Aggregate Student Assessment Data

We assess our students across knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions. Knowledge and skills are assessed through course assignments, internship evaluations, a Comprehensive Exam, and professional portfolio. Dispositions are assessed through annual student reviews by faculty. Below is a summary of our review of these data and any subsequent programmatic changes.

Knowledge

We assess student knowledge across each of the eight CACREP common areas (Professional Orientation, Social & Cultural Diversity, Human Growth and Development, Career Development, Helping Relationships, Group Counseling, Assessment and Testing, and Research and Program Evaluation), as well as for each specialty program. Course assignment data are reviewed during our annual Data Review meeting prior to the start of the Fall term, while comprehensive exam scores are assessed in the Spring. Upon reviewing these data after the 2021/2022 academic year, we are pleased to report that the majority of these scores were strong, indicating that students were adequately demonstrating knowledge in the assessed areas. We did, however, determine that the following programmatic change was indicated:

• Enhancing multicultural considerations across all courses. 

Skills 

We assess student skills across each of the eight CACREP common areas (Professional Orientation, Social & Cultural Diversity, Human Growth and Development, Career Development, Helping Relationships, Group Counseling, Assessment and Testing, and Research and Program Evaluation), as well as for each specialty program. Course assignments and internship evaluation data are reviewed during our annual Data Review meeting prior to the start of the Fall term. Overall, these data indicated strong skills acquisition among our students, though we did note the following with regard to changes indicated from our evaluation:

• Enhancing student's competence with finding and using evidence-based research

• Continue refining the language of the internship evaluation standards for clarity and consistency across site supervisors

Dispositions 

We assess professional dispositions through our annual student reviews conducted by core faculty. The dispositions we assess are communicated to and expected of all students in the College of Education. The dispositions we assess are: academic progress, professionalism, interpersonal and intrapersonal awareness, and commitment to learning and growth. Students are assessed each year of their program of study (three times total). In reviewing this data for the 2021/2022 academic year, we noted no programmatic changes were indicated, as scores were generally high and improved during each year. We did, however, generate one important idea for improvement, namely:

• Adding a social media policy to provide students with ethical guidance and expectations regarding their social media presence.