Assessment Resources
Assessment Resources and Opportunities
This is an annual funding designed to support a wide range of assessment projects for data-informed decision making in course designs, assignments, and rubrics; pedagogy; departmental and program curriculum and program learning outcomes; or more broadly student success. This year, this grant funds projects in the following three categories: Course-Level; Program-Level, including interdisciplinary and cross-departmental approaches; or Creative Partnership. Applications are due February 28, 2024. Please see THE CALL for more details and join zoom info sessions if you have questions or want to brainstorm ideas:
Demystifying Assessment: A Hands-On Workshop on Planning to Action
Time: Noon to 1:30pm
Date: Friday, May 10
Location: Orinda Room, Soda Center
RSVP HERE
Is a program review approaching in your department, and are you wondering where to start? Now that the Carnegie-related academic changes have been implemented, do you need to start practical, meaningful, and streamlined assessment of student learning? Is your co-curricular program seeking ways to do assessment of student learning and experience? Are you wondering how to turn assessment work into a publication? This workshop will feature a wide range of topics and assessment projects our colleagues have done in the past couple of years, and you will leave with concrete next steps appropriate for your program.
Check out Agenda and Program
Presenters:
- Rebooting Assessment Practice - Claire Williams, Director of January Term Program
- Holistic Assessment of PLO - Mireille (Mimi) Ukeye, Assistant Professor in Counseling Department
- Practical Assessment for the Entire Program - Veronica Hefner, Director of Master of Arts in Communication
- Done the Assessment, Now What? - Hilda Ma, Director of Collegiate Seminar
- From Assessment in a Course to Publication - Sarah Beth Dempsey, Interim Executive Director of CILSA
Topics of Exploration:
- Tips on manageable assessment - Where to cut the labor, how to set up a sustainable assessment structure, and more!
- Make assessment plans during the workshop - An annual assessment plan update is now a requirement as part of the Program Review Annual Action Plan Update. Why don’t we tackle this during the workshop!
- Finding assessment partners - If your program is small (number of students, faculty, how often courses are offered), find a program to partner with on the assessment effort!
- Turn results into action - You have results, but don’t exactly know what’s next? This is a chance to brainstorm an action plan, make a concrete next step, and perhaps find a collaborator.
- Assessment as professional and scholarship development opportunity - How do we go about publishing the work?
- Your Interest Not Here? - Use the RSVP form to let us know what else you might be interested in!