Strengthening Foundations for Assessment Initiatives through

Professional Development

Frederick Burrack - Director of Assessment Chris Urban - Assistant Director of Assessment !1

Promoting Student Learning Assessment• alternative concepts of instruction • lack of assessment training • secluded effective practice • little guidance for addressing

assessment issues • resistance from faculty

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What can we do?

Teach Techniques for assessment

Develop an assessment paradigm

Share best-practice assessment processes

Focus on program improvement

respecting the unique program goals

Recognize resistance as an

opportunity

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Our Assessment Process

P r o g r a m

Un i t

Faculty Review

Learning Outcome #1

Learning Outcome #2

Learning Outcome #3

Assessment #1

Assessment #2

Assessment #1

Assessment #2

Assessment #1

Assessment #2

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Our Assessment Process

Program improvement

Program/Unit

Program Assessment Committee

College Assessment Review Committee

Office of Assessment

Shared responsibility

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Effective Assessment

Practice

Training

Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing ResistanceCollaborations

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Effective Assessment

Practice

Training

Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing ResistanceCollaborations

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

Conferences

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Conferences

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Mini-Grants

• 50% of funding up to $1000 • Preference for completing other events,

presenting • CFP or identifying particular individuals • Dissemination required upon return

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HLC Assessment Workshop

• Project-Oriented • Team of Five • Resistant Members • Dedicated time

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

Academy for Student-

Centered Learning

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Academy for Student-Centered Learning

• Series on the basics of assessment and the student-centered paradigm

• For faculty, staff, graduate students • Bridging curricular and co-curricular

realms • www.ksu.edu/assessment/academy

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Academy Workshops

Student-Centered

Learning & the Whole

University

Student-Centered Learning Outcomes

Measuring Student Learning

Continual Improvement of

Student Learning

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Academy for Student-Centered Learning

• Partnerships with other offices on campus—bigger than just assessment

• Identifying session leaders • Incentives • Synergy with other events

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Results

• Over 80 participants, 50 of whom became Academy Scholars

• “the information was powerful and useful, and I look forward to sharing the information with my colleagues”

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Moving Forward

• Additional events under the Academy brand

• Focus on assessment • Checkmark system for membership—

multiple paths to membership

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

Targeted Workshops

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AAC&U VALUE Rubrics

• Feedback from other events • Pilot Project • VALUE Rubric Book • Targeted impact, depth • Cost, one-time only event, limited

audience

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Business Accreditation Workshop

• Supported with mini-grant funds • All faculty, program-wide • Overcoming resistance • Cost, one-time only event, limited

audience

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

Institute for Student

Learning Assessment

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Institute for Student Learning Assessment

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• University Level Issues • Faculty • Program Assessment Coordinators • Student Life Units

• www.ksu.edu/assessment/institute2013

Institute for Student Learning Assessment

Best Practice of Assessment for:

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www.ksu.edu/assessment/institute2013

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• Training - New Ideas

• Collaboration - Across the state

• Video-conference • WIKI site for sharing

Institute for Student Learning Assessment

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

Showcase

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Assessment ShowcaseShared Best Practice

Awards for effective assessment

efforts

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

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Program Improvement

Assessment Paradigm

Addressing Resistance

Training

Collaborations

In-Service Meetings

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In-Service Meetings

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Assessment Paradigm

Program Improvement

Training Addressing Resistance

Collaborations

Conferences * * *Academy * * *Targeted Workshops * * * *Institute * * *Showcase * * *In-Service Meetings * * * *

Professional Development Matrix

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Your Turn

• Go to ksu.edu/assessment/pd • Click Add your ideas here and enter a

professional development opportunity you have done or are thinking about pursuing

• We will highlight a few here, and all will be viewable by clicking the View all submitted Ideas link

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