and from spiritual and student development) all the areas where cultural experiences are embedded in courses and programs.
4. It was also noted that we will need to research how to follow up on some of the team experiences that students have.
5. It was moved, seconded, and passed to accept the EEI’s as currently written and to pass them on to the Assessment Committee and the General Education Committee.