Assessment Council

The Assessment Council carries out the mandate for assessment of student learning as stated in the campus Assessment Policy, creating guidelines for reporting assessment activities and reviewing assessment plans and reports submitted by the units. The members coordinate and facilitate the assessment activities of the units they represent. They advise the Assistant Vice-Chancellor on matters pertaining to program assessment of student learning, and act as liaisons between the Assistant Vice-Chancellor and their respective units. They work within the guidelines established in the Assessment Policy.

Reporting lines:

The Assessment Council is an Academic Affairs committee. The chair of the Council, the Assistant Vice-Chancellor, reports on Council activities to the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Members of the Council are charged with carrying information about Council activities back to faculty and/or staff in their respective units.

The Chair of the Assessment Council sends a yearly report on assessment activities to the Chair of the Faculty Senate Assessment Committee.

Meeting schedule:

The Council generally meets twice during the fall semester and once during the spring. Subcommittees of the Council meet once a year to review assessment plans and/or reports from the various units.

Meeting Minutes

2009	2008	2007	2006
February 11, 2009	November 19, 2008 Appendix A Appendix B	October 10, 2007 April 18, 2007	November 15, 2006 September 27, 2006 April 19, 2006 February 22, 2006
2005	2004
November 16, 2005 September 28, 2005 April 13, 2005 February 23, 2005 January 12, 2005	October 4, 2004 - meeting also referred to Assessment Policy and Accreditation Criteria from HLC (p. 5)

Members

Allied Health	Heidi Sebastian
Arts and Sciences
Natural, Information, and Mathematical Sciences (NIMS), minus Biology and Math	Robin Symonds
Biology	Christian Chauret
Communication Arts	Raul Mosley
Writing, Humanities	Ann Cameron
History/Political Science	Todd Bradley
Mathematics	Mary Hansen
English, New Media	Scott Jones
Psychology	Angela Becker
Sociology	Nancy Greenwood
Business	Dmitriy Chulkov
Education
General Studies	Lori Collins
Information Technology	Chris Rivers
Library	Gail MacKay
Nursing	Mary Bourke
School of Public and Environmental Affairs	Karl Besel
Student Development & Campus Life	Kat Widman

Council Sub-committees

General Education Assessment Subcommittee will assist the Assistant Vice-Chancellor in

• providing guidance to and oversight of general education assessment

• reviewing general education assessment plans and reports

• serving as consultants/liaisons to faculty conducting general education assessment
  Members: Jones, MacKay, Symonds

Co-curricular Activities/Support Units Subcommittee will assist the Assistant Vice-Chancellor in

• providing guidance to and oversight of assessment of co-curricular units’ activities as they relate to IU Kokomo’s student learning mission (including advising, student activities, information technology, CTLA)

• reviewing assessment plans and reports from co-curricular units

• serving as consultants/liaisons to these units
  Members: Rivers, Ross

• Format for Co-curricular Assessment Plans
• Format for Co-curricular Assessment Reports
• Co-curricular Plans Reviewer Feedback Form
• Co-curricular Reports Reviewer Feedback Form

Program Assessment Plans Subcommittee will assist the Assistant Vice-Chancellor in

• developing a standard format for academic program assessment plans

• reviewing assessment plans

• making recommendations to academic departments regarding their program assessment plans
  Members: Becker, Chauret, Collins, Greenwood

• Format for Academic Program Assessment Plans

• Academic Program Plans Reviewer Feedback Form

Program Assessment Reports Subcommittee will assist the Assistant Vice-Chancellor in

• developing a standard format for academic program assessment reports

• reviewing assessment reports

• making recommendations to academic departments regarding their assessment reports
  Members: Bradley, Chulkov, Cameron, Hansen, Mosley, Sebastian

• Format for Academic Program Assessment Reports
• Academic Program Reports Reviewer Feedback Form