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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

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Strengthening Foundations for 
 Assessment Initiatives through 
 Professional Development

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

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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

  • pportunity

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Our Assessment Process

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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 Resistance

Collaborations

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Effective Assessment Practice

Training Program Improvement Assessment Paradigm Addressing Resistance

Collaborations

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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 Showcase

Shared 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

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Academy

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Targeted Workshops

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Institute

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Showcase

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In-Service Meetings

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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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