Quality Enhancement Plan Committee

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Quality Enhancement Plan Committee
Inaugural Meeting April 11, 2006 Co-chairs Dean
Don Christian and Dean Cathy Brigham
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Agenda

• Welcome and Opening Devotion Don
• What is QEP? Don
• Why do we do a QEP? Cathy
• How does QEP fit into the Accreditation Process?
  Gary
• Introductions Don
• Break
• QEP Guidelines Resources Gary
• QEP Timeline Expectations Cathy
• Taking a look at a QEP Cathy
• Brainstorming I and II Don
• Next steps and committee assignments Cathy
• August Meeting Date -- Cathy
• Closing Cathy

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Hebrews 12 1-3

• Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a
  great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off
  everything that hinders and the sin that so
  easily entangles, and let us run with
  perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us
  fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter
  of our faith, who for the joy set before him
  endured the cross, scorning its shame and sat
  down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  Consider him who endured such opposition from
  sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and
  lose heart.

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QEP what is it?

• Quality
• Of student learning
• Enhancement
• Increasing the effectiveness of student learning
• Plan
• How will we go about increasing the effectiveness
  of student learning?

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QEP what is it?

• CAREFULLY DESIGNED course of action
• FOCUSED course of action
• Touches on 1 or more critical issues
• Increasing the effectiveness of and enhancing
  STUDENT LEARNING

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QEP what is it?

• Complements ongoing strategic planning
• May evolve from SPand/or other sources
• Forward looking
• Ongoing activity
• Not a one-time event
• Addresses long-term improvement of student
  learning

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QEP what is it?

• Begins with the Mission Statement
• Looks to what we say we do
• And whether or not we do it
• Can address multiple areas of student learning
• Knowledge, skills, behaviors, values
• Should be broad in scope
• Yet have a well-defined focus

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QEP what is it?

• Is institutional in nature
• Not specific to program or specific area
• Is appropriate for institution
• Should be realistic given institutions resources
• Has the ability to have a tremendous impact on
  the institution

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QEP what is it?

• Must engage all campus constituencies
• In determining the area of focus
• In living out the plan
• Should derive from empirical data
• Both internal and external
• Reflects best practices in higher education and
  student learning
• Will have specific goals that lead to observable
  results in student learning

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QEPwhy do we do it?

• Part of SACS re-affirmation process
• Opportunity to concentrate on one topic for a
  long period of time (could be 10 years!)
• Dedicate resources to one area of improvement
• Demonstrate commitment to student learning
• Impact all areas of campus life

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QEPwhy do we do it?

• Base project on empirical data so we can measure
  our progress and improvements and see results!
• Link our learning and teaching back to strategic
  plan and university mission
• Have a common language among all constituencies
  on campus
• Stay competitive with other schools
• Chance to learn and improve!

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QEPa part of the wholeThe FUTURE Piece in
Building the Case for Reaffirmation
Strategic Planning
QEP
Steering Committee
SACS
Leadership Team
Concordia Community
Compliance Committee
Reality
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Overall Timeline
SACS Mandated2
CUA Controlled
COC Final Action
Substantive Change
Appoint Steering Cmte Create a BUZZ Define Cmte
Structure
Budget Staff Comms Appoint CA QEP
Cmte Frame for Processes KICK-OFF
1st Draft of CA Review, Revise
Final Draft of CA Stakeholder briefings Adjustme
nts Printing Working Draft of QEP
First Draft of QEP Review Revise
Final Draft of QEP Adjustments Printing
Consultants? Experts? QEP Topic
Development Begin CA information
collection/ start audit
2005
2006
2007
2008
DEC QEP due to SACS
JAN 22-APR 18 On-site Review of QEP issues with
compliance
DEC Review Decision by COC
NOV Off-site review of Comp Cert
SEP 10 Compliance Cert due to SACS
JUN 12 Leadership Team Atlanta
DEC 3-6 SACS COC mtg Atlanta
COC Site Visits ADP
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Introductions
Why Me, Lord?

• Name
• Role at Concordia
• How long associated with Concordia
• What you bring to the committee

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BREAK
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QEPresource manual

• ROI The Danger of Confusing Activity With
  Outcomes
• CD
• SACS publicationsBrown, Blue, Green, Red
  Manuals
• SACS policies, guidelines practices
• Interactive documents for topical areas linked to
  Green book
• 5 Examples of QEPs
• First 13 pages High altitude view in 3 parts
• Accreditation from a SACS site team perspective
• Conducting a Compliance Audit
• Quality Enhancement Plan
• Exhibits supporting elements examples
• Abstracts from 5 recent QEPs
• Interactive version, with full documentation, on
  CD

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Resources

• Your tribal knowledge, professional expertise,
  and respected leadership
• From the Concordia Homepage
• Select Resources for Faculty and Staff
• Choose
• Institutional Effectiveness HOME
• or
• Accreditation 2008
• SACS information http//www.sacs.org/
• SACS Workshops in MP3 format

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QEPTimeline Milestones
APR 06


Fall 06
DEC 06
Spring 07
Summer 07
Fall 07
DEC 07
Jan 22- Apri 18 SITE VISIT
Summer 06
C o m m I t t e e M e e t I n g s
- Topic Exploration
- Community Development Engagement
- Engagement Strategy
- Refinement
Focused Topic Choice
Issue Definition
- Evaluator Nominations
- Data Collection
- Monitoring Strategy
- Goals Expected Benefits
- Resource Planning
- Budgeting
- Eval Strategy
Approved Draft
First Draft
- QEP Compilation
- Editing Printing
Deliver QEP
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Expectations of QEP Committee

• Come with an open mind
• Leave agendas outside
• Participate with honesty
• Be cheerleaders for QEP
• Check online discussion activity weekly
• Attend meetings and focus groups
• Talk about QEP with your colleagues

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Expectations of QEP Committee

• Share your expertise and opinions
• Suspend any disbelief in the process
• Think deeply and seriously about this project
• Ultimately, the expectation is to
• Select a topic
• Create a QEP implementation plan

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QEPLooking inside

• Section 7 of your binder, fourth page from the
  back
• Engaging Students for Success in a Global
  Society
• Executive Summary
• Why the topic is important
• How linked to university mission
• Empirical goal
• Touchy-feely goal
• Description of implementation plan

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QEPLooking inside

• Foundation and Core Philosophy
• Linkage to university strategic plan
• Elaboration of university mission
• Elsewhere in QEP
• Timeline
• Description of how topic was selected
• Proposed action plan for achieving goal

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Brainstorming IHow can we best gather info for
deciding on a topic
Hunting and Gathering
Virtual Meetings? Web CT forum?

New Campus?
Collaboration, compromise and consensus
Learning Community Engagement
Advertising communicating
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Brainstorming IIWhat might be hesitancies
associated with QEP
Folklore Tribal Knowledge
Honesty Engagement

(Mis)Perceptions
Suspending Disbelief
What are we missing?
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The Road Ahead

• Break out into smaller groups
• Select one QEP per group (on CD-ROM)
• Prepare to report back on assigned QEP to full
  QEP Committee in early fall. Presentations should
  not exceed 15 minutes.

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The Road Ahead

• Look for
• How topic was selected
• How topics link back to university mission
• What empirical data was collected to support the
  premise that there was a problem
• How they proposed to address the student learning
  outcomes
• What measurements would they use to gauge their
  success?

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One-Minute Paper
1. One thing I learned about QEP today 2. One
thing thats still fuzzy about QEP
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Check Calendars

• Next meeting August 2006

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Thank you for caring
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