Functional Area Assessment Liaisons Meeting Farmingdale State College September 20, 2019

Status of FA Assessment History of Functional Area Assessment at FSC Where we are Now 2019-20 is the fourth Cycle Middle States Self-Study Significance of Functional Area Assessment: Support College Budget Process & Allocation of Resources Support for Decision-Making As Evidence for Funding Requests or Other Changes For Continuous Improvement & Evidence Black Board for Assessment

2019-20 Cycle Timeline Oct 1, 2019 Fall’19 PLANS AY 2019-20 DUE Committees meet to review plans and liaisons provide feedback to areas AY 2019-20 Areas conduct their assessments June 15, 2020 REPORTSDUE Summer’20 Committees meet to review reports and liaisons provide feedback to areas Dec’20 Committee Chairs summarize reports by division Jan’21 Campus Annual Assessment Report created Early 2021 Campus Annual Assessment Report presented to Assessment Advisory Board

Assessment Process Review Goals Reflect the purpose and function of the unit Lack specifics Example: Contribute to the professional development of Faculty so they may excel in their responsibilities at the College. Objectives More specific than goals Are measureable CTLT annual workshop will be attended by a large percentage of Faculty. CTLT fall and spring workshops will help Faculty with their teaching responsibilities.

Assessment Process Review Method of Assessment How are we going to demonstrate that we achieved our objective Example: The attendance rosters from the 2019-20 workshops will be compared to the attendance rosters from the 2018-19 workshops. An opinion survey will be conducted in May 2020 among all Faculty who participated in workshops during the year. Expected Results The criteria by which you judge if you met your objective Total attendance at the 2019-20 workshops will have increased by at least 10% over total attendance at the 2018-19 workshops. At least 80% of faculty surveyed will perceive that the CTLT helped them with their teaching responsibility.

Assessment Process Review Closing the Loop Results not as expected Action aimed at improvement Repeat assessment Example: Results: Total attendance at the 2019-20 workshops increased by 12% over total attendance at the 2018-19 workshops – met objective 65% of faculty surveyed perceived that the workshops helped them with their teaching responsibility – did not meet objective Action Aimed at Improvement: Faculty stated in the survey that they wanted more support for instructional technologies so each workshop will now include a section on how the workshop topic can be enhanced by modern instructional technology.

Things to Look for when Reviewing Plans If a goal was not met in the last cycle’s report, is it reassessed in the closing the loop section? If a goal is reassessed from last cycle under the closing the loop section, is there another goal assessed this cycle? Are related College and Divisional goals provided? Is the College goal from the 2022 Strategic Plan goals? Is the Functional Area goal general and related to the area’s mission? Does the objective support the goal? Is the objective measureable?

Things to Look for when Reviewing Plans Is the method of assessment appropriate for the objective? Is there a true measure specified? Will required resources be available to do the assessment? Does the expected result include a time frame? Should there be a baseline or benchmark for the expected outcome? Are the expected results realistic? Is the related student outcome box filled in if applicable?

Things to Look for when Reviewing Reports Are the actual results reported using the same metric as was specified in the expected results? If a survey was done, was the number of responses adequate? Is ‘Actions to Take’ section filled out if objective not met? Is the budgetary request specific?

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