Queensborough Community College – Verizon NEXT STEP Action Plan
Revised March, 2010
By When
By Whom
Update(s)
Action to be Performed
Comments
Program Administration
Faculty Meeting:
Review action plan, discuss
strategies
Faculty Progress Meeting
April, 2010
October, 2010
Stuart Asser with All faculty
Action Plan is fine tuned, revised, and adopted.
Implementation plans for academic year.
October
April
Ongoing
Stuart Asser with All faculty
Held once every semester.
Anna Tsoukias, Stuart Asser
May
Stuart Asser
May
January
June
Stuart Asser
Next Step Program
Program Coordinators
Meetings
Interim progress meeting
with Drs. Linanne Sackett,
Fred Zipprich
Tutorial support: Encourage
additional tutoring
opportunities for students in
coordination with ISSC
October
April
April, 2010 annually
Stuart Asser
Maintenance of all QCC Next Step records,
administration and correspondence.
Coordination of Program.
Graduation recognition ceremony held every
year. President and Administration attend and
participate.
Held every May: follow-up throughout summer
Faculty have been well represented at all
(Curriculum Planning in January and Faculty
Institute in June) Next Step program meetings.
Program coordinator to continue to encourage
even greater faculty attendance, presentations,
and participation.
Representation at all Program Coordinator
meetings
Status, Progress reported and discussed.
Ongoing
Vincent Stigliano
Obtain Approval for New
Curriculum
June, 2010
Stuart Asser
Implement curriculum
changes and course content
revisions into all courses
Implement new
Telecommunications
courses into the program
September, 2010
All Faculty
September, 2010
Hamid Namdar, Pete Stark
Stuart Asser
Next Step Records,
Administration, and
correspondence
Graduation recognition
ceremony and
commencement
New student orientation
Faculty Institute
conferences
Stuart Asser
A number of tutoring programs (Physics,
Electronics, Math, ACT, CPE), conducted by the
ISSC, have been established. Build on tutorial
services for physics; expand to other courses,
ACT and CPE.
Next Step Curriculum Revision Proposal
submitted to QCC Curriculum Committee,
Academic Senate, CUNY, and NYS. Prepare
proposal, track progress, answer questions, etc.
Revise all course outlines
ET270 will replace ET210 as Electronics I
ET275 will replace ET220 as Electronics II
ET741 will replace ET230 as Telcom I
ET742 will replace ET231 as Telcom II
ET743 will replace ET704 as Telcom III
ET742 will replace ET705 as Telcom IV
Blackboard
Faculty meeting to discuss
NextStep Blackboard site
and e-mail system
Faculty Meetings
All faculty
Discussed at Faculty meetings. All faculty are
using the QCC/CUNY Blackboard system and
e-mail. Increase the number of faculty using
Next Step Blackboard and e-mail.
Computer software updates, maintenance
procedures, tips, announcements, etc. continue
to be published on the Blackboard site.
Increase the use of tutorials on site.
Monitor progress
Maintain Blackboard site
Ongoing
ECET; Jerry Sitbon
Update Blackboard Course
Materials on Blackboard for
new curriculum.
Continue to implement other
courses on Blackboard
Course Integration
Fall, 2010
Spring, 2011
All Faculty
Ongoing
All faculty
ePortfolio
Circuit Simulation Project
Peripheral drivers
Student Webpages
Telcom I
Circuits I
Dig 1 & 2
Computer
Applications
Hamid Namdar
Ed Brumgnach
Vincent Stigliano
Perry Emanuel
Setup student eportfolios on Epsilon
Assign and maintain Circuit Simulation Project
Install OS with latest drivers
Creation of Student Webpages
Faculty meeting:
Strategies, use,
implementation, and
evaluation
Student projects: Oral
presentations
Faculty Meeting
All faculty
Ongoing
All faculty
Laptops: Building on
technologies
Ongoing
All faculty
Strategies to be discussed at faculty meetings
at least once a year. Development of
assessment measures for umbrella
competencies and pedagogy.
All appropriate courses to have implemented an
oral presentation and grading rubric. Students
to present and show at conferences.
Participation at QCC Honors Conference.
Use of Laptops in all courses. Development of
assessment for technology use over semesters
.
Most QCC faculty are using Blackboard. Goal is
100%
Umbrella Competencies
CUNY Assessment and Proficiency Examinations
Faculty information
workshop for ACT and CPE
Student information and
tutoring
October 2010
Stuart Asser with All faculty
Ongoing
Stuart Asser, ISSC
ACT and CPE Test
Administration
Fall, Spring
Stuart Asser, Testing Office
Faculty Information and assessment discussion
of results.
Provide students an applicants with detailed
information about the Next Step Program.
Orientation and preparatory workshops in
advance of examinations.
Administration of ACT and CPE Test.
Scheduling, administrating, information, tutoring
and workshops.
Faculty Development
New faculty orientation
Ongoing
Stuart Asser
Provide new faculty orientation and mentoring
as required.
Schedule faculty to present and attend Faculty
Institute
All QCC faculty receive Blackboard. Make
certain that all Next Step faculty are proficient
with Blackboard and e-mail.
Workshops to be held on all software to be used
in the program.
Smaller meetings held during academic year,
coordinated by Stuart Asser.
Workshops at Faculty
Institute
Blackboard training
Ongoing
Stuart Asser
Ongoing
ECET; college-wide faculty
development program
Simulation Software
Training
Faculty collaboration
Ongoing
Appropriate Faculty
Ongoing
ECET, English, Social
Science, Mathematics,
Physics
Ongoing
Anna Tsoukias, Jerry Sitbon
Ongoing
Jerry Sitbon
Technical Support
Ongoing
All Faculty, Jerry Sitbon
Increase the use of the wireless network.
Training of faculty and students.
Laptops
Maintenance of Laptop
Records
Installation of new software,
updates, and maintenance
Wireless Network