Meaningful Quality Improvement: Assessment Plan Design for Educational Programs (Not Eligible for CEs)
Focus Groups (Not eligible for Continuing Education)
Elizabeth Goebl-Parker, MSW, ATR-BC, LCSW
Shelly Goebl-Parker MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, Associate Professor and Program Director of Art Therapy Counseling at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She worked with children, adolescents and families in educational and community settings. Currently her scholarship focuses on reflective, collaborative studio-based processes for research and advocacy within educational, clinical, and community arts contexts.
Gertrude Pannirselvam, PhD, MBA
Gertrude P. Pannirselvam is an associate professor of operations management at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Her research and teaching collaborations address managerial issues in quality and supply chain management, with primarily focus on processes and performance. She serves on the SIUE Graduate Committee on Assessment.
Dana Elmendorf, MA., ATR-BC, LPC
Dana Elmendorf is Coordinator of the Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education. She is also the program director for the Seton Hill University Art Therapy program and combines her accreditation expertise with an understanding of the needs of educational programs, institutions, and the students they serve.
Educational program directors and faculty are invited to reflect together on how we can use outcomes-based assessment tools to better understand our own educational programs. How can we create cycles of program assessment for self-study to capture evidence of quality and opportunities for improvement? Come share resources!