April 9, 2009. Today The Purpose and Role of the Assessment Council Guidance for High Quality...

ASSESSMENT COUNCIL:LOOKING AHEAD TO 2009-2010

April 9, 2009

Today The Purpose and Role of the

Assessment Council

Guidance for High Quality Program Assessment Assessment Reports, Rubrics WEAVE Online

Summer Assessment Projects

The Purpose and Role of the Assessment Council

1. What would you say???? Professional Development

Ideas and examples from others Learning Community

Learning from each other ; Problem solving

Ideas and examples from each other Review of Assessment Protocols

Guidance for High Quality Program Assessment Systematically Using the Assessment Cycle

for Program Improvement March – 2007: Assessment Reports

http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/Office_of_Academic_Quality/Office_of_Assessment/Assessment_Reports.html

Full Assessment Reports – Three Year Cycle Draft Schedule Draft Assessment Report Rubric

OR Annual Assessment Update – 2-3 pages Draft Template

Resources

http://assessment.gallaudet.edu/ Strong Example from Other

Universities: http://assessment.uncg.edu/

Assessment Plans (by Dept) General Education Rubrics Sample Assessment Rubrics (by Dept)

http://www.eiu.edu/~assess/deptplans.php

WEAVE ONLINE

Home PageThe home page displays …

Local News: Deadlines, workshops, new resources, links, etc. that we put into the system

WEAVEonline News: Communications from Centrieva Corporation (the company behind WEAVEonline)

Navigation Tabs: The tabs on the top navigational bar are tailored for your role

Hierarchy Entity TreeHierarchy

includes all the units (“entities”) for the university.

We define the tree to match our needs.

Expands to show different levels

Entering & Editing InformationSelect the cycle

and unit (“entity”) from the hierarchy tree

Enter your information in the appropriate fields in each section:

Common Sections:• Mission/Purpose• Assessment Essentials• Action Plan Tracking

Attach supporting files in the Document Repository

Assessment Essentials Section —OverviewEnter Assessment

Plans in Assessment Essentials

• Outcomes/Objectives• Measures• Achievement Targets• Assessment Results

Weave it all together by adding Associations with available standards • GU’s strategic plan

objectives• Program’s Student

Learning Objectives (SLOs)• Core curriculum items, • External agency standards

Reporting—OverviewReporting is as

easy as selecting your available options & clicking Run

See how all the entities support the various areas of the Strategic Plan (e.g., which entities are linked to objective 1.3 of the strategic plan)

See progress of individual entity

Summer Assessment Institute http://assessment.gallaudet.edu/

Ideas?

Volunteers to review proposals? May 1