SACS Coordinators Meeting Academic Units Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Timothy Brophy Director, Institutional Assessment Cheryl Gater Director, SACS Accreditation

Today’s Agenda Academic Assessment Planning and Reporting Institutional Effectiveness (IE) Documentation Reporting For 2014-15 Updated Resources Calendar and Annual Process Coordinators Survey Findings Advisory Group Other Questions and Discussion

AAP submission and reporting Assessment Data Reports Assessment Planning and Development Academic Assessment Plans Academic year Due date   Due date* 2014-15 April 4, 2014 2013-14 October 10, 2014 October 11, 2014 – March 12, 2015 2015-16 February 27, 2015 October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015 – March 10, 2016 2016-17 February 26, 2016 October 14, 2016 October 14, 2016 – March 9, 2017 2017-18 February 24, 2017 *Plans may be submitted in Compliance Assist! at any time during the planning and development period. http://assessment.aa.ufl.edu/calendar

Institutional Effectiveness (IE) Overview All 2014-15 IE Documentation Reports are in the Planning module of Compliance Assist 2013-14 reports have been rolled over to 2014-15 in the system Data for goals will be entered into the system

Updated Resources Institutional Effectiveness IE Planning Documentation Guide IE Planning Documentation Narrated PowerPoint I will take you through the steps now using the guide at http://assessment.aa.ufl.edu/planning-resources

Calendar and Annual Process Institutional Effectiveness Data Reports Effectiveness Documentation Planning and Development Effectiveness Documentation Plans Academic year Due date   Due date* 2014-15 June 13, 2014 2015-16 June 12, 2015 2014-15** October 9, 2015 October 9, 2015 – June 9, 2016 2016-17 June 10, 2016 October 14, 2016 October 14, 2016 – June 8, 2017 2017-18 June 9, 2017 *Plans may be submitted in Compliance Assist! at any time during the planning and development period. **This is the first year that Colleges submit IE data reports.

Coordinators Survey Findings Typical Institutional Process (left) Our Institutional Process (right) Institutional Assessment Faculty UF Institutional Assessment SACSCOC Coordinators

Purpose Understand how Coordinators are involved Feedback on our software platform To what extent do SACSCOC Coordinators believe in our institutional process?

Coordinators are Engaged 100%... helped define PGs/SLOs for degree programs/certificates 90%... helped develop assessment methods 80%... use PG/SLO results to support budget requests 36%... Primarily conduct PG/SLO activities for SACSCOC accreditation PG/SLO data are more important to people outside my college 100% believe... Better faculty participation would strengthen PG/SLO activities

Coordinators believe in the process 100%... Evaluating PGs/SLOs is worthwhile 90%... Developing PGs/SLOs is here to stay 80%... Resources dedicated to PG/SLO activities are long term investments Coordinators Agree: Documenting PG/SLO activities is important

Conclusions Coordinators believe the institutional assessment process is both helpful and a burden SACSCOC Coordinators are advocates for the Office of Institutional Assessment Survey provided feedback for Office of Institutional Assessment We will work with individual colleges to make the institutional assessment process easier

Advisory Group Volunteers to serve on advisory group Develop new process efficiencies Improve end user experience with Compliance Assist Consultants on system or process changes

Thank you!