Clearwater Beach, FL Hilton Hotel February 8-10, 2006

Assessment of academic advising is essential for a successful and effective academic advising program on any campus. This working institute will be an intensive two and a half days focused on the components of a successful assessment program as well as specific strategies and tools for developing and implementing assessment programs on your campus.

In order to be responsive to the varying experiences of participants, the Assessment Of Academic Advising Institute offers three instructional levels:

Level 1 is designed for those who have limited or no experience with advising assessment.

Level 2 is designed for those who are in the middle of developing their assessment processes or are ready to implement their respective plans;

Level 3 is designed for those who have fully developed and engaged in one or more full advising assessment cycles and are seeking to refine the process, content analysis, etc. through this Institute.

 

Who Should Attend

The Assessment of Academic Advising Institute is designed for directors of advising, vice-presidents, presidents, department chairpersons, directors of assessment/institutional research, deans, associate deans, assistant deans, advising coordinators, and campus advising task force members.

Format

The Assessment of Academic Advising Institute provides a foundation for participants regarding assessment’s critical elements, purposes, and processes. Through presentations and small group discussion/working sessions, participants explore strategies for the assessment of academic advising programs--including establishing clear goals and outcomes and developing assessment measures for these goals and outcomes. The Institute provides participants with an understanding of the cyclical and ongoing nature of assessment. Most importantly, the Institute offers participants the opportunity to work with colleagues from similar institutional types and with other professionals and experts in the fields of advising and assessment to develop comprehensive assessment plans for their respective campuses.

Each Institute level has its own focus and instructional approach in order to be responsive to the learning needs of participants.

Level 1: The pedagogy for Level 1 will include plenary presentations on assessment fundamentals, concurrent sessions on focused topics related to developing assessment plans, and small group work to allow participants to apply concepts to their own institution's assessment efforts.

Level 2: At Level 2, more emphasis will be placed on concurrent sessions on focused topics, such as refining learning outcomes, defining data collection and interpretation measures, mapping, etc, and on the application of these topics in smaller group settings.

Level 3: The instructional approach for Level 3 will be one of facilitation/consultation to assist participants in reviewing assessment plans, results of previous assessments, and refining plans based on assessment evidence in anticipation of the next cycle.

Note: Levels 2 and 3 participants are also welcome to attend any of the plenaries offered to the Level 1 participants.

 

Institute Refinements

In addition to structuring the Institute to accommodate the variety of experience levels of participants, other Institute refinements include more extensive information regarding measures for gathering evidence and utilizing advisor learning outcome to inform professional development and performance assessment.

 

Topics to Be Covered through Plenary and Concurrent Sessions:

    Note: This is an intensive, working institute; you may want to schedule an extra day in Florida to enjoy the Gulf and surrounding area! We hope to see you here after the institute...............

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