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NCC T he L ittle T rain T hat D id! Successfully Writing to the New Criteria!

NCC T he L ittle T rain T hat D id! Successfully Writing to the New Criteria!. Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon, IA. Your Conductors Today Are:. Steve Pearce Rhonda Pennings Gretchen Bartelson Alethea Stubbe. All Aboard!. Organizing & Getting Started. Steve Pearce

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NCC T he L ittle T rain T hat D id! Successfully Writing to the New Criteria!

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  1. NCCThe Little TrainThat Did!Successfully Writing to the New Criteria! Northwest Iowa Community College Sheldon, IA

  2. Your Conductors Today Are: • Steve Pearce • Rhonda Pennings • Gretchen Bartelson • Alethea Stubbe

  3. All Aboard! Organizing & Getting Started Steve Pearce NCA Co-Chair

  4. NCC • Organization • Advantages • NCA Alert – Campus Newsletters All Aboard!

  5. Leaving the Station The writing of the first drafts and the first work of editing. Rhonda Pennings NCA Editing Team

  6. Writing in teams • First Drafts & First Editing • Institutional Challenges • Food helps Leaving the Station

  7. Keeping on Track In spite of Detours, Delays & Changes in Destination. Gretchen Bartelson Editing Team – Final Editor

  8. Main Issues & Editing team The Editor Avoiding Duplication & the New Criteria Writing Tips Graphic Design & Layout Keeping on Track

  9. Find an editor with the time to do the Job! Get a good technical writer Maybe a journalist or a grant-writer The Editor & Editing Team Keeping on Track

  10. The Editor or Editing Teammust work with all writing teams from the beginning. An Editing Team with representatives from all Writing Teams? The Editor & Editing Team Don’t write in Silos! Keeping on Track

  11. Spend time analyzing the 5 Criteria 21 Core Components and suggested patterns of evidence Have a Retreat Keeping on Track New Criteria

  12. Writing to the New Criteria • Redundancy, redundancy & more redundancy! Maybe not! • Schedule brain-storming sessions &Turn the Ball! Keeping on Track New Criteria

  13. Turning the Ball … or learning to take a look at something from all sides – even if it is round. • What are they looking for? Look at the language. Keeping on Track • When two groups use the same evidence for different points – are they making the right distinction? New Criteria

  14. Mission and Integrity • Preparing for the Future • Student Learning & Effective Teaching • Acquisition, Discovery & Application of Knowledge • Engagement and Service Keeping on Track

  15. It’s about Your College! • Find YOUR OWN patterns of evidence. • Snapshotof your college – set an end date for data/ language. • What are YOUgood at? Keeping on Track New Criteria

  16. It’s about Your College! • None of us does it all • Don’t hide your shortcomings – admit them. • Try to have a plan for addressing those shortcomings Keeping on Track New Criteria

  17. We avoided redundancy by putting common material in the appendix/resource room • We looked at what was really different about similar patterns of evidence • Combined patterns that were similar • Used introductory paragraphs about key ideas

  18. The Mysterious CROSS CUTTING THEMES • They did appear! • We used pull-out quotes in the margins and color coded them. Keeping on Track

  19. Keeping on Track

  20. Our New Branding Keeping on Track

  21. Writing Tips Writing tips • Make it clear and easy to read • Use a journalistic approach to writing. Keeping on Track

  22. Writing Tips The Inverted Pyramid Put the supporting information elsewhere Put the most important information first Keeping on Track Use Language that is descriptive and to the point.

  23. Layout & Design Lori Richards – the other member of our team! Get a GREAT Graphic Designer! Keeping on Track

  24. Layout & Design Layout & Design • Graphically outline the criteria, core components and patterns of evidence. Keeping on Track

  25. Layout & Design Keeping on Track

  26. Layout & Design Keeping on Track

  27. Layout & Design Layout & Design • Lots of white space & judicious use of color. Keeping on Track

  28. Layout & Design Black & Blue Color in Charts

  29. Layout & Design Layout & Design • 12 pt Times Roman & about 1.25 spacing • 2 inch margin on the right for appearance and for note taking. Keeping on Track

  30. Layout & Design 2 Inch Margins

  31. Layout & Design Do not make the reader look for anything – ever! • Put page numbers for the appendix in the self-study • Websites • Reference Room Keeping on Track

  32. Layout & Design Keeping on Track

  33. Layout & Design Keeping on Track

  34. Layout & Design

  35. Coming intothe Station Working with the Higher Learning Commission, Outside entities, and the Visiting Team Alethea Stubbe NCA Co-Chair

  36. Working with the Higher Learning Commission • Outside entities • The Visiting Team Coming into the Station

  37. Reaching our Destination • Organized document & resource room • Campus wide participation • Honest snapshot – reflected who we were • Plans to address issues – esp. assessment • Demonstrated ability to get things done The Journey’s End

  38. The View from the Caboose…. The Journey’s End Questions?

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