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CUNY Dropbox Resources Added to Site
A page containing information on the CUNY Dropbox account has been added on our ‘Assessment’ page under the ‘Assessment Resources’ heading.
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NYCCT NYS Wage Report Dashboards Updated
We are happy to announce that the one and five year NYS Wage Report Dashboards have been updated and can be found on our ‘Data Dashboard’ page.
External Employment Outcome Links Added
New links to the CUNY Wage Dashboard for 2020 and the PSEO Post Secondary Employment Outcomes Explorer from the United States Census Bureau have been added to our ‘Data Dashboard’ page here.
Implementing and Assessing Intercultural Awareness Workshop
City Tech: Celebrating Our Diversity
Presenter: Dr. Benito Mendoza
2018-19 Faculty Assessment Leadership Award Recipient
Date and Time: Friday, April 5, 2019, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Namm 119
CUNY Middle States Council 2019 MSCHE Symposium
This inaugural MSCHE Symposium sponsored by the CUNY MSCHE Council will provide valuable insight from MSCHE Executives, CUNY leadership and institutions for working with the Standards, engaging internal stakeholder groups, and providing a heightened awareness of the importance of institutional effectiveness.
Date and Time: April 12th, 2019 from 8:30 AM to 4 PM
Location: John Jay College New Building, Room NB 264
RSVP by March 29th, 2019 (http://air.citytech.cuny.edu/rsvp/)
CUNY Middle States Council Workshop Series: Institutional Effectiveness
Date and Time: March 1st, 2019 from 9AM to 3PM
Location: BMCC Fiterman Building, Rooms 1306/1307
Presenter: MSCHE Workshop Provider, Dr. Christopher Shults – BMCC
Institutional effectiveness reflects the degree to which a college or university is achieving its institutional mission. The increasing prevalence of the term means that higher education institutions will need to better integrate assessment, planning and resource allocation for the purpose of improving student learning and the environment for student success. Sound complicated? It doesn’t have to be.
This session will assist colleges and university faculty, staff, and administrators in understanding that their institutions already possess all the elements required to design and implement an institutional effectiveness system. At issue is the lack of an integrated planning approach and institutional effectiveness system that allows the institution to “connect the dots.” As a result, institutions often maintain numerous, disjointed assessment and planning processes and struggle to communicate their alignment and document mission achievement. This workshop will take participants, step-by-step, through the development, implementation, and evaluation of an institutional effectiveness system designed to enhance student learning and success. As a result of attending this session, participants will be able to:
- Provide their own contextual definition of institutional effectiveness;
- Explain the connection between institutional effectiveness, student learning, and supporting the environment for student success;
- Utilize an integrated planning framework to design a system that connects assessment, planning, and resource allocation;
- Demonstrate the role of strategic and operational planning in impacting institutional effectiveness;
- Understand how institutional effectiveness’ is connected to the MSCHE standards.
This is an intermediate level workshop. The anticipated audience will include faculty, staff, and administrators with planning, institutional effectiveness, and accreditation responsibilities.
RSVP by February 22nd, 2019 (the workshop is full and rsvp closed)
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
City Tech Faculty Assessment Leadership Award
The Faculty Assessment Leadership Award recognizes a faculty member who has provided extraordinary leadership contributions with respect to assessment (e.g., committee work, accreditation efforts, service in the department) that advance the excellence of their department or degree program, and who exemplifies the College’s commitment to assessment as a tool to improve student outcomes. This year-long award honors faculty for their professional service that has supported the assessment system within their program, department and/or the College. The recipient will be granted $1,000 for professional travel during the 2018-19 academic year in support of his/her recognized leadership.
Responsibility
The awardee will plan and offer faculty development activities in consultation with the Office of Assessment, Institutional Research and Effectiveness (AIRE) and the Faculty Commons at City Tech during their tenure. These activities may include, but are not limited to, offering seminars or workshops on topics regarding assessment as a high impact practice (Kuh, 2008; Cumming & Miller, 2017).
Application Deadline
November 5– Deadline for nominations/self-nominations
Eligibility
- Full-time faculty at all ranks and lecturers with a Certificate of Continuous Employment (CCE)
- Provided committed service of significant value with respect to assessment
Evaluation Criteria
- Demonstration of the candidate’s strong commitment to assessment to improve student outcomes
- Demonstrated ability of the candidate to engage in assessment activities on several levels – critical course, program-level, and/or general education assessment
- Demonstrated commitment to advancing or promoting assessment within their department or program
- Strong leadership skills that aid faculty in understanding the value of assessment for learning
Nominations
- Candidates may be nominated by a department chair and by self-nomination.
- Nomination packets must include all materials described below.
| Section | Content | Page limitation |
| A. Standard cover page | Attachment A | 1 |
| B. Nomination/Self-Nomination letter | Address evaluation criteria described above. | 2 |
| C. Personal statement from nominee. | 1. Discuss the value of assessment and strategies for effecting faculty engagement in assessment, as well as advocating for improvements based on assessment results.
2. The personal statement should also include proposed professional development activities, of one to two 50 minutes sessions, which should include: Goals of the professional development workshop(s), e.g. what participants will know or do following the workshop |
3 |
| D. Maximum of two letters of support from individuals such as:
· Faculty member |
Specific examples of the nominee’s commitment to assessment and his/her ability to engage department faculty in actively participating in and understanding the value of assessment. | 1 page/letter |
Attachments
Attachment A: Faculty Leadership Award Nomination Cover Sheet
Submission
Nominations must be submitted using the online form (Nomination Submission) by November 5, 2018.
Selection
Nominations will be reviewed by the Assessment Leadership Award Committee. Recipient(s) and their nominator(s) will be notified by November 9th. Awards are presented at a Celebratory Luncheon in the Janet Lefler Dining Room on November 16th.
Assistance
For more information about Faculty Assessment Leadership Award contact Tammie Cumming in the Office of Assessment, Institutional Research and Effectiveness at tcumming@citytech.cuny.edu or (718) 260-5696.
AES Assessment Workshop – Oct 23
About the Workshop
The CUNY MSCHE Council and the CUNY system is sponsoring the AES workshop scheduled for October 23rd. Administrative and Educational Support (AES) units are part of the foundation for institutional effectiveness and assessment. This workshop is designed to help CUNY Colleges expand their AES assessment and evaluation in alignment with a comprehensive institutional effectiveness process.
- Date and Time: Oct 23, 2018, 9 am to 4 pm
- Location: Hostos Community College, Savoy Room
Learning Outcomes
- Define institutional effectiveness within the unit’s institutional context
- Describe the role of administrative, educational, and student support services (AES) units in student learning and support of the environment for student learning
- Develop effective and well-aligned AES unit missions, goals, and outcomes
- Compare methods of assessment for AES units
Workshop Facilitator
- Michael Sachs, JD
Agenda
- 9:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
- 9:30 A.M. – 12:00 noon Workshop
- 12:00 noon – 1:00 P.M. Lunch
- 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Workshop Concludes
Administrative and Educational Support Units (AES) Assessment Workshop
About the Workshop
Administrative and Educational Support (AES) units are part of the foundation for institutional effectiveness and assessment. This workshop is designed to help CUNY Colleges expand their AES assessments and evaluation in alignment with a comprehensive institutional effectiveness process.
- Date and Time: May 11, 2018, 9 am to 3 pm
- Location: BMCC, Room-TBD
Learning Outcomes
- Define institutional effectiveness within the unit’s institutional context
- Describe the role of administrative, educational, and student support services (AES) units in student learning and support of the environment for student learning
- Develop effective and well-aligned AES unit missions, goals, and outcomes
- Compare methods of assessment for AES units
Facilitators
- Dr. Tammie Cumming, City Tech
- Dr. Christopher Shults, BMCC
Agenda
- 9:00 A.M. -9:30 A.M. Registration/Continental Breakfast
- 9:30 A.M. – 12:00 noon Workshop
- 12:00 noon – 1:00 P.M. Lunch
- 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. Workshop Concludes