Academic Leadership Team Minutes 3-28-17

Academic Leadership Team
March 28, 2017
1:00 pm
Ruby Hicks Hall, Room 248

 

Members Present:       Tiffany Blackwell, Jackie Blakley, Jenni Creamer, Rick Cothran, Mark Dougherty, Matt Edwards, Penny Edwards, Stacey Frank, Scott Harvey, Glenn Hellenga, Linda Jameison, Tom Lawrence, Lynn Lewis, Chris Marino, Crystal McLaughlin, Mandy Orzechowski, Sarah Shumpert, Brian Swords, Tracey Williams

 

Members Absent:        Gayle Arries, Tim Bowen, Adam Ghiloni

 

Other Attendees:        

 

Length of Meeting:     1.50 hours

 

The minutes of the March 14, 2017 meeting were approved as presented. 

 

Scott Harvey discussed Appeals for Suspension 1 and distributed Academic Suspension 1 Proposal.  Galen Dehay gave a brief overview of the current process.  Scott noted some of the challenges with the current process and discussed the proposed revisions.

 

• Establish a deadline for suspension 1 appeals.  The group agreed to use the tuition due date for this deadline

• For students on suspension, keep their schedules intact until the suspension appeal deadline.  That way if the student successfully appeals, he/she can keep the original schedule

• On the appeal deadline, drop courses for students who did not appeal or were not successful in their appeals.  This will open those courses for other students

• The current letters will need to be modified to note the new appeal deadline. 
   
  Galen led the FY ’18 Strategic Initiative Review. He reminded the group that we will use the same process as last year where project charters were created from the strategic initiatives, team member roles and responsibilities were identified, and employees were invited to participate.  He noted that initiatives that are being carried over will not be re-visited and are not part of this review.   During the review, the following teams were formed.
   
  Driving Organizational Success through our People
   
              Define the transformative employee experience.
              Team members:  Sarah Shumpert, Lynn Lewis, and Human Resources staff member
   
              Develop a BannerXE implementation plan.
              Team members:  Matt Edwards, Scott Harvey, Chris Marino
   
              Create a comprehensive individual development plan framework for employees.
              Team members:  Stacey Frank, Jenni Creamer, Tracey Williams, and a Human Resources staff    member 

Reinventing our Offerings

 

            Update the College Master Plan

            Team members:  Mandy Orzechowski, Galen DeHay, Cara Hamilton, Brian Swords

 

            Design an I-BEST healthcare pathway

            Team members:  Lynn Lewis, Tiffany Blackwell

 

            Conduct a feasibility study to evaluate a college-supported economic development incubator

            Team members:  Dan Cooper, Matt Edwards, Brian Swords, Rick Cothran

 

            Develop an integrated curriculum design and approval process.

            Team members:  Sarah Shumpert, Scott Harvey, Jackie Blakley

 

Positioning and Equipping Students for Success

 

            Create a work-based learning framework

            Team leader:  Cheryl Garrison

            Team members:  Linda Jameison, Diana Walter, Adam Ghiloni, Glenn Hellenga

 

Galen asked the groups to meet in the next month to prepare a draft charter for review in late April. In May, after identifying team member roles and responsibilities, employees will be invited to apply to participate on teams.

 

Announcements:

 

Galen:

 

We continue to follow the textbook bill.

 

Scott:

 

The catalog has been published, and he will deliver them in the next few days.  He thanked the group for its help in finishing the catalog.

 

Mark:

 

Reported the soft launch of the involvio app on Friday.

 

Linda:

 

In order to help with the transition to an open office setting, the Library suite has been re-worked.  Staff members have moved to an open office setting behind the circulation desk.  The Library directors have moved into offices closer to the circulation desk. Linda has moved to Mary Orem’s old office.  Brian will use one of the vacant offices when he is on the Pendleton Campus.  Supplemental Instruction and student advisors will also have office space in that area.

 

Matt:

 

Announced that the first edition of the IT newsletter will be published soon.  He also reported that IT is offering training sessions for employees and students in Office 365 and Windows 10. To help address security concerns, he noted that IT worked with Human Resources to create a confidentiality agreement.

 

Rick and Chris:

 

Announced that a pilot for eTrack will begin next week.  This tool will track students’ job placement and will compile information for reports more efficiently.

 

Mandy:

 

For operational needs at the Industrial Technology Center, please contact Mandy, Brian Swords, or Jamie Black.  This will move some of the responsibilities away from ITC faculty to allow them to focus on instruction.  Tiffany and the EDGE staff will be trained to be able to give tours at ITC.

 

Jackie:

 

Reminded the group about the South Carolina Women in Higher Education luncheon on March 29.  Laneika Musalini is the speaker. 

 

Jenni:

 

The Strategic Enrollment Planning team is meeting weekly and plans to bring a framework and outcomes to this group at the April 25 meeting.  The team is in the process of conducting interviews to collect information about what different areas need.  She is continuing to look into why the number of students on warning was so large in Fall 2016 and is gathering a team to develop an intervention plan.  Crystal, Mandy, and Stacey will be part of that team.

 

Tiffany:

 

Announced that the first orientation session will take place on Friday, March 31, at the Anderson Campus.  All sessions at the Anderson Campus are full.

 

Sarah:

 

Reported that an online course, Significant Learning By Design, which focuses on basic course curriculum design and teaching HIPs, has been very helpful for those faculty who go through program HIPs and is being added as a component of program HIPs professional development.  The QEP Implementation Team also is recommending that all full-time faculty and the deans participate in the       2 1/2 week workshop.  Additional details will be sent out later.

 

Penny:

 

Gave a brief overview of the AACC Faculty Council’s presentations at the upcoming convention.  She is involved in a working session with faculty that will focus on how to define faculty leadership and how to develop it on their campuses.  Over the summer, the Faculty Council will develop webinars to help address these issues.

 

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

 

Recorded By:             Anne Bryan

 

Next Meeting:             Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 10:00, in RH 248