TAP Policy Campus Groups

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Framework Implementation & Review Committee (FIRC)

The TAP Framework Implementation and Review Committee has primary responsibility to oversee the TAP general education framework (Framework30), to monitor how the major pathways (Pathway30) are integrated with the Framework30, to review learning outcomes assessment data about general education outcomes provided by campuses, and to make advisory recommendations for adjustments to the TAP Framework. The FIRC shall serve as a clearinghouse for information and clarification.

Meetings & Minutes

Meeting	Minutes
Mar 8, 2024	Minutes
Nov 10, 2023	Minutes
Oct 13, 2023	Minutes
May 12, 2023	Minutes
Apr 14, 2023	Minutes
Mar 10, 2023	Minutes
Feb 10, 2023	Minutes
Dec 9, 2022	Minutes
Nov 11, 2022	Minutes
Oct 14, 2022	Minutes
Sep 9, 2022	Minutes
May 13, 2022	Minutes
Apr 8, 2022	Minutes
Mar 22, 2022	Minutes
Feb 11, 2022	Minutes
Jan 21, 2022	Minutes
Dec 10, 2021	Minutes
Nov 12, 2021	Minutes
Oct 8, 2021	Minutes
Sept 10, 2021	Minutes
May 14, 2021	Minutes
April 9, 2021	Minutes
March 12, 2021	Minutes
Jan 29, 2021	Minutes
Dec 11, 2020	Minutes
Nov 13, 2020	Minutes (doc)
Oct 9, 2020	Minutes (doc)
Sept 11, 2020	Agenda (doc) \| Minutes (doc)
May 8, 2020	Minutes (doc)
April 13, 2018	Minutes (pdf)
March 2, 2018	Minutes (pdf)
February 9, 2018	Minutes (pdf)
December 8, 2017	Minutes (doc)
November 3, 2017	Minutes (doc)
October 13, 2017	Minutes (doc)
September 8, 2017	Minutes (pdf)
April 21, 2017	Minutes (pdf)
March 24, 2017	Minutes (pdf)
February 10, 2017	Minutes (pdf)
December 9, 2016	Minutes (pdf)
November 11, 2016	Minutes (pdf)
October 14, 2016	Minutes (pdf)
September 16, 2016	Minutes (pdf)
March 11, 2016	Minutes (pdf)
February 19, 2016	Minutes (pdf)
December 11, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
November 13, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
October 9, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
September 11, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
May 8, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
April 17, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
March 13, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
February 20, 2015	Minutes (pdf)
December 12, 2014	Minutes (pdf)
November 14, 2014	Minutes (pdf)
October 10, 2014	Minutes (pdf)
September 12, 2014	Minutes (pdf)
May 16, 2014	Minutes (pdf)
April 25, 2014	Minutes (pdf)

Members

Campus	First Name	Last Name	Contact	Title
Asnuntuck	Joseph	Berenguel	jberenguel@acc.commnet.edu	Professor of English
Capital	Becky	DeVito	bdevito@capitalcc.edu	Professor, Psychology
Gateway	Mark	Lynch	MLynch@gwcc.commnet.edu	Professor of Chemistry
Housatonic	Matt	Dunne	MDunne@hcc.commnet.edu	Professor of History and Political Science
Middlesex	Frank	Stellabotte	fstellabotte@mxcc.edu	Professor of Biochemistry
Manchester	Mike	Pence	mpence@mcc.commnet.edu	Professor of Chemistry
Naugatuck Valley	Amy	Lenoce	lenoce@nv.edu	Professor, Communication
Norwalk	VACANT
Northwestern CT	VACANT
Quinebaug Valley	Brian	Lynch	blynch@qvcc.commnet.edu	Professor of Anthropology & Sociology
Three Rivers	Sarah	Selke	sselke@trcc.commnet.edu	Professor of Biology
Tunxis	Jen	Wittke	JWittke@txcc.commnet.edu	Professor of English
CCSU	Sharon	Cox	sharon.cox@ccsu.edu	Professor of Business
ECSU	Anita	Lee	Leean@easternct.edu	Professor, Health Sciences
SCSU	Kauther	Badr	badrk1@southernct.edu	Professor of Business
WCSU	Krista	Heybruck	heybruckk@wcsu.edu	Professor of Community Health
CHARTER OAK	Paul	Morganti	pmorganti@charteroak.edu	Associate Registrar
MCC (Non-voting member - Student Services)	Gail	Arroyo	garroyo@mcc.commnet.edu	Associate Registrar
SCSU (Non-voting member - Student Services)	Kaitlyn	Hoffmann	hoffmannk1@southernct.edu	Associate Director TAS

Framework30 Student Learning Outcomes

Framework 30 Student Learning Outcomes (Fall 2023)
CSCU TAP FIRC Executive Summary: Revisions to Framework30 Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Presentation of the New Proposed TAP Framework30 SLOs
Comparison of Existing TAP Framework30 SLOs versus New Proposed TAP Framework30 SLOs
Presentation of the Draft Framework30 SLOs and Plan for Finalizing the Revision Process
Feedback Received by TAP FIRC on Spring 2021 Draft Of Framework30 SLOs
Framework30 Rubrics endorsed by vote of CSCU institutions, Spring 2023
FIRC Rubric Voting Results
Please be advised that any assessment conducted for Gen Ed purposes or wider data collection efforts where data from multiple classrooms will be pooled, the official rubrics should be used without any alterations, as they are intended for system-wide use and aggregated data will require use of the same rubric so the validity of the results will not be violated.
Framework30 SLO Rubrics Endorsed 2023 (PDF)
Framework30 SLO Rubrics Endorsed 2023 (MS Word)

TAP Work Groups

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Campus	Frist	Last	Email	TT
CT State	Jackie	Decker	jdecker@txcc.commnet.edu	Art
CCSU	Vincente	Garcia	garciav@ccsu.edu	Art
ECSU	Lora	Lee	libo@easternct.edu	Art
SCSU	Alex	Girard	girarda5@southernct.edu	Art
WCSU	Ken	Scaglia	scagliak@wcsu.edu	Art
COSC	N/A	Art
CT State	Megan	DeLivron	mdelivron@gwcc.commnet.edu	Biochemistry
CCSU	Jeremiah N.	Jarrett	jarrettj@ccsu.edu	Biochemistry
ECSU	John	Toedt	toedtj@easternct.edu	Biochemistry
SCSU	Jeff	Webb	webbj6@southernct.edu	Biochemistry
WCSU	Nicolas	Greco	grecon@wcsu.edu	Biochemistry
COSC	N/A	Biochemistry
CT State	Laura	Firmani	lfirmani@gwcc.commnet.edu	Biology
CCSU	Mark	Jackson	jacksonmae@ccsu.edu	Biology
ECSU	Elizabeth	Cowles	cowlese@easternct.edu	Biology
SCSU	Rachel	Jaffrey	jeffreyr1@southernct.edu	Biology
WCSU	Theodora	Pinou	pinout@wcsu.edu	Biology
COSC	Susan	Deane	sdeane@charteroak.edu	Biology
CT State	Theresa	Janeczek	tjaneczek@mcc.commnet.edu	Business
CCSU	Michael	Gendron	GendronM@ccsu.edu	Business
ECSU	Craig	Erwin	erwinc@easternct.edu	Business
SCSU	Richard	Bassett	bassettr3@southernct.edu	Business
WCSU	Stanley	Bazan	bazans@wcsu.edu	Business
COSC	Tom	Barron	tbarron@charteroak.edu	Business
CT State	John	Lewis	jlewis@qvcc.commnet.edu	Chemistry
CCSU	Barry	Westcott	westcottb@ccsu.edu	Chemistry
ECSU	Darrell	Koza	kozad@easternct.edu	Chemistry
SCSU	Erika	Barnes	barnese8@southernct.edu	Chemistry
WCSU	Nicolas	Greco	grecon@wcsu.edu	Chemistry
COSC	N/A	Chemistry
CT State	Brion	von Over	bvanover@mcc.commnet.edu	Communications
CT State	Amy	Royal	aroyal@nvcc.commnet.edu	Communications
CCSU	Christopher	Pudlinski	pudlinskic@ccsu.edu	Communications
ECSU	Andrew	Utterback	utterbacka@easternct.edu	Communications
SCSU	Dave	Petroski	petroskid1@southernct.edu	Communications
WCSU	Lever	Katie	leverk@wcsu.edu	Communications
COSC	Janine	Fondon	jfondon@charteroak.edu	Communications
CT State	Sandra	Eddy	seddy@nvcc.commnet.edu	Computer Science
CCSU	Bradley	Kjell	Kjell@ccsu.edu	Computer Science
ECSU	Garrett	Dancik	dancikg@easternct.edu	Computer Science
SCSU	Winny	Yu	YuW1@southernct.edu	Computer Science
WCSU	Gancho	Ganchev	GanchevG@wcsu.edu	Computer Science
COSC	Kegan	Samuel	ksamuel@charteroak.edu	Computer Science
CT State	Rebecca	Rist-Brown	rrist-brown@mxcc.commnet.edu	Criminology Studies
CCSU	Julie	Schnobrich-Davis	J.SchnobrichDavis@ccsu.edu	Criminology Studies
ECSU	Nicholas	Parsons	ParsonsN@easternct.edu	Criminology Studies
SCSU	Gregory	Adams	AdamsG1@southernct.edu	Criminology Studies
WCSU	Marino	Kim	marinok@wcsu.edu	Criminology Studies
COSC	Jessica	Waterhouse	jwaterhouse@charteroak.edu	Criminology Studies
CT State	Philip	Mayer	pmayer@trcc.commnet.edu	Economics
CCSU	Carlos	Liard-Muriente	Liardcaf@ccsu.edu	Economics
ECSU	Maryanne	Clifford	CliffordM@easternct.edu	Economics
SCSU	Deb	Savage	SavageD1@southernct.edu	Economics
WCSU	Zuohong	Pan	panz@wcsu.edu	Economics
COSC	N/A	Economics
CT State	James	Gentile	jgentile@mcc.commnet.edu	English
CCSU	Steve	Cohen	CohenS@ccsu.edu	English
ECSU	Stephen	Ferruci	ferrucis@easternct.edu	English
SCSU	Cindy	Stretch	stretchc1@southernct.edu	English
WCSU	Usekes	Cigdem	usekesc@wcsu.edu	English
COSC	Hamid	El Khalfi	helkhalfi@charteroak.edu	English
CT State	Paul	Gallo	PGallo@ncc.commnet.edu	Exercise Science
CCSU	Peter	Morano	moranop@ccsu.edu	Exercise Science
ECSU	Darren	Dale	DaleD@easternct.edu	Exercise Science
SCSU	William	Lunn	lunnw1@southernct.edu	Exercise Science
WCSU	Stephens	Emily	stevense@wcsu.edu	Exercise Science
COSC	N/A	Exercise Science
CT State	Jamilet	Ortiz	jortiz@hcc.commnet.edu	Foreign Languages
CCSU	Lourdes	Casas	CasasMaL@ccsu.edu	Foreign Languages
ECSU	Kin	Chan	chank@easternct.edu	Foreign Languages
SCSU	Luisa	Piemontese	Piemontesel1@southernct.edu	Foreign Languages
WCSU	Galina	Bakhtiarova	Bakhtiarg@wcsu.edu	Foreign Languages
COSC	Foreign Languages
CT State	Valerie	Kier	vkier@mcc.commnet.edu	Geography
CCSU	Brian	Sommers	sommersb@ccsu.edu	Geography
ECSU	Martin	Mendoza-Botelho	mendozabotelhom@easternct.edu	Geography
SCSU	Eric	West	WestE1@southernct.edu	Geography
WCSU	Carina	Bandhauer	bandhauerc@wcsu.edu	Geography
COSC	N/A	Geography
CT State	Terry	Delaney	tdelaney@trcc.commnet.edu	History
CCSU	Juan	Coronado	Jdcoronado@ccsu.edu	History
ECSU	Caitlin	Carenen	carenenc@easternct.edu	History
SCSU	Chrisitine	Petto	pettoc1@southernct.edu	History
WCSU	Nolan	Michael	nolanm@wcsu.edu	History
COSC	Jeffrey	Kovach	jkovach@charteroak.edu	History
CT State	Kevin	Maritato	KMaritato@hcc.commnet.edu	Mathematics
CCSU	Fred	Latour	LatourFre@ccsu.edu	Mathematics
ECSU	Marsha	Davis	DavisMa@easternct.edu	Mathematics
SCSU	Leon	Brin	BrinL1@southernct.edu	Mathematics
WCSU	David	Burns	BurnsD@wcsu.edu	Mathematics
COSC	Andre	Freeman	Afreeman1@charteroak.edu	Mathematics
CT State	Samsel	Metaxia	msamsel@gwcc.commnet.edu	Physics
CCSU	Peter	LeMaire	Lemaire@ccsu.edu	Physics
ECSU	John	Toedt	toedtj@easternct.edu	Physics
SCSU	Matthew	Enjalran	EnjalranM1@southernct.edu	Physics
WCSU	Theodora	Pinou	pinout@wcsu.edu	Physics
COSC	N/A	Physics
CT State	Sean	Brown	sbrown@hcc.commnet.edu	Political Science
CCSU	Paul	Petterson	PettersonP@ccsu.edu	Political Science
ECSU	Martin	Mendoza-Botelho	mendozabotelhom@easternct.edu	Political Science
SCSU	Kevin	Buterbaugh	buterbaughk1@southernct.edu	Political Science
WCSU	Matthew	Dabros	DabrosM@wcsu.edu	Political Science
COSC	Walton	Brown-Foster	WBrown-Foster@charteroak.edu	Political Science
CT State	Fran	Rosselli-Navarra	frosselli-navarra@mcc.commnet.edu	Psychology
CCSU	Nghi	Thai	thaingd@ccsu.edu	Psychology
ECSU	James	Diller	dillerj@easternct.edu	Psychology
SCSU	Mike	Nizhnikov	Nizhnikovm1@southernct.edu	Psychology
WCSU	Oneill	Patricia	oneillp@wcsu.edu	Psychology
COSC	Carlita	Cotton	Ccotton2@charteroak.edu	Psychology
CT State	Sarah	Perez	sperez1@nvcc.commnet.edu	Social Work
CCSU	Cathy	Baratta	BarattaC@ccsu.edu	Social Work
ECSU	Eunice	Matthews-Armstead	MatthewsE@easternct.edu	Social Work
SCSU	Karen	D'Angelo	dangelok1@southernct.edu	Social Work
WCSU	April	Moreira	Moreiraa@wcsu.edu	Social Work
COSC	Sudie	Akinrotiba	bakinrotiba@charteroak.edu	Social Work
CT State	Marie	Clucas	mclucas@txcc.commnet.edu	Sociology
CCSU	Stephen	Adair	AdairS@ccsu.edu	Sociology
ECSU	Nicholas	Parsons	ParsonsN@easternct.edu	Sociology
SCSU	Jessica	Kenty-Drane	KentyDraneJ1@southernct.edu	Sociology
WCSU	Carina	Bandhauer	bandhauerc@wcsu.edu	Sociology
COSC	Gaylnn	Moore	gmoore@charteroak.edu	Sociology
CT State	Geoff	Sheehan	gsheehan@hcc.commnet.edu	Theater
CCSU	Scott	Bartley	Bartley@ccsu.edu	Theater
ECSU	Brian	Day	daybr@easternct.edu	Theater
SCSU	Larry	Nye	NyeL1@southernct.edu	Theater
WCSU	Cowan	Justin	cowanj@wcsu.edu	Theater
COSC	N/A	Theater

TAP Policy Campus Groups

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TAP Work Groups

Framework Implementation & Review Committee (FIRC)