ABET/IEEE PROGRAM EVALUATOR TRAINING WORKSHOP

This ABET/IEEE Program Evaluator Training workshop is designed to educate new Program Evaluators in the areas of knowledge and judgment required for the accreditation review process. Program heads and other institutional representatives find the workshop helpful in understanding and preparing for evaluation.

This workshop will be coordinated with the ECEDHA Visit Preparation workshop so that participants can attend and profit from both activities.

Workshop facilitators will be David Soldan, member of the ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission and ABET Team Chair, and John Orr, chair of the IEEE Committee on Engineering Accreditation Activities and a Program Evaluator. Both are past presidents of ECEDHA. Workshop materials include extensive documentation of the accreditation criteria and evaluation process.

Principal Learning Objectives for the Workshop include:

• Ability to evaluate an engineering program using the appropriate Criteria
• Judgment required to come to conclusions regarding program compliance or shortcomings with respect to each of the Criteria
• Recommendation of an accreditation action based on program evaluation results
• Responsibilities at each stage of the process (pre-visit, visit, post-visit), both as an individual evaluator and as a member of the ABET evaluation team
• Ability to complete all required reports and forms

This ABET/IEEE Workshop is organized into the following major components:

• Your responsibilities as a Program Evaluator
• Fundamentals of evaluation and assessment of engineering programs
• Program Criteria - the basis for accreditation
• Decision making and the necessary knowledge and judgment
• The accreditation process and time line

Workshop Agenda

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Friday, March 10

• 3:00 - 4:00 pm Joint session with Visit Preparation Workshop
• Introduction to the overall evaluation process and time line
• Roles of the institution being evaluated, ABET, and the professional society (IEEE) in the overall process
• Duties and responsibilities of a Program Evaluator
• Fundamentals of assessment and evaluation
• The Criteria: understanding the Criteria and evaluating program compliance

6:00 - 10:00 pm Sunday, March 12

• Working dinner (included in registration)
• Group exercises in evaluating specific situations with respect to the criteria
• Identification of shortcomings (Concern, Weakness, Deficiency) - examples of severity of problems which warrant the use of each term
• Recommendation of accreditation action (interim visit or report, etc.) based on the shortcomings
• Report writing - documentation of findings
• Details of the process from the point of view of the Program Evaluator - sample daily schedule during the visit, etc.

9:00 - 10:00 pm

• Joint session with the ECEDHA Visit Preparation Workshop participants

The fee for this workshop is $300. Advance registration is required.