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| Proposed QEP Topics [Back to top] |
Within the last couple of months a number of students, faculty and staff have developed seven (7) projects that the institution will review to possibly adopt as the institution’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). A brief description of each proposal, with the option to review the entire proposal, is listed below.
Projects include:
1. Project DOERS (Developing Opportunities for Educational Retention & Success)
2. Faculty Success
3. E-Advising
4. Advising Access: Enhancing Student Learning Through Effective Use of Advising Protocols
5. Comprehensive Career Advising
6. Faculty Curriculum for Teaching Distance Learning
7. Engaging Classroom Practices
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1. Project DOERS (Developing Opportunities for Educational Retention & Success)
Project DOERS will enhance learning and support of students who receive two or more developmental placement recommendations. The project will include a system of structured student support including orientation, advising, peer mentoring, tutoring, integrated instruction and appropriate faculty development. The outcomes will be timely course progression, increased enrollment of students needing developmental courses, increased retention and graduation rates, and enhanced skills for continuous and self-directed lifelong learning.
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2. Faculty Success [Back to top]
This project is a training program for adjunct faculty that would consist of graduated training levels, using courses based on best practices discovered through research. Courses will involve training in pedagogy (teaching and learning), technology, and Blackboard. The outcomes will be increased student success within courses taught by adjuncts, and other faculty.
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3. E-Advising [Back to top]
To better serve JSRCC students and their advising needs, this project proposes the use of an electronic web-based advising system that would consist of three parts: (1) E-advising website; (2) E-mail advising system; and (3) expanded MsJSRCC portal that would include an interactive degree audit function. The outcomes will include students learning how to: appropriately select classes and programs of study, identify pre- and co-requisites, and explain their choices of electives. In addition student success and retention should improve.
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4. Advising Access: Enhancing Student Learning Through Effective Use of Advising Protocols [Back to top]
This project focuses on determining the most appropriate, effective and most accessible modes of delivering academic advising which best meet the academic needs and goals of JSRCC students. The project calls for two phases, with phase one being the design and implementation of an inclusive and cohesive infrastructure within JSRCC to manage and deliver efficient and effective student advising. Phase two involves the design and implementation of a cross-disciplinary study of student success and progression through the use of various advising protocols. This project will result in students being able to comprehend effective methods to access, utilize and apply academic advising protocols to achieve academic success and the accomplishment of their individual goals.
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5. Comprehensive Career
Advising [Back to top]
Using a three-part approach, this project
is aimed at enhancing the career services available at JSRCC. The three-parts
include: (1) creation of career exploration opportunities in the academic
curriculum; (2) enhancement of the college’s current career advising
services; and (3) marketing of academic programs and their career paths.
The outcomes of this project include students being able to: clearly
identify career paths available to them, understand the connection between
academic coursework and potential career, and gain academic and career
knowledge necessary to successfully transfer.
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6. Faculty Curriculum for Teaching Distance Learning [Back to top]
This project is designed to implement training to improve faculty skill level in order to provide exceptional quality distance learning instruction. This program would consist of graduated training levels, using courses based on best practices through research. Courses will involve training in pedagogy (teaching and learning), technology and in-depth uses of Blackboard. The outcome will be a richer, more productive learning environment through distance learning.
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7. Engaging Classroom Practices [Back to top]
This project is designed to train faculty members who will serve as facilitators within their disciplines for sharing methods to increase student engagement within the classroom. Trained faculty will work informally via professional development opportunities (PDOs) and group sessions with faculty in the same discipline. The outcomes include increased time on pedagogical (teaching and learning) tasks by faculty, increased success by students in subsequent courses and increase transfer success and persistence of students.
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| QEP Timeline [Back to top] |
Solicitation of ideas |
Oct. 10 -30th, 2007 |
Presentation of “Top 6 Themes” |
Nov. 20, 2007 (Convocation) |
Subgroup Meetings |
Dec. 17, 2007 – March 07, 2008 |
Public Comment on 7 Project Proposals
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April 3, 2008 – April 16, 2008 |
Selection of “Top 3” Projects |
May 22, 2008
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Selection of Final Topic by Executive Cabinet
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June 2008
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Send Final Topic to SACS Liaison for
Informal Feedback
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June 2008
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| Begin Full Development of QEP Plan |
July 1, 2008 |
| Submission of Completed Plan to SACS |
September 8, 2009 |
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| QEP Documents [Back to top] |
 The documents are stored in Adobe Portable Document Format.
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• Fall 2007 Convocation Presentation (ppt)
• Flyer (pdf)
• Flyer Students (pdf)
• Brochure (pdf)
• Data Profile (pdf)
• Data Sources (pdf) | Data Sources (word doc)
• Letter from Dr. Rhodes (pdf)
• Open Forum Calendar (pdf) | Open Forum Calendar (word doc)
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Dr. Ivan Harrell, QEP Coordinator
QEP Headquarters
140 Downtown Campus
(804) 523-5550
qep@reynolds.edu
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