Prove It!
Putting Assessment to Use
The demand for proof echoes throughout higher education, and you are now tasked with demonstrating a measurable impact on student development. Assessment will determine the future of programs, budgets and careers. Although the field is making progress, the task remains complicated. It’s time for a simpler answer.
Prove it!
is an intensive training experience that helps student affairs professionals address the need for assessment. Learn how to transform your departmental mission into clear and concise learning outcomes. Gain new insight on how to measure what you used to think was immeasurable. Develop a simple system for collecting, managing and analyzing data, and learn how to use your results to critique and adjust your efforts. At the end of the day, you will leave with new resources, stronger analytical skills and a basic template for your department’s own formal assessment strategy.
Format
Prove It! is an interactive, half-day workshop which is part professional development and part departmental work session. Activities include training, reflection, planning and group work. Following the workshop, RISE hosts quarterly coaching sessions \in order to provide regular guidance as you implement its lessons.
Universal
Prove It! incorporates lessons from a variety of industries including business, psychology, student development and education. The program is independent and universal, in that it advocates no specific assessment tool, framework or model. Instead, it allows you to draw from a variety of existing techniques, and guides you in developing new, personalized strategies for assessing student learning.
Components
- Preparatory Reflection
- Half-Day On-Site Workshop for up to 12 Staff Members
- 20+ Page Application Guide
- Quarterly Coaching Sessions
- Additional Consultation and Resources are Available
In contrast to RISE’s regular rates, Prove It! is available for $3,750 due to the extended level of service involved.
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You could spend 4 months figuring out where to start, or you could spend 4 hours developing solutions that can be implemented immediately!
