Jackie Snyder Bill Pelz Tabbi Carter
Dec 05, 2014
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◦2009 MSCHE Team Findings Outdated Strategic Plan Lacking an Institutional Assessment process Lacking documentation of Learning Outcomes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?