AQIP Steering Committee Meeting Report for January 25, 2008
Attendees: Margaret Puckett, Nikia Fletcher, Jim Hull, Peg Moir, Keith Stoner, Molly Hockenberry, Kate Peresie
Kate called and conducted the meeting.
TOPIC
DISCUSSION
Membership
Nikia was welcomed to the Committee. Bev Walker And Brad McCormack have
rotated off the Committee.
Action Projects
ACTION
STEPS
PERSONS
RESPONSIBLE
TIMELINE
Share
Committee
comments with
Team
Kate
Next week
The Membership Policy was approved. The policy sates that when members cannot
attend a meeting, they will attempt to get a substitute. Kate will remind members
who respond with “unable to attend.”
Annual Updates were sent to AQIP in September and have been reviewed by AQIP.
Updates and reviews are posted on the College’s AQIP web site.
Communication Project: Good review thanks to Steve Williams and Keith. Project
is now retired. Keith and Steve are working on a communication “Tip Sheet” to
share with the College and wrap up the project. Our College will continue
publication, thanks also to Don Plotts.
Strategic Planning Project: Good review thanks to report by Ken Ekegren. Project
ongoing.
Developmental Education (AtD) Project: Reviewer had some suggestions for the
project based on the Update. However, the Update was a somewhat incomplete
picture of the project. (The Update was written by Peg and Kate at the last minute
since Terry Coleman, Project Leader, was going to miss the deadline.) Project
ongoing.
Valuing People – Adjunct Faculty Professional Development: New project.
Stephanie Kreisher, Team Leader. A budget was approved for the project ($5000
from the Assessment budget, $17000 from the President’s Innovation budget); Team
has been assembled and has met. The Team will focus on workshops and policy
development. The Committee suggested the following: To evaluate the project,
consider evaluating the number of adjunct involved, the impact on whether adjunct
stay for subsequent quarters, the impact in the classroom/on student learning.
Another suggestion was to reward adjunct who participate with early progression on
the pay scale.
AQIP
Communication
The Committee discussed future Action Projects and concluded that: AQIP Action
Projects are not required to be part of a strategic initative, however, if there are
budget implications, then the Committee needs to participate in the strategic
planning/budgeting process. Conversely, not all improvement projects that come out
of strategic planning need to be AQIP Action Projects.
An article on AQIP was included in the Fall Leader. The Committee recommended
the same article be included in Newsbriefs.
Ask China
Robinson to
include article
Keith
Next week
Suggestions to inform new employees: Add insert to orientation packet; add to
orientation checkoff used by Deans/DCs.
Develop
materials
Kate with
Keith
Feb
Suggestions to inform all employees: Updates at Division meetings, especially
before site visit; include in Faculty and Staff Handbooks.
Peg has suggested that the annual AQIP/AtD Celebration Picnic be moved to
Thursday before spring quarter graduation and include graduates. The Committee
approved the idea.
Our Systems Portfolio is being evaluated by a team supplied by AQIP. We should
get a report in the early spring.
Develop
materials
Kate with
Keith
Feb
The Committee had the following suggestions for our Systems Portfolio processes:
Archive the SP annually, respond to the feedback report, annually prioritize areas for
improvement, annually send sections to appropriate persons/teams/committees to
update.
AQIP is reviewing the categories and questions, asking for input. The Commiteee
suggested that questions be simplified with redundancy removed (including Catgory
“Measuring Effectiveness”), that the questions be arranged so the document flows
better.
Friday, 2/8, 10:30, 149F.
Put on agenda
for spring
Kate
Spring
Give feedback
to AQIP
Kate
Next week
Our College will continue under Don Plotts.
Annual Picnic
Systems
Portfolio
AQIP
Categories
Next meeting