Meeting Notes of the USF Student Affairs <br>Planning & Assessment Team<br>March 24, 2009<br><br>Attending: Regina Young Hyatt, Chair; Gary Manka; Steve Milburn, Tom Miller, Dorie Paine, Susan Phillips, Judi Sherman, Olga Skalkos, Jerry Trotter<br><br>Chair Regina Young Hyatt called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.  Regina indicated that she would take the notes for today’s meeting since Charlene could not be with us.<br><br>The team discussed Bloom’s taxonomy and what it means for learning outcomes.   There is a link to Bloom’s Revised taxonomy at this website: http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms._taxonomy.htm. We will use this link on our PAT website and use the handout when we unveil the learning outcomes to the division.<br><br>The learning outcomes were discussed.  They have been e-mailed to the members.  A hard copy was passed out at the meeting.  Members were asked to review the current outcomes and make notes about feedback to share at the next PAT meeting. <br><br>The next item discussed was the Glossary.  Several terms are still not defined.  The following persons agreed to come up with definitions for these terms: Steve-accountability; Tom-assessment outcomes; Dorie-benchmarking; and Charlene (in absentia)-direct and indirect assessment.  After discussion, the following terms were eliminated: interpersonal growth & development; learning & development; student development; outcomes assessment.  The following items were chosen from multiple options: #1 in best practices; #1 in outcomes with the revision of “a set of measurable results associated with each divisional goal statement describing what students know, understand, and can do with their knowledge as a result of their University experience.”  The team rewrote the Student Learning Outcomes to state knowledge, skills and dispositions that students should be able to demonstrate as a result of their university experience.<br><br>The Team approved the distributed history document noting that where indicated, appropriate hyperlinks will be added to the document.<br><br>Regina Hyatt Young, <br>Chair, Planning and Assessment Team<br>