STAFF DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

ONE-TO-ONE ASSISTANCE:

Anytime Assessment Help Sessions (help with your assessment plans, procedures, reports)
[any time, make an appointment, call Nancy, Kathleen, or Linda]

  • Dr. Nancy Caldwell, Music Instructor and Coordinator of Outcomes Assessment (x5464), for help in course and program assessment
  • Kathleen Doehring, Nursing Instructor (x5452), specializing in helping with technical/vocational program assessment
  • Linda Parrish, Mathematics Instructor (x5282), specializing in helping with transfer program assessment

ONLINE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS:

 Outcomes Assessment at Lake Land College  This PowerPoint presentation gives an introduction to Outcomes Assessment at Lake Land College.

 Newcomer's Orientation - AAHE Assessment Conference June, 2002 This PowerPoint presentation is a good assessment primer by Peggy Maki, Director of Assessment for the American Association for Higher Education.

Measuring Learner Competencies 

Writing the Outcomes Assessment Report  This PowerPoint presentation was presented during the Lake Land College Staff Development Days in Spring 2002.

ASSESSMENT WORKSHOPS AT LAKE LAND COLLEGE:

"Anytime" Assessment Help Sessions
Make an appointment any time: call Nancy at x5464, Kathleen at x5452, or Linda at x5282

TBA
Outcomes Assessment Workshop for New Faculty -
Getting started with outcomes assessment in your program.

ASSESSMENT WEEK  (held annually during fall semester)
    >"Prompts" (assessment essays) administered to sophomores in select classes
    > Sharing of assessment results among faculty, administration, and staff
    > Student awareness campaign
    > Assessment contest

 

Staff Development Days
Look for Sessions with an Assessment Focus:
Sign up at http://www.lakeland.cc.il.us/ctpd/workshops
 

 


OTHER WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES:

October 22-25, 2006
2006 Conference on information Technology
Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
http://www.league.org/league/partners/confer_profile.htm#cit

October 29-31, 2006
2006 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis
 The Westin Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana 
Pre-Institute Workshops: October 29th; Institute Dates: October 30-31.
 http://www.planning.iupui.edu/conferences/national/nationalconf.html

January 17-20, 2007
The Real Test: Liberal Education and Democracy's Big Questions
Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting
New Orleans, Louisiana
http://www.aacu.org

Late February or Early March, 2006
Annual Assessment Fair for Illinois Community Colleges - TBA
 Location - TBA
This has proven to be a valuable conference.  Both general education and program specific assessment topics.
Call for proposals - TBA

March 4-7, 2007
2007 Innovations Conference of the League for Innovation
 Hilton New Orleans Riverside,  New Orleans, LA
http://www.league.org/i2007/

April 20-24, 2007
Annual Meeting of the The Higher Education Commission, a commission of the North Central Association. 112th Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Chicago. This conference provides many sessions on assessment.
http://www.ncacihe.org/AnnualMeeting

April 2007
2007 International Chair Academy Conference
TBA
 http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/chair/