Finding  Common  Ground  and  Increasing  U3liza3on  Through    Open,  Collabora3ve,  and  Innova3ve  Evalua3on  Methods  

Alfonso  Sintjago,  Vice  President  -­‐  GAPSA  BriHany  Edwards,  President  -­‐  GAPSA  

Historical  Challenges  

GAPSA  faced  difficul3es  over  the  years  due  to  structural  problems,  and  limited  student  involvement.  These  long  term  problems  led  to  conversa3ons  about  the  poten3al  dissolu3on  of  GAPSA  by  its  councils.  

Re-­‐envisioning  Government  

Through   the   inclusion   of   Art   of   Hos3ng   Techniques,  Integra3ve   Leadership   Values,   a   Developmental  Evalua3on   Model,   Greater   Student   Representa3on,  Emerging  Technologies,  and  A  Commitment  to  Greater  Openness   and   Transparency,   GAPSA   Has   Addressed  Most   Of   Its   Challenges.   This   However   Remains   an  Ongoing  Process.  

Open  Government  As  A  PlaRorm  

•  Open  Standards  Spark  Innova3on  And  Growth  •  Build  A  Simple  System  And  Let  It  Evolve  •  Design  For  Par3cipa3on  •  Learn  from  Your  “Hackers”  •  Data  Mining  Allows  You  To  Harness  Implicit  Par3cipa3on  

•  Lower  The  Barriers  To  Experimenta3on  •  Lead  By  Example  

Open  Government  Lathrop  &  Ruma  (2010)  

Developmental  Evalua3on  Evalua&on  processes  and  ac&vi&es  that  support  program,  project,  product,  personnel,  and/or  organiza&onal  development.  The  evaluator  is  part  of  a  team  whose  members  collaborate  to  conceptualize,  design,  and  best  new  approaches  in  long-­‐term,  on-­‐going  process  of  con&nuous  improvement,  adapta&on,  and  inten&onal  change.  

(PaHon,  1994)  

U3liza3on-­‐Focused  Evalua3on  

Process  for  Making  Decisions  About  And  Focusing  an  Evalua&on  on  Intended  Use  By  Intended  User  

(PaHon,  1994)  

GAPSA  

Council  of  Graduate  Students  

GradSEHD  

Pharmacy  College  Board  

Medical  School  Student  Council  

Masters  in  Business  

Administra3on  Associa3on  

Law  Council  

College  of  Veterinary  Medicine  Student  Council  

School  of  Public  Health  

Student  Senate  

School  of  Den3stry  Student  Council  

Nursing  College  Board  

Logic  Model  

“BE  IT  RESOLVED  this  internal  evaluation  will  utilize  a  series  of  different  qualitative  methods  including  the  use  of  focus  groups,  interviews,  data  

analysis,  and  surveys  to  assess  its  functioning  in  relationship  to  

student  councils.”  

Evalua3on  

Data  Analysis  

Focus  Groups  

Surveys  Interviews  

Par3cipant  Observa3on  

GAPSA  Evaluation  

“Though  only  half  of   the  University  of  Minnesota ’s   10   g raduate   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.”  

GAPSA  Will  Broaden  Its  Executive  Board  A  ‘Taxation  Without  Representation’  Setup  Will  Be  Changed.    

Tyler  Gieseke  Minnesota  Daily  December  11,  2012  

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.?    

Meeting  with  Each  Council  and    Reaching  A  Saturation  Point  

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.  

Focus  Groups  

Grad.  And  Prof.  Councils    Execu3ve  Members  of  

Each  Council  

GAPSA    Graduate  and  Professional  Student  

Associa3on  

CIL  Center  for  Integra3ve  Leadership  

Framing  a  Better  Alignment  Learning  Leadership  Skills  

Improving  The  University  

Policy  Sprint  

Cons3tu3on    

Bylaws    

Officer  Descrip3ons  

Honor  Code  

Brief  Conversa3on    Group  Discussion  

Division  Into  Groups    (Can  Work  Individually)  

Round  of  Comments  (Rota3on  of  Docs)  

Round  of  Edits    (Modifica3on  of  Documents)  

Resolu3on  of  Differences  (Conversa3on  /  Discussion)  

Rewriting  Organiza

tional  

Documents  Fo

r  A  Better  Stru

cture  

Ensuring  That  Every  Council  is  

Represented  in  the  Execu:ve  Board  by  

Expanding  its  Membership  

Provide  Integra:ve  Leadership  Training  so  That  Members  Learn  How  to  Work  

Effec3ve  Together    

Adding  Addi3onal  Seats  in  the  

General  Assembly  so  That  Student  Groups  can  Voice  

Concerns  

Major  Changes  

Changes  Added  to  the    2013-­‐2014  Constitution  

Moving  Forward  (20

13-­‐2014)  

Helping  Students    Develop  As  Leaders  

Greater  Collabora&on  +  Team  Work  

Leadership  Retreat  –  Including  Members  of  Every  GAPSA  Council  

Engaging  A  Br

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