Pre-Conference Workshops - September 12, 2018

The pre-conference workshops will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, before the opening plenary later in the afternoon. These workshops are offered as an optional service to conference attendees and are separately priced. All pre-conference workshops begin at 9:00 AM Wednesday, and the majority of the workshops conclude by 12:00pm.  The AALHE Assessment Institute is a full day workshop that will include lunch and close at 4:30pm.  Refreshments and morning snacks are included in the fee. 

Pre-Conference Workshop Descriptions (PDF)

AALHE Assessment Institute (Full day)

Drexel's 2018 Annual Conference on Teaching & Learning Assessment First AALHE Assessment Institute.  This Institute will provide a framework for ways to better understand how to use information and data to inform decision making. The facilitators will work to use examples from many different types of institutions and will encourage dialogue among all participants in order to model good practices for determining how, when, and why to use assessment. This full day workshop will include lunch.  

Visualizing Assessment Data Through Interactive Dashboards

This pre-conference workshop will walk users through transforming assessment scores into interactive dashboards that enable faculty, staff, and administrators to more deeply engage with direct assessment results. Data preparation, model creation, and...

Accreditation and Accountability for Education Programs: Selecting and Using the Most Compelling Evidence

This pre-conference workshop is intended for educator preparation leaders, the recruitment and preparation of high quality PK-12 teachers, specialists, and administrators is an imperative. While each educator preparation program provider (EPP) prepares PK-12 educators according...

Overcoming Curricular Fragmentation: An Experiential Learning Approach to Curriculum Mapping

This pre-conference workshop will focus on curriculum mapping that helps build collaboration, continuity, and connection across students’ learning opportunities, fostering higher-level integrative learning, and a more cohesive learning experience. However, programs at...

Learn and Practice Dynamic Individual Mindfulness Techniques to Increase Awareness of Faculty Engagement

The focus of this workshop is to address the significance of the conference theme regarding “Faculty Engagement.” Workshop participants engage in individual mindfulness and in practices that increase awareness of the “social body.” By heightening their sense of...

Nuts and Bolts of Leading An Accreditation Self-Study

While MSCHE offers support for the accreditation process, they concentrate on understanding the Requirements of Affiliation and Standards for Accreditation, as well as the approved process for completing a self-study. What is not covered is the internal processes...