Overview and Objectives
Participants will learn how to identify learning outcomes that result from students’ participating in various programs and activities resulting from out of classroom experiences as part of their college experiences. Then they will learn how to take these learning outcomes and develop assessment strategies to determine the efficacy of them.
Overview Part 1: Developing Learning Outcomes
- Why should we be concerned about assessment in student affairs?
- Why assess student learning?
- Basic definitions for assessment
- Principles of good practice for assessment
- Characteristics of a good assessment program
- Questions to ponder in the assessment process
- Getting started in assessment
- Sources for identifying learning outcomes
- Identifying learning outcomes, direct and indirect
- Identifying learning outcomes
- Developing effective learning outcomes
- Characteristics of effective outcomes assessment
Part 2: Assessing Student Learning: An overview of methods
Who should attend?
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Practitioners in student affairs such as residence hall administrators, student activities staff, and anyone else who has responsibility for out of class learning and academic staff who have responsibility for various student services such as academic advisors and career counselors.
Who is the speaker?
John H. Schuh is a distinguished professor of educational leadership and policy studies and department chair at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Previously he has held various administrative and faculty positions at Wichita State University, Indiana University (Bloomington) and Arizona State University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and his Master of Counseling and Ph.D. degrees from Arizona State.
Schuh is the author, co-author or editor of over 200 publications, including 20 books and monographs, 52 book chapters, and 100 articles. Among his books and monographs are Foundations of Student Affairs Practice (with Florence A. Hamrick and Nancy J. Evans), Assessment Practice in Student Affairs and Assessment in Student Affairs (both with M. Lee Upcraft), and Creating Successful Partnerships between Academic and Student Affairs (with Elizabeth Whitt).
Currently he is editor in chief of the New Directions for Student Services sourcebook series and is associate editor of the Journal of College Student Development. Schuh has made over 200 presentations and speeches to campus-based, regional and national audiences. He has served as a consultant to 40 colleges, universities, and other organizations. He is a consultant evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
John Schuh has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Contribution to Knowledge Award and the Presidential Service Award from the American College Personnel Association and a Fulbright award to study higher education in Germany in 1994. Schuh has conducted assessment workshops around the world, worked with institutions in developing assessment plans, and has written three books on assessment published by Jossey-Bass, including Assessment Methods in Student Affairs that is scheduled for release in Fall, 2008.
Registration Information
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- New Employee Training: Include these trainings as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency.
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