Transcript From Here to QEP (Presented to UCAPP, Deans, Senate Council October 2009)

Presented to UCAPP,
Senate Council,
& Deans’ Council
Deanna Sellnow & Kaveh Tagavi
October 2009
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To introduce QEP
To suggest a QEP
pre-planning team &
timeline
To seek input for
getting broad-based
campus involvement
To get endorsement
& on Nov. Senate
agenda
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Quality Enhancement Plan
Required for SACS Reaffirmation of
Accreditation:
“. . . a carefully designed course of action that
addresses a well-defined and focused topic or
issue related to enhancing student learning.
The QEP should be embedded within the
institution’s ongoing integrated institutionwide planning and evaluation process . . .”
(SACS Handbook for Reaffirmation of
Accreditation, 2007, p. 3)
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includes a broad-based institutional process
identifying key issues emerging from institutional
assessment,
focuses on learning outcomes and/or the
environment supporting student learning and
accomplishing the mission of the institution,
demonstrates institutional capability for the
initiation, implementation, and completion of the
QEP,
includes broad-based involvement of institutional
constituencies in the development and proposed
implementation of the QEP, and
identifies goals and a plan to assess their
achievement. (SACS Core Requirement 2.12)
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“Do the Right Thing: A
Campus Conversation
on Ethics” (Texas Tech
Univ.)
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“Enhancing Student
Learning Through
Improved Advising”
(Louisiana State Univ.)
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“Degrees of
Excellence—
Reconceptualizing the
Core Curriculum” (Univ.
of Alabama)
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“Enhancing StudentFaculty Engagement”
(Univ. of Virginia)
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“The International and Intercultural
Awareness Initiative” (Univ. of Tennessee)
“The Integrated Communication Initiative”
(Webber International Univ.)
“Discovery Based Learning: Transforming the
Undergraduate Experience Through
Research” (University of Houston)
“The Student-Achievement Center:
Enhancing Student Learning in a
Comprehensive Service Center” (Louisiana
Tech Univ.)
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Select the topic.
Define student learning outcomes.
Research the topic.
Identify actions to be implemented.
Establish an implementation timeline.
Describe the infrastructure for implementation
and continuation of the QEP.
Identify resources.
Assess goal attainment.
Prepare the QEP document (December 2012).
Prepare Impact Report (December 2017).
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Pre-Planning Team
◦ Develop a topic selection plan and timeline
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QEP Topic Identification Team
◦ Topic identification—ensure broad input
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QEP Development Team
◦ Conduct research and write the plan
◦ Engage experts and develop “champion”
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QEP Implementation Team
◦ Pre-implementation—baseline data & initial
structures
◦ Implementation—manage QEP & resources
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Present the QEP as merely “another SACS hoop to
jump through”
Impose a QEP topic from the top down
Submit a QEP topic that describes initiatives
already fully realized
Try to do too much
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A group of SACS
workshop attendees
proposed a topic
selection preplanning team &
timeline
Reviewed and
supported by the
Provost
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Presentations to
UCAPP, Senate Council,
& Deans’ Council for
input & endorsement
University Senate
approval
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SACS Workshop Attendees
◦ Heidi Anderson, Mike Mullen, Rena Murphy, Deanna
Sellnow, Kaveh Tagavi, Marsha Watson, and VP
Constance Ray (ex-officio facilitator)
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Four additional faculty members to be
appointed by the University Senate Council
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Oct 2009:
Nov 2009:
Jan 2010:
Feb 2010:
Nov 2010:
Dec 2010:
Jan 2011:
Jan-May 2012:
Sept-Dec 2012:
Jan 2013:
Dec 2017:
Brief Presentations
Pre-Planning Team Established
Topic Selection Plan Finalized
Topic Selection Plan Approved
Senate Approves QEP Topic
President Approves QEP Topic
QEP Planning Committee Named
QEP Vetted With Campus Community
Final QEP Approval Process
QEP Submitted to SACS
Prepare Impact Report
Go CATS!
Questions?
Comments?