2016 – Strategic Planning Committee /spc Just another WordPress site Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:11:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Strategic Planning – Minutes December 5, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-minutes-december-5-2016/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:11:20 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=422 Minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee
10:00 a.m. to 11:30
Monday, December 5, 2016
Cafe Conference Room

Members Present: Primavera Arvizu, Eric Bérubé, Jon Carrithers, Anthony Cordova, Vicki Jacobi
Michelle Oja and Mark Williams

Members Absent: Greg Hawkins
Secretary: Brandy Young

Program Review Update
Program Leads have been meeting with Eric to begin the writing process of their program reviews. So far about 4 or 5 forms have been submitted but these are only drafts. The Student Services Department has been working with Bob Pacheco in formulating their APRs. It was asked if all the 15/16 APRs were submitted; yes, all of the APRs from the last cycle were submitted. The Social Sciences Department will be having a large workgroup meeting soon. It was suggested that a block of time should be scheduled for the SPC to review submissions. It was recommended that all SPC members review all submissions. A rubric with criteria should be created; the rubric updated for the Governance Council ranking could be used. It was stated that the Prioritization Rubric was created for the alignment of the goal form to the APR form, not necessarily for feedback purposes. Different ideas were shared on how to tackle the review process but there wasn’t a definitive decision. A form will be created for feedback to be filled out by SPC members and distributed back to program leads. The deadline for the completion of review is at the end of March. The Administrative APRs are due at the end of February. The APR Timeline will be updated and shared out.
College Futures Innovation Planning Grant- Mark Williams
The College has been awarded a $15,000 planning grant from College Futures. The purpose of the planning grant is to prepare for a larger grant application. The Innovation Grant is to promote four year completion of transfer degrees. At the state level there is $25,000,000 available. Taft College could ask for up to $2.5 million. A group of individuals has been developed to write the application. They will be participating in a retreat on December 19th and 20th to strategize. They will also meet twice in January to formulate ideas and then eventually write the application. The application is due in February. The College will know by the end of June if it will be awarded and the funding would take place in September or August.

PRT Visit – Feedback – Next Steps- Mark Williams
The PRT visit took place on November 18, 2016. The team has not yet sent written feedback to the President. The verbal feedback that was given on the day of the visit was very positive. The team was very interested in the processes that were put in place and asked those present to share specific examples. All in all the responses from the team were very complimentary.

Integrated Planning- Primavera Arvizu
There was an IEPI Planning Convening held here at TC on December 2, 2016. From that meeting there was an idea developed regarding the “integrated planning” involving the Student Success, Equity and Basic Skills Plans. The idea is to bring together the specific groups to discuss how to identify overlapping resources and activities that are used to implement the plans. The goal would be to integrate the activities and increase effectiveness and eliminate duplication of efforts.

Other
Framework of Indicators- Vicki Jacobi Vicki would like to add the Framework of Indicators as a future agenda item. New indicators have been added to the list of choices. Vicki would like to explore the history of how we have decided upon the past indicators and how we will follow up. The update to the indicators is due in June. Eric stated that eventually we will need to look at consolidating all of our plans. He stated that these are high level indicators and they overlap with other things including our Strategic Action Plan. Preliminary work should be happening now for our next cycle of Strategic Planning.

Strategic Action Plan Objective 3.1.6 Progress Report – Tony Cordova
Tony Cordova requested that the SPC have a discussion regarding SAP 3.1.6 – Comprehensive program review – analyze effectiveness of designated “employable” skills, staff development plan, and partnership plans.
It was suggested to Tony that SAP 3.1.6 be removed from the Strategic Action Plan. Tony wanted to bring this discussion to the SPC. Eric gave a brief history of the CTE program and explained the gap in activity regarding SAP 3.1.6. Mark made the recommendation to remove the SAP because he believes it is a duplication to efforts already being made. Tony will submit a Strategic Action Plan Progress Report that states the SPC agreed to consolidate the objective. This objective will be discussed in the Governance Council as an update item. It was stated that the status of the Strategic Action Plan be updated. Some objectives could be obsolete or irrelevant.

Next Meeting: January 6, 2017 — 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (tentative)
Respectfully Submitted by Brandy Young

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Strategic Planning – Agenda December 5, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-agenda-december-5-2016/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:08:05 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=420 Strategic Planning Committee Agenda
10:00 a.m. – ?
Monday December 5, 2016
Café Conference Room

1. Program Reviews (Update)
2. College Futures Innovation Planning Grant
3. PRT Visit Feedback – Next Steps
4. Integrated Planning
5. Other

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Strategic Planning – Minutes October 28, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-minutes-october-28-2016/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:41:49 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=410 Minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 28, 2016

Cafe Conference Room

 Members Present: Primavera Arvizu, Eric Bérubé, Jon Carrithers, Vicki Jacobi, and Mark Williams

 Members Absent: Anthony Cordova, Greg Hawkins, and Michelle Oja

Guests: Sharyn Eveland

Secretary: Brandy Young

Review Minutes from the October 7th Meeting

Minutes approved without changes.

Review, Finalize, and Approve SPC Charter (Mark and Prima)

Mark distributed a draft of the SPC Charter with minor edits. After review and discussion, changes to the Charter are:

  • Delete bulleted item #5
  • Add “in alignment with accreditation requirements” at the end of the paragraph in bullet #2
  • Add Strategic Action Plan to bullet #2
  • Add “in alignment with accreditation requirements and institution set standards” to the end of the paragraph on bullet #3
  • Change strategic plan indicators to institutional planning indicators in bullet #4

Updates to the Charter will be made and emailed back out to the SPC members for review. Once reviewed, the Charter will be taken to the Governance Council for approval.

Governance Council – Review/Approval of Budget Timeline (Mark)

  • Resource allocation and outcomes (Mark) – tabled for future agenda item
  • Program planning and viability (Mark) – tabled for future agenda item.
  • Review/approval of budget timeline (Mark)
  • Informational item – SPC has reviewed the Budget Development Calendar and agreed that the current timeline is in alignment with the APR process and will function with the new schedule of Administrative APR submissions in February.
  • It was stated that since preliminary budget allocations are distributed to Vice Presidents in February, this time frame would be helpful.
  • In regards to the Budget Committee and their role in the APR funding allocation process; it was stated that there is a lack of clarity of the direction of information flow. It was suggested that one way to address this issue would be for VPs to distribute their budget (sources) information to Governance Council, Professional Development Committee, and Budget Committee.
  • The gap still remains between what was allocated, the evaluation of the effectiveness of the allocation, and documentation.
  • It was stated that “closing the loop” should be in the Administrative Program Reviews.

Future Agenda Item: Budget allocation and closing the loop with Administrative APR – “meta review”.

Student Representative
A student will be selected to sit on the SPC. Sharyn (Phi Theta Kappa) will provide a recommendation to Myisha. There should be a student representative available to join the next SPC meeting.

Review SLO Day/Planning Day – spring 2017 In-service (Vicki)

At the last SLO/ASC meeting the committee reviewed the feedback evaluation from the SLO Day in fall. The feedback identified the fact that there are faculty in “different places” in the process. Some are advanced where others still feel the need for training on the basics of SLOs/assessment and eLumen. The SLO/ASC decided to offer different levels of professional development. It also suggested that Bob Pacheco be available for spring SLO Day either as a resource or to conduct one of the sessions. Items of discussion by SPC:

  • Vicki distributed a draft schedule of activities for SLO Day – activities include:
  • General opening session
  • Bob Pacheco – Student Services
  • Data entry – enter SLOs in to eLumen
  • Geoffrey Dyer – Resource allocation and closing the assessment loop
  • Brandy Young – Setting up assessments – assessment plans
  • Vicki Jacobi – Assessing Critical Thinking
  • Matt Coombs (eLumen) – Understanding eLumen reports
  • Matt Coombs (eLumen) – eLumen reports for program leads
  • Sharyn Eveland – Analyzing data for Student Services
  • A suggestion was made that the Professional Development Committee not be the group that mandates attendance for SLO Day activities, but SPC will make the recommendation to Governance Council to make SLO Day activities a requirement.
  • The idea of providing a session to present and discuss data was suggested. A non-structured session. This session could be held on the program review planning day.
  • Adjuncts need to be made aware of the SLO Day activities.

Program Review Rubric – Priorities and Reliability (Sharyn)

Sharyn gave a brief history of what has taken place with the program review rubric. The rubric reliability study was shared with the Governance Council as an informational item. After reviewing the recommendations from the study, the Governance Council agreed to send the study back to the SPC to determine how to move forward.  Mark proposed to replicate the study model using retroactive APRs and current APRs to perform an analysis. Mark has been working with Bob Pacheco to formulate the idea. The goal is as follows:

  • In January – APRs are due – by March, we will have one full cycle retroactively and one full cycle projected
  • By June – Budget cycle will be complete
  • Provide an addendum to the ACCJC report with the analysis of the continuous assessment of the APR form and rubric for effectiveness
  • SPC will continue this discussion when Bob Pacheco is in attendance

November Board Report on IEPI/Midterm Report Update
Eric distributed a handout outlining the progress that has been made in meeting the recommendations from the ACCJC. (Copy of handout attached). Discussion was had regarding the development of a systematic plan/process to evaluate budget allocations at the institutional level.

College Futures Planning Grant (Prima and Mark)
Mark, Prima and Velda Pena will be attending a conference on November 1st. The conference will focus on the Futures Planning Grant, which is a small $5,000 to $10,000 planning grant that would lead to a larger innovation grant. Applications are in due in March.

PRT Visit – November 18th – Arrangements (Mark and Danielle)
The IEPI PRT visit will take place on November 18th. Mark and Danielle will coordinate the arrangements for this day.

Next Meeting: Friday, December 2, 2016

Respectfully Submitted by Brandy Young

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Strategic Planning – Agenda October 28, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-agenda-october-28-2016/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:38:47 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=407 Strategic Planning Committee Agenda

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Friday October 28, 2016

Café Conference Room

                               

 Review Minutes from the October 7th meeting

 Review, finalize and approve SPC Charter (Mark/Prima)

 Governance Council

  • Review/approval of budget timeline (Mark)

 Student Representative (?)

 Review SLO Day/Planning Day – spring 2017 In-Service (Vicki)

 Program Review Rubric priorities and reliability (Sharyn)

 November Board Report on IEPI/Midterm report updates (Eric, Vicki, Prima)

 College Futures Planning Grant (Prima, Mark, Velda)

  • Nov 1, San Joaquin Delta in Stockton – planning grant workshop
  • Planning grants awarded (~$10K) to help plan application for Innovation Grants
  • Innovation Grant for success/promise -$25M in funding, ~10 grants to be awarded

 PRT visit Nov 18 – arrangements (Mark/Danielle)

  • Food/Room/Accommodations
  • Purpose is to review progress (not to rate or assess)
  • Who should be selected to meet with them
  • Report Draft – to be submitted on Monday Oct 31

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Strategic Planning – Minutes October 7, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-minutes-october-7-2016/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:36:59 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=404 Minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 7, 2016

Cafe Conference Room

Members Present: Primavera Arvizu, Eric Bérubé, Jon Carrithers, Greg Hawkins, Michelle Oja, and Mark Williams

 Members Absent: Anthony Cordova and Vicki Jacobi

Guests: Geoffrey Dyer

Secretary: Brandy Young

Update on IEPI work including Bob Pacheco

  • Recommendation 4
  • Recommendation 6
  • Work with Student Services SLO’s

** This item was not discussed** Tabled until Vicki can give the update.

Taft College PRT Visit – November 18, 2016

The IEPI Partnership Resource Team (PRT) will be returning on November 18th for their third visit. This visit will not be an accountability visit, but more of a “check in.” It was suggested that we share the draft ACCJC report that will be submitted to the Commission in March. A draft copy of the report will be sent to the PRT ahead of time. The agenda for the morning will be as follows:

8:00 a.m. – Introductions and opening remarks, Deb Daniels and Kim Messina

9:00 a.m. – Scheduled presentations and discussions of work-in-progress

10:30 a.m. – Break

10:45 a.m. – Questions, clarifications and next steps

11:00 a.m. – Closing remarks by Deb Daniels and Kim Messina

(Followed by PRT visiting team meeting with Deb Daniels)

Update on syllabus template/SLO progress

One of the accreditation recommendations is to publish all course SLOs on syllabi for students. A template has been created that will allow for all CSLOs to be merged into a document from an eLumen report. The process is still being developed but is close to being tested.

Next steps:

  • Work with a group of departments as a trial group
  • Finalize the template
  • Run a trial merge

Informational item on alignment of budget year with APR process

The budget calendar is still in draft form. The draft will be reviewed by the Budget Committee as well as the Governance Council. It was stated that the draft should be reviewed by the SPC while it is in draft form to ensure that SPC APR processes align with the budget calendar. It was suggested that the administrative program reviews be completed by February. The budget calendar will be reviewed at the next SPC meeting.

AP 4021 Program Discontinuation – update

 The administrative procedure for program discontinuation is currently under review. A small task force (Mark Williams, Vicki Jacobi and Kamala Carlson) has been assembled to formulate the AP. Areas of discussion:

  • Ownership
  • What triggers the process?
  • Who triggers the process?
  • Should triggers be written in to the AP
  • Process flow
    • Governance Council – starting point of program discontinuance discussion
    • Monitoring data – SAO and SLO program review data in August
    • Strategic Planning Committee – review data on programs and make a referral/recommendation to Governance Council
    • Trigger conversations in Governance Council, Budget Committee, Curriculum and Division Chairs
  • The original program discontinuation AP was written by a task force from Academic Senate.
  • The old AP has been used at least 3 times. It worked for the local English program. It did not work for the Recreation program and Journalism did not wish to continue with discontinuance.
  • This AP has the potential to also revive or sustain a program.
  • Geoffrey Dyer would like to be involved in the next meeting when the discussions continue. Geoffrey also suggested that the AP be shared with the Curriculum Committee and Academic Senate.
  • It was suggested the title of the AP be changed to the Program Viability procedure.
  • Eric stated that there are white papers on this subject. He will find and share out with the committee.
  • It was stated that the process traditionally originated with the Division Chair. The task force suggests that this may not be the best practice, they believe the process should start in Governance Council.

SPC Charter and membership review

The SPC charter will be updated with the following changes:

  • Add a student representative from Associated Students
  • Remove Coordinator of Counseling/Matriculation
  • Remove Board Member
  • Add VP of Instruction
  • Add VP of Student Services
  • Add Dean of Student Success
  • Add representatives from Academic Senate (2)

Regarding bulleted item #3 – It was asked if SPC will be the group to evaluate resource allocations from program review goal requests for effectiveness. It was stated that the Budget Committee also has a role in this process. A recommendation was made to add this piece in to the Annual Program Review process as part of the actual process. Program leads, programs, and/or departments should be evaluating to see if resources have been effective. The current program review forms are designed to capture this information.  Some suggestions were made to address this issue:

  • Assessment Café – set aside a day where programs can showcase their results at the end of spring
  • Use a science board to showcase data and program review results
  • Facilitate a sense of pride among programs – data ownership
  • Demonstrate the end of the process and what programs are looking forward to
  • Faculty Reports and Brown Bag Lunches used to be the venue for this idea
  • Primavera has had very positive experiences with this exercise
  • Time during spring inservice could be used – Planning Day professional development
  • The exercise needs to be framed around meeting the ACCJC recommendation of evaluating resource allocations for effectiveness.
  • The administrative program reviews can incorporate the evaluation aspect and the effectiveness of resources
  • A detailed plan will need to be in place and implemented by March.

A recommendation will be made to the Governance Council to introduce the idea of an Assessment Café/Science Board presentation.

Regarding bulleted item #3 – title of Program Leads will be not be capitalized. There are no formal designations for program leads among faculty.

The updated Charter will be reviewed at the November 4th meeting.

Current APR submissions – feedback, SLOs

To date there have been four annual program reviews and one goal form submitted. The committee reviewed the submissions and had a brief discussion on the contents. It was decided that there is a lack of SLO data used in writing the program reviews.

A deadline to complete assessments will be established in order to have program review SLO data reports completed over the summer. The proposed deadline is July 1. This item of discussion will be continued in future meetings. The program reviews need to be reviewed for content and what feedback will be given back to the program leads. Brandy will generate SLO reports for these specific programs and have them available for the next meeting.

SAP Reports due

This will be an agenda item at the Governance Council on October 14th. An updated SAP Progress Report list will be generated for that meeting.

Accreditation – report update and timeline (Preliminary draft should be ready for “fyi” review by Deb Daniels around October 19th).

Vicki and Prima have been working with Bob Pacheco to address the recommendations they have been given authorship over. The draft of the report will be going to the Board for review in November.

Integrated Planning Model – web version

 JP Marketing will be contacted to get an update on the progress of the web version of the IPM. The hope is to have the model ready to go live in the spring in alignment with the new TC website upgrade.

Future Agenda Item: Rubric reliability study – Sharyn Eveland

Next Meeting: Friday, November 4, 2016

Respectfully Submitted by Brandy Young

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Strategic Planning – Agenda October 7, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-agenda-october-7-2016/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:07:51 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=401 Strategic Planning Committee Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Friday October 7, 2016

Café Conference Room

                           

 Update on IEPI work including Bob Pacheco

  • Recommendation 4
  • Recommendation 6
  • Work with Student Services SLO’s

 Taft College PRT Visit – November 18, 2016

 Agenda

8:00 a.m. – Introductions and opening remarks, Deb Daniels and Kim Messina

9:00 a.m. – Scheduled presentations and discussions of work-in-progress

10:30 a.m. – Break

10:45 a.m. – Questions, clarifications and next steps

11:00 a.m. – Closing remarks by Deb Daniels and Kim Messina

(Followed by PRT visiting team meeting with Deb Daniels)

 Update on syllabus template/SLO progress

 Informational item on alignment of budget year with APR process (budget year attached)

 AP 4021 process update

 SPC Charter and membership review

 Current APR submissions – feedback, SLO’s

 SAP reports due

 Accreditation – report update and timeline (Preliminary draft should be ready for “fyi” review by Deb Daniels around October 19).

 Integrated Planning Model – web version

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Strategic Planning – Minutes September 2, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-minutes-september-2-2016/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:27:35 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=387 Strategic Planning Committee
Agenda
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., September 2, 2016

Summer Review (all)

June 2nd

IEPI data – 8 indicators selected
Program Review Criteria, Planning Committee Review and Progress Reports
IEPI Plan updates, SAP updates
Substantive change for golf program
Integrated Planning (web) Model update

June 8th

Program Review Criteria and Feedback Loops
Program Review (web) Feedback Matrix – pilot in parallel
Make changes to new rubric

July 6th – special meeting

ACCJC timeline
IEPI plan implementation (SLO Day, SLO Manual, Program Review Guide, Engaging Bob Pacheco as a consultant)
Updated Rubric – 0,1,5,8,13 point scale

Aug 8th
APR Status – scoring rubric finalized, reliability testing, missing reviews need completing
IEPI Priorities (APR Process, PDC funding, SLO funding, Data Funding)
In-Service Planning, SLO Day, Days 2/3, Communication and Training Strategies
Midterm Report Writing responsibilities

Fall In-Service Review (all)

SLO Day (What worked? What got done? What’s next? What barriers?)
Day 2, 3 (APR process review: Eric, Vicki; Dept/Div work: all)

SLO “situation room” – Recommendation 6
SLO assessment completion report – courses and faculty – completion timeline (vicki)
Faculty Fridays (Vicki)
Student Services SLO and Program Review Trainings
Intersession Trainings (Vicki)
SLO Syllabus review and timelines (Mark)

ACCJC Midterm Report Writing Leads
Sharepoint implementation (Eric, Adrian)
Working draft by Oct 1; Nov Board Report by Nov 1
Implementation of regular, ongoing planning committee accreditation reporting

APR Process
APRs for 2016-17 that have been received without mention of SLOs – committee return
Piloting Feedback Matrix (Jason) for reliability testing (Geoffrey)One missing 2015-16 report (CTE) being completed
2016-17 Administrative program reviews to be sequenced after planning committee reviews

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Strategic Planning – Agenda September 2, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-agenda-friday-september-2-2016/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:19:06 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=379 Strategic Planning Committee
Agenda
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., September 2, 2016

Summer Review (all)

June 2nd

IEPI data – 8 indicators selected
Program Review Criteria, Planning Committee Review and Progress Reports
IEPI Plan updates, SAP updates
Substantive change for golf program
Integrated Planning (web) Model update

June 8th

Program Review Criteria and Feedback Loops
Program Review (web) Feedback Matrix – pilot in parallel
Make changes to new rubric

July 6th – special meeting

ACCJC timeline
IEPI plan implementation (SLO Day, SLO Manual, Program Review Guide, Engaging Bob Pacheco as a consultant)
Updated Rubric – 0,1,5,8,13 point scale

Aug 8th
APR Status – scoring rubric finalized, reliability testing, missing reviews need completing
IEPI Priorities (APR Process, PDC funding, SLO funding, Data Funding)
In-Service Planning, SLO Day, Days 2/3, Communication and Training Strategies
Midterm Report Writing responsibilities

Fall In-Service Review (all)

SLO Day (What worked? What got done? What’s next? What barriers?)
Day 2, 3 (APR process review: Eric, Vicki; Dept/Div work: all)

SLO “situation room” – Recommendation 6
SLO assessment completion report – courses and faculty – completion timeline (vicki)
Faculty Fridays (Vicki)
Student Services SLO and Program Review Trainings
Intersession Trainings (Vicki)
SLO Syllabus review and timelines (Mark)

ACCJC Midterm Report Writing Leads
Sharepoint implementation (Eric, Adrian)
Working draft by Oct 1; Nov Board Report by Nov 1
Implementation of regular, ongoing planning committee accreditation reporting

APR Process
APRs for 2016-17 that have been received without mention of SLOs – committee return
Piloting Feedback Matrix (Jason) for reliability testing (Geoffrey)One missing 2015-16 report (CTE) being completed
2016-17 Administrative program reviews to be sequenced after planning committee reviews

 

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Strategic Planning – Agenda August 8, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-agenda-august-8-2016/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:09:46 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=377 Strategic Planning Committee
Special Meeting Sub-Committee Meeting
9 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 8, 2016
HR Conference Room

  1. APR Status
  2. IEPI Plan Implementation
  3. ACCJC March Report
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Strategic Planning – Minutes August 8, 2016 /spc/strategic-planning-minutes-august-8-2016/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:05:33 +0000 http://ct-test-wp.taftcollege.edu/spc/?p=374 Minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 8, 2016
HR Conference Room

Members Present: Primavera Arvizu, Eric Bérubé, Darcy Bogle, Agnes JEguaras,
Vicki Jacobi, and Mark Williams

 Guests: Geoffrey Dyer, Dan Hall and Bob Pacheco

 Secretary: Brandy Young

The SPC held a special meeting today with guests Bob Pacheco, Geoffrey Dyer and Dan Hall. Bob Pacheco has been asked to provide consulting services to Taft College in order to implement the IEPI plan. Bob will be working with different individuals on campus for the next several months. Geoffrey Dyer as Academic Senate President has been attending the SPC meetings in order to stay abreast of the status of the IEPI plan and the progress made on the ACCJC recommendations. Dan Hall is the Distance Education Coordinator and was invited to join the conversation today so that he may contribute to the progress of meeting recommendations #2 and #3.

APR Status

The draft Scoring Rubric for APR has been finalized and is ready for approval by the Academic Senate and the Governance Council. There may be changes to the rubric once both bodies have reviewed the document. The new rubric will be introduced to Program Leads during inservice at the Annual Program Review Overview. Geoffrey Dyer has volunteered to pilot the rubric in an effort to gauge the extent to which the rubric possesses inter-rater reliability. The work would consist of applying the new rubric to a small number of budget requests from last year’s annual program reviews. A group of 5 to 8 people will participate.

At an earlier meeting it was suggested that Administrators complete their program reviews after all other program reviews have been submitted. The purpose of this would allow Administrators the time to review all program reviews within their area and report their findings in their own program reviews. Primavera and Mark met with Dr. Daniels and she agreed that this would be a good practice to start. Now all Administrators will submit their program reviews in late spring rather than January.

Dr. Daniels has also requested that all missing program reviews from the 15/16 cycle be completed. At this time there are 3 missing program reviews. Program Leads from these areas will be asked to complete their program reviews.

IEPI Plan Implementation

IEPI Review and Discussion of Priorities

APR Process – This item was discussed at length. The discussion was focused mainly on how to implement the process so that accountability is built in. Guidance and transparency are key.

Professional Development Funding/Priorities to give PDC –Future agenda item.

SLO Funding/Priorities for SLO/ASC – Future agenda item.

Data Funding/Priorities – Future agenda item.

In-Service Plan

Day 1 – SLO Day – Tuesday, August 16th will be the first SLO Day. The tentative schedule for this day is as follows:

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Opening by Bob Pacheco

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Faculty SLO assessment time

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Working lunch with Bob Pacheco – Data exercise

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – “I Wonder” exercise by department

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. – Sharing out and evaluation of the day

The SLO Assessment Guide is still in draft form and will not be presented on SLO Day. This document will be reviewed by the Academic Senate and the Governance Council prior to distribution.

Day 2 – Program Review Overview – Wednesday, August 17th. Program Leads will gather for two hours in the morning to be updated on 2016/17 cycle of program review. Eric Bérubé will lead the discussion. The updated program review forms, How to Guide and rubric will be distributed. Faculty will be encouraged to ask questions and time will be dedicated to introducing the new concepts in the process.

Day 3 – Planning Day – This item was not discussed.

Fall Term Week 1

Communication – This item was not discussed specifically.

Training Strategy

Communication with PDC. Future agenda item.

Training Schedule – It was suggested that training for faculty be offered each Friday on various topics. Vicki Jacobi suggested the training start with aligning CSLOs to PSLOs the PSLOs to ISLOs. Another area of training would be offered on COR updates and the connection to SLOs and objectives.

September

APR goals – Future agenda item

PDC goals – Future agenda item

SLO goals – Future agenda item

Data goals – Future agenda item

Oct (APR/PDC/SLO/Data) – Future agenda item

Nov (APR/PDC/SLO/Data) – 90% of APR’s completed – Future agenda item

Dec (APR/PDC/SLO/Data) – Future agenda item

Jan (APR/PDC/SLO/Data) – Future agenda item

ACCJC

The SPC has started planning for the ACCJC report due in March 2017. A small group has been identified to lead the writing of the report. Integration of planning committees has been discussed but not developed. Eric Bérubé will draft a timeline showing key points in the report writing phase. The first draft of the report will be completed by November. This draft will be a template and outline of the report. So that the group can communicate and work on the document as a whole, Eric Bérubé will research different applications such as Microsoft SharePoint. Authors have been identified to address the specific recommendations from the ACCJC. They are as follows:

  • Recommendation #1 – Primavera Arvizu and Mark Williams
  • Recommendation #2 – Dan Hall
  • Recommendation #3 – Dan Hall
  • Recommendation #4 – Vicki Jacobi
  • Recommendation #5 – Eric Bérubé
  • Recommendation #6 – Vicki Jacobi and Mark Williams
  • Recommendation #7 – Office of Instruction

Next Meeting: TBD

Respectfully Submitted by Brandy Young

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