-
Date:May 26th, 2022
08:30 am-04:30 pm
Instructor: Dr. Scott Danielson, Mr. Thai Tran, Ms. Ha Mai -- Arizona State University
Attendees: Representatives of PU’s administration and study programs, representatives from ABET‐targeted programs learning about the ABET accreditation process.
Expected Outcomes: The workshop for PU’s program groups illuminate stakeholder involvement and continuous improvement processes—important to international accreditation organization like ABET. The workshop provides a focus on program educational objectives (desired graduate progress/achievements in 2-4 years after graduation) and their review by stakeholders, documented review of program-level student outcomes (expected learning outcomes) to ensure inclusion of all required elements and initial steps in planning assessment of student attainment of student outcomes. Key outcome will be building accreditation team expertise in planning and implementing stakeholder input and the planning for assessment of student attainment of program-level student outcomes using course learning outcomes—fostering more effective and efficient accreditation preparations.
Program team will be provided guidance on implementation of stakeholder input and quality improvement systems. Opportunity for programs to raise specific issues related to their current state of preparations and processes will be provided. The outcome will be programs’ facilitation of their development and work supporting progress toward eventual ABET accreditation.
| 8:15 – 8:30 am | Participant Registration & Sign-in |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 8:35 am | Welcome to Workshop |
| 8:35 – 9:30 am | Stakeholder Involvement |
| As an example, ABET Criteria 2. Program Educational Objectives makes specific demands of a program with respect to its program educational objectives—their wording and process by which they are created and reviewed. These requirements will be explored and program teams will identify actions needed to achieve appropriate stakeholder involvement—which would satisfy either ABET or AUN-QA. | |
| 9:30 – 10:15 am | Student Outcomes |
| Contrary to AUN-QAs non-prescriptive approach, ABET Criteria 3. Student Outcomes makes specific demands of a program with respect to its student outcomes, e.g., the knowledge, skills, attitudes and abilities of graduates. These requirements will be explored and program teams will identify any actions needed to select/write appropriate student outcomes—which would satisfy either ABET or AUN-QA. | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Student Outcomes (continued) |
| Contrary to AUN-QAs non-prescriptive approach, ABET Criteria 3. Student Outcomes makes specific demands of a program with respect to its student outcomes, e.g., the knowledge, skills, attitudes and abilities of graduates. These requirements will be explored and program teams will identify any actions needed to select/write appropriate student outcomes—which would satisfy either ABET or AUN-QA. |
| 1:30 – 2:55 pm | Continuous Improvement System Requirements |
|---|---|
| While both AUN-QA and ABET require continuous improvement systems, ABET’s Criteria 4. Continuous Improvement makes specific demands of a program with respect to continuous improvement that are significantly different than AUN-QA. Yet, an ABET compliant continuous improvement of student learning satisfies AUN-QA requirements. So, ABET’s Criterion 4 requirements will be explored and steps in creating a satisfactory system will established. Use of performance indicators, course learning outcomes and performance targets are featured. | |
| 2:55 – 3:45 pm | Review of Program’s Current State |
| Discussion between programs’ accreditation teams and BUILD‐IT experts about programs’ current state related to key criteria. | |
| 3:45 – 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm | Q & A and Next Steps |
| The team will also try to keep answer program teams' remaining questions related to underlying program processes. | |
| 4:30 pm | Wrap-up of Workshop |