Workshop
From the Ground Up: Building a Culture of Assessment in Student Affairs Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A One-Day Workshop for NASPA Region V, at Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, with remote locations at the College of Southern Nevada and Central Washington University
Given by Rebecca A. Sanderson, Ph.D.
Director, Student Affairs Research and Evaluation
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
This workshop will focus on building an assessment culture in a Division of Student Affairs. In particular, the workshop will present an overview of assessment and the assessment process in a division of student affairs. Specific aspects of assessment work in Student Affairs will be focused upon in more depth throughout the workshop. These include: developing and refining learning outcomes, building buy-in, use of mapping techniques, and issues involved in collaborating with academic programs and faculty. The workshop will be lead by Rebecca Sanderson, Ph.D., Director of Student Affairs Research and Evaluation, Oregon State University.
Goals for the Workshop:
- Participants will become familiar with a model for successful assessment with wide buy-in in a division of student affairs
- Participants will work with learning outcomes and develop skills for refining those outcomes
- Participants will have examples and tools to use to map aspects of the assessment process
- Participants will uncover methods for engaging faculty in collaborative work
Details:
The workshop will be from 9:00am – 12:30pm and 1:15pm – 4:30pm (times are one hour earlier for Pacific time) with 45 minutes for lunch.
Tentative Schedule:
| 9:00-10:00am | Overview of Assessment focused on assessment of Student Learning |
| 10:00-11:15am | Creating Buy-In within Student Affairs and with Partners |
| 11:15-12:30pm | Assessment Planning Elements |
| 12:30-1:15pm | Lunch Break on Your Own |
| 1:15-3:00pm | Continue with Assessment Planning Elements including Mapping as a Tool to Plan, Examine, and Communicate the Student Affairs Curriculum, and Closing the Assessment Loop |
| 3:00-4:00pm | Leading, Lagging and Language—Working with Academic Programs and Faculty |
| 4:00-4:30pm | Questions, Discussion, Feedback on the Day |
TO REGISTER: Please complete this form and return it to the site at which you will be attending the workshop. TO ENSURE A SPACE, PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT BY NO LATER THAN MONDAY, MAY 12.