1. Select Slides… Spring 2013 Training Strengthening Teaching and Learning through the Results of Your Student Assessment of Instruction (SAI) For Faculty Valencia Institutional Assessment (VIA) office Laura Blasi, Ph.D., Director, Institutional Assessment 2/28/2013

3. IF Our Session is Online…. Welcome & Instructions Webinar: State of the State

4. This course will introduce faculty members to the basics of student assessment of instruction at Valencia College through our online course evaluation system, including ways of increasing student participation. Advanced topics will also be covered such as the development of formative midterm assessment measures, and strategies for acting on your results in terms of teaching practices and professional portfolio development. Overview

5. Terms to know… Student Assessment of Instruction (SAI) – questions & process CoursEval – online program, the tool

6. Outcomes – One Participants should be able to explain and use the tools available in Valencia College’s online evaluation system for developing course evaluation questions and for accessing, interpreting, and using related feedback reports.

7. Outcomes - Two Participants should be able to articulate and implement a strategy for integrating the student assessment of instruction into a larger plan for the continuous improvement of teaching.

8. Outcomes - Three Participants should be able to discuss and address prevalent myths and relevant research regarding the student assessment of instruction as described in Student Course Evaluations: Research, Models and Trends (Gravestock and Gregor- Greenleaf, 2008.)

9. Key Points: Reflection Feedback Loop Strengthen Teaching & Learning Using Multiple Sources Consider Midterm Evaluations Build on the SAI Process with Reports Make a Plan Gather Info Reflect Discuss Read Act Communicate

10. Midterm Evaluations as Part of a Process Formative vs. Summative Feedback Midterm vs. End of Term Tools to Use Examples

11. Improving Teaching and Learning Using Multiple Sources of Feedback Midterm + End of Term [SAI] + other sources of data – presented in… Portfolio Conversations with Deans Sharing with Colleagues (mentoring also…) Discussions of decisions (related to redesign…) What might other sources of data may help?

12. Where Can I Start this Term? Example of Design… Midterm Centre College Example www.centre.edu/.../Documents/ExampleofaMid-termEvaluationForm.doc

13. Using the Feedback Read the students' comments carefully. Think about changes. Reflect with a faculty developer or colleague. Make a brief list of comments to respond to in class.

14. Use the Feedback as Part of Your Reflection Loop Discussing your response to a few of the students' responses shows you take their comments seriously. Respond to student suggestions with an explanation of why you have decided NOT to make any adjustments. At the end of the semester, revisit the midterm evaluations, along with the end-of-semester course evaluations, to remind yourself of the feedback students provided at each stage. Then, write a few notes to yourself about specific aspects of the feedback that you will want to remember the next time that you teach. Document your changes and impact when possible… Adapted from: http://teachingcenter.wustl.edu/midterm-evaluations

15. SAI – end of term

16. Fall 2012 Response Rates

18. Views, Log-ins, and Accessing and Running Your Reports Note: If you are online – this means opening a separate window – if you are disconnected from the Webinar be prepared to log back in using your original login information. You may also want to…. 1.print this PPT out (if you downloaded it beforehand) 2.watch as I browse and access your own account later and/or 3.keep both windows open if you explore on your own…

19. Our View

20. Faculty View

21. Dean View I

22. Dean View II

23. Log In http://tiny.cc/faculty_sai Use your Valencia (Atlas) Credentials

24. Next steps regarding the CoursEval tool Get ready to explore First we’ll look at a basic report and printing Then we’ll look at another report possibility Finally we will explore and set “options”

25. Reading an Individual Report

28. Ideas for use… Strategies, Point Out Important Comments

30. Try out your options I…

31. Try out your options II…

32. Administration of CoursEval Use a schedule aligned with terms Run the courses, contact assistants Announce to faculty and deans Promote with students Blackboard mailings and link Reminders every 5 days or more… Announce report availability….

34. Education

35. What Do Students Say? What we learned….

36. Educating Students … to have standards …to self-assess and reflect …to collaborate with faculty …to know they are having an impact

37. Faculty – Concerns They Have Who decides on questions? (Honors example) How can we use these more effectively? How are the reports used by deans and others? Summative and formative role affirmed in Faculty Council and the end of the academic year this was not clear among them prior.

38. Student Course Evaluations: Research, Models and Trends (Gravestock and Gregor- Greenleaf, 2008.)

39. Looking for patterns across classes and across disciplines…. (Campus Presidents’ Dashboard Image)

40. Questions for Reflection with Your Own Report of Results (Helpful in Conversations with Deans…) 1.How can the student feedback translate into teaching strategies or some sort of action? 2.Have you been using a midterm evaluation to gather and respond to student ideas earlier in the term? 3.What is being done in your discipline’s Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan to strengthen the student experience (or specific to an item on their report)? 4.How can we improve the response rate in our division? What approaches are you using?

41. Suggest other resources www.valenciacollege.edu/via SAI tab = faculty resources LOA tab = their program LOA plans

42. Valencia Website for Our SAI

44. Key Points: Reflection Feedback Loop Strengthen Teaching & Learning Using Multiple Sources Consider Midterm Evaluations Build on the SAI Process with Reports Make a Plan Gather Info Reflect Discuss Read Act Communicate

45. Next Steps - Making a Plan…. Goal One Start Strategy Source Goal Two Start Strategy Source Goal Three Start Strategy Source

46. Thank you…. Questions?