2005 Xerox Quality
Improvement Award
PURPOSE OF AWARD
 To encourage and reward staff who
undertake projects in quality improvement.
 To encourage all EIT staff to continually
improve what we do.
AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT is:
Any change or innovation which
– Benefits Students
and/or
– Improves your specific work area
and/or
– Improves faculty/section performance and/or
– Benefits EIT as a whole
and/or
– Benefits an internal or external customer.
Award Committee 2005
 Jo Blakeley
 Rae Pinfold
 Bill Smith
The finalists were…
Project:
NZ Diploma Business On-line
Natalie Stevens
Sally Woods
Wendy Nichol
Janine Moran
Cathy Saenger
Tom Johnson
AIM
To offer 3 NZ Dip Bus.
courses online within
8 weeks.
OUTCOMES
 Successful model for
another 7 courses
online in 2006.
 Positive student
experience.
 Positive staff experience
in teaching, professional
development, and
research.
 EIT seen as innovators.
Project:
Introduction to EIT: CD Rom for
Part-time academic staff
Lesley Petersen
Wayne Dobson
AIM
To support professional
development of part-time
academic staff
OUTCOMES
 A flexible training tool
that links to EIT
policies and
procedures and ‘fills
the gap’ for part-time
academic staff unable
to attend professional
development activities
Project:
Remote Access to the Intranet
Robert Iles
Paul McLean
AIM
Give students and staff
flexible and extended
access to the Intranet.
OUTCOMES
 24/7 access to the
Intranet from a single
login and improved
use of existing
technology.
Project:
Early Childhood Research Symposium
OUTCOMES
Cheryl McConnell
 An extremely well
Cynthia Price
planned event was
Gillian Ryan
held to the benefit of
Helen Stewart-MacKenzie
students, staff and
Fiona Mason
the local community.
Maryanne Eyles
 Applied research
was presented to a
AIM
relevant audience.
To disseminate current
early childhood research
to improve practice
within the sector.
Project:
Electronic Payslips
Shelley Heath
Linda O’Brien
AIM
To improve the payslip
advice service to staff
and reduce costs to EIT.
OUTCOMES
 An electronic payslip
service is operating
reliably through the
payroll system.
 Pay information is
received more quickly.
 Modest cost savings
made.
And the 2005 XEROX Quality
Improvement Project Award goes
to:
Natalie Stevens, Sally Woods, Wendy Nichol,
Janine Moran, Cathy Saenger, Tom Johnson for
their
NZ Diploma Business On-line project.
From the panel- a very well planned and implemented project. It showed
dedicated staff who responded to the challenge of the
project, and who consulted with the critical support areas of
administration, marketing, library and computer services.
Throughout the project the team kept asking themselves how
to do it better, they set goals and evaluated the results. It
was a project of continual improvement. This project showed
a high level of innovation in the product design and
implementation and has benefited students, staff and EIT.
Special Commendations
Introduction to EIT: CD Rom for Part-time academic staff
Lesley Petersen, Wayne Dobson
Remote Access to the Intranet
Robert Iles, Paul McLean
Early Childhood Research Symposium
Cheryl McConnell, Cynthia Price, Gillian Ryan, Helen
Stewart MacKenzie, Fiona Mason, Maryanne Eyles
Electronic Payslips
Shelley Heath, Linda O’Brien