1. Educational Effectiveness Fall Faculty Retreat 2006 Leanne Neilson Halyna Kornuta

2. Key Learning Points Common understandings  “Educational Effectiveness”  Evidence  Use of Evidence

3. Educational Effectiveness: What is it?  What we want our students to know Competencies, knowledge, skills, abilities, applications, and dispositions  How we know they know it Evidence

4. Why Bother? Our need for Evidence  Student Recruitment  Accreditation  Fundraising / Grants  Institutional Improvement, Self- study and Reflection

5. Indirect Evidence Perceptions and Input Methods  Student Satisfaction Surveys  Student Exit Surveys  Alumni Surveys  Employer Surveys  Focus groups  Exit Interviews with Graduates Data Mining  Faculty/Student ratios  Percentage of students who study abroad  Enrollment trends  Percentage of students who graduate within six years  Diversity of students, faculty, staff  Retention and Transfer Studies  Percentage of students who go on to graduate school  Job Placement Statistics

6. Direct Evidence Products of Student Learning  Student work samples  Portfolios  Capstone projects  Assessment of student performance  Case Analysis  Pre-and post-tests  Blind scored assignments  Locally developed tests  Standardized tests  National licensure examinations

7. What Constitutes Good Evidence 1.Purposeful 2.Representative 3.Varied 4.Actionable

8. CLU Evidence  Indirect NSSE / BCSS Noel-Levitz Library  Direct WIC SOE Think About...

9. CLU Indirect Evidence N S S E N ational S urvey of S tudent E ngagement B C S S B eginning C ollege S tudent S urvey

10. NSSE 2005 / 2001

12. NSSENSSE 2005 / 2001

13. NSSENSSE 2005 / 2001

14. BCSS 17j. Participate in a school-sponsored community service project NSSE 1k. Participated in a community-based project (e.g. service learning) as part of a regular course

15. BCSS / NSSE High Low High Engagement Expectation

16. BCSS / NSSE High1%8% Low 50%41% LowHigh Engagement Expectation Service to the Community

17. Noel-Levitz 2006

18. CLU Indirect Evidence

20. CLU Direct Evidence Student Learning Outcomes W ritten Communication I nformation Literacy C ritical Thinking W I C

21. WIC 2005

22. WIC 2006

23. CLU Direct Evidence SOE Field Supervisor Evaluation Course Work (Portfolio) Comprehensive Exam / Thesis / Webfolio Defense Entrance / Exit Interviews Alumni Survey Employer / Administrator Survey

24. Additional Evidence

25. Key Learning Points Common understandings  “Educational Effectiveness”  Evidence  Use of Evidence

26. Educational Effectiveness Fall Faculty Retreat 2006 Written and Produced by Leanne Neilson Halyna Kornuta