CEPS: Engaged Learning Forum: Did it Work? Measuring Impact

"Engaged Learning Forum: Did it Work? Measuring Impact in Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Learning"

Anne Weiss, director of assessment at Indiana Campus Compact,will discuss assessment of community engagement outcomes and impacts.

March 28. 2019
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. 
Geddes Hall Coffee House

This event qualifies for the Graduate Certificate in Engaged Public Scholarship (CEPS)

Join us Thursday, March 28, 2019 for a luncheon with featured community engagement expert Anne Weiss, Director of Assessment at Indiana Campus Compact. Weiss is in demand across the country consulting on tracking, monitoring, assessing and evaluating campus-community engagement. Weiss helps faculty, administrators, and community partners think strategically about data collection, analysis, and the use of (new) information for planning and improvement.

Measuring and drafting "impact statements" is an essential practice of documenting campus-community engagement for not only program officers and grantees, but also for faculty who seek to use this work as part of their promotion and tenure dossier. Good impact measurement practices can inform not only how individuals talk about and improve their work, but it can also improve how an organization functions-- driving efficiencies and growing the organization—and help us get to statements about the impact this work has with the community. Through this public forum our speaker will introduce areas of impact that are rich with evidence and examples (e.g., students’ civic learning outcomes) as well as other areas of impact that are ripe for more assessments (e.g., community impact). Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of all the areas of impact available within campus-community engagement and, based on a research study just concluded, provide examples of how faculty document this work to gain recognition during promotion and tenure activities.

This talk is part of the Center for Social Concerns series of Engaged Learning Forums. These events are open to anyone interested in academic community engagement.

Lunch will be ready at 12:00 in the Geddes Hall Coffee House. The presentation will begin at 12:30 and end by 1:30, Thursday, March 28. 

NOTE: In addition to this registration, please also RSVP using this link, by March 21, 5:00 p.m.

Please register by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2019.

Please direct questions to Connie Mick at cmick@nd.edu.