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1. This sample presentation is designed as a template to help LSSSE users present their LSSSE 2009 data to interested parties. This is only one way to present the data. Please adapt this sample presentation to best meet your goals and suit your audience. These slides provide information about LSSSE (the survey, administration process, and project scope) and offer examples of how to present your LSSSE 2009 data. Replace the cover slide and the red text throughout this presentation with the name of your law school and your own 2009 data. Check the notes section of each slide for additional information (on PowerPoint toolbar, select “view,” then “notes page”). “LSSSE” is pronounced “lessie.” Note to Presenters
2. Law School Survey of Student Engagement Sample Law School Results Name of Presenter(s)
3. Overview What is Student Engagement Principles of Good Practice in Legal Education LSSSE Law School Report 2009 Selected Findings Using LSSSE Data Discussion & Questions
4. How engaged are our students? What percentage of Sample Law School students frequently (“often” or “very often”) engaged in the following activities?
5. Your Predictions
6. What is Student Engagement? Law students: devote time and energy to educationally purposeful activities Lawschools: use effective educational practices to encourage law students to succeed academically and professionally Insert Photo from your Law School
7. Principles of Good Practice in Legal Education Student-faculty contact Active learning Prompt feedback Time on task High expectations Respect for diverse learning styles Cooperation among students 49 J. Legal Educ. 371 (1999) Patrick T. O’Day and George D. Kuh, Assessing What Matters in Law School: the Law School Survey of Student Engagement, 81Ind. L. J. 401, 405 (2006)
8. LSSSE Measures the extent to which law students devote time and energy to educationally sound activities and the policies and practices that law schools use to induce students to take part in such activities. Co-Sponsored by: Association of American Law Schools & The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
9. Advantages of a National Survey Refocuses conversations about the quality of legal education Enhances institutional improvement efforts Fosters appropriate comparisons Informs accountability Provides systematic national data on “good educational practices”
10. Law School Survey of Student Engagement Student behaviors Student Learning & Professional Development Law school actions & requirements Reactions to law school Student background information
11. How does LSSSE work? All JD or LLB students surveyed Students fill out survey online Multiple follow-ups to increase response rates
12. Validity of Self-Reported Data Criteria for valid responses: 1. Requested information is known to respondents 2. Questions are phrased clearly and unambiguously 3. Respondents take questions seriously and thoughtfully Answering does not threaten, embarrass, violate privacy, or compel a socially desirable response The LSSSE survey was designed to meet all of these conditions
13. Who participates in LSSSE? Public and private law schools Full-time and part-time law students 53% response rate in 2009 157 different law schools in the US and Canada
14. Who responded to LSSSE at Sample Law? x% response (xstudents)
15. Race/Ethnicity of Sample Law Respondents
16. What is in the Law School Report? Overview School Data File Characteristics of Respondents Comparisons by Selected peer schools Size Affiliation LSSSE 2009 cohort Student comments Codebook of survey items Insert a picture of 2009 cover here
17. Law School Report 2009:Comparison Groups Selected Peer Group 5 or more schools Size < 500, 500-900, or > 900 students Affiliation Public, Private, or Religious All LSSSE 2009 Schools
18. LSSSE 2009: Selected Peer Schools Peer school 1 Peer school 2 Peer school 3 Peer school 4 Peer school 5 (or more)
19. Note to Presenter Of the following six slides (slides #20-25), select the twothat apply to your school and delete others from the presentation.
20. LSSSE 2009: Fewer than 500 Students
21. LSSSE 2009: 500 to 900 Students
22. LSSSE 2009: More than 900 Students
23. LSSSE 2009: Public Law Schools
24. LSSSE 2009: Private Law Schools
25. LSSSE 2009: Private Religious Law Schools
26. Interpreting LSSSE data How should we interpret student engagement data within the context of our law school mission? Normative Criterion Mission-driven Cross-validation
27. Select Findings: Prepare for Class What percent of Sample Law students frequently came to class without having completed readings or assignments? 1L x% 2L x% 3L x% 4L x%
28. Select Findings: Hrs/wk spent preparing for class
29. Select Findings: Work for pay in legal settings What percent of Sample Law students frequently worked for pay in law-related jobs or legal settings? 1L x% 2L x% 3L x% 4L x%
30. Select Findings: Work with faculty outside of class * % of students who responded “very often” or “often”
31. Select Findings: Career Counseling What percent of Sample Law studentsare satisfied with their career counseling experiences? 1L x% 2L x% 3L x% 4L x% * % of students who are “satisfied” or “very satisfied”
32. Select Findings: Faculty Feedback 1 = Never 2 = Sometimes 3 = Often 4 = Very Often
33. Select Findings: Discuss Ideas with Faculty What percentage of Sample Lawstudents frequently discuss ideas from readings or class with faculty members outside of class? 1L x% 2L x% 3L x% 4L x% * % of students who do so “often” or “very often”
34. Select Findings: Discuss readings with faculty
35. LSSSE 2009: Promising findings X% of our students are “very satisfied” with their career counseling experience X% of our students reported that Sample Law contributes “very much’” to gains in critical and analytical thinking
36. LSSSE 2008: Disappointing findings Almost x% of 3Ls frequently came to class unprepared Only x% of students said they would “probably” or “definitely” choose the same law school again.
37. What are our current engagement levels? Are our current levels satisfactory? What are areas for improvement? Modify programs and policies accordingly Teach students what is required to get the most out of law school Monitor student & institutional performance Using LSSSE data Areas of Effective Educational Practice Areas for Improvement
38. How schools use LSSSE data Self-study in accreditation Information for faculty about your students’ experiences Self-evaluation and planning Comparison with peer law schools Resource allocation Track experiences of target student populations Longitudinal studies
39. Discussion & questions www.lssse.iub.edu