TSLE Workgroup Summary GCSU Stakeholder

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TSLE Workgroup SummaryGCSUStakeholders
Conference September 2006

• TSLE workgroup   Eustace Palmer Faye Gilbert
  (co-chairs), Mike Augustine, Andrei Barkovskii,
  Sheree Barron, Caroline Collier, Ruth Eilers,
  Bruce Harshbarger, Susan Hendley, Linda
  Irwin-DeVitis, Margie Johnson, Nancy Mizelle,
  Steve Payne, Katie Rann, Rick Ruark, and Gita
  Williams

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Goals for the TSLE workgroup

• Build on the work from the mission progress
  review
• Identify special attributes or features of the
  total student learning experience for which
  Georgia College might be known, admired, and
  valued
• Explore whether the ideas for student experiences
  match the criteria to become a pillar of
  distinction and,
• Prepare a summary report to submit the ideas for
  further refinement by the Georgia College
  community.

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Idea Generation Refinement

• Mission progress review task force report (Fall
  05)
• Value clarification survey (students) (Dec/Jan
  06)
• Open forums (faculty) (Jan 06)
• Stakeholders conference (values clarity) (Jan
  06)
• Virtual visits (Feb/March 06)
• Luncheon focus groups (staff) (Mar 06)
• Campus-wide call for ideas (announce) (Apr 06)
• Survey pilot test (May 2006)
• Survey (faculty/staff/students/alumni/friends) (Ju
  neAug 06)
• Stakeholders conference (Sep 06)

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15 TSLE Experience Concepts

• Capstone Presentations/ Debates/Art
• Circles/Ellipses
• Coaching/Mentors
• Community Engagement
• Field Experiences/ Integrative learning
• Historical Legacy
• International/Multi-cultural exposures

• Leadership retreats
• Learning journeys
• Living/learning communities
• Month-long intensives
• Scholarly and Creative endeavors
• Technology
• Train the Trainers
• Wellness

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Stakeholders Ten, 1-5

• Civic/Community Engagement participate in the
  community and public life outreach to impact the
  local, regional, national, or global community
  with service learning, projects, field
  experiences, etc. learn to impact the
  development, health, or well being of others.
• Field Experiences, Internships, Coaching,
  Mentoring experience applied learning, hands-on
  applications, internships, and/or involvement
  with a profession engage in research projects,
  clinical instruction, and/or become active with
  student peer mentors.
• Historical Legacies understand the role of
  history in human development and its relevance to
  contemporary issues focus on our living history
  research the history of academic disciplines, our
  community, the role of women in GCSU, and other
  issues visit historic sites
• Integrative Learning Opportunities learn through
  capstone experiences, intensives, workshops,
  retreats, or circles discussions present ideas,
  express yourself artistically, or participate in
  deliberative dialogues define a learning
  journey, or an array of connected events around a
  theme (i.e., run a marathon, take a nutrition
  course, and attend a chefs seminar).
• Multiculturalism/International Exposures
  appreciate diverse peoples and attain a global
  awareness emphasize study abroad while also
  developing a focus on events that test comfort
  zones, expand ideas of diverse peoples, and
  examine traditions, norms, and structures.

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Stakeholders Ten, 6-10

• Leadership influence, motivate, and encourage
  others to accomplish goals use different methods
  to define problems, plan projects and work to
  solve issues consider the needs of the region to
  research issues and methods of influencing
  progress
• Residential Learning Communities learn by
  connecting social, cultural, and educational
  activities incorporate academic objectives
  within a cohesive structure or community
  participate in intramural events to represent a
  community
• Research and Creative Activity complete
  scholarly publications and/or artistic creations
  submit completed manuscripts for publication or
  exhibit creative pieces combine library
  resources with information technology to provide
  support networks for the effort
• Technological Fluency understand technology that
  influences fields of study and progress explore
  technological applications used by many fields
  (i.e., IPods, robotics, multi-media
  applications) study the trends in technological
  applications
• Wellness understand the choices involved in
  leading balanced and fulfilled lives foster
  health and physical exercise engage in research
  to explore the implications of aspects of
  wellness expand participation in sports and
  wellness activities engage in personal
  development