Standard IV
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and the Teaching and Learning Center
will work together to promote a wider use of the Small Group Instructional
Diagnosis (SGID) procedures that were common ten years ago.
Fewer than 50% of the faculty report having enough time for professional
development.
Standard III
Many concerns identified in student surveys are larger than SDS and can be
addressed only through collaboration with other areas of the college.
Decentralization causes some overlap, duplication, inefficiencies and/or lack of
coordination of services. Services impacted include recruitment, admissions,
advising, student orientation, registration, career planning and student
programming. Affected are the SDS offices providing these services and
programs outside of the SDS organizational structure: Workforce Education,
International Student Programs, Continuing Education, and health-medical
programs.
Standard II G
Systematic collaborations of all student support units of the college must occur to
maintain appropriate resources online and in-person for an expanding community
of e-learners.
using an “e-Teaching Primer” to step faculty through technological and
pedagogical training as a pre-requisite for e-teaching.
The faculty advisory group will establish recommended models and methods for
providing hybrid learning environments for students.
NeLSC will work in collaboration with Teaching and Learning Center and
instructional deans to systematically introduce all full-time faculty, division-bydivision, to online teaching options
The college’s “e-Learning Support Center” must expand its guidance and
supportive roles in step with the growing use of e-learning tools.
Greater college-wide awareness is needed to increase understanding of the new
paradigm of “e-learning” as providing a host of instructional opportunities
available for integration into many learning environments.
The “Virtual College ” website contains well-designed resources for the e-learner
including a “Registered Students Community Page” designed to help bring the
campus experience to distance learners.
Standards 2 a – 2 c
Based on the information from this self-study, and with data from reports
prepared for the strategic and master planning efforts, identify instructional
programs with the most potential.
Program review is an important organization structure to help faculty make the
important shift to learning outcomes as the basis for curriculum design and
assessment, but it needs additional resources to increase its effectiveness.
most classroom furniture is in critical need of replacement.
place greater emphasis on and provide additional support for outcomes
assessment
Focus program review more intentionally on the assessment and improvement of
teaching and learning