Learning Assessment Committee

Purpose

The Learning Assessment Committee is charged with developing and recommending procedures and best practices that provide the college with measurable data to assess student learning. The Learning Assessment Committee will assist academic disciplines to develop plans for assessment strategies, rubrics, and methods for using data to make changes in the delivery of course material to promote student success through the following actions:

  • Make formal recommendations on the best practices for data collection, assessing results, and making changes to promote student success in General Education.
  • Make formal recommendations on the best practices for data collection, assessing results, and making changes to promote student success in academic disciplines.
  • Work with the Division of Teaching Innovation, Professional Faculty Development Committee, and Online Learning to develop training for all faculty in implementing assessment strategies, developing and using rubrics, and making course modifications.
  • Serve as individual faculty committee members as their discipline’s assessment liaison and has responsibility to keep the department involved in the assessment process.
Jennifer Patterson, Ph.D

Jennifer Patterson
Professor of Business, Chair of the Learning Assessment Committee

Meeting Minutes

Mission Statement

Florida SouthWestern State College’s Learning Assessment Committee is dedicated to sustaining excellent academic programs and learning environments. We are also committed to mission-based, comprehensive, and data-driven assessment for the purpose of continuous institutional improvement and effectiveness through general education, program, and course level assessment. The work of the committee ensures that this statement of commitment to assessing institutional effectiveness is exemplified through the support, encouragement, and innovation of learning assessments in our classrooms.

The Learning Assessment Committee is committed to:

  • Making formal recommendations on the best practices for developing and refining assessments. data collection, assessing results, and making changes to promote student success in academic disciplines.
  • Working with the Division of Teaching Innovation, Professional Development Committee, and Online Learning to develop training for all faculty in implementing assessment strategies, developing and using rubrics, and making course modifications.

Members

Name Position School or Department Primary Campus
Jennifer Patterson Professor, Business and LAC Chair School of Business and Technology Thomas Edison (Lee)
Amy Trogan Professor, English School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Thomas Edison (Lee)
Dolores Batiato Professor, Business School of Business and Technology Thomas Edison (Lee)
Jennifer Summary Assoc. Dean, Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Thomas Edison (Lee)
Jessica Godwin AASPIRE Administrative Thomas Edison (Lee)
Joseph van Gaalen AASPIRE Administrative Thomas Edison (Lee)
Krissy Cabral Professor, Criminal Justice School of Business and Technology Thomas Edison (Lee)
Marius Coman Professor, Physics School of Pure and Applied Sciences Collier
Mary Conwell Professor, Paralegal Studies School of Business and Technology Thomas Edison (Lee)
Meghan Carlson Professor, Mathematics School of Pure and Applied Sciences Collier
Michael Barach Professor, English School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Collier
Philip Allen Professor, Spanish School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Thomas Edison (Lee)
Renee Hester Professor, Academic Success School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Thomas Edison (Lee)
Eric Seelau Professor, Psychology School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Thomas Edison (Lee)
Richard Worch Professor, Public Safety Administration School of Business and Technology Thomas Edison (Lee)
Susan Foster Program Director, HIT/MICB School of Health Professions Thomas Edison (Lee)
Terry Zamor Professor, Mathematics School of Pure and Applied Sciences Thomas Edison (Lee)
Thomas Donaldson Professor, History School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Charlotte
Veronica Ruiz AASPIRE Administrative Thomas Edison (Lee)