Assessment Report Card for Provost’s Council (May 2010)

We might anticipate response to this report to be presented to the Provost’s council by the Vice Provost tomorrow. attached file Assessment Report Card 5-10-10

Draft note to Deans/Chairs to Come From Provost

Draft note to Deans/Chairs Larry, Here’s our first draft.  With your modifications, I hope we can entice a few hold outs to join in the fun. Deans and Chairs WSU is preparing its response to NWCCU’s Final Report. As part of that effort, the Office of Assessment and Innovation is working with all undergraduate programs [...]

Re-thinking Course Evals for Prog Eval purposes / Turmoil in Colleges

Re-thinking Course Evals for Prog Eval purposes / Turmoil in Colleges A conversation on the bus home from work with a College Liaison led to this exchange On 4/6/10 9:18 AM, “Nils Peterson” wrote: Further to our conversation on the bus. Collecting actionable data, and acting on it, are the things that we believe are [...]

A Leader Asks, What is the Rain King Chronicle

It’s our blog of the story, or history of this assessment initiative we’ve launched.  We summarize and don’t name names (except our own).  Bits of notes go in this chronicle, for instance the liaison who told us “it is inappropriate for us to share our rubrics.” It’s not just about keeping a history, which we [...]

As promised, reflection on the retreat, finally

Re: draft note to staff I was thinking last night that the persistent concern expressed in our still recent retreat was less about job security and more about qualifications in our protean institution.  If I no longer should be doing what I’ve done in the past, what skills do I need to develop to do [...]

HEC Board Report (Feb 25, 2010)

Sent and accepted by WSU administration…. attached report  HEC Board Outcomes Report (March 2010 FINAL)

A program’s response to next steps after receiving feedback

A program’s response to next steps after receiving feedback On Jan 28, 2010 the program representative replied Nils, After our meeting on Tuesday, I began recruiting reviewers for the norming session.  Everyone is busy and no one volunteered.  So, I brought this up with the chair who is unwilling to commit any resources, including faculty [...]

Working towards 100% participation by faculty

I chatted with Gary after someone in a program asked me what actual threat existed that he could use to coerce his (more senior) colleagues into participating in program assessment. I mentioned the carrot approach — all the potential benefits — but I figure that this question will continue to come up, and I sought out Gary [...]

Status of reports for 2009

Status of reports for 2009 Hi Larry, Here is where we are at. 1.      “Ready” means we have it and are reviewing it now (or have reviewed and rated). 2.     “Not ready” means we are either talking with or working with programs to get their planning documents (and plans) in shape. 3.      “Not received” means [...]

Suggested Script for Cold Calls to Program Points

DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT Cold Calls to WSU Programs Who you are ·        This is a beginning of the process of actively contacting all programs to solicit their participation in the Dec 18 self-study reporting. Prior to this point, contact was indirect, via the College-level program liaisons. My name is _______________ with the Office of Assessment [...]