ASSESSMENT HUB - Assessment Team

Celebrating Learning And Student Success (C.L.A.S.S.) Team

Northeast Iowa Community College joined the HLC Assessment Academy cohort in 2016. During the initial meeting, the group developed an overarching theme, Celebrating Learning and Student Success (C.L.A.S.S.), as the College's primary project.

Three significant connections to the project were identified:

Fully developing Common Learning Outcomes (CLOs) with systematic, repeatable processes that promote analysis and change.
Collecting, using, and promoting data as a tool for change and continuous improvements.
Creating a system for personal and professional growth for the College to promote a better understanding of learning and every college employee's role in that process.

How do you become a C.L.A.S.S. Team member?

You may volunteer to be a part of the C.L.A.S.S. Team.
A Dean or C.L.A.S.S. Team member may ask you to participate.

Core Team

Lora Hannan

Allied Health Faculty - PEOSTA

PROGRAM LEAD

Shannon Brenner

DIID Instructional Designer/Adjunct Faculty - REMOTE

DISCIPLINE LEAD

MJ Dachelet

Executive Director of DIID Team - REMOTE

ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON & COURSE BLUEPRINTING LEAD

Jordan O'Connell (LEAD)

Discipline Chair / Faculty - Humanities PEOSTA/ DUBUQUE

CO-CURRICULAR LEAD

Amy Rausch

Allied Health Faculty - PEOSTA

CLO REPRESENTATIVE

Jesse Rhomberg

Social Sciences Faculty - PEOSTA

COURSE BLUEPRINTING REPRESENTATIVE

Co-Curricular Team

Co-curricular activities are activities that contribute to a student’s academic learning experience offered outside of regular class time. Co-curricular learning activities, programs, and experiences reinforce the institution’s mission and values and complement the formal curriculum. Co-curricular activities are optional learning opportunities, promoted by faculty, that are aligned with a learner’s program of study.

Faculty will assess co-curricular learning in alignment with program or discipline evaluation. Each co-curricular activity must be tied to either a PLO (program learning outcome), CLO (common learning outcome), or ELO (education learning outcome). Each program or discipline will collect and analyze their own co-curricular data, results, and determine areas of improvement.

Jordan O'Connell (LEAD)

Discipline Chair / Faculty - Humanities PEOSTA/ DUBUQUE

Chris Entringer

Enrollment Advisor and Career Services Coordinator - PEOSTA

Victor Lieberman

Director of Learning Resources - PEOSTA

Sherry Massman

Enrollment Advisor - CALMAR

Kara Popp

Director of Student Life, Diversity & Leadership - PEOSTA

Course Blueprinting Team

The Course Blueprinting team assists faculty with documenting how each course’s assessments, instructional materials, and learning activities aid students in achieving educational learning outcomes in alignment with NICC course guides.

MJ Dachelet (LEAD)

Executive Director of DIID Team - REMOTE

Shannon Brenner

DIID Instructional Designer/Adjunct Faculty - REMOTE

Gina Ellerbach-Tone

DIID Instructional Designer - PEOSTA

Denise English

DIID Instructional Designer - PEOSTA

Marilee Mai

Faculty Development Specialist - CALMAR

Jesse Rhomberg

Social Sciences Faculty - PEOSTA

Common Learning Outcomes (CLO) Committees

In collaboration with the Data Evaluation Team and backed by administrative support to fulfill its mandate, the CLO Committee will be structured into several sub-committees. These sub-committees include Critical Thinking, Effective Communication, Lifelong Learning, and Diversity.

The chief goal of these entities is to encourage an enduring advancement of pedagogical methodologies and learning by initiating the recognition of and assessment metrics for each of the Common Learning Outcomes in all offered courses. Subsequently, the CLO sub-committees will maintain oversight of the assessment procedures, collate the results, and disseminate this information to all stakeholders of the College.

Critical Thinking

Dawn Klosterman

CLO LEAD

Allied Health Faculty - PEOSTA

Laura Menke

Administrative Champion - PEOSTA

Amy Rausch

Allied Health Faculty - PEOSTA

David Redmond

Humanities Faculty - PEOSTA

Matt Simon

Faculty - CALMAR

Tess Williams

Allied Health Faculty - PEOSTA

Renee Wright

Math Faculty - PEOSTA

Communicate Effectively

Kylie Loeffelholz

CLO LEAD

Communications Faculty - PEOSTA

Emily Logan

CLO LEAD

Administrative Champion - PEOSTA

Carla Heathcote

Graphic Arts Faculty - PEOSTA

Jodi Kremer

TRiO Staff - PEOSTA

Angela Pyzocha

CTE Faculty - PEOSTA

Alison Thompson

Communications Faculty (PTR) - CALMAR

Bonnie Wenthold

Communications Faculty - REMOTE

Lifelong Learning

Michelle Markham

CLO LEAD

Communications Faculty - PEOSTA

Mike Gau

Administrative Champion - PEOSTA

Heather Cleveland

Nursing Faculty - CALMAR

Lisa Digman

CTE Faculty - PEOSTA

Michele Grant

Allied Health Faculty - PEOSTA

Diversity

Medhanie Mekonnen

CLO LEAD

Accounting Faculty - CALMAR

Sarah Carlson

Administrative Champion - PEOSTA

Mary Jo Friedmann

Nursing Faculty - PEOSTA

Maren Larsen

CTE Faculty - PEOSTA

Data Evaluation Team

The Data Evaluation Team oversees the collection and maintenance of all course assessment information, adhering to the guidelines set by the assessment planning groups. They also facilitate data sharing and reporting tailored to the specific needs of campus stakeholders.