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QEP=MCXC Progress Report . . . (July 6, 2011). Action Steps Taken Ongoing Challenges. ACTION STEPS UPDATE (QEP=MCXC) TDT Membership Proposed/Senate Council QEP & SACS Summer Institutes Meetings Large Group: May 11, June 10, June 29, July 27, August 24
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QEP=MCXC Progress Report . . . (July 6, 2011) Action Steps Taken Ongoing Challenges
ACTION STEPS UPDATE (QEP=MCXC) • TDT Membership Proposed/Senate Council • QEP & SACS Summer Institutes • Meetings • Large Group: • May 11, June 10, June 29, July 27, August 24 • Administration: Provost, VP Transition • Public Relations • Instructional Technology • Steering Committee • Subcommittees
Grounders • Collect & share research (SACS, QEP, WAC, CAC, CID) • Linkers • Collect campus input & share TDT updates • Promoters • Create a “buzz” among all stakeholder groups • Builders • Prepare drafts of the infrastructure & 5-year implementation timeline • Assessors • Develop assessment plan(s) • Financers • Develop feasible budget
Ongoing Challenge #1: Clarifying/Reminding of Our Charge • What our MCXC QEP IS an IS NOT • Research-based “Best Practices”
Best Practices . . . • Interdisciplinary Advisory Board • Cross Campus Collaboration (≠ one unit, ≠ one mode, ≠ gen ed) • Situated Learning (CID) • Faculty Training & Consultation (Instruction, Assignments, Rubrics for Assessment and Evaluation) • Student Labs/Studios (≠ one big center) • Sufficient Resources (sustainability) (e.g., Cronin, 1996; Dannels, 2001; Hay, 1992; Mcleod, et al., 2001; Walvoord, 2011; Weiss, 1998)
Ongoing Challenge #2: Conflict Management • Ongoing Challenge #3: Focus (May 2012)
Ongoing Challenge #4: Empire-Building • Ongoing Challenge #5: Transparency and Campus Awareness
Thoughts? Questions?