Transcript The Role of Collaboration in Assessing Student Learning

Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D.
Professor, Postsecondary Education and
Co-Director of the Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy
San Diego State University
3590 Camino Del Rio North
San Diego, California, U.S.A.
619-594-8318
[email protected]
Learning Outcomes for
Session
 Identify at least one constituent group
for the expected learning in your
program
 Identify at least one way in which to
partner/collaborate with that
constituent group with regard to
assessment
Constituents
 1 : one who authorizes another to act
as agent : principal
 2 : a member of a constituency
 3 : an essential part : component,
element
 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constituents
Questions to Consider
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
 How do I influence student
learning?
 Is it through the education of my
colleagues?
 Of faculty?
 Of parents?
 Of community participants?
Bresciani, M.J.
How about collaboration with those who
assist you in delivering the learning
opportunity?
The Iterative
Systematic
Assessment
Cycle
Gather Data
Interpret Evidence
Adapted from
Peggy Maki, Ph.D. by
Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D.
Mission/Purposes
Goals
Outcomes
Implement
Methods to Deliver
Outcomes and
Methods to Gather
Data
Make decisions to improve
programs; enhance student
learning and development;
inform institutional decisionmaking, planning,
budgeting, policy, public
accountability
Should your constituents be…
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
Articulating the learning
outcomes?
Assisting you in the design of
learning opportunities?
Facilitating the student learning?
Identifying the methods/tools to
evaluate the learning?
Should your constituents be…
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
Identifying the criteria that
accompanies the
methods/tools?
Gathering evidence?
Interpreting results?
Writing the report?
Should your constituents be…
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
Disseminating the results?
Assisting with writing the
action plan to improve the
learning?
Providing resources for
improving the learning?
Should your constituents be…
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
Intervening on policy
discussions?
What else?
Strategies for Collaboration
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
 Check your ego at the door
 Provide professional development for student
affairs professionals to learn:
 cooperation and collaboration skills
 how to apply the learning and
development theories that undergird their
work
 how to assess the intended learning and
development outcomes
Strategies for Collaboration,
Cont.
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
 Review hiring practices and
performance evaluations to determine
whether collaboration is indeed a part
of the hiring criteria and used as a
component in performance reviews,
promotions, and rewards
 Be sure your ego is “in check”.
Strategies for Collaboration,
Cont.
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
Provide the motivation for faculty
to engage in collaborative projects
Develop collective goals, rather
than presenting your goals to
faculty
Commit the time to do the work
successfully
Strategies for Collaboration,
Cont.
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
Build formal structures that
reward and support
collaboration that will sustain
beyond personalities and
informal relationships
Check your ego
Involve students
Which ones do you want to
plan to work on?
One Minute Evaluation
What is the most valuable
lesson that you learned from
this session?
What is one question that you
still have?
Bresciani, M.J.
References
Bresciani, M. J., Gardner, M.
M., & Hickmott, J. (2009).
Demonstrating student success
in student affairs. Sterling, VA:
Stylus Publishing.