Hello!!
I hope practicum is going well for everyone! In the Office of Institutional research and effectiveness there is no such thing as a slow part of the year. Every day I get here, there is always more than enough work for everyone. With so many units on campus starting to realize the importance of improvement, the demand for guidance on completing Institutional Effectiveness reports is an ongoing process. Units recognize what other units on campus are putting into their IE reports, and therefore want to do the same for theirs.
My understanding of how assessment plays a role in accreditation is growing. I see how the help sessions are strategic planning in preparing the university for Reaffirmation in 2014. The staff works with each unit by ensuring that every department is conveying the effectiveness of their department through their IE report. By illustrating improvements in learning outcomes through the use of the results in assessments, they are proactively streamlining the reaffirmation process that the university has been behind on for years.
Working with the staff in the OIRE I have had the ability to sit down with units and complete IE reports, as well as review the comments from the IE report committees, combine these comments with IE reports, for both on campus and distance learning, and return the combined documents to the respective departments.
After a couple of days in the office performing tasks such as: clerical work, and putting practice with the knowledge of what the OIRE is responsible for I am ready to move on and began speaking with individuals about what they feel their duties in the office are. I start interviewing the staff this week, and I have a ton of questions on hand. This is going to be fun!!!
Jeremy.
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