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3.1 Assessment Committee (AC)
3.1.0 Assessment Committee Meetings
3.1.1 Assessment Committee Email
3.1.2 Assessment Submission and Review Procedures
3.1.3 Program Changes
3.1.4 General Curriculum Assessment
3.2 Campus Advisory Committee (CAC)
3.2.0 Campus Advisory Committee Meetings
3.2.1 Committee Role
3.2.2 Grant Review Timeline
3.3 Faculty Grievance Committee (FGC)
3.3.0 Roles and Responsibilities
The Assessment Committee will meet once every two weeks during the Fall and Spring semesters, and work through May Term as needed. As stated in the committee roles, the committee chair will set the meeting schedule and agenda.
The Assessment Committee shall maintain the e-mail address assessment@simpson.edu, which should be used for all assessment business. The Chair will assume control of the address for the duration of their term. Upon assuming control of the account, the chair should update the account password.
The deadline for each program’s Annual Assessment Report is June 1. Reports should be sent to the Assessment Committee’s email address assessment@simpson.edu by the department chair or the program’s assessment coordinator.
- During the Fall semester, the Assessment Committee will review Annual Assessment Reports and complete a Rubric for Evaluation of Annual Assessment Reports for each program.
- A committee member will be assigned to each program and will send the completed Rubric for Evaluation of Annual Assessment Reports to the department’s assessment coordinator or chair. The committee member will also serve as the representative for the committee in answering any questions about the report.
- The aggregate results of the Reports should be recorded in the Assessment Rubric Summaries spreadsheet on the OneDrive.
- Assessment Reports, completed Rubrics, and Minutes shall also be archived in the committee folder on SC Connect.
Program assessment modifications are accepted on a rolling basis. The Committee will review the proposed Assessment Plan and complete a Rubric for Evaluation of Assessment Plans. The Chair of the Assessment Committee will send the completed Rubric to the department chair and the chair of the Curriculum Committee.
The Committee is responsible for the assessment review of the general education program. In consultation with the Associate Dean of Curriculum and Assessment, the committee will review at least two components of the general election program each year.
The Chair establishes the agenda of each meeting with the input of the Directors serving as ex officio members and other committee members. Directors of campus programming may request the Chair schedule a meeting as needed to complete the committee’s duties.
Annual discussions should include the library’s annual report, budget, comparative statistics, and web presence; off-campus program proposals and study abroad opportunities; faculty development opportunities, needs and grants.
Faculty development grants will be reviewed by CAC, with the exception of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion grants which are reviewed by CADI and Professional Travel grants which are reviewed by the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center.
- Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Grant proposals will be accepted on the last day of March. Further proposals will be accepted the last day of August if there are grants remaining. Accepted March proposals will not be paid out until after June 1.
- Course Development and Enhancement Grant proposals are due the last day of March, August, and January. Accepted March proposals will not be paid out until after June 1.
- All other grants will be accepted and reviewed on an ongoing basis.
The Faculty Grievance Committee shall serve as the advisory committee in all cases of dismissal for causes other than fictional threat or retrenchment as described in Part II, Section 11 of the Faculty Handbook.
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