Monday, November 7th, 2016 (3:00 – 4:00 p.m.) -- Cleveland 142
Faculty/Staff Present
Andrea Barnett, Amanda Blanton, Keri
Catalfomo, Elizabeth Cox, Galen Dehay, Allison Earley, George Fiori, Scott
Harvey, Jennifer Hulehan, Tasheka Johnson, Donna Palmer, Amy Roberts, Julia
Seligson, Carol Watts, and Hap Wheeler
Absent were K.C. Bryson, Trent
Hulehan, and Tracy Kilgore.
Andrea Barnett, mathematics
instructor for the Arts and Sciences Division, stated that she appreciated
everyone’s attendance at the meeting.
Galen Dehay will discuss the State Tech CAO meeting in October and
decisions being discussed concerning Multiple Measures.
Galen Dehay, Comments and Update on the October Meeting with
the State Tech CAO Meeting
§ MOU with Adult Education has been
sent, and TCTC is waiting on approval.
§ According to research: All other colleges use placement tests, but
they are not always an accurate predictor.
Both Compass and Accuplacer lack predictability for English and Math.
§ All Tech Colleges in SC are using
Accuplacer.
§ Other states such as North Carolina
and California are using Multiple Measures to place students.
§ Measure most widely used is HS GPA
and is most predictive of the student. Seventy percent of students are earning
2.5 GPA.
§ If they are program ready, start in
the program, or prepare for the program.
§ Florida legislature abolished
Developmental Education if the student graduated ready for college.
§ Education Oversight Committee is
looking at ACT reading and math sections as predictor, but not for English.
§ CAO’s discussed using 3.0 GPA
unweighted
§ TCTC could use HS GPA, required
transcript, and Options 2 and 3 on the handout.
§ If we don’t come up with a Multiple Measures
plan, then the State will. So we need to
have our own in place.
§ Galen proposes –
ü Convene task force
ü ACT is better predictor than SAT,
which is a poor indicator
ü Try to continue to analyze ways to
predict correct placement by using Multiple Measures
ü Program Ready versus Course Ready,
then Transition Ready
ü Tie all options into Program
recommendations
ü Assign Task Force for the transition
(Placement & Math—Andrea Barnett, English—Allison Earley, Transition to
College—Jennifer Hulehan, Student Data & Admissions—Scott Harvey,
Institutional Research—K.C. Bryson, IT-- Pam McWhorter, Assessment—Carol Watts,
and Dual Enrollment—Amanda Blanton)
Comments/Questions
§ Hap Wheeler suggested bringing Brad
Bostian from NC to discuss what they are doing and what tweets they have had to
make.
§ Carol Watts stated that Accuplacer
showed students were not ready, but Compass said different. Carol stated that Accuplacer score ranges
were lower.
§ Donna Palmer is concerned about predictor
for science courses.
§ Scott Harvey stated that we are
always a year out after the task force completes its work.
§ There is a push to get K-12 students
ready for college and dual enrollment.
§ We are the only tech college that
uses our faculty to teach dual enrollment in the local high schools.
Requests
Send Andrea questions regarding what
we need from Scott Harvey.
With no other business to discuss,
the meeting was adjourned.
Recorded by Elizabeth Cox
