HCCC Using ANGEL to facilitate a Culture of Assessment- Jacqueline Snyder, Tabitha Carter, and Bill Pelz- SLN SOLsummit

Jackie SnyderBill Pelz

Tabbi Carter

Background

◦2008 MSCHE Self-Study completed

◦2009 MSCHE Team Findings Outdated Strategic Plan Lacking an Institutional Assessment process Lacking documentation of Learning Outcomes

Assessment

MSCHE WARNING issued May 2009 By September 1, 2010:

Develop a culture of assessmentDevelop & implement: Strategic Plan Institutional Assessment Plan Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

Plan

Administrative ResponseDIVIDE & CONQUER Standard 2 – Asst. to the President

Standard 7 – Asst. Dean of AA

Standard 14 – Assessment Committee

Barriers at Herkimer Little Value or Importance BOT Resolution

Understanding Assessment

Scarce Resources

Faculty – Staff Involvement Strategic Planning Committee –

(August 2009)

Institutional Effectiveness Committee(October 2009)

Assessment Committee - Faculty(new members January 2009)

Assessment Committee

History

Faculty Volunteers

Flexibility & Empowerment

Use Assessment as a Tool

ANGEL Assessment Handbook ONE Common Area Assessment Resources Reporting Templates Sample Assessments Results & Reports References & Ideas Enter Assessment Data Gather Feedback

Course Assessment ProcessPilot

Initial Semester

Second Semester

Access DatabaseDevelopment

Data Collection

Reporting

July 2009

Occasional

Academic

ProgramReview

OverdueGenEd

Assessment

UndocumentedUnit AssessmentOutdatedStrategic Plan

What is a directmeasure?

What is the difference

between an objective &

an outcome?

ACADEMICFREEDOM!!!

Can’t I just use thefinal grades as mycourseassessment?

Need to rewrite the

College Mission

Statement

Standard 7Institutional Effectiveness

Standard 14Assessmentof StudentLearning

UnitAssessment

Standard 2Assessment of

the SP GenEdAssessment

AcademicProgramReview

June 2010

Future Sustaining Assessment Process

Assessment Data Management

Reporting & Transparency

Questions?