Assessment Institute

22nd Annual Assessment Institute

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza

January 29-31, 2025

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What to Expect:

Assessment of academic advising is essential for a successful and effective academic advising program on any campus. This working institute will be an intensive two and a half days focused on the components of a successful assessment program as well as specific strategies and tools for developing and implementing assessment programs on your campus.

Why You Should Attend:

Develop a vision for advising on your campus
Understand national resources that offer student feedback & information about advising
Learn how to identify resources & allies in the areas of institutional Research & Institutional Planning
Learn to connect your plan to the institutional strategic planning process
Learn how to communicate this information to campus colleagues to generate collaboration & understanding
Use benchmarking to document the success of your plan

2025 Tentative Schedule

Session Abstracts

Assessment Institute

January 29 - January 31, 2025 - 31, 2025 2025

Tuesday January. 28

Wednesday January. 29

Thursday January. 30

Friday January. 31

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Registration is open

7:30 PM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

NACADA name badge is required

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Welcome & Plenary 1

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Small Group Discussions

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Beverage Break

NACADA name badge is required

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Topic Group Sessions

Choose from the following options:

Assessment Cycle
Vision Mission & Goals
Student Learning Outcomes
Advisor Outcomes
Process Delivery Outcomes
Mapping - The GPS of Advising

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

NACADA name badge is required

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Topic Group Sessions

Choose from the following options:

Vision Mission & Goals
Student Learning Outcomes
Advisor Outcomes
Process Delivery Outcomes
Mapping - The GPS of Advising
Exploring and Developing Measures for Assessment and Interpretation of Data

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Beverage Break

NACADA name badge is required

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Concurent Sessions

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Topic Group Sessions

Choose from the following options:

Vision Mission & Goals
Student Learning Outcomes
Advisor Outcomes
Process Delivery Outcomes
Mapping - The GPS of Advising
Exploring and Developing Measures for Assessment and Interpretation of Data

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking Reception

NACADA name badge is required

8:30 AM - 3:00 AM

Registration is open

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Plenary 2

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Small Group Discussions

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Beverage Break

NACADA name badge is required

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Topic Group Sessions

Choose from the following options:

Student Learning Outcomes
Advisor Outcomes
Process Delivery Outcomes
Mapping - The GPS of Advising
Exploring and Developing Measures for Assessment and Interpretation of Data
Implementing and Sustaining

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

NACADA name badge is required

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Topic Group Sessions - Focused Independent Work Time

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Beverage Break

NACADA name badge required

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Topic Group Sessions

Choose from the following options:

Student Learning Outcomes
Advisor Outcomes
Process Delivery Outcomes
Mapping - The GPS of Advising
Exploring and Developing Measures for Assessment and Interpretation of Data
Implementing and Sustaining

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Small Group Discussions

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration is open

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Plenary 3

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Beverage Break

NACADA name badge required

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Small Group Discussions - Creating & Presenting Your Action Plan

2025 Assessment Institute Faculty

Faculty Bios

Angela Bowlus Event Chair Metropolitan State University
Jordan Berken University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bryan Bowerman University of California-Irvine
Dan Chandler Brigham Young University
Mary Etienne LaSalle Univeristy
Stephanie Kraft-Terry University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Benjamin Norris Frostburg State University
Kyle Ross NACADA
Kathy Zarges Kent State University
Rebecca Weidner Brigham Young University
Jennifer Rush Assistant Director - Institutes NACADA Contact with questions

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