Registration

Opening comments and introductions

Know and Do Exercise

The event kicks off with an interactive exercise and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to student learning outcomes. You will then participate in a facilitated brainstorming session that will help you develop learning outcomes for your department.

Afternoon break

The Assessment Model Framework

This session will address the purpose of a shift to a model focused on student learning and assessment of learning. You will learn a broad conceptual model of assessment. Topics include:

• The purpose of assessment and its current importance
• Basic definitions for assessment, evaluation, goals, learning objectives, and learning outcomes
• The proposed assessment model
• Phases of implementation

Indicators and the Matrix

This session will demonstrate how to begin implementing learning outcomes conducting basic assessments of student learning objectives. You will learn to:

• Identify indicators of student learning
• Map programmatic efforts to learning objectives
• Connect the assessment model to phase 1 implementation
• Analyze indicator data to conduct basic assessment

Tying up Phase 1: Objectives

To close the day, this session will review and summarize phase 1 of the proposed assessment model and connect it to the next steps for administrators. You will also look at an example of how to write a year-end report from your objectives.

Writing/Refining Learning Outcomes and Practical Assessment Strategies

You will write or revise your own student learning outcomes using the vocabulary of assessment professionals. The group will then work together to evaluate the learning outcomes to see whether they are concrete, challenging, and current.

Networking reception (included in registration)

Continental breakfast (included in registration)

Day 1 Review

This session will review the material presented in Day 1 and set the stage for Day 2.

Working session: Rubrics

This session will show you how to develop rubrics to improve the quality and effectiveness of practical assessment strategies. In a hands-on activity, you will practice developing rubrics for an assessment strategy in order to evaluate student learning.

Tying up Phase 2: Outcomes

This session will review phase 2 and show you how to report your results to the rest of the campus. You will continue to break down tangible steps in the process to take back to your campus.

Lunch (included in registration)

Case study

In this session, you will review an assessment plan from an institution and work through some exercises to compare and contrast to your efforts and goals.

Afternoon break

Sample Assessment Plan

This session will walk through the different components of a career service office assessment plan and show how a career services office was able to begin and implement an assessment process on their campus. They will also share current assessment reports and data collection methods.

Continental breakfast (included in registration)

Implementing Phase 1 and 2

Integrating assessment into your everyday tasks may seem daunting and unfeasible. This session will show you how to create a manageable time frame for your office’s assessment plan.

Morning break

Analyzing Data and Making Decisions

Once you have begun collecting student learning data, you must be able to analyze the data and make recommendations on how to improve your activities and outreach. This session will show you how to map learning outcome data to your broader objectives to form a picture of student success.

Action Plan/Audit

This session will allow you to work in small groups to formulate an action plan to take back to campus for the beginning steps of your career services assessment. You will also discuss how to integrate assessment into your program review. In addition, participants will share their first steps and learning outcomes with colleagues for feedback from a variety of sources. Faculty will reinforce a recommended time frame and process.

Final Q&A

This final session will allow you to ask any remaining questions of the faculty panel.