Addressing Six Critical Addressing Six Critical Questions of Senior Questions of Senior

AdministratorsAdministrators Using WEAVEonline

Jeanne Butler, Ph.D.Jeanne Butler, Ph.D.

Director of AssessmentDirector of Assessment

University of Nebraska KearneyUniversity of Nebraska Kearney

Focus on Curriculum IssuesFocus on Curriculum Issues

Assessment typically Assessment typically focuses on using focuses on using student learning student learning outcomes data to help outcomes data to help academic academic departments or departments or programs make programs make decisions about decisions about changes in the changes in the curriculum.curriculum.

Focus on Administrator’s Focus on Administrator’s IssuesIssues

Assessment should Assessment should also answer critical also answer critical questions of questions of administrators administrators including those of including those of the the provost/chancellor, provost/chancellor, vice chancellors, vice chancellors, deans and deans and department chairsdepartment chairs

Value to AdministratorsValue to Administrators

Administrators are Administrators are more likely to more likely to support the use of support the use of WEAVEonline when WEAVEonline when they see the value they see the value to the institution of to the institution of an application that an application that collects essential collects essential information and information and makes it accessible makes it accessible to key personnel. to key personnel.

Six Administrative IssuesSix Administrative Issues

1.1. AccreditationAccreditation

2.2. AccountabilityAccountability

3.3. AlignmentAlignment

4.4. BudgetingBudgeting

5.5. Strategic PlanningStrategic Planning

6.6. Decision MakingDecision Making

Accreditation QuestionsAccreditation Questions

How can our institutionHow can our institution

track compliance with track compliance with allall

the different the different accreditationaccreditation

requirements of requirements of regional,regional,

disciplinary, and otherdisciplinary, and other

agencies?agencies?

Accreditation EntityAccreditation Entity

►Set up entities by accreditation—SACS, Set up entities by accreditation—SACS, NCA, ABET, NCATE, AACSBNCA, ABET, NCATE, AACSB

►Set up standards as learning outcomes Set up standards as learning outcomes (wording from accrediting agency)(wording from accrediting agency)

►Track compliance and results under Track compliance and results under measures and findingsmeasures and findings

►Supporting documentation can be Supporting documentation can be uploaded into the document repositoryuploaded into the document repository

Accreditation TrackingAccreditation Tracking

Associating Multiple Associating Multiple StandardsStandards

Relating Outcomes to Two Sets Relating Outcomes to Two Sets of Standardsof Standards

ABETABET Mapping of Criterion 3 to Program Mapping of Criterion 3 to Program OutcomesOutcomes

Accountability QuestionsAccountability Questions

How can we How can we make our make our institution’s institution’s student learning student learning outcomes outcomes accessible and accessible and transparent to all transparent to all stakeholders?stakeholders?

Accessible InformationAccessible Information

Different stakeholders should have Different stakeholders should have access to appropriate information:access to appropriate information:

►StudentsStudents►FacultyFaculty►ParentsParents►EmployersEmployers►TaxpayersTaxpayers

Access to the DAR*Access to the DAR*

Alignment QuestionsAlignment Questions

How do we How do we identify where identify where General Education General Education and other core and other core learning learning outcomes are outcomes are being introduced, being introduced, reinforced, and reinforced, and evaluated?evaluated?

Mapping Level of Instruction Mapping Level of Instruction with with

General Education OutcomesGeneral Education Outcomes

Identifying Writing Skills Identifying Writing Skills in Different Majorsin Different Majors

Budgeting QuestionsBudgeting Questions

How can we identify How can we identify the costs of the costs of necessary curricular necessary curricular and other changes and other changes that are identified that are identified during the reporting during the reporting of assessment dataof assessment data

Resources RequestedResources Requested

Action Plan Tracking*Action Plan Tracking*

Future Action Plan Tracking*Future Action Plan Tracking*

Strategic Planning QuestionsStrategic Planning Questions

How can we track How can we track implementation implementation of our of our institution’s institution’s strategic plan strategic plan through the through the department and department and program levelprogram level

Tracking Levels of the Strategic Tracking Levels of the Strategic PlanPlan

Strategic Plan ProfileStrategic Plan Profile

Decision Making QuestionsDecision Making Questions

Where can I access Where can I access critical student and critical student and program program performance data to performance data to use in decision use in decision making and making and reporting to others reporting to others in the in the administration?administration?

Annual/Special ReportAnnual/Special Report

►Set up APRs as the Annual ReportSet up APRs as the Annual Report► Identify specific data needed from Identify specific data needed from

multiple groupsmultiple groups►Community ProjectCommunity Project►EventsEvents►Service LearningService Learning►Campus-wide applicationsCampus-wide applications

Program Review TopicsProgram Review Topics

Program Review ReportingProgram Review Reporting

Contact InformationContact Information

Jeanne ButlerJeanne Butler

Office of AssessmentOffice of Assessment

University of Nebraska KearneyUniversity of Nebraska Kearney

assessment@unk.eduassessment@unk.edu

Questions/InformationQuestions/Information

How have you used reports and other How have you used reports and other WEAVEonline functions to provide WEAVEonline functions to provide information to administrators?information to administrators?

Please send your responses and any Please send your responses and any questions to Matt Urey at questions to Matt Urey at

WEAVEonline. WEAVEonline.

murey@weaveonline.commurey@weaveonline.com