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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
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Beverage Break

Morning Coffee served
NACADA name badge is required
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome & Plenary - P1 | Assessment – Creating a Culture of Success
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

Choose from:

  • C1 | Creating an Advising Syllabus
  • C2 | Socially Just Assessment
  • C3 | Improvement Science
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

Choose from:

  • C4 | The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Focus Groups
  • C5 | Process Delivery Outcomes/Process Benchmarking
  • C6 | Collecting Data
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
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM - 3:00 AM
Registration is open
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Plenary - P2 | Assessment – Part of Your Daily Life
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

12:30 | Let's Talk NACADA - Exploring all things NACADA has to offer with Kyle Ross, NACADA Executive Director
NACADA name badge is required
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Topic Group Sessions - Focused Independent Work Time
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
By Appointment NACADA - Getting Involved
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Concurrent Sessions

Choose from:

  • C7 | Turning Assessment into Action: Managing and Implementing Change Based on Assessment Findings
  • C8 | Visualizing and Summarizing the Data You Collected and Analyzed
  • C9 | Using an Advising Model in Assessment: Taking an Appreciative Approach
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
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Registration is open
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
    Angela Bowlus Event Chair Metropolitan State University
  • Jordan Berken
    Jordan Berken University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Bryan Bowerman
    Bryan Bowerman University of California-Irvine
  • Dan Chandler
    Dan Chandler Brigham Young University
  • Mary Etienne
    Mary Etienne LaSalle University
  • Stephanie Kraft-Terry
    Stephanie Kraft-Terry University of Hawai'i at Manoa
  • Benjamin Norris
    Benjamin Norris Frostburg State University
  • Kyle Ross
    Kyle Ross NACADA
  • Kathy Zarges
    Kathy Zarges Kent State University
  • Rebecca Weidner
    Rebecca Weidner Brigham Young University
  • Jennifer Rush
    Jennifer Rush Assistant Director - Institutes NACADA Contact with questions
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