1. April 9, 2009

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

3. 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

4. Guidance for High Quality Program Assessment  Systematically Using the Assessment Cycle for Program Improvement  March – 2007: Assessment Reports  http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/Office_of_Academic_Quality/Office_ of_Assessment/Assessment_Reports.html http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/Office_of_Academic_Quality/Office_ 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

5. Resources  http://assessment.gallaudet.edu/ http://assessment.gallaudet.edu/  Strong Example from Other Universities:  http://assessment.uncg.edu/ http://assessment.uncg.edu/  Assessment Plans (by Dept)  General Education Rubrics  Sample Assessment Rubrics (by Dept)  http://www.eiu.edu/~assess/deptplans.php http://www.eiu.edu/~assess/deptplans.php

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Summer Assessment Institute  http://assessment.gallaudet.edu/ http://assessment.gallaudet.edu/  Ideas?  Volunteers to review proposals?  May 1