Academic Program Assessment: A 5-Week Faculty Workshop

Tuesday, February 10, 2026
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Zoom

Facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Veltsos

If assessment feels like extra work that rarely pays off, this workshop is designed for you. Over five weeks, you’ll learn how to make assessment useful for your teaching and your program—clarifying what you want students to learn, aligning courses without losing disciplinary autonomy, using existing assignments as evidence, and making sense of results in ways that actually inform decisions. You’ll leave with concrete, ready-to-use assessment tools tailored to your program or general education courses, plus practical strategies for leading productive conversations about assessment within your department—without adding unnecessary burden to your workload.
Faculty who complete this workshop will be able to:

1. Explain the purpose of program-level assessment as a tool for improving student learning, distinct from grading and compliance reporting.
2. Compose clear, assessable program learning outcomes and align them across the curriculum to support coherent student learning.
3. Design feasible assessment methods that generate meaningful evidence of student learning using existing coursework and assignments.
4. Interpret assessment evidence thoughtfully and equitably to identify patterns, questions, and opportunities for improvement.
5. Translate assessment findings into concrete, faculty-led actions and document a sustainable assessment cycle.

Session dates: Tuesdays - Feb 10, Feb 24, Mar 17, Mar 31, Apr 14 at 3:00-4:00 pm
Delivery mode: Zoom