April 9, 2009

Today  The Purpose and Role of the Assessment Council  Guidance for High Quality Program Assessment  Assessment Reports, Rubrics  WEAVE Online  Summer Assessment Projects

The Purpose and Role of the Assessment Council 1. What would you say????  Professional Development  Ideas and examples from others  Learning Community  Learning from each other ; Problem solving  Ideas and examples from each other  Review of Assessment Protocols

Guidance for High Quality Program Assessment  Systematically Using the Assessment Cycle for Program Improvement  March – 2007: Assessment Reports  of_Assessment/Assessment_Reports.html of_Assessment/Assessment_Reports.html  Full Assessment Reports – Three Year Cycle  Draft Schedule  Draft Assessment Report Rubric  OR Annual Assessment Update – 2-3 pages  Draft Template

Resources   Strong Example from Other Universities:   Assessment Plans (by Dept)  General Education Rubrics  Sample Assessment Rubrics (by Dept) 

Home Page The home page displays … Local News: Deadlines, workshops, new resources, links, etc. that we put into the system WEAVEonline News: Communications from Centrieva Corporation (the company behind WEAVEonline) Navigation Tabs: The tabs on the top navigational bar are tailored for your role

Hierarchy Entity Tree  Hierarchy includes all the units (“entities”) for the university.  We define the tree to match our needs.  Expands to show different levels

Entering & Editing Information  Select the cycle and unit (“entity”) from the hierarchy tree  Enter your information in the appropriate fields in each section: Common Sections: Mission/Purpose Assessment Essentials Action Plan Tracking  Attach supporting files in the Document Repository

Assessment Essentials Section — Overview  Enter Assessment Plans in Assessment Essentials Outcomes/Objectives Measures Achievement Targets Assessment Results  Weave it all together by adding Associations with available standards GU’s strategic plan objectives Program’s Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) Core curriculum items, External agency standards

Reporting—Overview  Reporting is as easy as selecting your available options & clicking Run  See how all the entities support the various areas of the Strategic Plan (e.g., which entities are linked to objective 1.3 of the strategic plan)  See progress of individual entity

Summer Assessment Institute   Ideas?  Volunteers to review proposals?  May 1