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Graduate
Assistantship:
A Story of
Assessment
• Introductions:
Once upon a time, there were two
gentlemen in graduate school…
Meet the Characters
Z a ck Fo rd Matt Skoy
Iowa State University Iowa State University
2007-2009 Master’s Cohort 2007-2009 Master’s Cohort
Assistantship Assistantship
Multicultural Academic Athletic Academic Services
Advising
Prologue
• Introductions
• Our Study
• The Narrative Workshop
– Assessment
– Graduate Assistantships
• The Feedback Loop
By the end of this workshop, we hope you
will learn to...…
• Challenges
– Time commitment
– IRB approval
– Response rate
– Politics
• Resources
– Support of our own assistantship
supervisors
– Support of our course instructor
– Support from cohort members
– Support from graduate department
– Intrinsic and cooperative motivation
Our Plan
• Assistantship preparation/orientation
• Workload flexibility
• Feedback and learning opportunities
• Assistantship learning outcomes
• Workspace and resources
• Relationship with supervisor
• Work environment and colleague
interactions
• Contact with students
• Overall experience
• Likert-scale items and open responses in
each category
Discussion Questions
A LOT.
Results: Balance
• Format
• Language Concerns
– “only”
– “surprisingly,” “generally”
– “of concern”
– “critical”
• Recommendations…
Recommendations ‐ Before
(We know what’'s best!)
• Assessment
• Student Affairs Graduate
Assistantships
• Our Study
• Political Challenges on Campuses
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