STRATEGIC GOAL TEAM 1
FIRST SOLO TEAM MEETING
DECEMBER 1, 2010, 1:30PM
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE, RM 143
DRAFT (1/11/11)
Team Members Present
Beverlee Andres, Yvette Aviles, Elissa Buxbaum, Diane Dalrymple, Daryl Davis, Kimberly Finley, Ed Frame,
Jeffrey Goltz, Sonya Joseph, Susan Kelley, Adrian Manley, Michelle McArdle, Marjorie McKillop, Jessica
Morales, Cathy Penfold Navarro, Joe Sarubbo, Darla Sharpe, Heidi Shugg, David Sutton, Steve Thiesse,
Chia Whitehouse
Team Members Absent
Valerie Burks, Tanisha Carter, Jeff Cornett, Linda Downing, Bob Gessner, Brad Honious, Maryke Lee, Joe
Lynn Look, Melissa Pedone, Elizabeth Renn, Lila Rogers, Joyce Romano, Sally Witkamp, Bobbie Sartor,
Falecia Williams.
Welcome and Review of Charge, Team Principles and Roles
Meeting Convener, Jeff Goltz, called the meeting to order with a welcome and self-introductions. Susan
Kelley and CPC co-chair Ed Frame, outlined the charge to the team and the tasks of the day.
It was agreed that all meetings for Goal Team 1 will be at the Valencia Criminal Justice Institute.
It was also agreed that team roles will be as follows: Jeff Goltz, Convener; Chia Whitehouse, Recorder;;
Diane Dalrymple, Reporter.
The team reviewed and agreed on all Team Principles and the October 22, 2010 team meeting notes.
Review of Strategic Issues
The team reviewed the list of strategic issues from the 2008-13 plan, and determined that numbers 1, 2,
4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 14 relate to Goal 1. Regarding issue 4, the team asked whether it might want to
tag this to a specific objective or if it relates to the entire goal.
The team also discussed whether any of the additional issues listed on pp. 13 and 14 of the agenda
packet should be listed as relating to Goal 1. It was suggested that “What constitutes Student Success?
How does learning differ from student success?” relates to objective 1.3. Also, it was suggested that the
following four Additional Issues relate to Goal 1:
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What are the contributions that a student can make to achieve his or her goals?
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How do we measure the extent to which we are accessible? How can we describe what it means
to “Build Pathways?”
How do we define and practice collaboration? How should be communicate in a collaborative
college? (It was noted that this relates to collaborating with partners, across goals, and with
other departments.)
What constitutes meaningful data? Should we compare statistics by socioeconomic indicators,
rather than by race? What is the usefulness of such a comparison?
It was agreed that at the next meeting of the team, each issue will be assigned to one team member
who will propose any comments to add to those made by team 1 last year, in the cases of the numbers
issues noted above. Also, someone from the team will be asked to draft comments on the Additional
Issues, from team 1’s perspective. Attachment B is the template to be used for the reports.
Comments from all four goal teams will be merged into one document for review at Big Meeting, as was
done last year. The team is free to suggest any missing issues that the data suggest should be addressed
as well.
Baseline Data Review
The team reviewed the baseline data, noting data in hand as well as data to be gathered, as detailed
below. Data will be added to the goal team web page as it is received. Baseline data are needed for a
report to the District Board of Trustees in February, and to provide a means of gauging progress at the
Big Meeting.
A review of data related to each of the Goal 1 objectives follows.
Objective 1.1: Transition to College
Partner with others to increase the college-going rate of students from every high school and the
percentage of district high school graduates who apply and enroll at Valencia.
Baseline data
1. The annual college going rate of students from Orange and Osceola high schools.
2. The number and percentage of high school graduates enrolling at Valencia.
Regarding the first measure, the college-going rate will be sent by Susan Kelley to Joe Sarubbo, from a
report available from IR. We will seek to determine if the data includes those who receive GED’s.
Michele McArdle from Winter Park campus will attempt to get data on Seminole County high school
graduates. We will also note that this data is only available for the public high schools.
A report on the IR web site provides the number and percentage of high school graduates from Orange
and Osceola counties enrolling at Valencia.
The team noted that we may need to propose a new objective for the strategic plan addressing those
who are not coming directly from high school to Valencia. This can be proposed by the team for
consideration at the Big Meeting on March 18.
Objective 1.2: Persistence
Increase the percentage of students who persist at Valencia through key academic thresholds.
Baseline data
1. The percentage of students in each cohort who complete programs and who graduate each year.
2. The percentage of students in each cohort who complete the developmental education sequence.
Both reports are available through IR, and will be posted to the team web page.
The team suggested adding data on completion of 15 credits. The team also suggested
consulting the Developmental Education Initiative team regarding specific thresholds, such as
gateway courses, that should be reviewed. Comp I was provided as an example. It was noted that we
will need to take care with using the terms “gateway,” and “threshold.”
Objective 1.3: Goal Achievement
Increase the course and program completion rate of Valencia students by decreasing the withdrawal
rate.
Baseline data
The percentage of students in the Fall 2008 entering cohort who complete programs and who graduate
each year. (Both available through IR.)
The team noted that the withdrawal policy is changing, and that may impact analysis of the data over
time. It was suggested that we may need to poll faculty to determine how many withdraw students
for non-attendance. The team also asked if we are able to add the number of attempted and number
of completed courses to get a course completion rate?
Objective 1.4: Economic Development
Align plans for the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degree programs, and the resources to
support them, with the economic development needs of the region.
Baseline data
An annual qualitative review demonstrating the correlation of our programs with community workforce
and economic development needs. (Available from the office of Workforce Development.)
The team noted that we need to add Baccalaureate degrees to this objective, which will be one of the
team’s recommendations at the Big Meeting on March 18. It was noted that this work also links to
outreach to low income and homeless students, who benefit economically by completing college
programs.
It was also noted that the baseline focuses on A.S. degrees, and we do not have data on AA degree
economic factors. That data would help to show Valencia’s value-added and contribution to regional
economic development.
The team might consider a recommendation at Big Meeting to update the data, adding A.A. data as well
as data on high risk and homeless students served by Valencia’s outreach program. This would help
develop an overview of Valencia’s role in regional economic and workforce development.
Objective 1.5: Access
Increase access to associate degree and higher programs through university partnerships, scholarships,
and financial support, and through the addition of Valencia campuses and locations in growing service
district areas that are relatively distant from existing campuses.
Baseline data
1. Direct Connect enrollment in 2008-09 (Sonya Joseph will provide this information.)
2. Total college and campus square footage 2008-09 (Susan Kelley will ask the Facilities Office for this.)
3. The number of on-line offerings in 2008-09 (Susan Kelley will ask Kurt Ewen for this, noting an interest
in both fully on-line and hybrid courses.)
4. Scholarship funds available, awarded, and not awarded in 2008-09 (Beverlee Andrews will get this
from the Office of Financial Aid.)
Major Goal-Related Initiatives and Projects
The team reviewed the list of Strategic Initiatives from 2009-10 that was generated by the President’s
Staff as amended by the goal team that met last year, as well as the list of goal related work in the
Weave Online report. The team was asked to identify any missing initiatives related to goal 1 that should
be added in order to have a comprehensive picture of efforts underway in support of goal 1. Attachment
A, Initiative Report Template, will be used to update issue reports from last year and/or to add any new
initiatives not on the 2009-10 list.
Assignments and Next Meeting
By the next meeting, members will have reviewed Goal 1 in Weave, to compare, to add, to determine
whether there is missing issues. Updates to the strategic Issues will be drafted for team review. All data
should be posted to the web site. If not, the team will identify missing data and obtain it.
Team members were asked to block off March 18 for Big Meeting.
The date for the next team meeting will be determined through a review of GroupWise calendars, and
will be held no later than February 8. (The date was subsequently set as February 7, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.
at the CJI.)
Attachment A – Initiative Report Template
Initiative Report
Goal Team:
Initiative Name:
Prepared by:
Person(s) consulted in obtaining information about the status of this initiative:
Summary of progress made on the initiative to date:
Information about upcoming work on the initiative:
Any data or results that can be shared that reveals how those involved with this initiative are gauging
the success of the initiative:
(Add pages as needed.)
Attachment B – Issue Report Template