SAAL Assessment Shared Stories (SASS): Recent Episodes
Student Affairs Assessment Leaders
SAAL Assessment Shared Stories (SASS) will serve as a space to share assessment strategies, stories and thoughts on Student Affairs assessment and research. With a focus on inquiry, we will share ALL voices with the goal to as a community to develop solutions, provide support and continue to inspire one another to advance the field of Student Affairs assessment.
**The Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL), in collaboration with the ACPA Commission on Evaluation and Assessment (CAE), NASPA Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community (NASPA AER KC), and the Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS), will offer insights and predictions into the evolving landscape of student affairs assessment. Together, these student affairs organizations will share reflections on the evolution of the field and illuminate the skill sets and traits essential for flourishing in the future.
People's Voices:**
- Renée Delgado-Riley, Director, Student Life Assessment & Research, University of Oregon, Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL), President, 2023-2025
- Shaun Boren, Director of Assessment and Research for Student Life, University of Florida; co-chair of the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation & Research Knowledge Community, ACPA Representative to CAS.
- Ellissa Brooks Nelson, Divisional Director for Student Affairs Research and Assessment at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL), Vice President of Profession Advancement, 2023-2025
- Dan Bureau, Assistant Vice President for Student Health and Wellbeing, Louisiana State University, Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) Governing Board
- Kim Kruchen, Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, University of Colorado Boulder, co-chair of the NASPA Assessment, Evaluation & Research Knowledge Community
- Joe Levy, Associate Vice Provost of Accreditation and Quality Improvement, Excelsior University, Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL), Open Course Manager
- Tori Rehr, Senior Program Review and Strategic Planning Analyst, The Ohio State University, chair of the ACPA Commission for Assessment & Evaluation
A training designed to share components of a facilitator role, provide strategies and comfort in facilitating a focus group or listening circle, and sharing tips on opening, exploring, and closing sessions. The goal is to nurture disclosure and center participants' experiences and voices. A review of navigating multiple personality types that may show up along with simulating components of a facilitator role will be discussed.
Welcoming Scholarship: Motivation behind the Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry from Dr. Daniel Newhart, Assistant Vice Provost for Planning at Penn State University. This podcast is an overview of the philosophy and motivation behind the Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry (JSAI). Specifically, steps that the Journal takes to welcome people into the conversation of scholarship are discussed, with special attention to the support role reviewers and editors play in the publication process. In essence, the Journal was founded upon the idea that the submission of scholarship is an activity of trust on the part of the authors, and the processes of review must honor and cultivate that trust. Through storytelling, we share voices to help nurture a thriving community of individuals engaged in Student Affairs Assessment. Learn more about JSAI and how your voice is welcomed.
For 2 years, SAAL engaged in strategic planning to re-envision itself in 2022. With support from members, community assessment organizations and the board, a new strategy has been crafted to guide us forward. Let us know what you think by tagging us @SAAssessLeaders
Join us as we hear from current and past SAAL leaders on what the organization has meant to them. Through storytelling, we share our voice from the last 14 years. After historical reflections from leaders, hear where SAAL is planning to go with the unveiling of our new strategic foci.
Join Dr. Paul Antonellis, Director of Assessment at Endicott College to learn about how their assessment committee is structured and tips for ensuring success.
Join Joe Levy, Executive Director of Assessment & Accreditation at National Louis University and Renée Delgado-Riley, Director of Student Life Assessment & Research at the University of Oregon as they discuss how to enact a culture of assessment. Through the importance of helping colleagues understand the purpose of assessment, fostering data curiosities, closing the loop, establishing and nurturing relationships and sustaining the process, assessment culture building is critical.
Take time to hear from Dr. Gianina Baker, Assistant Director, NILOA, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, Dr. Cindy Cogswell, Director of Assessment & Strategic Planning Division of Student Affairs and adjunct instructor, Ohio University, Dr. Marjorie Dorime'-Williams, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Missouri – Columbia, moderated by Dr. Pamelyn Shefman, Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness and Research at Alvin Community College on the 5 faces of assessment and what our next steps should be to move assessment forward.
Join Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) Board members as they share their assessment advice.