From isolated rubrics to a shared framework: How CDU is building a competency backbone
Building a competency framework across an entire College of Nursing doesn't happen overnight. In this session, Interim Provost Dr. William Shay and Associate Dean of Nursing Dr. Sheryl Antido share how CDU moved from fragmented, course-level rubrics to a unified assessment structure grounded in AACN standards, spanning across their nursing programs. Alongside their journey, we'll take a live look at how FeedbackFruits' Competency-Based Assessment solution supports the process, from structured rubric-linked assessments to real-time individual and cohort-level analytics that turn everyday learning activities into accreditation-ready evidence.
What you'll learn
- How CDU moved from fragmented, course-level rubrics to a unified competency framework for accreditation
- What it takes to align program-wide assessments with AACN standards in the College of Nursing
- How to leverage individual and cohort-level analytics to track competency development in real time
- See real examples of how FeedbackFruits was used to build CDU's competency backbone
Meet our speakers
William Shay holds a PhD in sociology with over 30 years of academic affairs experience as a senior executive across multiple public and private higher education institutions. At present, he serves as Sr. Vice Provost at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) in south central Los Angeles, the only historically Black college or university west of east Texas. Dr. Shay has lead responsibility for academic personnel and academic program administration, and functions as a chief accreditation officer for the university, including serving since 2012 as Accreditation Liaison Officer to the WASC Senior College and University Commission. He completed the regional accreditation agency Assessment Leadership Academy (2015-16) and is the current campus lead for ACUE faculty development on effective practice frameworks, in partnership and with funding from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF).
Andy Toshniwal is an Account Executive at FeedbackFruits, supporting higher education partners across the US for the past five years. His work focuses on learning outcomes and programmatic assessment, helping institutions design measurable, observable evidence of practice readiness across courses and clinical contexts. He has presented at the Student Learning Outcomes Symposium for California Colleges and with partners at North Carolina education conferences, and recently consulted with two US nursing institutions on rubric to domain alignment, authentic assessment design, and competency mapping.
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