Thursday, July 14 ~ 3:00-4:30pm EDT
“In these times of dwindling resources, it becomes more important than ever to identify what we do well. In addition, we need to prioritize all that we value so that we can determine what resources will be allocated to improve that which is of greatest importance. This session combines a framework to prioritize values, implement outcomes-based assessment to evaluate how well those values are being met, and then empower organizations to re-allocate resources to that which they value. ”
~ Dr. Marilee Bresciani, Webinar Presenter
This interactive session clarifies the steps institutional leaders need to take to ensure that their decisions on resource allocation are in harmony with their institutional values and principles of quality improvement – and to demonstrate that assessment findings really do matter. The workshop will walk you through the followings steps: 1) identifying values, 2) aligning values with outcomes, 3) prioritizing values, 4) defining the context for quality and values, 5) implementing outcomes-based assessment, 6) determining at which level the decision resides, and 7) re-allocating resources to improve your outcomes within the context for quality. You’ll leave with the outline of a plan for your campus.
Participants will:
identify how their institutional/divisional decision making aligns with their institutional/divisional values
identify the role that outcomes-based assessment plays in the decision-making process
determine how resources can be allocated or re-allocated in alignment of institutional/division values
determine how outcomes-based assessment informs the allocation or re-allocation of resources when institution/divisions are aware of their values
Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D. is a Professor of Postsecondary Education Leadership at San Diego State University, where she coordinates the certificate in institutional research, planning, and assessment, and the doctorate in community college/postsecondary education leadership. The curriculum at San Diego State University emphasizes the integration of the curricular and co-curricular learning paradigms, and analysis, planning, and responsible practice of leaders in a socially just and global environment.
Dr. Bresciani’s research focuses on the evaluation of student learning and development. She uses grounded theory to explore how systems and processes contribute to student learning centeredness, which includes the study of leaders’ roles in these systems and processes. Her most recent research explores the role of intuition in evidence-based decision making. Dr. Bresciani has held faculty and higher education administration positions for over 20 years. In those positions, she has conducted enrollment management research, quantitative and qualitative institutional research, course-embedded assessment, and academic and administrative program assessment. Previously as Assistant Vice President for Institutional Assessment at Texas A&M University and as Director of Assessment at North Carolina State University, Dr. Bresciani led university-wide initiatives to embed faculty-driven outcomes-based assessment in the curriculum. She has led reforms in outcomes-based assessment program review, assessment of general education, quality enhancement, and assessment of the co-curricular.
Dr. Bresciani has been invited to present and publish her findings on assessment and is a leading author of five books on assessing student learning and outcomes-based assessment program review. Dr. Bresciani has developed and delivered several courses on assessment of student learning, and serves the editorial board of the Journal of Research and Practice in Assessment. She is a reviewer for the Australian Quality Assurance Agency and is also a managing partner in an international assessment and enrollment management consulting firm.
Dr. Bresciani studies yoga with the Baron Baptiste Power Yoga Institute. She teaches yoga on a voluntary basis and provides well-being seminars to higher education faculty, administrators, and students. It is through these seminars, where she promotes sel-reflection, responsibility for one's actions, and strategies to empower others so that intuition can be integrated with evidence to inform decisions.
Dr. Bresciani holds a Ph.D. in Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction from the University of Nebraska and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Hastings College.
Dr. Marilee Bresciani can be reached at mbrescia@mail.sdsu.edu
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