AQIP Strategy Forum

1. AQIP Strategy Forum Creating A Climate of Continuous Improvement

2. AQIP Categories: 1: Helping Students Learn 2: Accomplishing Other Distinctive Objectives 3: Students and Other Stakeholder Needs 4: Valuing People 5: Leading and Communicating 6: Supporting Institutional Operations 7: Measuring Effectiveness 8. Planning Continuous Improvement 9: Building Collaborative Relationships Helping Students Learn

3. Top Three Areas for Improvement: Helping Students Learn Measuring Effectiveness Building Collaborative Relationships Helping Students Learn

4. Most Critical Category 1: Helping Students Learn Helping Students Learn

5. The Charge….. Establish a campaign, according to the most critical area that would drive the institution forward over the next three – four years. This charge, will result in multiple AQIP projects and categories aligned to one single goal related to “Helping Students Learn”. Helping Students Learn

6. Visioning the Future we Want to Achieve: High % of graduates employed Every program has an advisory board Program Assessment has consequences Every student is exposed to an internship Faculty drive program improvement initiative Marketing is easier Increased graduation and retention rate Students appreciate and understand relevance of courses Unique features of programs Better relationship with communities New friends are identified and cultivated Higher investment in professional development Resources aligned to priority Helping Students Learn

7. Career Ready & Competitive Communication Skills, Writing Skills, Critical Thinking, Content Skilled Visioning our Future

8. Strategies for Improvement: Create a Model Secure Resources Faculty Release Time/Professional Development Partnership with Business/Industry Faculty Drive Initiatives Showcase student work Helping Students Learn

9. Action Project Charter: Helping Students Learn

10. Campaign: To better prepare students to be critical thinkers and career ready by implementing Experiential Learning throughout the curriculum Helping Students Learn

11. Experiential Learning Experiential learning is the process of making meaning from direct experience.[1] Simply put, Experiential Learning is learning from experience. The experience can be staged or left open. Aristotle once said, "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them."[2]David A. Kolb helped to popularize the idea of experiential learning drawing heavily on the work of John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean Piaget. His work on experiential learning has contributed greatly to expanding the philosophy of experiential education. Staged experiential learning is often called a Dynamic Learning Experience (DLE) in certain high hazard industries.[citation needed] Experiential education is a philosophy of education that describes the process that occurs between a teacher and student that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and content.[1 Wikipedia Helping Students Learn

12. Experiential Learning Helping Students Learn

13. Action Planning Template: Helping Students Learn