Academic Delivery Group Meeting
September 11, 2012
2:00 p.m.
Personnel Conference Room, RH 102
Members Present: Doug Allen, Jackie Blakley, Tim Bowen, Scott Britten, Lynn Lewis, Amoena Norcross, Sarah Shumpert,
Members Absent: Scott Harvey, Brian Swords
Others Present:
Length of Meeting: 1.5 hours
Topics Discussed:
The minutes of August 28, 2012 meeting were approved.
In following up on the minutes, Galen noted that he had gotten a response from Hope Rivers at the System Office about the wording in the state procedure, Grading System and Standards of Student Progress. The last sentence in the second paragraph on page four stated that each college could create a scale to show satisfactory progress. Hope referred Galen’s question to Dr. Russ Bumba. Dr. Bumba reported that the scale was to allow colleges to develop intervention strategies, and the 2.0 was referenced for financial aid purposes. Since Tri-County would be in compliance using a 2.0 GPA, Galen asked the group to review the Tri-County procedure once more and be prepared to discuss any other changes at the next meeting. After the final review, Galen will take the procedure to Executive Staff for review and approval. He reminded the group that the revised GPA may have an impact on a large number of students. To try to minimize this impact, students will be allowed a grace year. Once approved, the revised procedure will be implemented next year.
Galen distributed a proposed committee charter, and noted that he named it Provost’s Council, as suggested at an earlier meeting. The proposed committee charter was prepared based on the findings of the consensus workshop. The group discussed the charter and made changes to several sections, including Committee Purpose, Committee Composition by Unit, Scope and Initial Objectives. Galen will re-draft the charter and send to the group for review. After approval by ADG, Galen will take it to Executive Staff for review/approval.
The group briefly discussed matrix management. Galen asked the group to consider what it looks like and how it works. Galen will research to try to find a role model community college for the group to review and analyze.
Under Announcements, Scott B. noted that JumpStart Math was very successful. Approximately 360 students participated, and around half of them were able to move to the higher course.
In the Health Education Division, Lynn noted that they have had some discussions on texting with students, and cautioned instructors to be aware of possible issues. She noted that unless texts are routed to e-mail, they are not recoverable.
Doug announced that enrollment in the EIT Division was up for the fall. He attributes this to the efforts to reach out to middle school and high school students over the past years by way of camps, competitions, and other activities. The division is seeing the benefit of those contacts with an increased enrollment. Galen also noted that everyone’s efforts in scheduling efficiency had a huge impact on the sustainability of the college and provided great results.
Amoena announced that the Faculty Senate is finalized and the first meeting will take place during the week of September 24. She asked for clarification on how to make curriculum changes. At this point, faculty should follow the current process and send requests through the Curriculum Committee.
Tim reported that he will attend the Career Showcase at Littlejohn this week. This is a great event in which 8th and 9th graders in all seven school districts will participate. They will be exposed to a wealth of information on education and employment opportunities. Tim also announced that the culinary arts fund raiser will take place at the Anderson Campus on October 18. All proceeds from this wine tasting event will support the culinary arts program.
On behalf of Lisa Saxon, Anne asked the group for its preference on the fall student survey dates. The group decided to use the October 29 and 30 dates.
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Recorded by: Anne Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 25, at 2:00 p.m., in RH 102
