Getting Started and Making Headway as a New Assessment Lead
Rob Beckett, PharmD, BCPSAssistant Dean for Assessment
Associate Professor of Pharmacy PracticeDirector of the Drug Information Center
[email protected] | 260-470-2663
Flashback… September 2019
PersonalSeven years on faculty
Department vice chair
Academic leadership fellow
CollegeFour graduated classes
Culture of assessment
Director of assessment
Accreditation visit in Apr 2022
Objectives
• Outline strategies for getting started as a new assessment leader.
• List one or two leadership inventories to aid in your professional development.
Getting Started
Key stakeholder
meetings
Listening sessions Project matrix 90-day report
Meetings and Listening Sessions
• What are your hopes, dreams, and aspirations for assessment at the MU Pharmacy Programs?
• How can we take our good culture of assessment to the next level?
• Is there any assessment we can stop doing or do differently? • How I can aid you and your unit? • What kind of scholarship can we achieve together?
Project MatrixTopic Project Target Current Status Next Steps
Assessment of Educational OutcomesEPAs • Review and finalize EPA crosswalk.
• Draft Spartan EPAs following first strategic plan workshop and seek faculty approval.
Nov 2019 EPA crosswalk was reviewed by committee; domain 7 and 7A were edited and the committee was in favor of moving forward.
Bring updated crosswalk and EPA 7A to faculty, possibly along with practice/team-readiness.
Co-Curriculum
• Conduct an updated gap analysis of CAPE 3 and 4 (and related EPAs) and bring to co-curriculum committee.
• Work with the co-curriculum committee to finalize the plan for assessment of CAPE 3 and 4 in the co-curriculum.
Jan 2020 Project plan developed; currently under review by TB and TD.
Modify project plan based on input from co-curriculum leadership.
90-Day Report
Leadership profile Goals Completed
projects
Ongoing projects
Horizon projects
Making Headway
ProjectShift to competency-based
assessment
Updating mapping for projects and exams
Accreditation self-study
ChallengeDifficult to put a ribbon on a
new assessment plan
Faculty workload concerns and resistance
More casual timeline than previously (18 vs. 6 months)
SolutionRe-think how I manage
work (weekly to monthly)
Show them how it can help them, and the students
Work in progress
Other Key Takeaways
Take time to exhibit trustworthy behavior toward direct reports – they can save your life!
Be mindful of your words and your communications –consider what others need to hear, not just what you need to say.
Leadership Development Tools
Strengths Based Leadership
Top 5Harmony
Maximizer
Learner
Context
Achiever
Bottom 5Belief
Adaptability
Strategic
Connectedness
Restorative
DoA’s Top 5Analytical
Deliberative
Input
Learner
Responsibility
Rath T. Strengths Based Leadership. Washington, DC; Gallup Press: 2008.
Emotional Intelligence
0
20
40
60
80
100
Self-Awareness Self-Management Social Awareness RelationshipManagement
2018 2019
Values Reflection
Critical Relationships
Bradberry T, Greaves J. Emotional Intelligence 2.0. San Diego, CA; TalentSmart: 2009.
Bolman and Deal’s Four Frames
Political Human Resources
Strategic Symbolic
Bolman LG, Deal TE. Reframing Organizations. 6th ed. Hoboken, NJ; Jossey-Bass: 2017.
Other Key Takeaways
Evaluate whether you are dealing with technical or adaptive problems, and adjust your style accordingly.
Unless everyone reports to you, as an assessment lead you may find yourself having to engage in more influencing and symbolism than you ever had.
Discussion
• What are some other strategies you’ve used to get started and make headway as a new assessment lead?
• What other leadership tools have you found to be helpful?
Reflection
• Record one or two strategies or leadership tools you plan to “take back” to your work life.
“Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.”
- E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Getting Started and Making Headway as a New Assessment Lead
Rob Beckett, PharmD, BCPSAssistant Dean for Assessment
Associate Professor of Pharmacy PracticeDirector of the Drug Information Center
[email protected] | 260-470-2663
