Q-4.4 Conduct
evaluations according to the evaluation calendar.
RESPONSIBLE: Institutional Research Office, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair, Instructors
Q-4.5 Modify the QEP based on evaluation results
during the term following each evaluation cycle when possible.
RESPONSIBLE: Division Chair, Accreditation
Liaison, Instructors
Q-5.1 Publish the QEP newsletter monthly until
completion of the third full year of implementation of the QEP plan (spring
term 2007).
RESPONSIBLE: Newsletter Editor
Q-5.2 Publish all information related to the QEP
and the QEP newsletter monthly on the College website until completion of the
third full year of implementation of the QEP plan (spring term 2007).
RESPONSIBLE: Accreditation Liaison, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair, Webmaster
Q-5.3 Host one roundtable discussion each month
until completion of the third full year of implementation of the QEP plan
(spring term 2007).
RESPONSIBLE: Roundtable Committee, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair
Q-5.4 Publish QEP evaluation results based on
the QEP evaluation calendar.
RESPONSIBLE: Institutional Research Office
Q-6.3 Enlist
administrators, faculty, and staff to craft articles for the QEP newsletter monthly.
RESPONSIBLE: Newsletter Editor, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair
T-3.1 Allocate
funds within the transitional education division budget each year for
professional development.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean of
Instruction, Business Manager
T-4.4 Provide faculty with the results of
learning style testing for each of their transitional education students.
RESPONSIBLE: Student Services
T-5.6 Present annual assessment report by
September 1 to the appropriate constituents.
RESPONSIBLE: Institutional Research Office
T-6.1 Identify transitional education students using
the state-required testing program.
RESPONSIBLE: Student Services, Testing
Coordinator
T-6.6 Offer at least one “student success”
workshop each semester on each campus.
RESPONSIBLE: Student Services
T-7.1 Include Student Support Services, Student
Services, and/or Adult Education personnel at all QEP planning meetings and
training seminars.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-7.2 Communicate each term with
Student Support Services personnel to discuss cooperative programming.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-1.1 Obtain
approval from the President to establish a transitional education division.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Instruction
Q-1.1 Establish
committees to develop the QEP.
RESPONSIBLE: Accreditation Liaison, Chair of Planning Committee
Q-6.1 Involve administrators, faculty, and staff
on QEP committees.
RESPONSIBLE: Planning Committee
T-4.1 Publish monthly newsletter to provide
information to all college employees about the development of transitional
education program.
RESPONSIBLE: Newsletter Editor, Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-4.2 Establish and maintain website
as communication tool for QEP/transitional education.
RESPONSIBLE: Newsletter Editor, Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Webmaster
T-1.5 Schedule an orientation session
between the division chair and all developmental education instructors prior to
fall term 2004.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
Q-2.1 Develop a budget for the QEP subject
(transitional education).
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean of
Instruction, Business Manager
T-2.2 Complete budget request for the
2004-2005 budget.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-2.7 Select
software for math lab.
RESPONSIBLE: Math Instructors, Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction, President
T-3.1 Allocate
funds within the transitional education division budget each year for
professional development.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean of
Instruction, Business Manager
Q-1.2 Complete a comprehensive
literature review.
RESPONSIBLE: Literature Review Committee
Q-1.3 Develop
a written QEP.
RESPONSIBLE: Accreditation Liaison, Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction
Q-2.2 Identify facilities to be utilized in the
implementation of the QEP.
RESPONSIBLE: Space, Equipment, and Staffing Committee; Dean of Instruction; Dean of Financial Affairs
T-1.4 Develop
goals and objectives for transitional education that reflect the College’s
mission.
RESPONSIBLE: Planning Committee, Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-1.6 Secure
appropriate space for a math lab on each campus.
RESPONSIBLE: Space, Equipment, and Staffing Committee;
Dean of Instruction; Dean of Financial Affairs
T-2.3 Submit
budget to Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education for approval.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Financial Affairs
T-2.8 Purchase I CAN Learn® software.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Instruction, Purchasing Agent, Dean of Financial Affairs
Q-2.3 Identify
human resources necessary for the successful development and implementation of
the QEP.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair,
Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction
Q-3.1 Establish
committees to implement the QEP that are reflective of college constituencies.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
Q-3.3 Survey
college constituencies annually for opinion on developmental/transitional
education beginning January 2005.
RESPONSIBLE: Assessment Committee, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair
T-1.9 Develop
and publish a transitional education faculty handbook beginning fall term 2004.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-2.1 Develop a line-item budget for
transitional education for a three-year period.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Business Manager, Dean of Instruction
T-2.6 Select and secure books, software, journal
subscriptions, and other pertinent resources for the beginning phase of the
program.
RESPONSIBLE: Acting Librarian, Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Trans. Ed. Instructors, Purchasing Agent
T-3.2 Publish a list annually of transitional
education professional development opportunities.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-3.3 Provide I CAN Learn® workshop for all
transitional education math faculty and other interested math faculty.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean/Associate Dean of
Instruction
T-4.3 Discuss transitional education at Fall
Seminar.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Instruction
T-6.6 Offer
at least one “student success” workshop each semester on each campus.
RESPONSIBLE: Counselors
T-6.8 Provide tutorial services for transitional
education math students who do not qualify for Student Support Services (SSS).
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Math
Instructors, Financial Aid Director, Business Manager
T-6.11 Incorporate alternative
scheduling of developmental math courses each semester to facilitate completion
of more then one sequential developmental courses in a given semester.
RESPONSIBLE: Division Chairs, Dean/Associate
Dean of Instruction
T-7.2 Communicate each term with
Student Support Services personnel to discuss cooperative programming.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-7.3 Develop and inventory of all college
services and personnel that may be most useful to transitional education
students.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair
T-7.4 Coordinate optimal scheduling
practices for developmental/transitional education courses among the division
chairs.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair,
Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction
Q-6.2 Identify a key administrator to head the
QEP process.
RESPONSIBLE: President
T-1.2 Appoint a transitional education division
chair.
RESPONSIBLE: President
T-1.3 Develop a job description for the
transitional education division chair position.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Instruction, President
T-2.4 Appoint the transitional education
division chair as the budget unit manager.
RESPONSIBLE: President
T-2.9 Establish and equip I CAN Learn®
(math) lab.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Instruction, Dean of Financial Affairs
T-5.5 Determine
baseline data for measuring program improvement of transitional education students.
RESPONSIBLE: Baseline Assessment Committee
T-6.2 Implement
the I CAN Learn® computer-based program for developmental math courses on
each campus.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction, Lead
Math Instructors for Developmental Math, Developmental Math Instructors
T-6.10 Develop policies addressing the number of
developmental courses a student may complete in a semester, the number of times
a student may re-enroll in a course, and the length of time a student may
continue a course into the following term if so needed.
RESPONSIBLE: President, Dean of Instruction, Business Manager, Financial Aid Director, Associate Dean of Students, Policy Committee
Q-1.4 Publish the QEP.
RESPONSIBLE: Accreditation Liaison, Webmaster
Q-3.2 Meet
with each division and department for review of the QEP draft.
RESPONSIBLE: Accreditation
Liaison
Q-4.3 Develop
an evaluation calendar.
RESPONSIBLE: Associate Dean of Instruction, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair, Assessment Committee
T-5.3 Utilizing
the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) Self-Evaluation
Guidelines, develop components of a systematic evaluation plan for transitional
education.
RESPONSIBLE: Associate Dean of Instruction, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair, Assessment Committee
T-5.6 Create
an evaluation calendar.
RESPONSIBLE: Associate Dean of Instruction, Trans. Ed.
Division Chair, Assessment Committee
Q-4.1 Determine a baseline for
assessment of the QEP subject (transitional education) by October 2004.
RESPONSIBLE: Baseline Assessment Committee
T-5.1 Establish an advisory committee
to review program goals and objectives for transitional education.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction
T-3.4 Invite
professional speaker to address faculty on brain-based learning and learning
styles in spring term 2005.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Instruction
Q-1.5 Annually coordinate QEP planning
with Strategic Planning to ensure continuity of purpose college-wide.
RESPONSIBLE: Accreditation Liaison, Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Chair of Planning Committee
Q-4.2 Develop evaluation instruments for all
components of the QEP subject by January 2005.
RESPONSIBLE: Assessment Committee
T-2.10 Select and purchase software for a
writing/reading lab.
RESPONSIBLE: Developmental English and reading
faculty, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction, Business Manager, Purchasing Agent
Q-2.1 Develop a budget for the QEP subject
(transitional education).
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean of
Instruction, Business Manager
T-5.2 Establish an advisory committee
to review program evaluation for transitional education.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of
Instruction
T-1.7 Secure appropriate space for a
writing/reading lab on each campus.
RESPONSIBLE: Space, Equipment, and Staffing Committee; Dean of Instruction; Business Manager
T-2.11 Establish and equip transitional
writing/reading lab.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction
T-3.5 Provide
workshop on software to be used by writing/reading transitional education
English and reading faculty and other interested English instructors.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean of Instruction
T-2.13 Test developmental/transitional students for
their learning styles.
RESPONSIBLE: Testing Coordinator, Counselors
T-4.4 Provide faculty with the results of
learning style testing for each of their transitional education students.
RESPONSIBLE: Testing
Coordinator, Registrar
T-6.9 Provide tutorial services for transitional
education writing/reading students who do not qualify for Student Support
Services (SSS).
RESPONSIBLE: Developmental English/reading
instructors, Financial Aid Director, Dean of Instruction
T-6.12 Incorporate alternative
scheduling of developmental writing/reading courses each semester to facilitate
completion of more than one sequential developmental courses in a given
semester.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction, Division Chairs
T-5.6 Present annual assessment report by
September 1 to the appropriate constituents.
RESPONSIBLE: Institutional
Research Office
T-6.3 Acquaint transitional education
students with learning support mechanisms congruent with their diagnosed
learning styles.
RESPONSIBLE: Learning Styles Subcommittee,
Counselors
T-6.4 Develop a brochure for the promotion of
learning according to one-s focus learning style.
RESPONSIBLE: Counselors
T-6.5 Implement the writing/reading
computer-based program for developmental courses on each campus.
RESPONSIBLE: Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction
Q-2.1 Develop a budget for the QEP subject
(transitional education).
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean of Instruction, Business Manager
T-1.8 Secure appropriate space for a Student Success Center* on each campus.
RESPONSIBLE:
Space, Equipment, and Staffing Committee; Dean of Instruction; Business Manager
T-4.5 Expand
Freshman Orientation to include education on student learning styles and
services provided by the Student Success
Center*.
RESPONSIBLE: Orientation Coordinators,
Learning Styles Subcommittee, Counselors
T-6.7 Provide counseling, computer-based
supplemental instruction for basic skills, study skill instruction, computer
labs, and resume development assistance.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction, Counselors
T-2.12 Establish
and equip a Student Success Center*.
RESPONSIBLE: Trans. Ed. Division Chair, Dean/Associate Dean of Instruction, Counselors, Business Manager
* Student Success Center is used only for the purpose of this document. A name for the center will be determined at a later time.