Academic Assessment Plan: “under construction”

Robert Carey, Shelley Dixon, Anastasia Pratt, Rosalyn Rufer, Jordan Wright

Virtual Fall Academic Conference

October 24, 2012

Agenda

Purpose and ChargeAccomplishments Thus Far

Proposed TimelineRequest for Feedback

Purpose and Charge

• Advance academic plan• Connect to college learning goals• Engage college community• Promote a “culture of assessment”• Make visible the invisible – “closing the loop”• Add value – internal and external audiences

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Student Learning Outcomes and Internal Audience

Quality Student Learning

Faculty

AOS

Primary MentorsStudents

OAA

Studies reflect primary learning goals – i.e. Academic Plan and AOS

Work with students to cover learning goals in DP

Demonstrate learning through assignments

Reflect on learning and relationship to professional and personal goals

Provide support to faculty for process of continual improvement

Reflect on student learning outcomes – engage in continual improvement

Develop Guidelines and assess programmatic student learning

External Audiences

• Middle States• SUNY• Community• Government at all levels

Accomplishments

AcademicAssessment

Plan

Inventory of what is already

available

Communication

Area of Study and Program

Participation

Front-End Assessment

Alignment of Goals

and Outcomes

Inventory of what is already available

"making the invisible visible”

AOS/Program

No consistent practice across the College

Pre and post workshop

assessments of knowledgeat the library

Informal, Center-level Trainings forAdjuncts and Practices for

Center personnel

C-PIE

National Survey of Student

Engagement

SALE Survey

Course Completion

reports

GEAR and Fact Book Reports

Communication

Creating a plan for communication

Getting buy-in

Determining the on-going leadership

Implementing the Plan

Area of Study and Program Participation

How often do you and your peers review and revise AOS/Program guidelines?

Do your AOS/Program guidelines contain any specific assessment methods/tools, e.g., rubrics, capstone studies, projects, etc?

Does your AOS/Program include specific concentration/major guidelines?

Does your AOS/Program include SUNY General Education requirement guidelines?

Do your AOS/Program peers communicate as a group in addition to the required ESC annual meetings?

Do your AOS/Program guidelines reflect the college level learning goals?

Front-End Assessment

• Learning Objectives and Goals• Skills• Motivation for seeking college-level

learning experiences

1) What do we need to know about a student as the student begins an application and orientation (semester long) process?

• Admissions/Information Sessions• Orientation • (as it is now versus a semester-long

process of orientation)• Educational Planning

2) What do students, prospective and admitted need to know--and when in the process do they need to know it?

Alignment of Goals and Outcomes

Levels of Outcomes

Contexts for

outcomes

assessment

and

alignment

Rationale

Implementation

Achieving

Alignment

Assessing

Aligned

Learning

Outcomes

Levels of Alignment

College Mission

Strategic Plan

Academic Plan

College-Level Learning Goals

Program-Level Outcomes

General Education

LC/Individual Courses

Rationale for Alignment

One College

Maintaining Freedom and Ensuring Security

For Students For Mentors

Maintain individualized

learning

Know that LC’s are consistent with college-

wide and AOS goals

Gaps

– Student responses. The information available from the National Survey of Student Engagement and SALE surveys is incomplete for these purposes.

– More participation from AOS, Programs, and Centers. How can we effectively reach the entire College community? How can we encourage responses to survey questions?

Proposed Timeline

• VFAC – October 2012• Initial rough draft to CUSP and GSPC – Dec/Jan 2013• Center discussions – Jan/Feb 2013• Revised draft – presentation at All College – March 2013• Final draft to provost – June 2013

Request for Feedback

• Communication Plan– Commons website– Task Force members– AOS groups– Updates through Exchange

Task Force Members

Bob CareyNan DiBelloShelley DixonGreg EdwardsJohn EislerMarnie EvansJonathan FranzSabrina Fuchs AbramsLinda HamellRebecca HegelDongho KimMindy KronenbergMarjorie LavinThalia MacMillanMary Mawn

Mark MiyakeBridget NettletonAnastasia PrattHeather ReynoldsDawn RileyRoz RuferJim SavittMichael SpitzerSharon SzymanskiPeggy TallyAngela TitiAmayahAmy TweedyJordan WrightJim Wunsch