Coordinators will be walked through inputting their artifacts into the Watermark Planning & Self-Study Assessment Management System:

• Enter a mission statement
• Enter or revise learning and success outcomes
• Map outcomes to Lehman College’s ILOs
• Enter an assessment plan
• Enter an assessment report

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: September 14, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Completed

Introduction to the semester for department liaisons and coordinators.

Presenter: Victor Brown, Associate Provost

Date: October 3, 2023 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Completed
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To be effective, assessment must be organized and systematic. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Write a clear assessment plan based on Lehman College’s 6-Step process

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: November 14, 2023 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Completed

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The workshop will discuss disaggregated data within the context of accreditation expectations:

• Be aware of the disaggregated data that guides decision making
• Understand the new accreditation expectations

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: February 15, 2024 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Completed

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Findings from the Middle States Commission’s review of self-Study Reports provide insight into accreditor expectations. At the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Be familiar with the two accreditation standards that most frequently require follow-up
• Be aware of the major issues requiring follow-up for each accreditation standard
• Recognize the importance of assessment to successful re-accreditation

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: May 9, 2023 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Completed

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Introduction to the semester for department liaisons and coordinators.

Presenter: Victor Brown, Associate Provost

Date: October 4, 2022 11 am – 12 pm Completed

To be effective, assessment must be organized and systematic. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Write a clear assessment plan based on Lehman College’s 6-Step process

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: October 27, 2022 4 pm – 5 pm Completed

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To be meaningful, assessment outcomes should be evaluated against benchmarks. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Create measurable targets against which assessment findings can be benchmarked

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: November 10, 2022 4 pm – 5 pm Completed

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Findings from the Middle States Commission’s review of elf-Study Reports provide insight into accreditor expectations. At the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Be familiar with the two accreditation standards that most frequently require follow-up
• Be aware of the major issues requiring follow-up for each accreditation standard
• Recognize the importance of assessment to successful re-accreditation

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

April 20, 2023 4 pm – 5 pm Completed

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Assessment of General Education is a critical element of an institution’s educational effectiveness. At the end of the workshop, participants will:

• Be able to develop strategies for assessing General Education
• Be familiar with how Lehman College’s courses map to its institutional learning outcomes
• Understand MSCHE’s expectations for General Education

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: April 27, 2023 3 pm – 4 pm Completed

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Introduction to the semester for department liaisons and coordinators. Participants will receive:

• A brief overview of Lehman College’s 6-Step process
• Introduction to Lehman’s assessment infrastructure

Presenters: Victor Brown, Associate Provost

Curriculum maps illustrate the interconnectivity between course learning outcomes, student learning outcomes and institutional learning outcomes. The workshop will demonstrate the creation of curriculum map and how they can be used as an effective assessment tool to track student performance. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Create curriculum maps linking course learning outcomes, student learning outcomes and institutional learning outcomes

Presenters: Yvette Rosario, Senior Registrar; Daniel Nicasio, Associate Registrar; and Victor Brown, PhD, Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Educational Effectiveness

Date: October 14, 2021 Completed

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Goals and goal alignment across departments/units, programs, schools/divisions, and the College can drive institutional improvement:

• Distinguish between goals and outcomes
• Understand goal alignment
• Define success from the perspective of one’s unit or program

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: November 18, 2021 Completed

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Closing the loop:

• Write action plans
• Incorporate action plans into the assessment cycle
• Understand how action plans can contribute to sustained improvement

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: February 17, 2022 Completed

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Findings from the Middle States Commission's review of Self-Study Reports provide insight into accreditor expectations. At the end of this workshop, participants will:

• be familiar with the two accreditation standards that most frequently require follow-up
• be aware of the major issues requiring follow-up for each accreditation standard
• recognize that assessment is critical to successful re-accreditation

Presenters: Don Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: March 17, 2022 Completed

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Assessment is comprised of direct and indirect methods. Good assessment practice incorporates the use of both approaches. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify common direct and indirect methods
• Determine how much assessment evidence is sufficient

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager

Date: April 15, 2022 Completed

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The series focuses on engaging faculty across Lehman in discussions on assessment topics such as “Assessment Resources”, “Issues and Trends in Assessment,” and “Best Practices in Assessment”. RSVP is required because lunch will be provided and seats are limited. At the end of each session, participants will be able to:

• Become more adept at discussing issues relating to assessment
• Work collaboratively to address assessment issues

Among the brown bag lunch series will be a faculty roundtable discussion of assessment and a MSCHE briefing on trends in accreditation expectations.
Presenters: TBD

Date: First Monday every other month except during holidays (Oct 4 & Dec 6, 2021; Feb 7 & Apr 4, 2022)

Notes: Depending on progress related to procuring a new Assessment Management System (AMS), training workshops for academic and AES will be scheduled. In general, Assessment “Brown Bag” lunches will take place on the first Monday of each month, except when such dates fall on holidays; Assessment workshops will take place on the third Thursday each month.

Introduction to the semester for department liaisons and coordinators. Participants will receive:

• A brief overview of Lehman College’s 6-Step process
• Introduction to Lehman’s assessment infrastructure

Presenters: Peter O. Nwosu, PhD, Provost
Date: September 17, 2020 Completed

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To be effective, assessment must be organized and systematic. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Write a clear assessment plan based on Lehman College’s 6-Step process

Presenters: Victor Brown, PhD, Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Educational Effectiveness; Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager; and Devrim Yavuz, Faculty Assessment Fellow and Assistant Professor of Sociology

Date: September 23, 2020 Completed

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Clearly-written goals and measurable outcomes are the basis for effective assessment. At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish between goals and outcomes
• Write clear assessment goals
• Write measurable and specific outcomes

Presenter: Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager
Date: October 15, 2020 Completed

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Developing Measures and Metrics for Assessing Student Performance (For Academic Units)

The creation and use of appropriate rubrics in assessment can provide students with feedback about areas of strengths and weaknesses. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Create rubrics for student learning outcome assessment
• Use rubrics to assess student learning outcomes at the course- and program- levels

Presenter: Devrim Yavuz, Faculty Assessment Fellow and Assistant Professor of Sociology

Date: November 19, 2020 Completed

Rubrics enable faculty to assess student learning and allow students to gain an understanding of learning expectations. At the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Use AAC&U rubrics to evaluate student work
• Communicate grading expectations on syllabi using rubrics

Presenters: LaRose Parris, Associate Professor Africana Studies and Amanda Sisselman, Assistant Professor Social Work

Date: February 18, 2021 Completed

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Student learning outcomes articulate what a student is supposed to know or be able to demonstrate upon completing a course or program. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Write clear and measurable learning outcomes

Presenters Donald Sutherland, Assessment Manager and Devrim Yavuz, Faculty Assessment Fellow

Date: March 18, 2021 Completed

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The workshop will expose participants to using the data from institutional surveys to inform learning outcomes assessment at the program level. At the end of each session, participants will be able to:

• Become more adept at discussing issues relating to assessment

Presenter: Michael Goldberg, Associate Director of Institutional Research

Date: April 15, 2021 Completed

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Curriculum maps illustrate the interconnectivity between course learning outcomes, student learning outcomes and institutional learning outcomes. The workshop will demonstrate the creation of curriculum map and how they can be used as an effective assessment tool to track student performance. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Create curriculum maps linking course learning outcomes, student learning outcomes and institutional learning outcomes

Presenters: Yvette Rosario, Senior Registrar and Victor Brown, PhD, Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Educational Effectiveness