Assessment Liaisons

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Assessment Liaisons

• Orientation Meeting
• October 8

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Assessment Initiative

• Why?
• Assessment leads to continuous improvement
• Provides measure of accountability
• Why now?
• SACS standards
• Partial compliance on a number of measures
• BOG Academic Learning Compacts
• New leadership
• Growth and strategic planning

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Purpose of the Assessment Initiative

• To integrate planning, budgeting, assessment,
  accountability
• Resulting in continuous improvement
• To bring us into full compliance with SACS
• To ensure we comply with BOG mandates

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Scope of the Assessment Initiative

• Involves all organizational units of the
  university represented in our organization chart
• Covers functions and services of each unit
• Covers each academic program
• Includes development of ALCs
• Includes general education (and QEP indirectly)

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Role and Responsibilities

• LRPIEC
• Executive body
• Develops strategic plan
• Makes recommendations to executive group on
  priorities
• Monitor progress
• Oversee plan annual renewal
• Approves assessment plans
• Reviews annual reports
• Co-chaired by Provost and VP for Admin Services
• PIP and AA staff LRPIEC

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Deans Council and Administrative Services
Directors

• Review assessment plans
• Suggest modifications as necessary

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Assessment Liaison

• Interface with LRPIEC, PIP, and as appropriate
• With admin units
• College
• College assessment committee(s)
• COB curriculum teams
• CAS, program leadership
• CHP, A team
• COE, deans leadership council
• CPS, division reps

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Assessment Liaison Duties

• Coordinate development of the assessment plan
• Communicate feedback on review of the assessment
  plan
• Identify who needs training/assistance re
  assessment
• Ensure assessment plan progress is included in
  annual reports

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College Assessment Committees

• Review development of college assessment plan
• Coordinate its implementation
• Report on its progress

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Timelines

• SACS action plans called for assessment plans by
  the end of November
• Need to accomplish as much as possible
• Review of plans by deans council, admin servs
  dirs, PIP, LRPIEC
• January-March 2005
• Implementation after approval