QEP Team Meeting
Minutes
12/14/2010
Attended (via SPOC): Gail Lancaster, Maggie Tymms, Karen Hesting, Janice Thiel
Topics:
I)
Assessment
A) Assessment Coordinator position posted. There are 43 applicants. Jesse
planning to interview the second week of January.
B) Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour (EET)
1) Jesse requested the pre- and post-assessments be returned to his office for
review. There were six additional pairs and Jane Benard is finished
with the report and editing.
C) SACS Advisory Group
1) Process and make-up of the group is evolving, as well as role of:
(a) SACS Advisory Committee Nominees from FGO
(b) Attendees of SACS Annual Meeting
(c) Those Interested in Being On-Site Evaluators
(d) QEC Members
(e) CT Subcommittee Members
(f) Others
D) Ed Oversight Group
1) December 3 meeting postponed to January 28, which conflicts with the
Critical Thinking Retreat.
E) Assessment Rubric for Critical Thinking (ARC)
1) ARC Scoring Workshop was held 11/19/2010. Over 100 student CTAP
papers were scored. In attendance: Jesse Coraggio, Magaly Tymms,
Gail Lancaster, Janice Thiel, Kevin Murray, George W. Sherman,
Mitch Watrous, Tom Derzypolski, Deborah Culbert, Kathy Smiley,
Larry Goldsmith, Valerie Carter, Jane E. Till, George Greenlee, Gary
Brown, Cheryl Kerr, Darlene Westberg, and Ginny Price.
F)
Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT)
1) Vet Tech
(a) Vivian Tiffany will administer the CAT on January 10 as part of
Vet Tech’s critical thinking project.
(b) Ginny Price will also administer early spring.
(c) Janice will meet with Vivian and Ginny the week of January 3 to
deliver CATs and instructions.
(d) Vet Tech faculty will be expected/invited to be involved in
scoring; Ginny will need to help with this.
(e) Janice will look into paying faculty for participation in the
workshop.
(f) 41 additional assessments that were not scored last spring will be
scored with Vet Tech’s
2) Math
(a) Six sections of math have been randomly-selected and faculty have
been notified:
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STA2023 – Maria Pickle (CL), William Hemme (SP), ChiChang Lo (TS)
(ii) MAC1105 – Anthony DePass (CL), Dennis Ward (SE),
Rodney Perry (SP)
(b) Janice will contact faculty in January to schedule CAT delivery
and instruction.
(c) Scoring Workshop will be held Friday, May 27, 8:00 a.m.-5:00
p.m., DO-102 - Consular Conference Room. Gail Lancaster will
facilitate, assisted by the new Assessment Coordinator.
3) Gail attended CAT Training in Rhode Island in November.
Student Success
A) Classroom Activities
B) Rubrics
C) ePortfolio
1) The QEC and CT Subcommittee expressed interested in consolidating
efforts in investigating ePortfolio options. Wendy Rib volunteered to
participate.
D) Student Activities
1) College-Wide Debate
(a) Janice met with Tonjua Williams and Maureen Mahoney on
11/8/10.
(b) Planned for the spring term
(c) Three levels of competition:
(i) Campus/Site level (unlimited participants, each site selects
one person)
(ii) District level (best 8 complete at the CL campus in the
Auditorium)
(iii) College-wide level (best 4 compete at the Seminole campus
in the Digitorium with video streaming college-wide)
(d) The PROPOSED timeline is:
(i) Campuses will have until March to host the campus debates
(deadline to submit finalist March 4th)
(ii) The district debate will take place March 25th
(iii) The College-wide Debate will take place on April 8th
Professional Development
A) Critical Thinking Institutes
1) Critical Thinking Retreat (for Faculty Champions)
(a) Save the Date has been sent.
(b) Friday, January 28, 2011, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
(c) Natural Habitat Park and Environmental Center at the Seminole
Campus
(d) 303/319 & Pavilion (9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)
(e) Agenda:
(i) 10:00-11:30 – 2011 Faculty Champions
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Introductions
(i)
II)
III)
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B)
Dave Monroe – Critical Thinking
Gail Lancaster – Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning
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Janice Thiel – Stipends & Deliverables
(ii) 11:30-12:30 – Potluck Luncheon
(iii) 12:30-2:00 p.m.
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Sharing with 2010 Faculty Champions
(f) Stephen McFadden will video best practices
2) Narrowing the Gulf
(a) Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1, 2011 EpiCenter
(b) Dr. Johnny L. Good, formally of Beacon College Teaching Critical
Thinking Skills to Students with Learning Disabilities will deliver
keynote address
(i) Dr. Good will also meet with Faculty Champions on
Thursday, March 31, 2010 at 9:30-11:00 a.m.
(ii) Fee – $1,000
Faculty Champions
1) QEC Faculty Chair nominations received, so far: David Monroe, Matthew
Bodie. Janice sent another request for nominations from the QEC, and
will send a final reminder in January.
(a) Nominees will be asked to respond to a prompt at the upcoming
QEC meeting on Friday, February 18, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Voting will
take place at that time. Gail will come up with some prompts.
2) Faculty Champion Meeting on 12/10/10
(a) Reviewed remaining deliverables and PAARs
(b) Requested borrowed materials be returned
(c) Solicited attendance and sharing at Critical Thinking Retreat and
Narrowing the Gulf
(d) Lynn Grinnell presented “The Value of Reflection”
3) 2011 Faculty Champions have received approval from the Faculty
Governance Organization (FGO)
(a) Bob Hudson and Greg Lewis – Architectural Design and
Construction Technology, Aviation Maintenance Management,
Drafting and Design Technology, Engineering Technology
(b) Carol Rasor – Crime Scene Technology, Criminal Justice
Technology, Emergency Administration and Management, Fire
Science Technology, Public Safety Administration
(c) Lynn Grinnell – Banking, Business Administration AS, Business
Administration BS, Financial Services, Industrial Management
Technology, Insurance Services, International Business,
Management and Organizational Leadership, Sustainability
Management
(d) Marilyn Michael – Digital Arts, Media and Interactive Web
Design, Humanities & Fine Arts, Music Industry/Recording Arts,
Photographic Technology
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George Greenlee – Social Science
Beth Carlson – Sign Language Interpretation
Jim Rutledge & Carol Weideman – Math
Nathan Heinze and Ron Greenwald – Computer Networking,
Computer/Web Programming and Analysis, Information Tech
(IT) Security, Technology Management AS, Technology
Management BAS, Web Site Design & Management
(i) Shirley Collar – Health Information Management, Healthcare
Informatics
4) 2011 Meetings scheduled, so far:
(a) Critical Thinking Retreat – Friday, January 28, 10:00 a.m.-2:00
p.m., Natural Habitat Park and Environmental Center – Seminole
Campus
(b) QEC Meeting – Friday, February 18, 1:00-3:00 p.m., District
Office 143
(c) Faculty Champion Meeting (Assessment) – Friday, March 11,
9:00-11:00 a.m., EpiCenter - 1-310
(d) Spring Critical Thinking Institute/Narrowing the Gulf – Thursday,
March 31 and Friday, April 1, EpiCenter
(e) Dr. John Good Meeting with Faculty Champions – Thursday,
March 31, 9:30-11:00 a.m., EpiCenter - 2-423
(f) CAT Scoring Workshop – Friday, May 27, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.,
DO-102 - Consular Conference Room
5) Final Survey for 2009 Faculty Champions – Janice will create and send
ASAP.
C) Academic Roundtables
Critical Thinking Resources
A) Gateway Website
B) RLO’s
C) Instructional Portfolios
D) Critical Thinking Resource Centers
1) Gail received a compiled list of critical thinking print materials at the oncampus libraries. The list appears incomplete, and she is following-up
with library staff.
2) iMindMap Software – (100-user license $1,904; institution-wide license
$3,700) Janice solicited opinion from Faculty Champions about
whether to purchase and if they would be willing to help promote its
use. The 100-user license was most recommended, but purchase onhold while considering Inspiration software option
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
IV)
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