AQIP Steering Committee Meeting Report for September 22, 2006
Attendees: Peg Moir, Tom Prendergast, Ron Abrams, Bev Walker, Margaret Puckett, Molly Hockenberry, Jim Hull, Kate Peresie
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
Action
Projects
“Improving Student Success in Developmental Education” – using data -action project, an AtD intiative:
 Project is due to retire June 2007.

The plan is to replace it with the AtD initiative on improving
student success in gatekeeper courses.
ACTION STEPS
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
TIME-LINE
Identify project leader.
Dr. Abrams
End October
Update projects with
AQIP.
Kate
End October
Ask team members to
continue their work.
Molly
End
September
Update project with
AQIP.
Kate
End
September
Provide feedback at
future meeting.
Team and
Committee
October 6th
or sooner if
team is
ready.
No action at this time.
“Selecting a Strategic Planning Model” action project:
 Project is due to retire October 2006.

The plan is to replace it with a project to develop and implement
the plan. Dr. Abrams indicated he will be discussing selection of
the project leader (PAC Champion) with the President’s Staff next
week. Once the project leader is selected, the current AQIP action
project will be retired and the new project will be officially
launched with AQIP.
“Improving Communication of Official College Business” action project:
 Project is scheduled to retire January 2007. Since the team is
working on launching a president’s newsletter as a way to
improve communication, and they need time for evaluating the
effectiveness of the newsletter, the Committee decided to move
retirement date of the project to June 2007.

Future
Action
The team requested the Committee’s feedback on the content and
format of the newsletter.
There are many projects/initiatives occurring at the college that might be
considered for future action projects – learning communities for pre-
Project(s)
Committee
Membership
Systems
Portfolio
AQIP
Timeline
health students (part of AtD), general education outcomes assessment
(required by OBR), information systems conversion (technological
necessity). Other projects might be considered based on the AQIP
categories (eg. Mike Allen and Lynn Damberger interested in a project for
“valuing people”) or the strategic initiatives of the strategic planning
model.
After some discussion, the Committee decided that future AQIP action
projects will be tied to the strategic initiatives that are identified through
the strategic planning process.
Tie future action
projects to strategic
initiatives.
Committee
Ad
infinitum
The Committee also decided to invite Mike Allen and Lynn Damberger to
submit an informal summary of their project for the Committee’s
consideration in light of the strategic initiatives, once they are announced.
Doug Hanuscin will be providing results of his research on other
organizations’ policies for committee membership rotation at a future
meeting.
Bruce Sliney and Kate will be attending AQIP’s “Crafting Your Systems
Portfolio Workshop” October 24-25. Afterward, they will submit a plan
for writing our portfolio to the Committee for consideration.
The College is due for re-accreditation in 2011. To attain that, we must
continue with action projects including annual reports*, submit the
Systems Portfolio for appraisal in 2008, and host a Quality Check-Up**
visit by AQIP prior to 2011.
Invite Mike and Lynn
to submit a summary.
Kate
End
September
Schedule for future
meeting.
Kate
November
3rd
Submit plan.
Bruce and
Kate
November
3rd
Kate
1 week prior
No action needed.
*Annual reports on action projects are due September 15th. We were
exempt this year because our projects were too new, having been declared
in May.
Next
Meetings
**Kate is scheduled to serve as a AQIP Quality Check Up team member
for Northcentral Technical College in Wisconsin in March.
Meetings are scheduled for October 6th, November 3rd and December 1st at Make arrangements,
2:00.
send agendas.
At the October meeting, we will revisit our mission and consider activities
– beyond AQIP requirements -- for the year.
Additional meetings will be scheduled if needed.