Revised MFA Assessment —2015–2016 Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, the faculty decided to create new rubrics that modify the assessment plan for the MFA in Art. Three new rubrics with corresponding Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success have been created in the University’s assessment tracking system, TracDat. Below is a detailed description of the revised assessment plan. The main changes are in the forms used to conduct assessment; MFA students are still evaluated at the end of the first and second years, and through their thesis exhibition. tables provide an overview of when actions occur for students, procedures, and assessment requirements. First Year When? What? How? Assessment Follow-up: Paperwork: Rubric: Oral Before Formal Provide MFA Oral After the Faculty turns-in Communication the end presentation student with Communication presentation, one copy of the Skills of the of creative the rubric to Rubric.docx faculty rubric to Scott year work help them scale) provides the Eagle before the prepare for the student with end of spring presentation feedback semester about their (Scott shares a presentation copy of the form to improve with Kate LaMere performance for reporting) the following year Written Before A minimum Provide MFA Oral the Faculty turns-in Communication the end 5-page paper student with Communication paper is one copy of the Skills of the about the the rubric to Rubric.docx evaluated, rubric and the first year student’s help them (3-point scale) faculty paper to Scott creative the paper. provides the Eagle before the work, or a Students must student with end of spring topic of the provide at least feedback semester committee’s/ one draft to about their shares a professor’s provide writing to copy of the form choosing feedback. improve their with Kate LaMere Faculty uses performance for reporting) the rubric to the following provide year preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required.
Revised MFA Assessment —2015–2016 Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, the faculty decided to create new rubrics that modify the assessment plan for the MFA in Art. Three new rubrics with corresponding Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success have been created in the University’s assessment tracking system, TracDat. Below is a detailed description of the revised assessment plan. The main changes are in the forms used to conduct assessment; MFA students are still evaluated at the end of the first and second years, and through their thesis exhibition. tables provide an overview of when actions occur for students, procedures, and assessment requirements. First Year When? What? How? Assessment Rubric: Follow-up: Paperwork: Oral Communication Skills Before the end of the year Formal presentation of creative work Provide student with the rubric to help them prepare for the presentation MFA Oral Communication Rubric.docx scale) After the presentation, faculty provides the student with feedback about their presentation to improve performance the following year Faculty turns-in one copy of the rubric to Scott Eagle before the end of spring semester (Scott shares a copy of the form with Kate LaMere for reporting) Written Communication Skills Before the end of the first year A minimum 5-page paper about the student’s creative work, or a topic of the committee’s/ professor’s choosing Provide student with the rubric to help them the paper. Students must provide at least one draft to provide feedback. Faculty uses the rubric to provide preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required. MFA Oral Communication Rubric.docx (3-point scale) the paper is evaluated, faculty provides the student with feedback about their writing to improve their performance the following year Faculty turns-in one copy of the rubric and the paper to Scott Eagle before the end of spring semester shares a copy of the form with Kate LaMere for reporting)
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