Enhancing the college environment

1. Enhancing the college environment Strategic plan for a diverse teaching & learning community

2. Start with instructors • Review strategic goals • Encourage learning-centered approaches • Invite the community in Overview

3. Start with the instructors

4. Brainstorm about engagement • Flip classrooms • Assess for learning Share ideas about teaching and learning

5. Professional Development • Online shells • Multimedia support • Expect continuous improvement Provide resources to enrich learning

6. Emphasize student learning, not instruction • Hold conversations on learning-centered approach • Foster discussion in teaching evaluations Encourage a learning-centered approach

7. Establish measurable objectives for programs • Focus on learning-centered model/accreditation needs • Consider GTPathways Review strategic goals

8. Consult faculty on measurable course/module objectives • Emphasize real world applications • Help students with OER where possible Foster good course design

9. Hold conversations with staff • How is SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) going? • Review data on interactions with students Include student support

10. Work with stakeholders on assessment • Have conversations about data and next steps Measure student learning

11. Institutional Assessment • Data-based • Conversation-based Assure continuous improvement

12. Consider co-enrollment program • Keep up tradition of festivals, arts and lectures Continue to invite community in

13. Seek faculty with real-world experience • Set up mentorship, internship programs Take advantage of the business sector

14. Start with the instructors  Provide resources to enrich learning  Encourage a learning-centered approach • Review strategic goals  Foster good course design  Revisit student support • Measure student learning  Assure continuous improvement • Continue to invite community in  Take advantage of the business sector Recap

15. Tracey L. Trenam, Ph.D. trenam@comcast.net 303-331-1288