Overview
This on-line workshop is a 3-Part workshop designed to facilitate your campus team’s learning as you design programmatic assessment plans. The ultimate intention of this workshop is for you and your institutional team to walk away from the 3-part workshop with a refined assessment plan and/or report, depending on where you are in your assessment process. The webinars are designed to be highly interactive with assignments that you complete and share with colleagues going through the workshop. Such a process ensures the sharing of ideas and solutions across institutions. How fun is that?
Session Titles, Descriptions, Objectives
SESSION 1:
History and Importance of Outcomes-Based Assessment and Components of an Outcomes-Based Assessment Plan and Report (2 hours)
Participants will:
- Describe the history of outcomes-based assessment (OBA)
- Explain the purpose for OBA
- Explain why OBA practice and documentation is so important
- Identify the necessary components of an outcomes-based assessment plan and report (OBAP)
- Align components of the OBAP with program review, annual planning, strategic planning, and budgeting processes.
- Explain the importance of evaluating student learning
- Distinguish between learning goals and outcomes
- Identify characteristics of measurable and meaningful outcomes
Assignment:
Note: Participants will be able to post their assignments on a web site and view the assignments of the other participants.
A criteria check list will be provided so that participants can self-evaluate their learning and review the work of their peers. Although the speaker will not be able to provide individual feedback, she will review all assignments and base the following
session’s content on the progress/learning that is reflected in the assignments.
SESSION 2:
Mapping SLOs to Programs and Services and Designing Evaluation Tools and Criteria (2 hours)
Participants will:
- Explain the mapping process
- Identify at least two different ways to evaluate each outcome
- Identify how outcomes need to be refined
- Explain the most systematic place to evaluate learning
- Explain the difference between methods and tools
- Identify evaluation method/tool limitations
- Articulate expectations for performance level for each evaluation method
- Identify appropriate criteria for each evaluation method/tool, as appropriate
Assignment:
- Map their SLOs to their programs and activities
- Self critique 5 current student learning outcomes and their mapping
- Peer evaluate at least two other sets of learning outcomes and their mapping
- Self-critique evaluation methods and criteria
- Peer evaluate at least two other sets of evaluation methods and accompanying criteria
- Determine how decisions can be made with this type of data
SESSION 3:
Q and A and Closing the Loop (1 hour)
Participants will:
- Determine how decisions can be made with this type of data
- Identify some documentation solutions that will aid decision-making
- Questions and Answer
Who should attend?
This webinar will benefit student affairs professionals who are doing any level of assessment, from assessment of a single workshop to assessment of the entire program. Those responsible for assessment of their division will also benefit.
Who is the speaker?
Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D. is Professor of Postsecondary Education Leadership at San Diego State University, where she coordinates the masters in Student Affairs/Services in community colleges and higher education, the certificate in institutional research, planning, and assessment, and the masters and doctorate in community college leadership. The curriculum at San Diego State University emphasizes student learning centeredness, integration of the curricular and co-curricular learning paradigms, and analysis, planning, and responsible practice of leaders in a socially just and global environment.
Dr.
Bresciani’s research focuses on the evaluation of student learning and development. She uses grounded theory to explore how systems and processes contribute to student learning centeredness, which includes the study of leaders’ roles in these systems and processes.
Dr. Bresciani has held faculty and higher education administration positions for over 21 years. In those positions, she has conducted enrollment management research, quantitative and qualitative institutional research, course-embedded assessment, and academic and administrative program assessment. Previously as Assistant Vice President for Institutional Assessment at Texas A&M University and as Director of Assessment at North Carolina State University, Dr. Bresciani led university-wide initiatives to embed faculty-driven outcomes-based assessment in the curriculum. She has led reforms in outcomes-based assessment program review, assessment of general education, quality enhancement, and assessment of the co-curricular.
Dr. Bresciani has been invited to present and publish her findings on assessment and is a leading author of five books on assessing student learning and outcomes-based assessment program review. Dr. Bresciani has developed and delivered several courses on assessment of student learning and is reviewer for the Australian Quality Assurance Agency and is also a managing partner in an international assessment and enrollment management consulting firm.
Dr. Bresciani holds a Ph.D. in Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction from the University of Nebraska and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Hastings College.
Registration Information
You can purchase a single presentation or a pack of 3, 6 or 12. The more you buy, the more you save. For a single presentation, add the product to your cart and follow the steps. If purchasing more than two events, add the products to your cart and enter the appropriate coupon code.
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If you are interested in ordering multiple presentations that involve our products priced at $200 or $545, please contact Val at val@ieinfo.org or call 303-775-6004 for the multiple discount. Please note: a presentation costing $545 counts as two presentations, as these trainings consist of two sessions. How does it work?
1. We email you a link and password that will give you access to the On-Demand Training presentations
2. You distribute the link and password to your entire faculty and staff via email
3. You will have access to these links for one full year
What are the benefits of On-Demand Trainings?
- Accessible: Email
the trainings to your entire faculty and staff, so they can take
advantage of training opportunities anytime, anywhere. They can watch
in the comfort of their office, their home or while traveling.
- Cost-Effective: No
travel required. An innovative way to provide your entire faculty and
staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one
low price! The more you train, the more you save. The registration
fee is per institution, not per person.
- Easy: It's as easy as point, click, participate. If you run into any problems, we're always here to help.
- Practical: Our
training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing
educators today. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the
information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement
positive change at their institutions.
- Top-Notch Speakers: Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.
- Flexible: When you purchase an On-Demand Training, it is yours for one full year. You can use it whenever and as often as you want during the year, offering consistent training to all of your hires.
- Satisfaction Guaranteed: Our
On-Demand Trainings are 100% guaranteed. Thus, there is no risk. If
you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your money in full.
How will we use these trainings?
- Hybrid Professional Development:
Distribute an On-Demand Training to faculty and staff at the beginning
of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to
determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
- Online Faculty and Staff Learning Communities: Distribute On-Demand Trainings to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere. Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org and we will create an online discussion group specifically for your institution at no extra charge.
- In-Service Training:
Plan a day and time to show an On-Demand Training in a lecture hall or
large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend a debrief
immediately following the presentation.
- Staff Recognition: Develop
a program around the On-Demand Trainings with monthly themes and
recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the
theme.
- Team-Building: Utilize these On-Demand Trainings to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
- New Employee Training: Include these trainings as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency.
- Implementation and Follow-Up: Use the guide and evaluation materials provided by Innovative Educators to plan, implement and track your progress.
If you have any questions, please contact Val at val@ieinfo.org or call 303-775-6004 for more information.
