July 9, 2019, 1:00 pm, RH 220
Members Present: Gayle
Arries, Tiffany Blackwell, Jackie Blakley, Tim Bowen, Ahmad Chaudhry, Jenni
Creamer, Rick Cothran, Galen DeHay, Mark Dougherty, Penny Edwards, Mandy
Elmore, Adam Ghiloni, Linda Jameison, Scott Harvey, Glenn Hellenga, Gabe
Hollingsworth, Tom Lawrence, Chris Marino, Bryan Manuel, Mary Orem, Julia
Seligson, Sarah Shumpert, Brian Swords, Luke VanWingerden
Members Absent:
Tasheka Johnson
Other Attendees:
Margaret Burdette, Tim Jared, Angel Luper, Brian Smith
Length of Meeting: 1.5 hours
Galen DeHay introduced Ahmad
Chaudhry, the new Health Education Dean, and welcomed him to the group.
The minutes of the June 11,
2019 meeting were approved as submitted.
Accounting APR
Angel Luper presented the
Accounting academic program review. She
discussed the SWOT analysis and the program’s strategic plan, which will focus
on curriculum changes and marketing.
Questions and discussion generated the following points.
·
Student goals
impact the enrollment. Most Accounting
classes do not transfer, so if a student plans on pursuing a 4-year degree,
they are advised to move into an AA or AS program.
·
Most senior
institutions only accept ACC 101 and 102, so 2+2 agreements are not a viable
option.
·
Low enrollment
makes scheduling options difficult. If
the students will come, we can accommodate them. Need a pipeline. Marketing is key.
·
Serving Bridge
students, but they are not Accounting majors.
·
Many accounting
students transfer from another program.
They are beginning to gather data about where these students are
transferring from. Scott can pull this data
and noted the Change of Major section on the student profile. That data could benefit every program.
·
Need to provide
an awareness of the accounting program in the middle and high schools. Present stories of why current accounting
majors chose accounting to high school seniors.
Include Admissions/Recruitment in these initiatives.
·
CCE students
typically have an accounting background and attend for a specific purpose.
·
Invite Marketing
to advisory committee meetings so they can learn about success stories and
initiatives to help with marketing.
Attendance
This discussion was delayed
until a later meeting.
Procedure 3-1-1010.2,
Curriculum Development and Revision
Sarah Shumpert discussed the
Curriculum Development and Revisions procedure.
She noted that curriculum revisions are not straight forward and have many
dependencies and influences. Faculty own
curriculum, but the Curriculum and Instructional Support Office will work with
faculty throughout the revision and development processes. The approval process depends on the program,
but will always include chain-of-command approval. It was noted that professional development on
how to navigate the process and communication about the services the Curriculum
and Instructional Support Office offers would be helpful. The members of the group agreed to move the
procedure forward.
AACC Faculty Council
Summary
Penny Edwards was an
inaugural member of the AACC Faculty Council.
Her term has ended, so she distributed and discussed AACC Faculty Advisory Council Final Summary and
AACC Fast Facts 2019. Penny noted the
charge to the council to provide a faculty voice to AACC and noted her expanded
roles with internal and external groups.
She explained her role was as a communication liaison, and as such she
was included on the Academic Leadership Team, Faculty Senate, and Technical
Skills for Success, and this was a model for other AACC Faculty Council
members. The initial council focused on
the faculty component of leadership competencies and the need to continue those
discussions. She noted the lack of understanding
about this opportunity, many employees do not know AACC exists, and do not understand
how connected things are.
Vice President for
Academic Affairs/Organization Discussion
Galen discussed the VPAA
position and updated organizational structure.
The VPAA position posting has closed, and there are many applicants. The
position will focus on Academic Affairs exclusively. This position will be the Chief Academic
Officer, will oversee all credit programs, and will report to Galen.
Changes to the organizational
structure are:
VPAA
Marketing will not report to the VPAA
Institutional Research will not report to the VPAA – Will
report to the President
The academic component of College Transitions will report
to the VPAA.
Academic
Deans, Curriculum & Instructional Support, and Integrated Workforce
Solutions will report to the VPAA
Student Support &
Engagement
AVP will become a VP
Marketing will report to the VPSSE
College Transitions (except for the academic component)
will report to the VPSSE
Galen stressed that Academic
Affairs and Student Support and Engagement will continue to collaborate to
provide a holistic student experience. He
will send the updated organizational chart to ALT members prior to the campus
wide communication about these changes.
VPAA Position:
The search and screening committee,
comprised of representatives from all areas that report to the VPAA, has been
charged. Galen will work with the group
on the process, but will not attend meetings. On-campus interviews will include
engagement opportunities, similar to the Health Education dean search.
Announcements
Mark Dougherty will present
his doctoral research project on Thursday, July 18, at 3:00, in RH 220. The group is invited to attend. The topic deals with non-traditional student
support outside the classroom.
Mary Orem announced that Brady
Cross has joined the college as the digital initiatives librarian.
Chris Marino reported that
the Business Intelligence – Reporting & Dashboards project is continuing.
The next onsite meeting will take place on July 30 and 31 and will focus on
validating the way the data models pull information. The ROSDC team will work over a two-day
period to ensure that the base mapping is correct.
Luke VanWingerden reported
that BlackBoard Learn data, as part of the analytics project, will go
next. Data from all areas will be phased
in. Luke also announced that Robin Weaver
will start next week as the Director of Application Delivery and Business
Intelligence.
Scott Harvey reminded the
members of the group that graduation will take place on August 1st,
at the Anderson Civic Center.
Gabe Hollingsworth reported
that the call center is live and has been very successful.
Tiffany Blackwell made the
group aware that we have four orientation sessions coming up with 400 students
registered.
With no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Recorded By:
Anne
Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday,
August 13 @ 1:00, in RH 220A
