Melanie DiLoreto
Planning Committee ◦ Spring 2008 – Summer 2008 ◦ Internal & External Stakeholders – CAS, PCL, SoE, Academic Affairs, Supervising Teachers, Faculty & Administrators ◦ Reviewed 3 systems - Interviewed several institutional representatives across nation face-to-face visit with one institution ◦ SoE adopted Fall 2008; Educational Leadership Spring 2009 ◦ Course Based Assessments – Courses common across programs that meet accreditation recommendations
In Tk20, students can complete applications for both program admission and field experiences/student teaching. Benefits: Accuracy Decreased Paper Trail Reporting Ability
Benefits: Program Improvement Collect assessments used by candidates and clinical faculty to determine areas that need improvement Identify points at which students are dropping out of the program Systematically study changes to ensure that program improvement is occurring
Benefits: Day to Day Operational Needs Eliminates data entry Reports that identify eligible teacher candidates at each transition point Forecasting reports
Benefits: Accreditation Collect comprehensive assessments from admissions to student certification Demonstrate diversity of field placements Align assessments with professional, state, and institutional standards
Benefits to UWF: Tracking student progress ◦ How many students are in each stage? ◦ At what point do students drop out? ◦ How long does it take for students to get through each stage? Necessary for program improvement and accreditation
Benefits to Students: Visibility of Program Requirements Informs them of progress
Benefits: Allows UWF to collect specific information from all users of our system in addition to our SIS data Provides data that can be compiled or aggregated for accreditation, assessment, promotion, tenure etc. Provides a mechanism of collecting information that is not easily accessible Provides standardization of information All of these contribute to effective data capture for accreditation and assessment needs.
Examples of Faculty Artifacts: Syllabi Curriculum Vita Dissertation Committee Documentation
Benefits: Increases variety of measures at your disposal Survey large groups Access groups that do not assemble regularly Aggregate results due to an identical instrument Eliminate fields necessary in paper-based surveys Convenient for respondents Cost-effective method requiring fewer resources
Rule of Thumb: use surveys to collect data that cannot be obtained through other functionalities in Tk20. Alumni activity surveys Employer satisfaction surveys Graduate exit surveys Administrative/Non-Academic Department surveys
Benefits: Simple to send out, either to selected courses or all courses No gathering of paper forms/no more illegible answers Responses confidential and anonymous, yet you will know who did not complete an evaluation Instant access to data as it is entered, both aggregate and comprehensive
A set of pre-generated reports is available for use the minute course evaluations are sent: People with Pending Course Evaluations People with Complete Course Evaluations Aggregated Results of All Responses Aggregated Results by Course Aggregated Results by Section Aggregated Results by Term Aggregated Results by Instructor
Collect evidences that document students knowledge, skills, and dispositions Generate reports for program improvement and accreditation needs Align assignments and assessments to standards
Disaggregate by program, campus (online, face-to-face), course, section, instructor, etc. Enrollment, recent graduates, active (not enrolled) Demographics (student and faculty) Field Experience evaluations by course, program, unit FTCE, GRE, FELE exam tracking Diversity of Field Experience Placements