Assessment Committee Report: Kevin shared the data and the assessment committee meeting minutes with the group.
We are only looking at the 2016 standards. In most cases, we might need to reemphasize a few things in class (ex. Psych, First Aid, etc.). Various discussions on (1) client versus student comfort on various issues (ex. Gender identity), (2) interrater reliability with full-time and part-time faculty and adjuncts, (3) how to improve student comprehension and confidence, and (4) recognizing that students struggle to recognize difference in sessions with clients.
Committee Recommendations to Faculty
- School Counseling 1.d – review the Implementation I: Case Conceptualization assignment to make sure it is aligned well with this standard
- Reviewed assignment as a committee – it is not clear now and should be clarified to align with this standard
- Core 2.e. – reviewed the EDC 718 Case Conceptualization assignment description
- It is clearly aligned in the assignment description
- We should look at interrater reliability given some differences in the way this standard in scored across classes
- We also need to consider the differences between sections regarding availability of data for the assignment
- Core 7.m – reviewed Case Report 2 from EDC 685
- It is clearly aligned in the assignment description
- The mean of 2.63 is expected given it is a 1st checkpoint (it is expected that they could be in the developing stage)
- We could include in the assignment description an emphasis on this standard to make sure students understand its importance
- Core 5.m – reviewed EDC 718 assignment, Psychological 1st Aid
- The clients that students meet with for this course do not always come at the beginning of the semester, and do not always show up with a “crisis” they are experiencing
- There can be variability in the way in which think about and complete this assignment. For example, some students are writing about students they have seen earlier in the semester
- In EDC 718, we should build more into the assignment, and the across the semester in general, positive aspects of wellness, strengths, and building problem-solving skills so that students can see the positive aspects of their clients
- It is also important to note that this is the first-time students have been exposed to psychological 1st aid
General Notes for Action
- Review how to understand and assign ratings for the common rubrics
- There are likely issues of interrater reliability given different understandings of these rubrics
Department Closing the Loop Decisions for Action
- Move SC 1.d. to Advocacy presentation and update the assignment description and rubric. Update the Case Conceptualization rubric to remove SC 1.d.
- Core 2.e. Alter the assignment in 614 on personal identity-increase clarity in the assignment.
- Core 7.m. more discussion in EDC 685 and bolding it in the assignment
- Core 5.m. discuss psychological first aid in EDC 602.