NACADA Commission & Interest Group Division -- Chair Leadership Report Form 2012 Annual Report

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1 NACADA Commission & Interest Group Division -- Chair Leadership Report Form 2012 Annual Report Name of Chair: Ned Muhovich, Metropolitan State University of Denver Name of Commission / Interest Group: Assessment of Advising Section 1: Identify the volunteers serving within your unit (on steering committees, other committees, as webmaster, proposal readers, etc.). Name of Committee/Activity Name of Committee Member Institution of Committee Member of Committee Member (if available) (steering, award, proposals, etc.) Note: Interest in volunteering for the commission is still being collected and is still coming in. Specific roles will be determined shortly, but it is anticipated that the list below will be subdivided into a proposals committee, and awards committee, and a bibliography committee. Steering Committee Tomarra Adams University of Louisville taadam01@louisville.edu Gabriel Bermea UNCG gobermea@uncg.edu Andrea Caldwell University of North Carolina andreac@ .unc.edu at Chapel Hill Matt Campbell Temple University matthewc@temple.edu John Dahlstrand Loyola University Chicago jdahlst@luc.edu Kelly Gray University of Massachusetts Kgray@hfa.umass.edu Amherst Floyd Hardin Rio Salado Community floyd.hardin@riosalado.edu College Lynne Higa University of Hawaii at lynnehig@hawaii.edu Manoa Jacelyn Keys Eastern Oregon University jkeys@eou.edu LaDorna McGee University of Texas-Austin ladorna@uta.edu Rachel McGinnis Rochester Institute of remism@rit.edu Technology Angela McKoy Saint Leo University angela.mckoy@saintleo.edu Tammy Russell West Chester University trussell@wcupa.edu Steven Shapiro Guilford College sshapiro@guilford.edu Patricia Thatcher Philadelphia University thatcherp@philau.edu Kristan Venegas University of Southern kristanv@usc.edu California Beth Wuest Texas State University wuest@txstate.edu Proposals Vera Brancato Kutztown University of PA brancato@kutztown.edu Juanita Bushman Utah Valley University bushmaju@uvu.edu Karen Callender University of North Carolina kcallend@uncc.edu

2 Charlotte Bob Hurt Cal Poly Pomona Steph Jackson Bellevue University Monique Rinere Columbia University Linda Searing Nazareth College Meagan Word Angelo State University Heather Salisbury Regis University Roxanna McGraw North Carolina State University Annotated Bibliography Judy Echeverria Florida International University Theresa Gerson Armstrong Atlantic State University Candice Webb Meredith College Steph Jackson Bellevue University Karen Callender University of North Carolina Charlotte Kristan Venegas University of Southern California Awards/Service Fiona Neale May Temple University Rachel McGinnis Rochester Institute of Technology Juanita Bushman Utah Valley University Vera Brancato Kutztown University of PA Roxanna McGraw North Carolina State University Assessment Clearinghouse Task Force Steven Shapiro Guilford College Tammy Russell West Chester University Section 2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA missions and strategies. Post-Conference Report (due in November): Indicate the primary activities and/or goals on which your commission will focus for the next year as they relate to the NACADA Strategic Plan. Remember you do not need to list an activity for every mission statement listed below. Be sure to describe the assessment criteria that will be used to determine if these goals are met. If you plan to offer the Service to Commission Award next year, be sure to list this in the Activity column as an additional goal where applicable and include the $50 budget request with that activity statement. If you are an Interest Group planning to seek Commission status next year, be sure to list that goal in the Activity column. The and Progress Made and Assessment columns should be left blank in the post-conference report these columns will be completed when your annual report is submitted in the summer. Annual Report (due in August): Update the and Progress Made and Assessment columns to report on the progress made towards the goals outlined in the post-conference report. If additional activities were completed that were not in the post-conference report, add these at this time.

3 Strategic Goal 1: Address the academic advising needs of higher education globally. 1-A Identify, prioritize, and address critical issues facing academic advising. 1-B Collect, analyze, and act upon information about the environments in which academic advising operates. 1-C Provide comprehensive professional development opportunities. 11/15/11 Promote attendance of Assessment Institute for Commission members 11/15/11 Encourage submission of assessment-related proposals to regional and annual conferences Chair 11/30 generated to Assessment Commission members; if Institute tracks how participants heard about it, an increase over last year s numbers Chair/proposals 11/30 for regional ; a week after CFP for Annual At least 35 proposals submitted for annual conference; at least 25 accepted; collect data for regional conferences on proposals submitted as a baseline 12/1 s sent 2/12 Effort did not result in larger numbers of proposals; no baseline established for regional conferences Strategic Goal 2: Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising. 2-A Promote and support research related to the enhancement of academic advising through further understanding of the student, the campus environment, advising processes, or other related areas.

4 2-B Disseminate the knowledge acquired from the research. 11/15/11 Continue developing annotated bibliography of assessment resources Revise Commission website in collaboration with Assessment Institute Advisory Board (AIAB) Chair/Bibliography committee Chair and AAIB/AC working group 5/2012 Creation of collaborative work space; at least 10 bibliographic entries posted to Commission website. 5/2012 Revision of website complete; delineation of criteria for inclusion posted No progress 3/2012 Commission and Institute will have ongoing cross-representation on steering committee & board, beginning in Fall 2012 Strategic Goal 3: Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance student learning and development in a diverse world. 3-A Identify and develop strategies for fostering collaboration and education among various advising external constituencies both nationally and internationally. Strategic Goal 4: Educate university and college decision makers about the role of quality academic advising in higher education. 4-A Identify and develop practical strategies and materials for use by college and university leadership. Strategic Goal 5: Ensure the effectiveness of the NACADA organization 5-A Promote diversity within the association. 5A(i) Create environments and processes that promote and sustain inclusion and involvement in the association.

5 11/15/11 Service to Commission/Division award to reward NACADA members who have taken the time to become involved in the Commission. Request $50 for this activity Chair/Awards Still premature at this point 11/15/11 Discuss feasibility of Assessment Institute scholarship for a Commission member Steering Committee, AAIB 05/2012 Decision made and plan to move forward No progress 5A(ii) Increase diversity within NACADA leadership at all levels. 11/15/11 Maintain geographic diversity of steering committee members. Request funds for monthly conference call for steering commission members Chair 11/30 At least one person from each region on steering committee; at least one international member; at least 5 steering committee members who have not held leadership positions in NACADA previously 11/30 All regions represented 5-B Enhance NACADA's global visibility and credibility as the resource for concerns and needs involving academic advising. Section 3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division. Relationship between the Commission and the Assessment Institute Mechanism for collaboration among the administrative-type commissions and interest groups in the realignment of the division Section 4: Describe how you have incorporated diversity and inclusiveness of membership into the planning of your unit s goals and activities. What criteria were used to accomplish this (such as institutional type, ethnicity, new professionals, experienced professionals, role faculty, administrator, advisor; region, etc.)?

6 In recruiting Steering Committee members, a conscious effort was made to increase geographic diversity of the committee and to involve members who have not been involved in NACADA leadership activities previously Section 5: Summary of Unit Communications and Meetings Report any meetings or teleconferences held among unit members, or other communications with unit members. After the annual conference in the fall, you should include a summary of your annual meeting held during the conference (including specific group meeting, date, location, number of members attending, and brief summary of the meeting. When updating the annual report in the summer, you might add a summary of discussions that you initiated on your unit s list serve or communications sent to all members of your unit since the annual conference. Name/type of Group Meeting: Annual Meeting and Location: October 4, 2011, Denver Number of Members Attending/participating: 32 Summary of Meeting: Went over prior year s activities; reaffirmed interest in bibliography project; publicized Assessment Institute; discussed new directions in providing awards/incentives Name/type of Group Meeting: Conference Call and Location: 2/7/2012 Number of Members Attending/participating: 8 Summary of Meeting: Planning for task force to review Assessment section of clearninghouse items Name/type of Group Meeting: Listserv discussions and Location: Periodic Number of Members Attending/participating: Summary of Meeting: Main topics of discussion has been development/exchange of assessment instruments