Committee Charge and Membership
Charge
Committee Charge
The Educational Effectiveness Committee
- guides the development of indicators and evidence of educational effectiveness across academic and co-curricular programs at LLU (see EEC Flow Chart of Committees, p. 2)
- facilitates the establishment of a culture of continuous assessment leading to evidence-based decision making
- makes evidence-based recommendations for change in institutional structures and processes
- facilitates communication and disseminates information among the network of Educational Effectiveness committees
It reports to the University Academic Affairs Committee and is guided by the University accreditation Steering Committee.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the development, process, and results of University SLO assessment and program review.
- Serve as a resource to the University on educational effectiveness best practices.
- Promote a climate of inquiry among the LLU faculty where measuring educational effectiveness is understood and accepted.
- Coordinate the development of educational effectiveness sections of University accreditation reports, including WSCUC, AAA, etc.
Membership
Co-Chairs
- Kyle Sousa - Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Pharmacy
- Zack Plantak - Program Director, MA Religion & Society, School of Religion
Members
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University Services
- Provost - Ron Carter
- Educational Technology Services - Kirk Campbell, Director
- Information Systems
- D.P. Harris, Vice President
- John Wical, Director, Administrative System
- University Libraries - Shanalee Tamares, Director
- Educational Effectiveness
- Ken Nelson, Director
- Diane Mattheson, Academic Liaison
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Leadership of Educational Effectiveness Committees
- Academic Service Learning
- J.C. Belliard (Director, LLU Institute for Community Partnerships)
- Jeffrey Gang (School of Religion)
- Assessment Technology
- Rasha Abdrabou (School of Allied Health Professions )
- Lisa Butler (School of Nursing)
- Co-curricular
- Kathryn Knecht (School of Pharmacy)
- Terry Swenson (Chaplain, Campus Ministries)
- Climate Survey
- Karl Haffner (Vice President for Student Experience)
- Digital Education
- Kirk Campbell (Director, Educational Technology Services)
- Learning Outcomes
- Paul Gavaza (School of Pharmacy)
- Nancy Sarpy (School of Nursing)
- Program Review
- Diane Mattheson (Academic Liaison)
- TBD
- Student Success
- Michael Iorio (School of Allied Health Professions)
- Donna Thorpe (School of Allied Health Professions)
- University Assessment
- Donna Gurule (School of Public Health)
- Natalie Hohensee (School of Dentistry)
- Academic Service Learning
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Schools
- Allied Health Professions
- Ernest Schwab (Associate Dean)
- Behavioral Health
- Adam Arechiga (Associate Academic Dean)
- Dentistry
- TBD
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- TBD
- Medicine
- Dustin Smith (Director, Medical Simulation Center)
- Lynda Daniel-Underwood (Associate Dean, Curriculum Evaluation and Learner Assessment)
- Hansel Fletcher (Assistant Dean Graduate Student Affairs)
- Nursing
- Brandie Richards (Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Student Affairs)
- Pharmacy
- Kyle Sousa (Associate Academic Dean)
- Public Health
- Donna Gurule (Associate Dean for Academic Administration, School of Public Health)
- Religion
- Zane Yi (Academic Dean)
- Allied Health Professions
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University Faculty Council
- Allied Health Professions
- Rasha Abdrabou
- Nursing
- Judith Peters
- Allied Health Professions
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WSCUC Assessment Leadership Academy
- Rasha Abdrabou
- W. Ken Nelson
- Donna Thorpe