Lake Tahoe Community College

SLO Committee Meeting

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm

Meeting Room

Minutes

Members Present:  Kurt Green, Jon Kingsbury, Larry Green, Beachy Orr, Rosie Hackett Absent:  Steve Fernald

Staff:  Terry Livesay

Items discussed:

1)      Approval of minutes from February 28 and March 7 meeting: Approved by consensus

2)     Start evaluation process of new courses submitted:

The committee reviewed the original 10 courses that were submitted for SLOs and MASLOs which resulted in seven being moved forward and three being returned to the initiator. 

3)  Evaluation of resubmitted courses:

There were no resubmitted courses.

4)  Discussion of SLOs and MASLOs for Web Site (Committee members to bring their ideas):

There was no further discussion as the meeting time ran out.

5)  Discussion of committee’s role in follow-up with initiators of courses previously

returned:

There was no further discussion as the meeting time ran out.

6)  Discussion of Senate recommendation – Kurt to update:

 Kurt will bring the resolution on ‘Core Competencies’ with its changes to Senate this    Friday, March 16.

7)  Discussion of meeting times for spring quarter:

·         The committee agreed on the following meeting time for the spring quarter:

Tuesdays      -      3:00pm to 4:00pm

8)  Other items:

a)     Kurt presented the ‘Annual Report Update on Student Learning Outcomes’ from the Accrediting Commission.  The committee discussed some of the data that the report requires and while some of the college’s data is very scant, the committee believes the Commission will be able to see our commitment to and implementation of many of the 2002 standards.

b)     Kurt presented the ‘Lake Tahoe Community College Assessment Strategy’ handout. The committee will review the handout and discuss their ideas at the next meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:30pm.