Assessment & Strategic Planning

The Student Affairs Assessment Curriculum was launched in Fall 2016, according to the following rationale:

• A goal of building assessment capacity and striving for a culture of evidence within Auburn Student Affairs
• Adhering to a known best practice of hosting formalized assessment trainings
• Addressing benchmarking findings which indicate that peer and aspirational assessment offices are offering training certificates in assessment
• Building on the efforts of the Assessment Team and Assessment & Strategic Planning to develop an Assessment 101 presentation to be delivered at New Employee Orientations
• Strengthening areas of weakness in assessment aptitude, attitude, and experience
• An opportunity to provide recognition and incentives to staff who invest the time to complete a curriculum tier

Tiers are based on the tiers from the NASPA/ACPA Professional Competencies:

• Foundational
• Intermediate
• Advanced

Trainings are open to all Auburn Student Affairs staff members, including graduate assistants and/or student employees. Topics may dictate the personnel in attendance. A-Team members or supervisors may wish to identify participants and encourage attendance at certain sessions.

During fall and spring semesters 2019-2020, training sessions will be offered for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3. There will be two offerings for each session topic for Tiers 1 & 2, and one offering for each session topic for Tier 3. Staff may find the following useful when choosing sessions for which to register:

• Those who are new to the training curriculum should register for Tier 1 sessions.
• Trainees who have completed Tier 1 should move on to Tier 2. Trainees who have completed Tier 2 should move on to Tier 3.
• Those who began working on Tier 1 previously may wish to register for the Tier 1 sessions they are missing, while also working to complete Tier 2.
• Those who began working on Tier 2 previously may wish to register for the Tier 2 sessions they are missing, while also working to complete Tier 3.
• Any staff member may register for particular sessions of interest or relevance, regardless of Tier.

Click here for the full Assessment Curriculum calendar

To register, click the button for the dates/times you are available for each Foundational, Intermediate, or Advanced offering listed below.  You will need to log-in to AU Involve using your AU username and password, make your RSVP selection, and then click on the blue RSVP button for each workshop once each webpage has opened.

If you are unable to RSVP through AU Involve, please email saasp@auburn.edu and we will register you for your sessions.