Members Absent: Gayle Arries, Rick Cothran, Matt
Edwards, Crystal McLaughlin, Brian Swords
Other Attendees:
Length of Meeting: 2 hours
Sarah Shumpert motioned that
the minutes of the July 25, 2017 meeting be approved as presented. Adam Ghiloni seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Jackie Blakley gave an update
on Quality Matters and noted that Brian Swords completed the QM Peer Reviewer training
and is certified by Quality Matters. The
first step for the team will be to make recommendations to standardize the
blackboard shell for online and hybrid courses.
Using the Quality Matters rubric, they will focus on the introduction
and on accessibility and resources for students as the framework for the shell. After the model is developed, it will be
presented to ALT. Jackie stressed that
this will not infringe on how faculty teach their classes. It was noted that it would be good to have
this framework for all delivery types.
Jackie will take that suggestion back to the group.
Jackie gave an update on the
Business and Public Services Division’s Student Success Team pilot. After reviewing data, one goal of this team is
to address students that go into academic warning and to develop a way to help
them before the next semester starts. With college-wide representation, the
success team will also investigate ways to address external issues that impact
academic success and can refer the student to the appropriate resources. Jenni noted that other teams are working on
different aspects of this issue as well to develop a multi-pronged approach. These groups plan to work together to develop
appropriate techniques to enhance student success.
Jenni Creamer gave a brief
review of the work at the ALT retreat and reviewed the difference between
threshold and core concepts. The group broke into small groups to review the
activities to determine what aligns and works well together. These alignments will guide the FY ’19
strategic initiatives. She asked the
group to consider the following during the small group review:
- What themes emerge from review of the activities?
- What overlap or redundancies exist that suggest consolidation or synthesis?
- What possible strategic initiatives arise from those themes and synthesis?
Six themes were identified
during the activity.
- Transition Strategy/Transition to College/College Readiness
- Curriculum Pathways/Meta-major Concept/Division Level Curriculum Development
- Faculty Mindset/Holistic Faculty Role
- Structural Support/Scaffold Student Support/Response Protocol
- Co-curricular support/Leading Edge
- Academic Advising
During the report out the
group discussed the following.
What is new here?
What are next steps?
What is the questions that
needs to be answered to seed the strategic plan?
To help summarize the work,
the groups will send Anne the activities that were considered under the
themes. These will be reviewed at the
next ALT meeting.
Announcements:
Scott Harvey reminded the
group that the call for summer and fall classes will go out on October 5. He noted that the Pendleton campus will use
traditional scheduling. The Easley and
Anderson campuses will be scheduled differently. Scott noted that scheduling will be more
strategic in order to better utilize the classrooms. He will continue to keep the deans in the
loop via e-mails.
Adam Ghiloni announced that
the 2018 – 2019 FAFSA opened on Sunday.
With no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Recorded By:
Anne
Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday,
October 10, 1:00, in RH 248
