Independent Department will establish organizational policies, protocols and procedures.
Objective
Establish Structure And Function
Department will establish committees for shared governance.
Indicator
Committees
Create committees needed to conduct department business and provide charges to them
Criterion
committees
All committees needed for department created and charged.
Finding
Committees
Committees were developed for the department. Attached is a list of the committees. The committees were active providing 3rd year and post-tenure reviews and promotion and tenure reviews, suggesting curriculum changes, awarding scholarships, and assessing student learning.
Action
Committees
No more committees will be established at this time. No further action is necessary.
Objective
Establish Policies & Procedures
Department will establish and disseminate policies on paperwork requirements and budget.
Indicator
Internal Function Policies
determine internal function policies and procedures needs
Criterion
internal function policies
Internal function policies determined, including budget.
Finding
Internal Function Needs
Determined the needs for the budget policies and procedures. Established procedures for purchases, work orders, or quote requests. See attached bulleting board posting. Much of our departmental structure work is finalized on the bulletin board or by e-mail after faculty votes.
Indicator
External Function Needs
determine external function policies & procedures needs
Criterion
external function needs
External function needs determined, including student complaint procedure.
Finding
External function policies
External function policies determined, including student complaint procedure.
Action
External procedures
Student complaint procedures were established. Now we will work on the establishment of procedures for travel.
Action
Internal Procedures
No other internal procedures are necessary at this time.
Objective
Delegate Responsibilities
Department will practice shared governance.
Indicator
Directors & Chairs
Department will name directors & chairs for various committees.
Criterion
director and chairs
Directors and chairs named for various committees in the department and college.
Finding
Named Directors and Chairs for committees
Directors and chairs were named for the Undergraduate Committee, the Gradaute Committee, the Study Abroad Committee, and other departmental committees. See attached committee list.
Action
Directors and Chairs
Since the directors and chairs for the committees were named, we will now be sure that all of our committees are meeting and reporting information back to the faculty. In addition, committees will take input from the faculty at large.
Objective
Communication
Communicate between & among target languages
Indicator
Meetings
Department will establish monthly meetings for various purposes
Criterion
meetings
Department meets monthly for various purposes
Finding
Monthly meetings
Monthly meetings were held to share information about teaching techniques, section coordination, scholarly work, and departmental business. In addition, communication was kept open through the use of Blackboard and e-mail exchanges.
Action
Meetings
We will continue to meet monthly. No further action necessary.
Goal
Department Pedagogical Organization And Standards
Objective
Establish General Standards
Department will establish general standards across target languages
Indicator
Course Components
Department will establish course component formats across target languages
Criterion
course formats
Course formats across languages established
Finding
Standards across Languages
Standards were set for syllabi, testing, and labs. See attached discussion.
Indicator
Placement
Department will establish placement standards across target languages
Criterion
placement
Placement procedures established, including CLEP, grade prerequisites, and level placement.
Finding
Placement Criteria
We decided that CLEP credit will be based on the national norms for all CLEP exams with no department scores nor add-on essays. We also agreed to have a department-generated placement test (see attached) for all students who receive CLEP credit and enroll in the department courses for the first time. In addition, we will not accept a grade below a "C" for fulfilling the language requirement in any language.
Action
Placement
Placement test will be refined. Standards will be set for placement test.
Action
Course Components
Courses are standardized as much as possible at this time. No further action is necessary at this time.
Objective
Multi-section Standards
The Department will establish multi-section standards within each target language
Indicator
Multi-section Standards--Course Components
Department will establish course componenet formats with target languages for multi-section courses
Criterion
multi-section course components
Multi-section course components within languages established
Finding
Multi-section course components
We set standards for the multi-section languages and put a faculty member in charge of each area. Monthly coordination meetings are now required for each multi-section area.
Action
Multi-section course components
Standards have been set for the multi-section courses. Areas will continue to meet to improve coordination.
Goal
Department Profile And Image
Department will participate in and organize events for public relations, publicity and recruitment purposes.
Objective
Department Profile
The profile of the department will be raised in the community, on campus, and internationally and nationally.
Indicator
Website
Department will update website
Criterion
website
Website revised and updated.
Finding
Website
Website was revised and updated to include more student and faculty information.
Indicator
Department Activities
Department will sponsor and become involved in activities that work with the community and campus.
Criterion
Department Activities
The Department sponsored or participated in at least 3 activities promoting the department to the community, students, and faculty.
Finding
Department Activities
The department sponsored or participated in at least 12 activities that involved the community, faculty and/or students. See attached list of activities.
Action
Activities
The Department will continue its scholarship and speaker''s series. The department will continue to participate in recruitment days. Department will try to become the home site for SCOLAS.
Action
website
No further action is necessary. Website will continue to be updated.
Objective
Faculty Scholarship
Increase faculty scholarship, including publications and presentations.
Indicator
Scholarship
Faculty will increase scholarship.
Criterion
scholarship
Faculty scholarship increased from last year.
Finding
Faculty Scholarship
Last year, 13 pieces were published by foreign language faculty and 6 more pieces were accepted. This year, 18 pieces were published and another 18 accepted for publication. This is a big increase in publication. In the same time, presentations went from 23 to 17. The decrease in presentations we believe was due to the need to move presentations into publication status. In addition, three faculty received honors for their scholarship.
Action
Faculty Scholarship
Faculty will be encouraged to maintain scholarship. Faculty who are not publishing or presenting much will be mentored by participating in the scholarship series.