Tahmina, Q., & Kelley, K., & Ulstad, A. T. (2021, July), Building an Effective ABET ETAC Assessment Program from the Ground Up  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--36765

\bibitem{asee_peer_36765}
  Tahmina, Q., \& Kelley, K., \& Ulstad, A. T. (2021, July), \emph{Building an Effective ABET ETAC Assessment Program from the Ground Up}
  Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference.
  10.18260/1-2--36765

Qudsia Tahmina, Kathryn Kelley, and Aimee T. Ulstad.  "Building an Effective ABET ETAC Assessment Program from the Ground Up".  2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July.  ASEE Conferences, 2021.  https://peer.asee.org/36765 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_36765}
  Qudsia Tahmina, Kathryn Kelley, and Aimee T. Ulstad.
  "Building an Effective ABET ETAC Assessment Program from the Ground Up".
  \emph{2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference, 2021, July}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2021.
  https://peer.asee.org/36765 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Background:
To prepare for a new Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology degree program launched in Autumn 2020 at a large Midwestern University, a team of experts developed a plan for ABET ETAC assessment. The team collaborated with faculty and administrators to gather information about the curriculum and develop a plan of action and timeline for the assessment in the first year. The team attended webinars and participated in ABET-coordinated sessions to educate themselves on the eligibility requirements and criteria to prepare for accreditation. This team was charged with preparing a robust framework for establishing the program educational objectives, streamlining the process for assessment of student learning outcomes and maintaining a document management system. Other tasks included developing a mechanism for mapping student outcomes to courses and then to assignments and integrating a learning management system as a tool to help in decision making and continuous improvement. 
Purpose:
The purpose of this paper is twofold: a) to communicate the process of building an effective assessment program for ABET accreditation from the ground up; and b) to share best practices with others who offer degree programs in Engineering Technology or similar degrees. 
Methods:
The process of building the assessment program will be discussed in more detail and include the challenges and successes involved in following approaches:
•	Reviewing the program eligibility requirements and documents for the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission (ETAC). 
•	Defining the relationships and mapping the Program Educational Objectives to the Student Learning Outcomes. 
•	Determining the Performance Indicators and Course mappings to assess Student Learning Outcomes.
•	Focusing on the assessment of the non-core courses such as mathematics and physics to evaluate student performance and recommend curriculum revision to maintain rigor. 
•	Ensuring the administration understands and supports the needs and requirements to establish a cohesive plan aligned with ABET accreditation process.
•	Building an understanding of faculty expectations as part of the assessment of student learning outcomes, including feedback on curriculum for continuous improvement. 
•	Establishing task structures and expectations for the team to allocate time efficiently through regular meetings.  
•	Building a repository for data collection and document management system utilizing the cloud environment supported by the university. 
•	Training the team on institutional data policy, FERPA and cybersecurity. 
•	Providing support from course development experts to streamline the process for outcomes assessment using the learning management system. 
•	Utilizing ABET assessment process to build collaborations among regional campuses and identifying strengths and weaknesses to improve teaching efficacy. 
•	Improving the assessment process by incorporating the feedback from the faculty, administration and industry partners. 

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