Measuring Up: Simplifying Systemic Assessment for Carnegie and Beyond

Posted by Pennsylvania Campus Compact on December 11, 2017

Measuring Up: Simplifying Systemic Assessment for Carnegie and Beyond with Heather Mack – Registration Deadline January 2, 2018

The call for clear, reliable data to support civic and community engagement work has never been louder! But how do you get there?

New York and Pennsylvania Campus Compacts are sponsoring five more workshops across New York and Pennsylvania with assessment expert Heather Mack to help you get there!

Whether or not you plan to re/apply for the Carnegie Engaged Institution classification, the need for solid assessment data for civic engagement programs has never been greater.

Learn how to develop logic models for all of your assessment plans.

Take advantage of expert and peer review of your assessment plan and strategies during one of our day-long workshops. Each workshop gives you access to follow-up webinars to help guide the implementation of your assessment plan.

This workshop is most relevant for

· Civic engagement administrators
· Institutional research administrators
· Faculty charged with assessment responsibilities at their institutions
· Key decision-makers for civic/community engagement programming

We strongly encourage you to register as part of a team from your institution. Best practices for developing a successful Carnegie application or strong assessment program require broad campus input. Your outcomes will be strengthened over all if attend these workshops as a committed team.

Here is a sample agenda for each workshop:

9:00 Registration & Light Breakfast
9:30 Welcome & Introductions
9:45 The Five Elements of a Successful Assessment Plan
-Your logic model as the foundation
-Successful Assessment Plans
o Strategize
o Design
o Reflect
o Implement
o Apply
-Collection and Analysis
-Reporting and Dissemination Strategies
11:45 Peer Review of Logic Models
12:30 Working Lunch
1:30 Designing Your Assessment Plan
-Peer Feedback
-Expert Consultation
3:15 Final questions

Workshops are offered at the following campuses:

January 8 St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
January 10 King’s College, Wilkes Barre, PA
January 12 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (co-sponsored by University of Pittsburgh)

Registration Deadline: January 1, 2018

Fee: NY and PA Campus Compact members- $40.00 per person
Other Campus Compact members- $80.00 per person

Register now at https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=2021000