The University of Texas at Austin can help with you gain skills and applied learning as an assessment leader on your campus. The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA) will hold the Second Assessment Institute for higher education assessment practitioners and administrators on June 17-18, 2010 at the state-of-the-art UT Austin, AT&T Conference Center.

Attendees will learn about applying assessment tools and applications; facilitating assessment processes; and enhancing leadership skills. All sessions will feature hands-on activities and facilitated interaction. In order to support intensive dialogue and learning, we are capping registration at 60 participants.

Day One: choose from two strands. The Tools and Applications strand offers sessions on:

• Writing SMART outcomes
• Choosing appropriate data collection methods
• Developing curriculum maps

The second strand, Assessment Processes, covers:

• Incorporating critical thinking into assessment
• Assessing general education
• Exploring institutional effectiveness and why it matters

Additionally, UT Austin faculty members will share their views and answer questions about faculty involvement in assessment during a panel discussion prior to the Thursday evening reception.

Day Two: look forward to case studies and simulations that provide extensive practice on leadership skills such as inquiry, facilitation, problem-solving, communication skills, and identifying the current assessment climate at your institution.