Developing Buy-In
for Student Affairs Assessment

During my career in higher education, I faced the challenge of trying to integrate student affairs assessment into the daily functions of the departments I led. My background as a leader and practitioner gives me insight into the challenges of creating buy-in for on-going efforts.

The demand for demonstrated results and quality improvement comes from institutional leadership, accrediting bodies, legislatures, and the public. I have the capacity to assist in creating a team that can help lead divisional efforts.

By creating a team of individuals representing all departments in your division, you can leverage the knowledge and capabilities of current staff members and create a community committed to supporting each others' efforts. Creating the team and providing leadership for their efforts builds capacity at a grass roots level.

I provided leadership and coordination for the development and implementation of an Advisory Committee at The University of Texas at Austin. I worked with individual members on departmental plans, coordinated the reporting of results and worked to build a team of leaders in each department of the division.

As a result of these efforts, the division created greater buy-in for documenting quality improvement, not only for the accreditation process, but also as an on-going expectation from institutional leadership. I developed the new employee training and orientation curriculum for the newly hired coordinator of assessment and provide on-going leadership and management support.

My strength lies in understanding how groups and teams develop. I have experienced first-hand practitioner challenges and can bring a broad perspective to this team building endeavor.

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