SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Communication | |
| Communicate between & among target languages Associated Goals: Department Administrative Organization |
| Indicator | Meetings Department will establish monthly meetings for various purposes |
| Criteria | 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. |
| Objective | Delegate Responsibilities | |
| Department will practice shared governance. Associated Goals: Department Administrative Organization |
| Indicator | Directors & Chairs Department will name directors & chairs for various committees. |
| Criteria | 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 | Establish Policies & Procedures | |
| Department will establish and disseminate policies on paperwork requirements and budget. Associated Goals: Department Administrative Organization |
| Indicator | External Function Needs determine external function policies & procedures needs |
| Criteria | external function needs External function needs determined, including student complaint procedure. |
| Finding | External function policies External function policies determined, including student complaint procedure. |
| Indicator | Internal Function Policies determine internal function policies and procedures needs |
| Criteria | 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. |
| 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 | Establish Structure And Function | |
| Department will establish committees for shared governance. Associated Goals: Department Administrative Organization |
| Indicator | Committees Create committees needed to conduct department business and provide charges to them |
| Criteria | 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 General Standards | |
| Department will establish general standards across target languages Associated Goals: Department Pedagogical Organization And Standards |
| Indicator | Course Components Department will establish course component formats across target languages |
| Criteria | 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 |
| Criteria | 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 | Course Components Courses are standardized as much as possible at this time. No further action is necessary at this time. |
| Action | Placement Placement test will be refined. Standards will be set for placement test. |
| Objective | Multi-section Standards | |
| The Department will establish multi-section standards within each target language Associated Goals: Department Pedagogical Organization And Standards |
| Indicator | Multi-section Standards--Course Components Department will establish course componenet formats with target languages for multi-section courses |
| Criteria | 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. |
| Objective | Department Profile | |
| The profile of the department will be raised in the community, on campus, and internationally and nationally. Associated Goals: Department Profile And Image |
| Indicator | Department Activities Department will sponsor and become involved in activities that work with the community and campus. |
| Criteria | 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. |
| Indicator | Website Department will update website |
| Criteria | website Website revised and updated. |
| Finding | Website Website was revised and updated to include more student and faculty information. |
| 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. Associated Goals: Department Profile And Image |
| Indicator | Scholarship Faculty will increase scholarship. |
| Criteria | 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. |