Instruction Team Meeting

Minutes

Thursday March 1, 2001

Attendees: Carol, Kathy, Jill, Fran, Evan, Wade, Joan, Ruby, Lonna, Shaun

Announcements

1. Untangling the Web update - Good attendance so far

2. Digitization Workshop - Kenning Arlitsch from U of U Marriot will present to us and to local public librarians. Joan and team support this once a year networking opportunity. Jill noted this is the same date as the Eccles Info Fair. Carol will make a note on the planning calendar so this won't happen again next year.

3. UALC Assessment Workshop -  March 9, State Library, Kathy T. sent in group reservation

4. Carol spoke on Information literacy competency requirement at the Advisor Information Series for the month of February. There was a panel of speakers on the referral process for exceptions to core, general education and degree requirements.

5. Classroom update - Please be sure to fill out SAR form for every problem in the classroom. Altiris has been acting up in 31? Fran has talked to Chris and will demo fix at end of meeting.

6. Student End of Course Evaluations - new "campus" questions, online issues. Carol is working with WSU online and/or the testing center to set up for this semester. Stay tuned...

7. Instruction Intranet has been reorganized and planning calendar updated

8. Navigator Update - Please continue to provide feedback on the Navigator. Send suggestions to Shaun or Carol via email and they will relay to editing team.

9. Joan will be submitting the budget fairly soon and will be asking Kathy and I for input on faculty/staff involvement in team activities and on faculty goals (remember those?). Be sure I know about all your commendable instruction activities.

Discussion

1. Outcomes assessment - Girl Scout cookies are forthcoming!

        Carol presented results of team input on how our curriculum can/could meet the ACRL standards and outcomes.  She will print these out and would like team members to highlight 5 to 10 priority outcomes for each type of instruction that we may wish to measure in the future. This will be very useful as we continue to work on an assessment plan, both to meet the needs of the university, accreditation, ACRL standards and to work to continually improve student learning. 

Carol has prepared a draft  mission and statement of purpose  for the beginning of an Instruction Program Profile she is preparing. Please take a look and make comments and suggestions and return to Carol in the next week or so.

Carol demonstrated the WSU Assessment Web and how subject bibliographers may be able to use outcomes presented by specific departments in planning for future subject specific instruction        

2.  Tracking instruction statistics - The team would like faculty that are doing instruction that does not fall into the norm to calculate the approximate comparable contact hours and use that on the instruction data form.  

Team members will also track departments served, and the instruction data form has been altered to comply.

3. Latest draft 2001/2002 Teaching Schedule is available, Carol has made changes this week in response to suggestions by Jill and Kathy P. Please review to make sure your schedule is correct.

4. Altiris demo - Frans demo didn't exactly work, the banner was gone and stations were not connecting? She will get back with Chris to see what is going on and will put instructions in the notebook when and if she has time.

5. Other items as may arise -  Joan reported on President Thompson's meeting. Data on raises is not firm, but may be about 4%.

   

01/09/2003