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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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