Assessment Workshop Day One – Oct. 9

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Q Tower Dining

Lunch Available

1:00 – 2:15 pm

TBA

Introduction to the Workshop /Opening Plenary: Strategies for Success: What Matters Most for You to Do Next in Assessing and Improving Student Learning?

2:15 – 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Team Rooms

Team Time. Introductions and overview

3:15 – 5:00 pm

Team Rooms

Focusing on What Matters Most. Teams begin to define strategies that meet their goals and needs

5:15 ­– 6:00 pm

TBA

Reception
Sign-up for Meal Meetings with Mentors & Commission Staff

6:00 ­– 7:00 pm

Q Tower Dining

Dinner (sign up to meet with mentor)

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Team Rooms

Optional Team Time

Assessment Workshop Day Two – Oct. 10

Opens at 6:30 am

Q Tower Dining

Breakfast (sign up to meet with mentor)

8:30 – 9:30 am

Note: Concurrent sessions are sample topics only. Sessions determined by needs of attending institutions.

Concurrent Sessions: Fundamental Questions and Good Practices in Assessment

TBA

How do we assess broad abilities? Writing a Descriptive Rubric

TBA

What is this thing called assessment?
Assessment Basics

TBA

What do we do with the information we’ve collected?
Understanding and Using Data

TBA

How do we assess the learning impact of co-curricular programs?
Assessing Co-curricular Learning

TBA

Why is assessment so hard?
Dealing with Myths and Misconceptions about Assessment 

TBA

How do we engage upper administration in support of assessment?
Leading Upwards

TBA

What constitutes good evidence?
Evidence of Learning: What Kinds and Where to Find It

9:30 – 10:15 am

TBA

Applying Good Practice Ideas (Team time with mentors)

10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:45 am

Applying Good Practice Ideas (Team time with mentors)

11:45 am – 1:00 pm

Q Tower Dining

Lunch (Sign up to meet with a mentor)

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions: Fundamental Questions and Good Practices in Assessment

TBA

How well are our undergraduate students learning what you want them to learn? How do you know?
Defining and Assessing Undergraduate Outcomes 

TBA

What can we learn from others’ experience?
Lessons Learned: Advice for Assessment Professionals

TBA

How do we plan a curriculum?
An Introduction to Curriculum Mapping

TBA

Why does general education remain a conundrum? Defining and Assessing Graduate Outcomes

TBA

How do we know our graduate students are learning?
Defining and Assessing Graduate Outcomes

TBA

What do we do with the information we’ve collected?
Creating Plans for Assessment and Improvement

TBA

How do we communicate results to ensure action?
Reporting Your Results to Influence Change

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Team Rooms

Applying Good Practice Ideas (Team time with mentors)

3:30 – 3:45 pm

Break

3:45 – 5:45 pm

Team Rooms

Adapting Good Practice to Institutions (Team time with mentors)

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Q Tower Dining

Dinner

7:00 – 8:00 pm

Team Rooms

Optional Teamwork

Assessment Workshop Day Three – Oct. 11

Opens at 6:30 am

Q Tower Dining

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:15 am

TBA

Roundtable: A Conversation about Assessing Institutional Outcomes

TBA

Roundtable: A Conversation about Assessing Baccalaureate Programs 

TBA

Roundtable: A Conversation about “Good” Data

9:15 – 10:45 am

Team Rooms

Team Time: Teams finalize strategies and integrate concurrent session ideas into action plans.

10:45 – 11:00 am

Check out and Break

11:00 am – Noon

TBA

Making It Happen: Teams display posters of their projects and share with each other. Commission staff closing presentation.