Assessment in the Summer:

Working Sessions to Help Programs Develop Assessment Projects

 

Application to Participate

 

The Office of the Deputy Provost is hosting a series of working sessions to assist programs with the development of assessment projects.  The goal of the series of five sessions is to provide teams of faculty/administrators a supportive environment in which to develop an assessment project for 2009-10. 

 

The sessions are ideal for programs looking to develop assessment projects for an undergraduate, graduate, or professional program.  The assessment can be embedded in a course, such as a capstone or required seminar, or could be designed for implementation across courses.  The project could also be geared toward collecting information from alumni or employers.   Examples:  developing a rubric to assess a research paper in a capstone course, developing a portfolio for a master’s program, designing a senior exit survey

 

WHO: The sessions are open to individuals working on an assessment project.  Up to ten teams can participate in the summer 2009 series.

 

WHAT: Sessions will feature a mix of discussion and project time.  Faculty and administrators with expertise in assessment will be on-hand to answer questions and provide advice.  Depending on the proposals received, we can bring in individuals to help you with survey design, rubric development, portfolios, or other assessment areas.  Participants will also receive training on features and uses of the new Blackboard Outcomes System.

 

WHEN:  Workshops will be from 12:30 to 2:00 on select Wednesdays and participants are welcome to bring their lunch.  Each session will have a particular focus:

 

1)     Project—Articulating the nature and goals of the assessment project (May 20th)

2)     Goals—Aligning the assessment project with program goals (June 3rd )

3)     Assessment Instrument—Developing assessment tools (June 24th )

4)     Instrument Implementation —Refining and testing the design of the assessment tools (July 15 )

5)     Findings and Analysis— Thinking ahead to reports and uses of results (July 29th )

 

WHERE:  Temple’s Main Campus, Tech Center 111

 

How  to participate:  If your program has an assessment idea that needs development, or an existing tool that would benefit from improvement, please consider applying.  In order to tailor the event to meet need, and to limit the size of the group, we are requesting one-page proposals.  Ten teams will be invited to participate.

Submit a one-page proposal that includes the following:

 

a.       Program that will be assessed (B.A. in …)

b.      Student Learning Goals for the program

c.       Brief overview of the assessment project you would like to design

d.      Name(s) of individuals that will be attending the working sessions

 

Please submit your proposal by May 15th to Stephanie Schull at schull@temple.edu