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OCTC Quality Enhancement Plan

OCTC Quality Enhancement Plan. September 21, 2005 [As presented to the visiting committee] July 25, 2006 [As presented at SACCR]. The OCTC Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Objectives Development process Research Human/Financial Resources Timeline Implementation/Evaluation

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OCTC Quality Enhancement Plan

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  1. OCTC Quality Enhancement Plan September 21, 2005 [As presented to the visiting committee] July 25, 2006 [As presented at SACCR]

  2. The OCTC Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) • Objectives • Development process • Research • Human/Financial Resources • Timeline • Implementation/Evaluation Focus - Expectations and Engagement

  3. The OCTC QEP Three areas founded in our general education competencies: • What all will learn • How all will act • Importance of learning together

  4. The OCTC QEP Three areas founded in our general education competencies: • The Expression of Ideas • The Standards of Professional Conduct • Learning Together initiatives

  5. The OCTC QEP Development Process 2003 Summer Leadership Team Retreat Fall CCSSE results released 2004 Spring “Brown Bag” discussion sessions Summer Strategic Planning Retreat Fall QEP Discussion Sessions 2005 Spring Draft outline of QEP approved Summer QEP Research and Development Teams Fall Shared with the college

  6. The OCTC QEPResearch Clear/High Expectations • One of the three conditions for excellence for undergraduate education (National Institute of Education, 1984) • One of the seven principles for good practices in undergraduate education (Chickering and Gamson, 1987); • The most “compelling and consistent” commonality in conversations with Teaching Excellence Award Recipients (Roueche, Milliron, Roueche, 2003)

  7. The OCTC QEPResearch • If teachers make their expectations for student learning public and use these expectations to “navigate” their teaching, students will be better prepared for “life in and beyond the classroom.” (Barrowman, 1996) • “It is the conversations we have about knowledge that give it meaning…if instructors do not articulate or even acknowledge these subtle, complex benefits of presence within a learning community, how can we expect students to do so?” (Hassel and Lourey, 2005)

  8. The OCTC QEPResearch • On the 2003 CCSSE, OCTC scored significantly above the national average on 15 items, significantly below on 3. • The three: • 1) Participating in college-sponsored activities • 2) Preparing for class • 3) Had serious conversations with students of a different race or ethnicity other than your own

  9. The OCTC QEPHuman and Financial Resources Reassignment of key personnel • Lantana Bray, Dean of Admissions • Stacy Edds-Ellis, Title III Coordinator • Kevin Beardmore, Dean of Enrollment Title III staff and funding College budget

  10. The OCTC QEPTimeline OCTC Expectations • Promoting, embedding, and educating • Student work - exemplars and e-galleries • New GE 100 (Intro to College) curriculum Learning Together • Student ambassadors/E-ambassadors • Study groups/peer groups • Shared reading/shared research/discussions

  11. The OCTC QEPImplementation/Evaluation 2005-10 OCTC Strategic Plan • Embedded in plan • Mid-year review • Annual SWOC analysis • Annual review of and response to performance indicators • Multiple measures approach – CCSSE, OCTC Exit survey, WKU transfer GPA, Evaluation of instruction, & student work.

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