In addition to our departmental support, SAIRO is always available to deliver tailored presentations to departments, student groups, or other stakeholders. Below you will find examples of past presentations that can be adapted to fit your particular needs. Additionally, feel free to contact us to discuss your presentation ideas or needs.
Equity Based Assessment
Equity Based Assessment is a training created to assist Student Affairs professionals with integrating an equity lens to their existing assessment practices. The trainings occur over three “modules” that are spread throughout a quarter. Each session is centered on both a “teaching” element and a “discussion” element. All presentation slides and materials referenced within the training are provided by the facilitators at the end of each session for review. We strongly encourage participants to participate in the discussion element as the space is also intended to share and exchange ideas and solutions for supporting each other’s efforts.
Each module is done in 120 minute sessions with no more than 12 people per group.
All trainings are virtual for the 2022-2023 school year.
The following is a short description of each module:
Module #1 – Examining Your Role in Assessment
Module 1 introduces participants to the concept of “Equity Based Assessment”. Participants will engage with content centering on constructing the concept of Equity Based Assessment. Through the tracing of these concepts, we build a logic for our functional definition of Equity Based Assessment:
An active integration of challenging personal biases, understanding historical context, and commitment to inclusivity and transformation while developing interests, methods, and reporting of assessment projects.
Participants will also participate in an assessment scenario exercises.
Module #2 – Conceptual Tools for Equitable Assessment
Building on the knowledge shared in module 1, participants are offered some conceptual tools that can be used to support their work towards Equity Based Assessment. After facilitated discussion on existing assessment practices, the facilitator will provide examples of conceptual frameworks including Critical Race Theory, QuantCrit, and Community Cultural Wealth and their relationship to the assessment cycle.
Module #3 – Practical Tools for Equitable Assessment
Module #3 Centers on two major parts: a discussion of the Equity Based Assessment Matrix Worksheet and Dr. Bailey W. Jackson’s Multicultural Organization Development Model. After a brief review of the concepts in Module 2, participants are given a chance to debrief on the training and share out their responses on the worksheet. This is meant to provide participants a chance to both apply and share how concepts impacted own work, and share their experiences with other participants.
Assessment Training (for departments)
Contact us at sairo@saonet.ucla.edu or your departmental consultant for your needs.
Past Events and Training
Assessment Forums
SAIRO 101
First presented: Fall 2016
Interested in using assessment but not quite sure how to begin? Have you seen the name SAIRO before, but you’re not sure what we do or how we can work together? SAIRO is the research and assessment office within UCLA Student Affairs. We keep Student Affairs up to date with relevant information about students as well as help support and build capacity within departments in discovering new data. Learn about how our work can help yours!
Using Google Analytics- Make your Website Work for You
First presented: Spring 2016
Websites are now often the first, and sometimes the only, point of contact many constituents have with our services. It can be difficult to understand the experiences they have online, and how your website plays a role in accomplishing your unique mission. Google Analytics is an easy and simple tool that captures data about how your constituents are actually using your website. Join us for an introductory look and learn more about how to use Google Analytics as another part of your assessment toolbox.
Stealth Assessment
First presented: Winter 2016
Assessment is an awesome tool that provides insight into the work that we do and the impact our services have on constituents. There are a variety of ways to collect assessment information, but often we choose surveys as a default. However, this data collection method often generates low response rates. Join us to learn about other simple and powerful tools to conduct assessment, that can engage respondents in innovative ways-without asking them to rate their experiences on a scale of 1 to 5.
Best Practices in Data Presentation
First presented: Fall 2015
We are increasingly faced with a dizzying array of options for how to display data. How do we make informed choices about which will really aid the user versus those that are just “pretty?” This session will explore aspects of visual perception that influence how we process visual information, as well as discuss the messages conveyed by various visual displays and how to select options that best aid the reader in understanding key data points. The session will include discussion and critique of examples, and practice selecting display options.
Best Practices in Data Presentation
Conducting Focus Groups
First presented: Summer 2015
Focus groups are a great way to gather rich and targeted data to help guide the work we do in Student Affairs. However, focus groups are underutilized among UCLA’s Student Affairs departments. This two-hour training workshop is designed to equip you with the information and tools you will need to plan and conduct a focus group to fit your department’s assessment needs. Accordingly, the purpose of this workshop is two-fold: first, workshop participants will acquire basic planning and timeline materials that outline the full complement of steps required to conduct a focus group. Then, participants will spend the majority of their time learning and practicing methods for conducting a focus group via a simulated example.
Involving Students in Assessment
First presented: Spring 2015
Not certain how to utilize your student partners when conducting assessment? We already know that students can be great sources of information for Student Affairs assessment, but with the right approach, you can also work with them as partners in the assessment process. Join us for this session to discuss how to partner with students during all stages of your study, from planning, to data collection and analysis.
Involving Students in Assessment
Quantitative Data Analysis
First presented: Winter 2015
So you’ve collected quantitative assessment data, but want to do more with it than what is offered via basic “canned reports”… Say, for instance, you know the scores for two different groups of students, but you aren’t sure if the difference between them is worth paying attention to (or is statistically significant, in other words). Attend this session to learn some of the nuts and bolts to conducting additional quantitative analyses of your data both in Baseline and Excel. The selection of topics will include, but is not limited to: cross-tabulations, correlation, t-tests, and chi-square tests.
Understanding Outcomes (Extended Session)
First Presented: Winter 2015
Are you aware that by the end of the 2014-15 academic year, all SA departments will be charged with reporting department outcomes and the SA Outcome Domain to which each corresponds? Join us for an in-depth session devoted to explaining the key components of and differences between divisional, departmental, program, and individual learning outcomes. In this forum, you will learn how to conceptualize, coordinate, and write effective outcomes.
Understanding Outcomes (Extended Session)
Using Baseline Reporting Tools
First Presented:
So you’ve sent out your survey and now the results are in. But what are you going to do with all that data? While analysis can often feel overwhelming, Baseline’s built in reporting tools can help you find out a wealth of information by creating graphs, comparing variables, and exporting results in different formats. Stop by this lunchtime session to learn about easy ways that Baseline can help you report on and understand your data.
Using Baseline Reporting Tools
Sharing Results
First Presented:
Join us for a session on the oftentimes most difficult aspect of assessment –“closing the loop.” By participating in this forum you will learn about the most effective and efficient ways to share the results of your assessment efforts, both within your department and across UCLA Student Affairs as a whole. In this session we will cover the gamut of “closing the loop,” from thinking about your data to presenting your findings in various formats.
Designing Effective Surveys
First Presented:
Have you ever wondered about how to design a good survey? How do you ensure that your questions will yield the information you need to guide your programming? What are pitfalls to avoid in your survey design process? Come learn about all of this and more at this session on survey design.
Understanding Learning Outcomes
First Presented:
This session is aimed at teaching participants the definition of a learning outcome, its basic components, and how Student Affairs professionals can write learning outcomes to aid in assessment efforts.
Understanding Learning Outcomes
Using Campus Labs Baseline for Assessment
First Presented: Fall 2013
Come learn about the survey implementation and reporting platform that Student Affairs has licensed for our use. This session will provide an overview of the major functions of the platform, discussion of how your departmental projects could be supported through Baseline, as well as time for Q&A.
Using Campus Labs Baseline for Assessment
Bruins in Brief
Invoking Agency: Talking about Racial Diversity and Campus Climate on Social Media
First presented: Spring 2016
In this special Bruins in Brief session, we will highlight findings from SAIRO’s 2015-16 Undergraduate Research Partnership Initiative study. As part of this year’s initiative, five UCLA undergraduate students conducted a mixed-methods study via qualitative interviews and content-analysis of online content to explore UCLA students’ use of social media as an opportunity to engage in discussion of racial/ethnic diversity and campus climate. The purpose of this study was to better understand how students utilize social media to talk about issues of racial/ethnic diversity and campus climate so that we capitalize on social media use to promote a safe, welcoming and empowering campus environment. Join us to learn more about what our URPI students found from this study and how we as a campus can act on the implications of this work.
Please inquire for access to this presentation.
Supporting Students with Disabilities
First presented: Winter 2016
To explore in more depth the experiences of students with disabilities, SAIRO conducted an interview study with UCLA students. Join us, along with staff from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD), as we share the results regarding what the students had to say about their experiences, challenges and recommendations and engage in discussion about how we can better serve our students with disabilities.
Please inquire for access to this presentation.
Data Hour
The Evolution of SAIRO’s Annual Departmental Survey- Tips on Making Choices about what to Ask your Constituents Each Year
First presented: Spring 2016 (Coming soon)
Join us for an interactive Data Hour workshop in which you will learn and practice strategies for making amendments to surveys intended to be administered on a reoccurring basis. SAIRO staff will present an overview of their own organizational/procedural approaches to determining which survey items to keep, change, or toss out completely on their annual departmental survey. Then, participants will apply these approaches to mock survey instruments in a group-work setting.
SAIRO's Data Hour Presentation
Assessing Student Staff- Lessons Learned from UCLA Recreation
First presented: Winter 2016 (Coming soon)
Come learn about Recreation’s experience conducting an assessment of their student staff in a Data Hour session presented by the Co-chairs of Recreation’s Assessment Committee, Chett Miller and Kyle Urban. Presentation topics will include a discussion of how Recreation worked on developing assessment culture in the department, as well as an overview of a major assessment effort focused on identifying and selecting measurable student outcomes, including an overview of the process for selecting a survey as their assessment method, and review of the logistics involved in using Baseline to administer the survey.
Recreation Department's Data Hour Presentation
Is a Survey the Only Way? A Closer Look at Using Observational Methods in Assessment
First presented: Fall 2015
Join us for a conversation about how the Registrar’s Office recently conducted a study of their service window, using observation to collect data. Participants can expect to gain an understanding into how observational methods can be useful to certain kinds of projects, get some ideas on how to structure an observational study, and some tips for analyzing observed data.
Registrar's Office Data Hour Presentation
Streamlining Departmental Assessment: A Conversation with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars
First presented: Spring 2015
Join us for a conversation with the Dashew Center focused on how this department took a step back to refocus and streamline its various assessment activities. Participants can expect to gain insight into engineering a strategic and comprehensive assessment plan for a department, in place of ad-hoc and often redundant assessment projects. The session will also highlight how the Dashew Center refined its approach to assessment into something both efficient and feasible, while still painting a thorough picture of how the department is performing across its various intended outcomes.