I really do love a quality animated film. I am the one who usually rents a niece or nephew to take with me so that I don’t look too foolish heading into a children’s movie by myself. One of my favorite of these films in the last couple of years was Monsters vs. Aliens. And my favorite character from the film was a monster named Link—as in the “missing link”. Link was a 20,000-year-old monster that looked like a spinoff of the main character in Creature From the Black Lagoon. In the movie, Link did the heavy-lifting for the team of monsters so they could save the day.
At this year’s assessment conference, Dr. Christopher Meseke from Park University will be presenting a breakout session with his own version of the missing link, only his link is in academia, of course. Dr. Meseke will share his story of heavy lifting on the assessment front at Park with “The Missing Link: Development of Programmatic Outcomes,” during the last breakout session of the day. While there may not be any actual monsters or aliens involved (OK, maybe some allegorical ones), this session should provide tips on how to save the day from an assessment perspective. I am confident Dr. Meseke will offer some great insights on how to create a coordinated plan for your programmatic assessment – but you will need to supply your own popcorn.
Sheri H. Barrett, Ed.D