QEP Team Meeting
Minutes
07/07/2009
Attended (via SPOC): Janice Thiel, Gail Lancaster, Carol Weideman, Karen Hesting
Topics:
I)
Student Success
A) Classroom Activities
1) The Critical Thinking Activity/Reusable Learning Object is a summer
deliverable for Faculty Champions.
2) Janice has received word from Mike Carnahan that the Activity/RLO
online submission form was put on hold while he worked on another
project. He will get in touch with Janice regarding some questions he
and Alan Shapiro have.
3) Gail continues to solicit discipline-specific activities from QEC members.
Gail collected 10 responses from different areas during the spring
semester, and she has resent her request for summer, and will again in
the fall. Gail will work with Janice to get these organized for the
Gateway Website.
B) Rubrics
1) Bonnie Jefferis is revising the ARC scenario for Communications.
2) Nursing sent 10 completed essays. Janice will forward these to the group.
C) ePortfolio
1) Janice will touch-base with these disciplines that use ePortfolios:
(a) College of Education
(b) Dental Hygiene
(c) Paralegal
D) Student Activities
1) Tonjua Williams approached Janice about promoting a college-wide
student activities critical thinking effort much like “Great Debate.” She
asked Janice to attend the student activity coordinators meeting on
Wednesday, July 15.
2) Gail suggested focusing on the SPC Reads Book “Animal, Vegetable,
Miracle,” perhaps fostering a partnership between student activities and
the library. Honor’s College, Nursing, and others are already
considering book-related activities.
3) Janice will remind coordinators about the “Critical Thinking Programs”
database.
II) Professional Development
A) Critical Thinking Institutes
1) Fall Critical Thinking Institute @ SP/Gibbs
(a) Friday, October 9, 2009
(b) Janice will follow-up with poster sessions (laptops) and
presentation ideas:
(i) Ann McNicol – Collaboration & Google Docs
(ii) Nancy Watkins – Graphic Organizers
(iii) Donna Kelly & Chad Mairn – Library Resources
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B)
C)
(iv) Jane Till – Voice Thread; Ethics Text’s Critical Thinking
Chapter
(v) Carol Weideman – CAT Debriefing/Panel Discussion
“Lessons Learned” Carol will provide an overview, and
then faculty will participate in a panel discussion.
2) Suggestions for presenter(s) for next Spring’s Critical Thinking Institute
(Narrowing the Gulf) are needed. Gail suggested Barry Stein
(bstein@tntech.edu) and Ada Haynes (ahaines@tntech.edu) at
Tennessee Technical Institute to discuss the CAT.
Faculty Champions
1) Faculty Champions or a discipline representative are expected at the CAT
Scoring Workshop scheduled for Friday, July 10.
2) Holly Hoopes has accepted the position as Business Technologies Faculty
Chair at the Clearwater Campus. This will not impact her standing as
Faculty Champion for Business Technologies.
3) Faculty Champion Guide
(a) A video to highlight the College of Education's Student Learning
Inquiry Project (SLIP) and how this interfaces with QEP/critical
thinking was developed and is now being revised.
(b) Jesse Coraggio had planned to use Camtasia to create an RLO
about the ARC and assessment. Carol has Camtasia and will
narrate her PowerPoint about the ARC.
(c) Gail will collect journal articles that describe an intervention and
associated assessment (concrete examples).
(d) Janice will follow-up to build modules with Holly Hoopes and
Carol. Ideas:
(i) Clarify Assessment vs. Intervention
(ii) SPOC video testimonials from Faculty Champions.
(e) Janice’s access to QEP areas on ANGEL was lost for a time due to
an unexplained cause. Karen Hesting helped restore access.
Janice completed a minor fix, and all seems back in order. Janice
will continue to work on content for July through December.
Academic Round Tables
1) 2009 Summer Deliverables:
(a) Instructional Portfolio component
(i) Intervention
(b) Drop Boxes & Forms
(i) Critical Thinking Activity/RLO (April)
(ii) ART Action Items (May, June, July)
(iii) Midpoint Survey (June)
(iv) Session Description for Fall Critical Thinking Institute
(July)
(v) Fall ART Meeting Dates (July)
2) 2010 Projected Disciplines:
(a) Natural Science (faculty has contacted already) – John Vaughan
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III)
IV)
(b) Dental Hygiene – Katie Woods
(c) O&P – Sam Phillips
(d) Vet Tech – Richard Flora
(e) Emergency Medical Services – Nerina Stepanovsky
(f) Funeral Services – Kevin Davis
(g) Health Information Management – Martin Smith
(h) Hospitality & Tourism Management – Robert Meyer
(i) Human Services – Cheryl Kerr
(j) Medical Laboratory Technology – Valerie Polansky
(k) Parks & Leisure Services – Larry Goldsmith
(l) Physical Therapist Assistant – Rebecca Kramer
(m) Radiography – John Fleming
(n) Respiratory Care – Steve Mikles
(o) Veterinary Technology – Richard Flora
Critical Thinking Resources
A) Gateway Website
1) Janice will add Critical Thinking Activities/RLOs that are being
submitted.
2) Janice will update Critical Thinking Resources with input from Donna
Kelly and Chad Mairn.
B) RLO’s
1) The WITS Department is continuing to build a Critical Thinking
Activity/RLO online submission form that will enable repository
searching.
C) Instructional Portfolios
1) Gail will take a look at her Lily materials for ideas to help develop an
evaluation instrument.
D) Critical Thinking Resource Centers
1) Good books that support critical thinking should be recommended for
library purchase. Send Gail the title and author.
Assessment
A) Direction
1) Critical Thinking Subcommittee of the Educational Oversight Group
(a) Carol and Janice asked for Jesse Coraggio’s guidance at the IE &
Assessment Meeting held on 6/17.
(b) Jesse reiterated that it is up to the QEP Team to decide how to best
utilize the subcommittee, but suggested this group may be used
as a conduit between QEP/critical thinking and program
planning. He recommended it also be utilized to help with any
QEP tasks deemed appropriate by the QEP Team.
(c) QEP Assessments will be shared at the next subcommittee meeting
which will be held sometime before the next Ed. Oversight
meeting. Janice will ask Jesse when the next Educational
Oversight Group meeting will be held.
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B)
C)
(d) For planning purposes in October/November. Goals for various
assessments. Use their expertise for any challenges (e.g., random
selection for ARC).
2) Carol will maintain documentation regarding QEP Targets.
3) General Education Assessments regarding critical thinking may be
developed by each discipline rather than totally by the Ethics
Department. This is yet to be determined, however.
Assessment Rubric for Critical Thinking (ARC)
1) ARC Scoring Workshop
(a) Friday, November 13
(b) 12:00-4:00 p.m.
(c) EpiCenter – 1-450 Janice will schedule a different room.
2) Fall ARC Administration
(a) Earl Fratus has said FGO will support a random administration of
the ARC to 2009 QEP-participating disciplines: Business
Technologies, Communications, Library, Nursing, and Paralegal.
Janice will meet with Anne Cooper to discuss this.
(b) Janice will poll each Faculty Champion for a list of course(s) for
which their ARC scenario is appropriate.
(c) Scoring the ARC is more time consuming than the CAT. Gail
estimates that approximately 5 per hour per person can be scored,
meaning 15 can be scored per person during the 4-hour ARC
Scoring Workshop.
(d) Based upon how many faculty administer the ARC, Janice will
invite faculty scorers accordingly.
Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT)
1) 105 tests were received; 95 were delivered to faculty on June 2 and 16
along with directions, class lists, and pencils.
2) A total of 66 completed tests and 29 unused tests were picked up on June
30, July 1, and July 2:
(a) College of Education – Ann McNicol = 7
(b) College of Education – Nancy Watkins = 12
(c) Communications – Bonnie Jefferis = 23
(d) Ethics – Lee Miller = 15
(e) Paralegal Studies – Christy Powers = 9
3) CAT Scoring Workshop
(a) Friday, July 10
(b) 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(c) EpiCenter 1-324
(d) Grant money will be used for refreshments: continental breakfast,
salad bar lunch, and snacks
(e) Early set-up on Thursday, July 9, 3:30 p.m. (materials: bins and
pencils).
4) Expected to attend:
(a) Facilitator – Carol Weideman
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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
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Assistants – Magaly Tymms and Janice Thiel
Business Technologies – Holly Hoopes
College of Orthotics & Prosthetics – Arlene Gillis
Communications – Irene Hayrapetian
Dental Hygiene – Katherine Woods
Ethics – Jane Till
Library – Chad Mairn and Mika Nelson
Nursing – Sarah Moseley and Cathy King
Paralegal Studies – Christy Powers
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