The document summarizes GAPSA's evaluation plan for the 2012-2013 academic year. The evaluation will utilize qualitative methods like focus groups, interviews, surveys, and data analysis to assess GAPSA's functioning and relationship to student councils. The evaluation aims to present a report with recommendations to improve representation and leadership development. GAPSA plans to modify its executive board structure to include the presidents of all member councils to increase collaboration between councils and GAPSA.

1. GAPSA’s Evaluation
(2012-2013)
Information about GAPSA Eval. Res.
http://z.umn.edu/gapsaeval

2. Evaluation Standards and Competencies
C1)
Professional U) Utility
Practice
C6) C2)
Interpersonal Systematic
Competence Inquiry
E) Evaluation
F) Feasibility
Accountability
Evaluator Program
Competencies Evaluation
Standards
C3)
C5) Reflective
Situational
Practice
Analysis
C4) Project A) Accuracy P) Propriety
Management

3. Logic Model

4. GAPSA Evaluation (http://z.umn.edu/gapsaeval)
“The continued analysis and observation of organizational
activities can facilitate the improvement and adequate
functioning of an organization.”
“The evaluator is part of a team whose members
collaborate to conceptualize, design and test new
approaches in a long-term, on-going process of continuous
improvement, adaptation and intentional change.”

5. GAPSA Evaluation (http://z.umn.edu/gapsaeval)
“THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Graduate and Professional
Student Assembly will conduct a developmental utility-focused
evaluation throughout the 2012-2013 academic year.”
“BE IT RESOLVED that the evaluation will present a report to the
General Assembly during the last meeting of the assembly or
before the beginning of the next academic year (2013-2014).”

6. GAPSA Evaluation (http://z.umn.edu/gapsaeval)
Data
Analysis
“BE IT RESOLVED this internal
evaluation will utilize a series of
different qualitative methods Participant
Observation
Focus
Groups
including the use of focus
groups, interviews, data Evaluation
analysis, and surveys to assess
its functioning in relationship to
student councils.”
Interviews Surveys

7. Tyler Gieseke
Minnesota Daily GAPSA Will Broaden Its Executive Board
December 11, 2012 A ‘Taxation Without Representation’ Setup Will Be Changed.
“Though only half of the University of Minnesota’s 10
graduate and professional schools are represented on its
executive board this year, GAPSA plans to modify
representation to include the presidents of all of its member
councils next fall. The group will also partner with the Center
for Integrative Leadership to provide leadership training for
its members.”

8. Many Other Interesting Questions

9. Pressing Student Concerns
What comments do you have for the Board of Regents about your graduate or professional
experience with respect to advisers, graduate assistantships, workload, etc.?

10. Surveys & Communication Channels
Requests to complete the survey were sent via different mailing lists.
The spikes correlates with the response requests.

11. Focus Groups
We Hope to Meet with Each Council and Reach A Saturation Point
We Also Plan on Answering Questions at the End of Each Focus Group
Example of Focus Answers
AA: To be honest, in council updates and GAPSA rep debrief, not concerning. But
we don’t reach out for GAPSA to reach out. We (GAPSA) does grants well.
Benefits us
EB: can you make sure my grant gets passed? I liked our council retreat, things
are being done.
M: Not sure what GAPSA does, we’re fairly isolated, ( others concur) We are here
for several years, have a lot to learn from other students on campus.

12. Interviews and Participant Observations
Interviews! Participant Observations!
Interviews are being conducted with both
previous as well as current GAPSA As the current EVP, I had the opportunity
executive board members. to learn about the expectations of
executive board positions. As a member
Among the recommendations given by in the executive board I also have
those interviewed were finding a solution observed regularly about the different
to the high officer turnover rate, as well concerns of various executive board
as, the importance of improving advisor- members. This position helped increase
advisee support resources. GAPSA my familiarity with GAPSA’s inner
members have left the executive board workings and how much dedication it
for other positions due to time constraints takes to keep GAPSA running smoothly
and competing interests.

13. 2012-13 GAPSA
Executive Board
GAPSA
President
Student Student
Executive Vice Vice President for Vice President of Vice President of Vice President of Vice President for Representative to Representative to
At-Large Director
President Public Affairs Finance Student Affairs Programming Grants the Board of the Board of
Regents Regents
Chair -
Chair - Internal Chair - Public Chair – Finance Chair - Student Chair - Grants Varies – Multiple Member of the Member of the
Programming
Affairs Committee Affairs Committee Committee Affairs Committee Committee Tasks Board of Regents Board of Regents
Committee

14. Existing Structure and Changes
General Assembly Administrative Relationships
Will perhaps meet less often This relationship will remain the same
OSA MSA
Office of Minnesota
Student Student
Affairs Association
GAPSA
Graduate and
Professional Student
Association

15. The CoP Transformed into the Exec. Board
The Council of Presidents constituted itself Council of
Graduate
Students
organically during 2010-2012 in response to Nursing College
Board
GradSEHD
claims of mismanagement towards some
GAPSA representatives. Adapting the
executive board into the mold of the School of
Dentistry
Student Council
Pharmacy
College Board
council of presidents will increase the
communication and collaboration GAPSA
between the councils and the executive
board.
School of Public
Medical School
Health Student
Student Council
Senate
Other positions in the future executive
board will be held by a council elected EVP, College of
Veterinary
Masters in
Business
Medicine Administration
and the student representatives to the Student Council Association
Law Council
Board of Regents (Chair and Vice Chair)

16. Framing a Better Alignment
By increasing collaboration between CIL,
CIL
GAPSA, and each council, GAPSA will Center for
transform into a more representative group Integrative
Leadership
which is able to better voice the concerns of the
student body while maintaining a strong
GAPSA
decentralization and support for each council. Graduate and
Professional
Student
CIL will contribute to the leadership Association
development of representatives from every Grad. And Prof. Councils
Executive Members of
council. The leadership development Each Council
workshops provided by CIL would not only be
available to the members of the executive
board, but also to other members of every
council.

17. Grassroots MOOCs & Other CIL-GAPSA Initiatives
Collaborate: What Would You Like To Work On: Entrepreneurial Teams:
Challenge 1 Idea 1 Entrepreneurial Skill
Sustainable chemistry I think that…. Programming (Example, Contact Info)
Challenge 2 Idea 2 Entrepreneurial Skill
Breakthroughs to world challenges I think that…. Evaluation (Example, Contact Info)
Challenge 3 Idea 3 Entrepreneurial Skill
Addressing climate change I think that…. Design (Example, Contact Info)
Challenge 4 Idea 4 Entrepreneurial Skill
Energy efficiency and conservation I think that…. Marketing (Example, Contact Info)
Challenge 5 Idea 5 Entrepreneurial Skill
Product safety leadership I think that…. Education (Example, Contact Info)
Challenge 6 Idea 6 Entrepreneurial Skill
Contributing to community success I think that…. Engineering (Example, Contact Info)