1. AGENDA
FIFTH AMCOA MEETING
OCTOBER 18, 2011, 10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
HOSTED BY: MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE-BEDFORD CAMPUS
I. Welcome, Philip Sisson, Academic Provost and Vice President of
Academic and Student Affairs, Middlesex Community College
II. Presentation by and Discussion with Pat Crosson about Phase II (Read
attached email from Pat about LEAP affiliation)
III. Presentation by Ellen Wentland about Northern Essex Community
College’s Assessment Practices
IV. Draft of Guidelines for Establishing an Assessment Methods Database:
Maureen Sowa
V. Agenda Setting with AMCOA’s Co-chairs
VI. Information Items
a. Summary of September 29th
Conference Evaluations: Kris Bendikas,
Conference Chair

2. b. Update on November 17th
Conference Planning: Ellen Wentland and
Judith Turcotte (Co-Chairs)
c. Status of Uploading September 29th
Videos
d. UMass-Boston to Host April 23, 2012 statewide assessment
conference
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:
AMCOA Meetings through 2012:
o November 9,2011
o January 12, 2012
o February 29, 2012
o March 26, 2012
o May 1, 2012
November 17, 2012: Western regional assessment conference:
“Assessing Across and Within the Disciplines” at Greenfield
Community College, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
February 9, 2012: Eastern regional assessment conference at UMass-
Lowell
April 23, 2012: Statewide assessment conference at UMass-Boston