Why does the word assessment strike fear into the hearts of so many arts educators?
Maybe it's because we haven't taken the time to identify and understand the skills we expect to cultivate in the classroom. Or, possibly, assessing other people challenges us to confront our own learning edge. At the program level there may be funding restrictions based on outcomes, and outcomes may be dictated by outside governance.
I have had the opportunity to assess programs, syllabi, curricula, organizations and individual learning.
From creating new courses, adapting skeleton syllabi, redesigning current courses, and developing learning outcomes for courses where there weren’t any specified, I have been working in University level course design since 2005.
As a coach, a consultant, a facilitator and a volunteer, I believe it is important to be involved in the world around me. I teach how to be an active member of society, and I try to walk that out in my own life as well.