Connecting the Dots of Accreditation

Connecting the Dots of Accreditation
Author: Barry R. Groves
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2022-06-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475862237

How do school leaders build a collaborative, cohesive culture to ensure high quality learning for all students? This book provides a practical, succinct guide for educators on “how” the core elements of the accreditation process can unite a school in its transformative, continuous improvement journey. The authors explain “what is accreditation” and elaborate on using the core elements for schoolwide involvement and collaboration in determining the effectiveness of a school’s program and systems and the impact on student learning through a perpetual cycle of assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring and reassessing. The authors clarify the “why” of accreditation and provide case studies of schools that have used accreditation as a coherent framework to build the capacity for change. The lessons learned from many educators embracing accreditation also provide further insights. Readers will deepen their understanding of how the accreditation process honors educators’ desire to be self-directed in their passion for learning and well-being for all students. They will understand how accreditation builds and strengthens the trust, engagement, ownership and dialogue among all, viewing the school as a professional learning community. Educational leaders will value the book for its realistic approach to connecting the dots of leadership, coherence, continuous improvement through accreditation.

Connecting the Dots

Connecting the Dots
Author: Ronald S. Carriveau
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2023-07-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 100097989X

Demands for quality at all levels of education are higher than they have ever been. Making clear what students must learn is being stressed by Federal and State governments and by professional and national accreditation organizations. This book is designed to help faculty and institutions of higher education meet these demands by obtaining, managing, using, and reporting valid outcome attainment measures at the course level; and mapping outcome attainment from the course level to departmental, degree program, and institutional levels, and beyond. It demonstrates how to communicate clearly what students are supposed to know and be able to do; write assessments that measure the expectations; and produce test scores that are valid for their intended use and interpretation, so that valid inferences can be made about students and programs. It is a “how-to” manual that is rich with guidelines, model forms, and examples that will lead the reader through the steps to “connect the dots” from outcomes assessment to outcomes-based reporting.This new edition incorporates several enhancements including additional examples, tables, and figures that help clarify and expand the three-level outcomes and assessment model. A new Chapter 9 introduces a census approach to obtaining outcome attainment measures at the program and institutional levels and shows how to link outcome values to outcome statements from outside sources such as national and professional organizations. Chapter 9 concludes with a discussion on obtaining and using outcome attainment values at the student level with the aid of modern technologies.

Connecting the Dots

Connecting the Dots
Author: Ronald S. Carriveau
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2010-10-29
Genre: Academic achievement
ISBN: 9780982535196

Connecting the Dots

Connecting the Dots
Author: Mauricio Mesquita Moreira
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2018-05-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

What can be said of Latin America and the Caribbean's experiment with regional integration? Did it live up to the expectations? What does this experience say about the regional integration agenda moving forward? Do the tectonic changes undergone by the world economy in the last quarter of a century matter for policy design? This report offers answers to these pressing questions. It argues that while the "new regionalism" was in general effective to promote international trade, it failed to boost the region's competitiveness abroad. Fragmentation is seen as the original sin, and convergence the path to redemption. The policy recommendations offer different routes to convergence, from a cautious, cumulation of rules or origin approach to a non-stop sprint to a LAC-FTA. But they all come with a warning: in the current challenging trade environment, the benefits of caution might be too little, too late.

System Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment

System Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment
Author: Nicholas J. Bahr
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466551615

We all know that safety should be an integral part of the systems that we build and operate. The public demands that they are protected from accidents, yet industry and government do not always know how to reach this common goal. This book gives engineers and managers working in companies and governments around the world a pragmatic and reasonable approach to system safety and risk assessment techniques. It explains in easy-to-understand language how to design workable safety management systems and implement tested solutions immediately. The book is intended for working engineers who know that they need to build safe systems, but aren’t sure where to start. To make it easy to get started quickly, it includes numerous real-life engineering examples. The book’s many practical tips and best practices explain not only how to prevent accidents, but also how to build safety into systems at a sensible price. The book also includes numerous case studies from real disasters that describe what went wrong and the lessons learned. See What’s New in the Second Edition: New chapter on developing government safety oversight programs and regulations, including designing and setting up a new safety regulatory body, developing safety regulatory oversight functions and governance, developing safety regulations, and how to avoid common mistakes in government oversight Significantly expanded chapter on safety management systems, with many practical applications from around the world and information about designing and building robust safety management systems, auditing them, gaining internal support, and creating a safety culture New and expanded case studies and "Notes from Nick’s Files" (examples of practical applications from the author’s extensive experience) Increased international focus on world-leading practices from multiple industries with practical examples, common mistakes to avoid, and new thinking about how to build sustainable safety management systems New material on safety culture, developing leading safety performance indicators, safety maturity model, auditing safety management systems, and setting up a safety knowledge management system

Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education

Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education
Author: Jane Marie Souza
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2023-07-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000978834

Co-published with “While assessment may feel to constituents like an activity of accountability simply for accreditors, it is most appropriate to approach assessment as an activity of accountability for students. Assessment results that improve institutional effectiveness, heighten student learning, and better align resources serve to make institutions stronger for the benefit of their students, and those results also serve the institution or program well during the holistic evaluation required through accreditation.” – from the foreword by Heather Perfetti, President of the Middle States Commission on Higher EducationColleges and universities struggle to understand precisely what is being asked for by accreditors, and this book answers that question by sharing examples of success reported by schools specifically recommended by accreditors. This compendium gathers examples of assessment practice in twenty-four higher education institutions: twenty-three in the U.S. and one in Australia. All institutions represented in this book were suggested by their accreditor as having an effective assessment approach in one or more of the following assessment focused areas: assessment in the disciplines, co-curricular, course/program/institutional assessment, equity and inclusion, general education, online learning, program review, scholarship of teaching and learning, student learning, or technology. These examples recommended by accrediting agencies makes this a unique contribution to the assessment literature.The book is organized in four parts. Part One is focused on student learning and assessment and includes ten chapters. The primary focus for Part Two is student learning assessment from a disciplinary perspective and includes four chapters. Part Three has a faculty engagement and assessment focus, and Part Four includes four chapters on institutional effectiveness and assessment, with a focus on strategic planning.This book is a publication of the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE), an organization of practitioners interested in using effective assessment practice to document and improve student learning.

Evangelical Bible Doctrine

Evangelical Bible Doctrine
Author: Dr. Keith Sherlin
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2015-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1504964969

Over twenty-one faithful evangelical Bible teachers have joined together in this work to both honor the legacy of Dr. Mal Couch as well as to promote a solid, sacred, and safe theological manual for the body of Christ. Colleagues and friends of Dr. Couch, such as Dr. Wayne House, Dr. Norman Geisler, Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Dr. Timothy Demy, and more, along with many of Mals students and disciples, set forth in this work a biblical and practical theology. The first half of the book covers all twelve of the major biblical doctrines of Christianity. The last half covers some of the hottest theological topics and practical issues that present-day believers ought to be aware of in order to properly defend the faith. In chapter 25 you will meet many of the disciples in Christ that Mal taught over the years as they express their gratitude for this godly giant of the faith. So if you are curious about what a holistic evangelical faith looks like, and even curious as to how dispensationalism fits within orthodox evangelicalism, this book will provide for you a solid resource for many years to come.

Deep Change Leadership

Deep Change Leadership
Author: Douglas B. Reeves
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2021-02-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781952812071

"In the face of many 21st century issues, as well as a worldwide pandemic, change leadership needs to change. Even before COVID ravaged schools, change efforts often concluded with failure. Douglas Reeves with his book The New Model of Change Leadership aims to reignite change leaders and give them new ways to spark change in education. He presents a sprawling landscape of ideas and material to consider, from the myth of "buy-in" to the dangers of being passionate without a purpose to the difficulties of change and how to avoid them. Schools need to change now more than ever, but effective change is hard. The New Model of Change Leadership accepts those facts and helps change leaders push through to make a real impact"--

eBook: Economics 20th Edition

eBook: Economics 20th Edition
Author: MCCONNELL
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Total Pages: 982
Release: 2017-02-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1526865017

eBook: Economics 20th Edition

Connect the Dots...To Become An Impact Player

Connect the Dots...To Become An Impact Player
Author: Dick Lynch
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0595294928

The picture in your mind and heart is clear. You want to be an Impact Player in the game of life. Unfortunately, the roadmap on how to become an Impact Player is not so clear. In order to Connect the Dots, you need help! What's a dot? A dot is advice from someone you respect--an Impact Player. Impact Players are from business, government, sports, entertainment, academia, and non-profit organizations. They can be young, old, men, women, persons of color, white, or physically challenged. Impact Players reside in every nation and territory. Impact Players get beaten up and bruised in this game of life, but they always get up with a passion to succeed and a stronger resolve to win. Impact Players get their Ph.D.s from the School of Hard Knocks. In Connect the Dots, Impact Players reveal how they achieved their success and the steps to replicating it. Author Dick Lynch explores the power of knowledge, the advantages of having teammates, and the strength of the human spirit. Connect the Dots is divided into four parts: Education, Inspiration, Innovation, and Aggregation: Education clearly defines what you need to do to become an Impact Player and offers you a challenge to do so. Inspiration contains Impact Player interviews that will inspire you to do things right and do the right things. Innovation provides expert advice on why cities, businesses, and all organizations must embrace diversity and change and have exceptional leadership to survive. Aggregation illustrates how people from every race and culture are in this game of life together and why we must develop a fellowship of diversity for our children and ourselves. Read Connect the Dots...To Become an Impact Player and get in the game--today!