Mission

The Mission of the Academic Assessment Committee is to oversee ongoing and meaningful academic assessment for all academic departments across the three schools at York College: The School of Art and Sciences, The School of Health Sciences and Professional Programs, and The School of Business and Information Systems.

Goals

1. To provide college-wide leadership for academic assessment at the institutional, department and program levels;
2. To build and maintain a culture of assessment by:
   • Developing and maintaining a systems-approach to assessment planning, implementation, use of assessment results and evaluation of assessment;
   • Monitoring assessment planning, implementation and evaluation on a 5-year cycle;
   • Promoting development of assessment practices with respective department colleagues

Membership

The structure of the AAC is as follows:

• There are 21 members of the AAC. There are currently 18 academic departments represented.  A representative from each academic department is designated to serve on the AAC. Members serve at their departments’ discretion/election. Some departments have more than one program.
• The Provost and the representative from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Strategic Planning
• A faculty member serves as Chair and will have a term of three years.

Current Members

• Linda Gerena, World Languages, Literatures, and Humanities (Chair) 
• Lesley Emtage, Biology
• Lindamichelle Baron, Teacher Education
• Jason Herel, Health Professions
• Kristin Davies, Behavioral Sciences
• Stephanie Store, Nursing
• Maki Hajikano, Performing and Fine Arts
• Boadnarine Bharosay, Accounting and Finance
• Yong Kyu Lee, Business and Economics
• Catherine Foster, Chemistry
• Jennette Allen-Mccombs, Social Work (BS)
• Shirell Roeback, Social Work (MSW)
• Derrick Brazill, Interim Provost, Office of Academic Affairs
• Nazia Naeem, Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Strategic Planning
• James Popp, Earth and Physical Sciences
• Diana Daus, Occupational Therapy
• Juana Ramos, World Languages, Literatures, and Humanities
• Melissa Dinsman, English
• Casandra Silva Sibilin, History, Philosophy and Anthropology
• Di Su, Library
• Thitima Srivatanakul, Mathematics, and Computer Science
• Galila Werber-Zion, Health, and Human Performance

Activities

• The members of the AAC work within their departments to support and develop assessment activities for each academic program, in order to ensure compliance, and to support student learning.
• The AAC committee provides a framework of criteria for program assessment.
• The members of the AAC review and provide recommendations on AAC assessment plans and reports.
• The members of the AAC provide assessment consultation to programs and departments as needed.
• The members of the AAC assists academic programs to assess ILOs and PSLOs.
• The AAC maintains records annual program annual assessment submissions via Program Assessment Plans and Assessment Reports.
• The AAC meets monthly throughout the academic year.
• The AAC collaborates with OIESP in offering assessment workshops.

Reporting and Communication

• The AAC reports to the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, co-chaired by The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning.
• The AAC Chair reports the academic assessment plans and results to the Committee on Institutional Effectiveness at monthly meetings.
• The AAC Chair submits a written end of year annual report to the IEC. 
• The AAC Chair presents to the Senate each academic year.
• The AAC Chair presents to the Faculty Caucus as requested.
• Members of the AAC provide annual program assessment plans and program assessment reports to the committee which are posted on the York Assessment Management System (YAMS).
• Members of the AAC provide professional development workshops on assessment to the faculty college wide.