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Assessment Peer Consulting

You do not have to do it alone! Assessment peer consultants are available free of charge to assist programs, departments, and units with any aspect of the assessment of student learning:

• developing or improving student learning outcomes.
• developing or improving assessment plans.
• developing or improving assessment measures.
• interpreting assessment findings.
• using assessment findings for improving student learning, programs, and the assessment process.
• anything else.

Our emphasis is program-level assessment. Consultants will only respond to requests from programs. They work in teams of two. They come with years of assessment and consulting experience and are familiar with the wide variety of resources available at SCSU.

Just fill out the request form and send it in. Then, we will match you with a consultant team who can meet with you individually over coffee, formally present to your department, or help with the nuts and bolts of assessment. Contact us with any questions.

Becoming a Consultant

Responsibilities for assessment peer consultants include assisting programs, departments, and units with requests for help on any aspect of assessment of student learning. Examples include:

• developing or improving student learning outcomes.
• developing or improving assessment plans.
• developing or improving assessment measures.
• interpreting assessment findings.
• using assessment findings for improving student learning, programs, and the assessment process.

Benefits for assessment peer consultants include opportunities to:

• network with people from across the university who have similar interests.
• obtain experience in assessment at the program, college, and university level.
• obtain professional development in assessment and consulting.

Consultant Selection Criteria

The Assessment Steering Committee seeks 10 to 20 faculty and staff to join our cadre of assessment peer consultants. We seek applicants:

1. who have a strong interest in assessment, consulting, and improving student learning.
2. from all colleges and other units involved in assessing student learning outcomes and from accredited and non-accredited programs.
3. who have expertise in different aspects of assessment or consulting. While experience in assessment and/or consulting is preferred, it is not required.

Applications are due September 7, 2010. Applicants will be notified whether they have been selected on Friday, September 10, 2010.

To be selected for the peer assessment consultant training program, you must agree to:

1. participate in all eight hours of peer consulting training on Thursday, September 30 or Friday, October 1 , 2010.
2. Attend three additional hours of training (times to be established later, based upon the schedules of trainees)
3. be available to serve as a consultant after completing the training.

If you are interested in being trained as an assessment consultant but can’t attend on these days, you will have another opportunity to apply next year.