NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW - Atlantic Cape Community College

Tickets are required, but are free for all ACCCEA members. All Atlantic Cape employees are invited to
attend. The cost for all non-ACCCEA members will be $25 per person. Make checks payable to
“ACCCEA.” Tickets are available through Dec. 6, from:
• Rhonda Petruzzi – Atlantic City Campus
• Jen Martucci - Cape May County Campus
• Sandi Greco - Mays Landing Campus, K Building
• Marcia Kleinz – Mays Landing Campus, A Building
• Michelle Perkins - Mays Landing Campus, D Building
• Angela Smith - Mays Landing Campus, J Building
• Donna Vassallo – Mays Landing Campus, B Building
For more details, visit http://bit.ly/UkiogJ.
Our ACCCEA members were at it again. Faculty
and Teachers, Librarians and Counselors
Bargaining Unit members Rita Michalenko and
Eric Stewart, and Barbara Long, Support Staff
Association, gave out ACCCEA umbrellas to
students to combat the rain and snow last week.
ASSESSMENT TIP OF THE MONTH
During my classes at the end of production and students are presenting their dishes to me, I usually have
the student do a self critique. While I’m tasting and doing my own mental critique, I give them a note card
and ask them to critique themselves. They are to write down areas of the day/dish they believe they
exceeded their own or my expectations or areas they feel they fell short on. I give them a few minutes to
do so, then I ask them to share their findings before I give them my formal critique. I count this as what I
call an opportunity for success, and they receive 1 extra point added to their final quiz average if they
present well thought out observations. I only give a full point if the criteria I ask for are met. If they are
simply one sided, all negative or all positive, or if they had multiple dishes and only wrote about one of
them, then they might only receive half a point or no points at all. This does not hurt them, this only helps
them, and you would be surprised on how tough the students are on themselves. There are usually a total
of six critiques throughout the class, which could add up to 6 points to their quiz average. I believe this
gives them more of an opportunity to think about themselves and how and what they are doing.
--Submitted by the Assessment Committee
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
The calendar is updated regularly at http://www.atlantic.edu/calendars/index.php. Be sure to add your
events. Go to www.atlantic.edu and at the top right, click on calendars. Scroll down and at the bottom left,
select Add Event Form and submit your event!
Next CommuniCator Nov. 30
The next issue of the Atlantic Cape CommuniCator will be Friday, Nov. 30. Deadline is noon, Monday,
Nov. 26. Please email your submissions to Stacey Clapp, sclapp@atlantic.edu.
--Stacey Clapp, editor
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