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IAP Technical Assistance
The main goal for the Associate Director for Institutional Assessment (Dr. Amy Moffat) for co-curricular programs, administrative units and leadership is to provide strategic, methodological and logistical support for annual, periodic review, and ad-hoc assessment that addresses campus priorities.
Initial Technical Assistance for all can include:
- Consultations on assessment planning, methods, instruments, and how to summarize data and respond to results.
- Provide assessment-related resources:
- handbooks, templates, examples, terminology, etc
- Small group workshops:
- Assessment 101 (why we assess what we value, and not value only that which we can easily assess)
- Creating multi-year assessment plans (how to -- using Handbook)
- Logic model tool
- Support for HR workshops presenting a variety of planning tools
- Asynchronous videos:
- How to write good survey questions
- Difference between goals, outcomes, objectives
- Basics of data analysis, display, and reporting
- Institutional level data with collaboration from IRAR
- Mapworks, NSSE, etc -
- Manage campus feedback processes on annual assessment reports (possibly through IAP working group)
- Provide assessment-related expertise on working groups, committees and task forces, standing and ad-hoc
Additional technical assistance from across campus (for example):
- HR workshops for planning tools
- ODEI - data from climate surveys
Individualized consultation will also be provided by the IAP leads or their representatives. Peer support will also be available through the IAPW and ODEI.