Kathleen Gorski

Dynamic educational leader with extensive experience in curriculum development, assessment, program review and faculty development seeking a challenging position to contribute expertise and drive innovation in higher education.

• Co-Chair of the SEM plan Teaching and Learning Team
• Led the Meta Major and Guided Pathways project
• Assessment of Student Learning
• Provided Leadership for the development of institutional, program and course learning outcomes; the creation of Waubonsee’s general education rubrics aligned to national standards, as well the implementation of processes and systems.
• Program Review
• Created Waubonsee’s annual update and program review process
• Member of ICCB Program Review Advisory
• Honors Program
• Analyzed honors program data to inform equitable practices
• Led task force to improve honors program process

• Advanced organizers for effective teaching
• High Impact Practices for Effective Teaching
• Stress management techniques for adult students returning to college
• What is the idea about IDEA
• ECompanion
• E-textbooks
• Utilizing Turnitin
• Using Ted Ed in the classroom
• Mapping Curriculum
• Creating Original Rubrics
• Norming Assignments
• Aligning Outcomes
• Curriculum Mapping
• Creating Learning Outcomes

• Committee Chair: Am I Ready? The Perceived Reality of Urban Teacher Preparation Programs for Teachers of Color in Urban School Districts
• Committee member: How do Student Service Members/Veterans (SSM/V) describe their experiences transitioning to higher education?
• Committee member: Culturally relevant pedagogy: Impact on First Generation Latinx Student Sense of Belonging.
• Committee member: Academic Disciplinary Differences in the Perceived Value of the Community of Practice.
• Committee member: Nursing education adaptation related to the global pandemic crisis: The disruption of education and nursing faculty technology acceptance

• The Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education, Board of Directors 2018-2024., Editor-In-Chief: Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Learning and Assessment, 2019., President Elect 2021, President 2022, Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 2022, Past President 2023, Chair of the Governance Committee 2023
• Yorkville Education Foundation, Board of Directors 2018-2020
• Chicago Area Assessment Group, Board of Directors 2016-2018

• TEACHING
• GE110 Computer Applications, The Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg
• LAH120 Logic and Effective Thinking, National Louis University, Chicago
• MGT479 Management Development Practicum, National Louis University
• MGT495 Special Topics: Project & Portfolio Seminar, National Louis University
• RES510 Research Methodology & Writing, National Louis University
• HED500 Instructional Design and Assessment in Higher Education, National Louis University
• HED600 Higher Education in the United States, National Louis University
• HED626 Legal Issues in Higher Education, National Louis University
• HED671 Doctoral Research in Higher Education, National Louis University
• OEDP 5231: Effective Assessment in Higher Education, Aurora University
• HED 699 Doctoral Capstone
• Instructional DesigN
• Higher Education Leadership Ed.D., National Louis University
• OEDP5231 Effective Assessment in Higher Education, Aurora University

• Defining Learning Improvement,” Keynote Presentation, Triton Community College, River Grove, IL, 2023.
• Assessment Sharing Sessions,” Association for the Assessment of Learning (AALHE), New Orleans, LA, 2023
• Troubleshooting Challenges to General Education/Transfer Program Assessment at Community Colleges,” The Association for the Assessment of Learning (AALHE) Annual Conference, Providence, RI, 2022.
• Exploring Assessment for Learning Improvement on your Campus at Public, Professional and Community Colleges, Providence, RI, 2022.
• Assessing General Education at a Community College,” Assessment Institute. Indianapolis, IN 2022.
• The Quick Guide to Assessment – Improve Process Coherence and Engagement,” Assessment Institute. Indianapolis, IN, 2022.
• Learning Improvement at Community Colleges,” Assessment Institute. Online, 2021.
• Assessment with the Improvement of Student Learning as the End Goal,” Assessment Institute. Online 2020.
• Course Collaboration for Learning Improvement,” Waubonsee Community College Faculty Development Days 2021.
• Perspectives on Learning Improvement” The Assessment Institute. Online, 2020.
• Put an Assessment Ring on it! Maximizing Commitment to Improvement,” The Association for the Assessment of Learning (AALHE) Annual Conference online, 2021.
• Implement assessment and Uphold Academic Freedom,” The Association for the Assessment of Learning (AALHE) Annual Conference online, 2021.
• College Learning Outcome Pilot,” Waubonsee Community College Faculty Development Days 2020.
• How We Built This: Unpacking Edupreneurs Assessment Success,” Assessment Institute, Online, 2020.
• Assessment with the Improvement of Student Learning as the End Goal,” Assessment Institute. online, 2020.
• Getting Published,” The Association for the Assessment of Learning (AALHE) Annual conference, online, 2020.
• Assessing the sustainability of your process,” The Association for the Assessment of Learning (AALHE) Annual Conference, St. Paul Minnesota, 2019.
• Assessing the sustainability of your process,” Valencia Community College Conference, Orlando, Florida, 2019.
• One step back, two steps forward: tips and tools used to jumpstart a stalled assessment process,” The Association for the Assessment of Learning (AALHE) Annual conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2018.
• How to revitalize and advance assessment practices, “ Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 2018.
• Program Review: a systematic model of outcomes assessment and program improvement,” The Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) Annual Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, June 2017.
• Program Review: Beyond Compliance,” Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA) Annual Conference, Evanston, IL, 2015.
• Program Review: Beyond Compliance to Program Improvement, Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) Annual Conference, Lexington, KY, 2015.
• From VALUE to Institutional Rubrics,” Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) annual conference, Lexington, KY, 2015.
• Authentic Institutional Assessment: Lesson’s learned from Performance Based Assessment,” Learning Impact Leadership Institute, IMS Global Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2015.
• Authentic Institutional Assessment: Best Practices for Performance-based Assessment,” Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE), Albuquerque, NM, 2014.
• Online Norming: A Strategy for Transitioning to Competency-Based Education,” Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2014.
• Campus-wide, Performance Based Assessment via Desire2Learn Learning Environment,” D2L Ignite Regional Conference, Chicago, IL, 2013.
• Implementing Credit Hour Compliance to Forward Campus-Wide Assessment,” Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 2013.
• How to Use Credit Hour Compliance to Forward Authentic Assessment,” Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) Annual Conference, Lexington, KY, 2013.
• Continuous Academic Improvement through Assignment of Credit Hour Compliance, “ Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2013.

• Quality Service Staff Member of the Year 2010, The Illinois Institute of Art
• Quality Service Awards, 2009, 2010, 2011, The Illinois Institute of Art