This workshop will provide an overview of the foundations of assessment, the assessment cycle, and assessment-related resources. Be prepared to feel wowed and equipped with assessment resources for the entire school year!
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September 2022, September 2021
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Facilitator: Jaime Williams, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing for Assessment
This workshop will provide detailed information on developing and writing operational and student learning outcomes. Specifically, presenters will discuss the relationship between outcomes, measures, targets, and strategies and the importance of linking outcomes to prior assessment findings. Participants will practice writing operational and student learning outcomes that are reasonable and actionable within their specific context. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to write an outcome statement that includes all necessary elements.
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October 12th, 2022; Oct. 28th, 2021, Thursday, 12 pm - 1 pm
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Facilitator: Jaime Williams, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing for Assessment
This workshop reviewed how department and program level goals should be aligned to broader institutional or divisional goals, and how department and program strategies should be aligned and connected to their strategies and programs. Deductive and inductive approaches to mapping outcomes to strategies were also discussed. An in-depth example of outcome alignment was also provided in this session.
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December 15th, 2022, Thursday, 3pm to 4pm
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Facilitator: Jaime Williams, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing for Assessment
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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Shared Outcome
Recorded trainings on implementing Baseline, the DSA's online tool for collecting and translating assessment data. baselinesupport.campuslabs.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000592346-Videos 
This workshop will provide an overview of the types of measures, types of data, and methods of data collection. Presenters will discuss how to align measures to strategies and outcomes, how to set targets and the importance of using reasonable and efficient measures. Using one of their own outcomes (or another unit’s outcome), participants will identify a reasonable measure and describe an efficient data collection plan. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to describe the difference between direct and indirect measures.
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February 22, 2023; Feb. 22nd, 2022, Tuesday, 1 pm - 2 pm
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Facilitator: Jaime Williams, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing for Assessment
Resources from this workshop:
Practical Steps for Designing and Implementing Effective Focus GroupsThis workshop was offered in spring 2019. It covered practical strategies for designing and implementing focus groups as an assessment method. Tips and examples to help implement focus group plans were provided, including sample documents, templates, and checklists. This workshop supplemented material covered in the fall 2018 workshop.
This workshop will provide an overview of the purpose of quantitative data analysis in student affairs assessment, as well as the types of data analysis commonly used. Presenters will discuss how to match the analysis strategy (descriptive, inferential, etc.) to the type of data. Additionally, they will walk participants through the process of reporting results as actionable findings. Participants will use examples from their own work to create a reasonable and purposeful analysis plan.
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April 12th, Wednesday, 12pm - 1pm
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Facilitator: Jaime Williams, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing for Assessment
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This workshop will provide an overview of the purpose of qualitative data and data analysis. Presenters will discuss how to match an appropriate analysis strategy (e.g. thematic coding) to the type of data (open-ended survey responses, interviews, focus groups, etc.). Additionally, they will walk participants through the process of reporting results as actionable findings. Participants will use examples from their own work to create a reasonable and purposeful analysis plan.
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March 16th, 2023, 11am - 12pm
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Facilitator: Jaime Williams, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing for Assessment
Practice with the resources below.
This workshop will provide an overview of using assessment findings for decision-making and program improvement. Presenters will discuss effective ways of reporting findings, what to do with unexpected findings and the importance of incorporating findings into program improvement and future assessment. Using scenarios, participants will practice reporting findings and using them to inform the next assessment cycle. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to provide an example of how to incorporate assessment results into future assessment plans.
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April 20th, 2022, Wednesday, 12 pm - 1 pm
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Facilitator: Jaime Williams, Assistant Director of Residential Life and Housing for Assessment