The document summarizes a presentation given by Tony Adam from Blinn College about their Fasttrack Workshop system for faculty assessment. The presentation provided an overview of how the workshops have developed over the years at Blinn College, described what is covered in each session of the current Fasttrack Workshop system, and gave participants an accelerated sample session to introduce them to tools and methods for gaining faculty support for assessment. Participants were then asked to share ideas on how they could apply elements of the Fasttrack Workshop system at their own institutions.

1. Dr. Rosemary Reynolds, Dean, Humanities, Communication and Fine Arts,
Tyler Junior College, Tyler, TX
Mr. Tony Adam, Director of Institutional Assessment,
Blinn College, Brenham, TX

2.  Participants will learn how the teaching of
assessment practices has developed over the
years at Blinn College.
 Participants will discover how the current
Fasttrack Workshop system functions and what is
covered in each session.
 Participants will walk away with additional ideas
from the participants as to how they can initiate
or modify their own institutional faculty
workshops.

3.  Texas’ oldest county-operated junior college
(founded 1883).
 Approximately 18,000 students spread over four
campuses in four cities.
 Most students transfer to four-year institutions
(Texas A&M, Sam Houston State) after taking a few
courses.
 Very active Allied Health program with ten
programmatically-accredited concentrations.

4.  Summer session
 Launched two semester, eight session
faculty assessment workshops
 Trimmed down to one semester, four
session faculty assessment workshops

5.  Each session runs three hours and is open to all parttime and
fulltime faculty
 Participants receive copies of assessment monographs and articles
 Participants respond to a Classroom Assessment Techniques (CAT)
Inventory
 Participants watch short videos on assessment techniques
 Participants chat online about readings and videos
 Participants share “what works, what doesn’t” ideas during class
sessions

7. Given the short time of these SACS
sessions, we will now run a
Fasttrack Workshop for all of you at
warp speed – 12 hours compacted
into 20 minutes!

8.  Take a minute to think about what you’ve just
seen and heard.
 Write down the three
ideas, plans, concepts, etc. that most
impressed you.
 Share one of your ideas in our open session
during the next few minutes.

9.  You’ve heard about the development of the
Fasttrack Workshop system at Blinn College.
 You’ve participated in an accelerated
Fasttrack Workshop session.
 You’ve been introduced to a variety of tools
and methodologies that will help gain faculty
buy-in to assessment.

10. Contact
 Dr. Rosemary Reynolds, Dean of
Humanities, Communication and Fine Arts
 Phone: 903-510-2499
 Email: rrey@tjc.edu
 Mr. Tony Adam, Director of Institutional
Assessment
 Phone: 979-830-4006
 Email: tony.adam@blinn.edu