1. FROM A - Z: AN ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT
2017 Innovations Conference
Joanna Campbell
Maureen Ellis Davis
Gail Fernandez
Bergen Community College

2. 143 degree & certificate programs 15,000 students
167 acre campus
Three locations
143 degree & certificate programs
15,000 students
372 F/T (35%) and 676 P/T (65%)
faculty; unionized

3. Learning Outcomes Participants will understand the components of
an effective and sustainable assessment
program.
Participants will begin the process of building an
assessment platform that meets the needs of
their institution.
Participants will understand how institutional
commitment translates into necessary resources.

4. Professional Development
Assessment Framework
Communication
Archiving
Professional Development
Budget / Time
Processes
Structure
Stakeholders

5. Where are you?
No Evidence
Some Evidence
Significant Evidence
College-wide, unit, program and curricular outcomes are clearly articulated and relevant to students and other stakeholders.
Assessment methods are clear, appropriate, and justifiable. 
Assessment results are of sufficient quality that they can be used with confidence to make meaningful, appropriate decisions.
Results are shared in useful, understandable, accessible forms with relevant stakeholders.
Results are used to inform meaningful (e.g. can make a difference) decisions including allocation of resources, teaching and learning improvement, and planning.
The assessment process has sufficient engagement, momentum, and simplicity to assure that the cultures of evidence and betterment will be sustained.
No Evidence: Our college is aware that we should do this, but there is no documented evidence that this is happening.
Some Evidence: We have documented evidence (not just anecdotes) that this is happening in some areas, but not in most areas.
Significant Evidence: We have documented evidence (not just anecdotes) that this is happening in most areas.  
Adapted from Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide to Accreditation and Accountability, Suskie, 2015.

6. Mission

7. Who are your stakeholders?
Students
Alumni
Prospective students
Faculty Staff
Accreditation Boards
Board of Trustees
Employers
Transfer Institutions
Administrators
Community
County/State Officials
Foundation

8. Institutional Values

9. Organizational Chart of Assessment Activity Bergen Community College

10. Current Assessment Cycle
ACAD Assessment Cycle Division of Humanities
Fall 2016
Dean Bridglall
ACAD Program
Department Chair
Assessment Liaison
Assessment Fellow
Current Assessment Cycle
Current Status
Next Assessment Cycle
Contact Information (date/summary)
ALP
Jiang
Freud
Fernandez
Semester 1
ALP Speech
Adams
EBS
Berkowitz
Jonaitis
Global Studies
Chu
Shurts
Ellis-Davis
Latin American Studies
Women Studies Option
History
World Languages
Alexs Birdsall Griffiths
Vinas
Literature
Roliston
Gibbons
Philosophy
Dlugos
DeMarco
Religion
Communications
Schikler
Phelps
Broadcasting
Semester 3
Journalism
Cinema Studies
AA.LA.Gen ?

11. Assessment Structure

12. Assessment Structure Who is in charge of assessment?
Who conducts assessment projects?
What does the reporting structure
consists of?
Where is the assessment office
located?

13. What is the Process? Semester 1: Creating Assessment Plan
Semester 2: Developing Assessment Tools & Timeline
Semester 3: Collecting & Analyzing Data
Semester 4:
Closing the Loop & Sharing Knowledge

16. Communication

17. How do you promote assessment?
What types of professional development opportunities are there?
How do you archive assessment work?

19. Professional Development
Assessment Framework
Communication
__________________________
___________________________
Archiving
Professional Development
Budget / Time
Processes
Structure
Stakeholders
_____________________________

21. For more information: Professor Joanna Campbell, jcampbell@bergen.edu
Professor Maureen Ellis-Davis,
Professor Gail Fernandez,