Check-in & Refreshments

Welcome

• Kara Moloney, Assessment Lead, Center for Educational Effectiveness, UC Davis
• Kem Saichaie, Executive Director, Center for Educational Effectiveness, UC Davis
• Michael Bradford, Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education, UC Davis

Introductions & Overview
Melissa Ko, Co-Chair, Pre-Conference Workshop, UC Berkeley
Erica Bender, Co-Chair, Pre-Conference Workshop, UC Davis 

• Overview, purpose, and goals of this pre-conference gathering
• Introduction to shared guiding document and deliverable

9:15am-10:00am
Conference Room A

Opening Session

Opening Session: Visit from Provost Katherine S. Newman

Goals for UC Assessment Professionals:

• hear about Provost Newman’s equity-advancing goals / plans
• understand the Provost’s perspective
• brainstorm how to integrate our ideas/definition into future system-wide discussions about student learning
• begin a relationship with the Provost

Goals for Provost Newman:

• meet advocates for equitable, meaningful, and sustainable assessment of student learning outcomes
• share her perspectives about, and plans to achieve, educational equity for all UC students
• identify potential partners for efforts to advance equity through student learning outcomes assessment

Working Session 1

Defining Equity-Minded Assessment
 

In this session, we will discuss:

• What is Equity-minded Assessment?
• What is not Equity-minded Assessment?
• What does (or should) Equity-minded Assessment look like at a UC campus?
• Why does Equity-minded Assessment matter?
• How does Equity-minded Assessment differ from what is happening?

Working Session 2

Reflecting on Our Assessment Contexts
 

In this session, we will discuss:

• Where does assessment happen within the different UCs?
• How does our assessment work intersect with different people, offices, systems?

Examples of possible partners or influential policies in assessment include accrediting bodies like WSCUC or ABET, UC 2030 Goals & UC Compact, Academic Senate, academic departments/schools/colleges.

12:00pm-12:15pm
Conference Room A

Morning Wrap-up and Debrief

• Finalize the definition of equity-minded assessment
• Plan to apply this framing to different elements of assessment with a focus on practice

Lunch

Transition: Introduction to the Unconference

• Brainstorm topics for unconference-style working sessions
• Gauge interest in different discussion areas to shape the subsequent working sessions

Working Session 3

Equity-Minded Assessment in Practice

• Engage in facilitated discussion and collaborative writing

Working Session 4

Equity-Minded Assessment in Practice (Continued)

• Continue to engage in discussion/collaborative writing
• Note that participants may switch to a different discussion topic

Afternoon Wrap-Up and Next Steps

• Reflect on the day and possible next steps
• Identify opportunities to share our collective thinking and discussion notes (e.g. deliverable)