Assessment Office

Overview

Purpose and Services

Our mission is to facilitate a culture of continuous improvement in the Â鶹AV Division of Student Affairs. We support division staff in collecting, analyzing, and sharing meaningful data that inform their programs, services, and spaces to enhance student success. We assist with division-wide strategic planning and outcomes to align the work of our units with campus-level priorities and make data-informed decisions using a lens of diversity, equity and inclusion.

We provide the following services to the Division of Student Affairs:

  • Consulting with Student Affairs units to develop and implement unit-level assessment plans/projects
  • Providing training to units on outcomes, methods, instrument development, analysis, reporting and use of results to drive improvement
  • Coordinating the division’s Strategic Plan annual reporting process to show the collective impact of our work
  • Disseminating relevant data and reports to division, campus and other stakeholders
  • Representing the division on committees related to assessment, planning, institutional data, campus surveys, and accreditation; coordinating requests for institutional data.
  • Recognizing and celebrating assessment practice and progress towards advancing a culture of evidence.

Contact Information
Vana Khachatourian
Senior Coordinator for Assessment, Evaluation and Planning
818.677.6378
vana.khachatourian@csun.edu
Jeanne Chisholm Hall 133

Charge:

The purpose of the ACOP is to serve in advisory capacity and provide thought leadership on assessment in Student Affairs. Members value data-informed practice. Using a lens of equity, they ask questions to better understand student learning and engagement. They possess a willingness to learn and a desire to expand their own knowledge base. Members are committed to helping to educate others, advocating for assessment practice, and contributing to continuous improvement using assessment results.

  1. Representing voice of staff in assessment planning and process strategy
  2. Acting as a liaison, communicating information to their own department
  3. Serving as a hub for sharing co-curricular assessment of student learning practice and results
  4. Engaging in assessment-related training and professional development for assessment capacity building
  5. Recommending assessment-related practices and policies to division leadership
  6. Supporting institutional needs or initiatives related to student learning and success

Current Members:

  • *Sonya Adlersberg, Financial Aid and Scholarships
  • *Patricia Alford-Keating, University Counseling Services
  • *Alejandra Aparicio, University Student Union (USU)
  • *Aja Butler, Matador Involvement Center (MIC)
  • *Nyla Dalferes, Career Center
  • Kevin Conn, Residential Life and Housing
  • Gabby Danis, Student Development and Transitional Programs
  • Karla Gonzalez, Basic Needs
  • *Sharon Kinard, University Student Union (USU)
  • *Marianne Link, Klotz Student Health Center
  • *Joaquin Marinez, Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES)
  • *Arriana Martin, Associated Students
  • Cathy McLeod, National Center on Deafness (NCOD)
  • Tatiana Ortega, Office of the Registrar
  • *Aileen Rolon, National Center on Deafness (NCOD)
  • Shelley Sakoda, University Student Union (USU)
  • *Paul Schantz, Student Affairs Information Technology
  • Yasmine Sidhu, Klotz Student Health Center
  • Juana Maria Valdivia, Student Outreach and Recruitment (SOAR)
  • *Steven Wang, University Counseling Services
  • Eleanor Wolgast; International and Exchange Student Center (IESC)

Convener: *Megan Bell, Assessment and Evaluation

*Completed the Applying and Leading Student Affairs Assessment online course

Meeting Schedule:
Wednesdays, 10:30am - 12:00pm
February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17

Thursdays, 1:30-3:00pm
Fall 2022: September 22, October 20, November 17, and December 15
Summer 2022: June 23, July 21, and August 17
Spring 2022: January 20, February 17, March 17, April 21, and May 19 -->

Contact Megan Bell if you are interested in having your department represented.

  • : Provides a free opportunity for educators that coordinate assessment for divisions of student affairs to discuss issues to improve their work.
  • : Assessment, Evaluation and Research: Encourages and supports student affairs professionals as they assess learning, evaluate programs, and research theory and practice.
  • : The Commission promotes assessment skills and knowledge to facilitate and support student learning, development, and effective student affairs practice.
  • : CAS offers dynamic, credible standards, guidelines, and Self-Assessment Guides that are designed to evaluate Student Affairs programs and guide improvement for a variety of functional areas.
  • : NILOA identifies and disseminates ways that academic programs and institutions can productively use assessment data to inform and strengthen undergraduate education.

  • Student Affairs Staff Training Recordings – A Â鶹AV email address is required to access these in Box
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