Yesterday we looked at the structures for monitoring and nurturing assessment that were showcased in chapters of our Maki book and we discussed the aspects of the structures that might or might now work at Palo Alto College. We talked about the Program Review Committee and how it might be a good starting point for a committee to monitor and nurture assessment at PAC. One thing that we all agreed upon was that for faculty to embrace and have pride in the assessment work that we are doing, that this committee most focus on opportunities to improve and that assessment efforts must be faculty driven. We felt that faculty should serve to make a contribution to their profession. We are going to look at several other models today and do some more thinking about a structure to monitor and nurture assessment at PAC.
We also looked at assessment efforts at sister colleges and compared our efforts to theirs to appreciate the different approach.
Brian shared resources that he found about assessment -- some nice guidelines from other institutions that will help us. A final thought was that assessment should never be used for faculty evaluations.
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