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This guide provides an overview of the ARUCC PCCAT working group, their mandate, and the principles that govern the ongoing changes and maintenance of the guide. It also includes scenarios and resources to assist in using the guide effectively.
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Overview of the ARUCC PCCAT Guide October 2016 guide.pccat.arucc.ca
Overview • New Working Group • Guide Overview • Practicing Using the Guide
New Working Group – June 2016 Forward • Robin Fisher, chair and PCCAT representative; ACAT • Kim Bartlett, vice chair; McGill University • Ann-Marie Lyseng, communications officer/secretary; ACAT • Melissa Josey, database officer; Holland College • Jamie McCrory, CanPESC representative; University of Saskatchewan • Andrew Arida, ARUCC representative; University of British Columbia • Vanessa Wood, University of Calgary • Advisor: Angelique Saweczko
Working Group Mandate • Operational oversight • Guide change review and implementation • Monitor trends and suggest enhancements • Identify and suggest related research to extend the Guide • Oversight and operational implementation of communication to ARUCC and PCCAT members to encourage usage and sustainability of the Guide • Reports into the two executives: ARUCC and PCCAT
ARUCC PCCAT Endorsed Principles Governs ongoing changes and maintenance of the Guide
Community Feedback Loop Questions and changes to the Guide
Scenario Working in groups of two…. • You have been asked by the Registrar to establish a standard for repeated courses and how they are represented on a transcript. Using the transcript standards search…. • Search and find relevant information and discuss with your partner whether or not you agree with what is suggested. • You may be asked to share your thoughts with the larger group.
Scenario Working in groups of two…. • You have been asked by the Registrar to consider creating unique standards for the graduate transcript. Using the transcript standards search…. • Search and find standards relevant to the graduate level and discuss with your partner whether or not you agree with what is suggested. • You may be asked to share your thoughts with the larger group.
Scenario With your partner…. • You are both new at your institution and have been asked to examine the Guide and identify one or two types of inter-institutional partnerships available. • Use the transfer search, identify two types of partnerships, and discuss what makes them different. • You may be asked to share your thoughts.
Scenario With your partner…. • Your institution is planning to create a nomenclature policy with a particular focus on transfer credit. • Your institution recognizes both transfer credit and PLAR. • There has been some discussion that transfer credit and advanced standing are the same thing. • Look up the definitions for each and discuss with your partner any evident similarities and differences. • You may be asked to share your thoughts.
Scenario Working with your partner… • Locate information on transfer credit guide best practices and the link for MPHEC research • Discuss with your partner if you might consider using the best practices information when developing a transfer credit guide for your students
Comparing Standards section Within the Resources section
Creating a Competency-based Student Record section Within the Resources section