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 designing and delivering the
learning opportunity?
The Iterative
Systematic
Assessment
Cycle
Gather Data
Adapted from
Peggy Maki, Ph.D. by
Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D.
Interpret Evidence
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?
Assisting with the external
review?
Comparison of results?
What else?
Strategies for Collaboration
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
Check your
ego at the
door
Strategies, Cont.
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
 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
 how to interpret data and use of it to inform
decisions, recommendations, and resource
re-allocations
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
 Seek first to understand, than to be
understood (Covey, 1979)
Strategies for Collaboration,
Cont.
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
 Be mindful of how your thoughts
translate into your words and actions
 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 (e.g., collaboration)
Strategies for Collaboration,
Cont.
(Bresciani, Moore Gardner, & Hickmott, 2009)
De-personalize feedback through
inquiry
Build formal structures that reward
and support collaboration that will
sustain beyond personalities and
informal relationships
Involve students
Which ones do you want to
plan to work on?
-3 months from now
-6 months from now
-- a year from now
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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.