Achieving Faculty BUY In: The Assessment Investment

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Achieving Faculty BUY InThe Assessment
Investment
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THERE IS A PRICE!

• Time
• Money
• Personal Commitment

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THERE IS VALUE

• 3 Goals established for Office of Academic
  Student Affairs
• Program Excellence
• Student Recruitment
• National Recognition

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Program Excellence is the Key to Everything Else

• If you have excellent programs, students will
  come
• If you have excellent programs, you will be
  recognized nationally

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TIMING IS IMPORTANT

• CTAHR recently reorganized creating many new or
  revised programs
• Or, you can declare a fresh start

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If programs are new or revised or you are
embarking upon a fresh start,it is a good
time to begin program assessment
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You must have a PLAN

• Faculty need to know the beginning point and the
  end point, I.e. periods of low time commitment
  and high time commitment
• Faculty need to know what it is they are expected
  to create and what function it will serve, I.e.
  its value (program improvement, WASC, program
  reviews)
• Faculty need to know that their time is well
  spent and their product not shelved

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Developing Your Plan

• Assess where you are in the process both
  collectively and individually, I.e., college-wide
  and by programs
• Start with what you have (capstone courses,
  internships, critical skills competencies)
• Determine your weaknesses (where do you need
  help?) and get help for these areas
• Make your end product clear (folders with
  specific content first assessment Fall 01 or
  Spring 02)
• Keep it Simple Specific (scoring rubrics)
• Do it!

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The CTAHR Plan

• Develop college and program goals and objectives
• Develop matrixes matching goals and objectives
  with specific courses
• Develop scoring rubrics for capstone courses to
  measure meeting of objectives to include
  individual student scores and class summaries
• Feedback to courses not meeting objectives to
  make appropriate changes yielding program
  improvement those meeting objectives commended

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Provide Help Along the Way

• Develop a series of workshops to provide
  foundation for assessment tool development and
  use
• 1 Goal and Objective Writing and the
  Development of Program Matrixes
• 2 Incorporating Goals and Objectives into
  Capstone Experiences and Developing Scoring
  Rubrics
• 3 Writing Syllabi that Measure Student
  Outcomes and the Analysis of Assessment Tools and
  Scoring Rubrics and their Application to Course
  Improvement
• 4 Other Assessment Tools

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Provide Additional Help Sessions

• Schedule small group meetings between workshops
  for consultant to work with faculty, some need
  more help than others, everyone wants to be
  successful and it is reassuring to have
  professional help when you are breaking new
  ground
• Schedule additional workshops as you move into
  data gathering and analysis and their importance
  in program improvement/excellence

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Continue to Emphasize the Value of Assessment

• Have faculty share their successes with each
  other within the college
• Finance faculty trips to conferences to present
  their findings and learn from others
• Incorporate important information into the
  Catalog, syllabi and other written materials
• The Value of Program Assessment in reaching
  college goals

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Come Join Us At UH Manoa Accept The CTAHR
Challenge!