Assessment Strategies for a Competency-Based Curriculum
Webinar Details
Alverno College’s Margaret Rauschenberger, Dr. Judeen Schulte, Ann Van Eerden, and Dr. Heather Mernitz highlight principles for developing performance-based assessments and share examples that integrate competency-based practices into curriculum.
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Speakers
Margaret Rauschenberger, MSN, RN
Professor, Dean of Nursing Emerita, and Associate Dean
School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives
Alverno College
Peg Rauschenberger, MSN, RN, is an associate dean in the School of Adult Learning and New Initiatives in charge of health related programming, and the dean emerita of Alverno College's JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions. She has been consulting and lecturing since 1997, and has presented numerous workshops nationally and internationally on topics including ability-based education, nursing education, child and adolescent mental health care, nursing in corrections, conflict resolution, stress management and the effects of stress on health.
Judeen Schulte, PhD, RN
Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College
Judeen Schulte, PhD, OSF, is a professor of Nursing at Alverno College where she has taught since 1980. In addition to her nursing expertise, Schulte has given presentations on Alverno’s abilities-based curriculum across the country, as well as around the world. She has also served as a consultant to several universities here and abroad on performance assessment, student learning and abilities-based curricula.
Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN
Associate Professor
JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions
Alverno College
Ann Van Eerden, MSN, MS, RN, CNE, NCSN, is an associate professor of nursing in the JoAnn McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professions at Alverno College. She also serves as the director of both the Undergraduate Nursing Program and the Health Education Program. She has nearly 40 years of nursing experience and has been teaching since 2008.
Heather Mernitz, MS, PhD
Professor
Alverno College
Heather Mernitz has a BA in Chemistry from Kalamazoo College (MI), and an MS and PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism from Tufts University (MA). Heather is a Professor of Physical Science at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she teaches courses in chemistry, biochemistry, and quantitative literacy. Heather is the Chair of the Council for Student Assessment at Alverno and serves as a consultant on principles and practices of ability-based education and assessment. Heather is experienced in the design and implementation of an all-college external assessment and has led numerous workshops for college faculty on the design and use of active, collaborative, contextual curriculum for undergraduate chemistry majors. Currently, she is focused on building efficient tools and systems to support faculty-driven program assessment.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to all.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) works with the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) to provide CPH credits.