Assessment Friday

February 20, 2009

As part of  SLOA's commitment to the assessment process for 2008-09, a new "Assessment Friday" was created, to be on the third Friday in February-or, February 20th.

What is Assessment Friday?

Recognizing that assessment is faculty-driven, "Assessment Friday" is a way to discuss and share assessment information by faculty, with faculty. There is no hugh meeting-or lengthy reports-and your Division meeting doesn't even have to be on the third Friday. The SLOA Committee wants to make sure that faculty is familiar with assessment, assessment results, talk with colleagues and determine what implications assessment results have for their discipline and instruction. We ask that in one of your February Division Meetings that you do the following:

• Discuss Assessment in general and the Assessment Plans your Division developed in the Fall
• Ask Faculty to share any significant findings, changes, or revisions that they have noticed or captured in the Fall semester, such as:
  • New assignments tried-did they work or not? Why or why not?
  • New teaching strategies-again, did they work or not?
  • Discuss any budget needs based on findings last semester
• Follow-up with Faculty to ensure data has/is being captured for those courses or programs
• Discuss any questions, concerns, or barriers to assessment in your Division
• Please send your notes of your division meetings to the SLOA Committee Chair - Mark Woolsey email, so the SLOA Committee can collectively share this Assessment information.
• Ask your SLOA Committee representative to also share your DIvision findings, ideas, questions and barriers with the full SLOA Committee.
  • Not sure who your Division SLOA representative is? Click the following link to find your representative:  Student Learning & Outcomes Assessment (SLOA) Committee 

That's it! Thank you for helping to make Assessment Friday a success.