The Student
Outcomes Assessment Committee and Innovation Incubator are continuing to
support assessment and best practices in multi-section courses through the
Pilot Multi-section Assessment Projects. The committee will need a copy of the
following document signed by your Associate Dean. Thanks for your interest.
CALL FOR
APPLICATIONS
Pilot
Multi-section Assessment Projects
The College of
DuPage invites you to consider applying for a pilot Multi-section Assessment
Project. You will be responsible for supporting discipline assessments of
multiple sections of a single course or a course sequence. You will be expected
to participate in both phases of the project. The second phase will begin the
quarter after the assessment data has been gathered.
The
responsibilities of the faculty member during the planning phase are:
· Research the relevant
literature on multi-section assessment and best practices within the faculty
member’s discipline
· Develop 2 or 3 options of
appropriate assessments to present to the entire faculty in the discipline
· Serve as liaison to determine
which assessments faculty would like to use and any modifications they deem
useful
· Serve as liaison to implement
the assessment and collect the data as it is gathered
Overload
compensation prior to gathering assessment data: (up to 3 hours overload)
The
responsibilities of the faculty member during the feedback phase are:
· Summarize/evaluate the data
from the assessment in a manner meaningful to the faculty in the discipline
assessed
· Present the summary to the
discipline and facilitate discussion on how to make use of this data to improve
instruction within the discipline through specific action plans
· Write a report to SOAC
describing the results
Overload
compensation following collection of assessment data: (up to 2 hours overload)
The
responsibilities of the Student Outcomes Assessment Committee are:
· Publish the results on the
web-site
· Distribute analyses to academic
administrators for use in planning
· Support faculty assessment projects
Deadline:
Return
to: Marianne Hunnicutt, Coordinator, Innovation Incubator/Liaison SOAC and discipline
assessment
E-mail:
hunnicut@cdnet.cod.edu
Name:
___________________ SS #:
_____________
Discipline:
_________________
Course/Course
sequence: _________________
Please complete the
following form and have your Dean or Associate Dean sign his/her application
approval including comments he/she may have.
A: Faculty
Member
1. Provide
a rationale for conducting assessments of multiple sections of a single course
or a course sequence for the proposed course or course sequence.
2. Describe
the benefits to the discipline, division, or college at large.
B: Additional
Support Areas
1. Describe any additional support you will need
from information technology, alternative learning, or other support areas of
the college. If you need additional support, please have a representative of
the appropriate area sign this application.
________________________________________________
Representative
of Support Agency (Signature)
No support
necessary __________________
(Faculty
Initial)
C: Dean and/or
Associate Dean
1. Please
provide the SOA Committee any comments you have about the above proposal.
_____________________________________________________
Dean/Associate
Dean
(Signature)
The SOA
Committee will review the applications for overload compensation with the
appropriate dean/associate dean. Administrators will give the final approval
for overload assignments.
Innovation
Incubator is funding this pilot program. The overload compensation will be
budgeted through Innovation Incubator as part of its role in promoting student
learning and supporting institutional initiatives.