General Education
Time line
Faculty Council
September 20, 2007
General Education Learning Outcomes
Time Line
• January / February 2007 – Gen Ed plan presented
to the CLC and the Faculty Council for consent /
approval
– IAC for input
• March 2007 – Gen Ed Plan sent to all faculty as
general information
• March 2007 – Survey faculty about the skills our
General Education Program ought to focus on as
learning outcomes
– 130 Faculty Participated
General Education Learning Outcomes
Time Line
• Late March / Early April 2007 – Faculty Forums on the
nature of our General Education Program
– A total of Eight Faculty Forums
– Forums focused on Faculty survey responses and the
relationship between Gen Ed Outcomes and TVCA
• Summer 2007 – An Interdisciplinary team of 14 faculty
selected by the Faculty Council drafted general education
learning outcome statements
– Updates on taskforce progress at the mid-point of their work
• August – Student feedback on Gen Ed outcomes from
elected student leadership from all 4 campuses
• Late August / Early September 2007 – Draft Gen Ed
Outcomes distributed college-wide for feedback
– 130 have participated in the survey
General Education Learning Outcomes
Time Line
• Late September– Revise Gen Ed outcomes
based on College wide survey feedback
– Revision of Draft Gen Ed Outcomes to be
completed by faculty campus representatives with
support from Karen Borglum and Kurt Ewen
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Linda Villar - Counselor, Winter Park Campus
Aaron Powell - Communications, West Campus
Carl Creasman - Social Science, East Campus
Ray Enger - Business, IT, & Social Sciences, Osceola
Campus
General Education Learning Outcomes
Time Line
• October / Early November
– The revised draft of the Gen Ed Outcomes are
distributed College wide in advance of campus
based faculty forums
– Forums sponsored in collaboration with Faculty
Senate Presidents
• Early November
– The revision team revise the outcomes a second
time based upon input from Faculty Forums
General Education Learning Outcomes
Time Line
• November
– Revised Gen Ed Outcomes are distributed College
wide for review and vote by faculty
– College wide faculty vote coordinated / administered
by the Faculty Co-Chair of the Curriculum Committee
• December
– Gen Ed Outcomes and Faculty voting results are
presented to the Curriculum Committee for
consideration and recommendation to the Learning
Council
General Education Learning Outcomes
Time Line
• November – February 2008 – Review of Gen Ed
program requirements and credit hour distribution in
light of Gen Ed Outcomes
– Recommendations distributed college wide for review in
advance of a faculty summit in late February
– Summit results are presented to the Curriculum
Committee for consideration and recommendation to the
Learning Council
– This timeline allows for the inclusion of Gen Ed changes
into the 08/09 college catalogue
• January – March 2008 – Discipline based conversations
about assessable contributions to the General
Education Learning Outcomes
General Education Learning Outcomes
Time Line
• April / May 2008 – Based on Discipline
consensus, development of a college wide
assessment plan for general education
learning outcomes