1 Your Quality Your Quality Enhancement Plan Enhancement Plan (QEP) (QEP) Administrative Administrative Council Council September 21, 2009 September 21, 2009
Dec 14, 2015
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Your Quality Your Quality Enhancement Plan Enhancement Plan
(QEP)(QEP)Administrative CouncilAdministrative Council
September 21, 2009September 21, 2009
Students will demonstrate:1. their ability to apply effective learning
strategies to core academic tasks.
2. increased academic success in key gateway courses.
3. their use of academic support services designed to enhance their learning outcomes.
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1. Faculty development2. Integration of learning strategies into the
curriculum3. Free study skills opportunities
a. Workshops for students in Nursing/Allied Health programs
b. Free, accelerated study skills course open to all students
4. Academic support services (Learning Center and Library)
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Strategies:◦Learning Styles Assessment◦Teaching Styles Assessment◦Online resources:
www.roanestate.edu/qep◦SAILS TIPs◦In-service workshops◦Inter- and intra-disciplinary workshops
◦Summer Academy
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2009 Activities: Selection of research-based learning
strategies Strategies will be selected to enhance student
learning in the following core concepts:Read to UnderstandListen ActivelyOrganize for Effectiveness
Development of rubrics for assessment
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Spring 2010 Activities:Faculty training for integration of learning strategies
Fall 2010 Activities:Begin integration of learning strategy instruction 6 gateway courses (4 sections each)7 non-gateway courses
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Year One (Fall 2009 – Spring 2010): Develop course curriculum; Student contest to name the course
Year Two (Fall 2010-Spring 2011): Implement first class sections: 1 section in Roane and 1 section in Oak Ridge each semester
Year Five (2013-2014): Expand to 10 sections across college
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Promote awareness-building visits Conduct active learning workshops Promote group study rooms Enhance web pages; make more interactive Develop information pathfinders Train staff and tutors in SAILS concepts
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Choose one learning concept: Read to understand Listen actively Organize for effectiveness
Choose 1 of 2 strategies selected for each concept.
Receive training in how and why to use the strategy.
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Directly teach the strategy to students through modeling.
Embed the strategy in authentic tasks or assignments.
Use the appropriate rubric to assess a minimum of two tasks or assignments.
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Learning Concept: Read to Understand
Select one of the following learning strategies:1)Generating questions2)Graphic representations
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Give students a reading assignment, for inside or outside of class.
Ask students to read the material and generate questions as they read.
Questions should include “How” and “Why” stems to go beyond literal meaning.
Ask students to answer the questions they have generated.
Students can work individually or in groups.
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Collect students’ questions and answers. Use the rubric to assess their work. Provide feedback and practice for students. Submit composite sheet reflecting scores to
Institutional Research. Require students to use the strategy; assess a
minimum of two times.
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For this learning strategy, faculty will teach students to construct a visual representation of the concepts within the reading assignment.
Examples: comparison/contrast chart, concept map, timeline, cause & effect, etc.
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Evaluates student’s ability to:
Identify the main idea and supporting details Understand key vocabulary in the text Draw appropriate conclusions based upon the
nature of the text&
Generate Questions/Graphic Representations
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Conduct Learning Styles Assessment for Students
Conduct Teaching Styles Assessment for Faculty
Select Learning Strategies and Rubrics for
Listen Actively & Organize for Effectiveness
Enlist faculty to teach strategies
Conduct Workshops for Students (Learning Center)
Student contest to name COLS 1010
Curriculum development
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Train Faculty to Use Strategies and
Rubrics
Recruit Students for Summer Workshops
and COLS 1010
Continuation of academic support service
initiatives
Develop Summer Academy
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Integrate learning strategies into the curriculum
Recruit Students for COLS 1010
Conduct COLS 1010 and Workshops
Continuation of faculty development
Continuation of academic support service
initiatives
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SAILS Total SAILS Total ResourcesResourcesSAILS Total SAILS Total ResourcesResources
Total SAILS BudgetYear One: $133,913Year Two: $136,442Year Three: $143,478Year Four: $147,578Year Five: $153,567Five Year Total: $714,978
Total New Monies Budget Year One: $62,538Year Two: $65,067Year Three: $72,103Year Four: $76,203Year Five: $82,192Five Year Total: $358,103
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Key DeliverablesKey DeliverablesKey DeliverablesKey Deliverables
Year 2 700 gateway and non-gateway students 200 Allied Health & Nursing students 120 COLS 1010 students1,020
Year 31,100 gateway and non-gateway students 255 Allied Health & Nursing students 210 COLS 1010 students 1,565
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Key DeliverablesKey DeliverablesKey DeliverablesKey Deliverables
Year 41,500 gateway and non-gateway students, 305 Allied Health & Nursing students _ 240_ COLS 1010 students2,045
Year 52,400 students, gateway and non-gateway 330 Allied Health & Nursing students 300 COLS 1010 students3,030