Agenda for February 3-4, 2005

DoubleTree Hotel, 1150 9th Street, Modesto

Moving from Confusion to Confidence:

Using Outcomes Data to Improve Local Programs, Facilitated by W. Norton Grubb & Dr. Norena Badway , Higher Education Evaluation & Research Group

TWO WORKshop Locations are scheduled for the Central Region in 2005!

Select a WORKshop location that best fits the needs of your COLLEGE TEAM!

Workshop Dates/Location:

January 27-28, 2005 :  The Pines Resort & Conference Center, Bass Lake

February 3-4, 2005:  Doubletree Hotel, 1150 9th Street, Modesto

Workshops Times: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Day 1 AND 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Day 2

PLAN TO BRING A TEAM OF LEADERS FROM YOUR CAMPUS to ONE of these WORKshops!

These one and a half day workshops will be activity-based engaging TEAMS of 5 leaders from each campus.  Invite your CIO, Occupational Education Dean, Institutional Researcher, Academic Senate Representative, additional faculty.  (If there is no researcher on the campus or the researcher is unavailable, a faculty member can be substituted for the researcher.)

Through the Central Region Consortium, colleges will be allowed to offer faculty a maximum $500 stipend to attend the training and, as a requirement for the stipend, offer at least one training on the faculty’s home campus.  (Complete Faculty Stipend Agreement.  Submit with TEAM Roster as described below.)

PARTICIPANT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  • Use local data to plan effective program improvement strategies
  • Meet accountability and accreditation guidelines
  • Create governance processes for assessment
  • Develop and implement assessment instruments
  • Use assessment to revise instruction and student services

So, YOU may ask, “What’s in it for me?” (WIIFM?)

First, both the WASC and VTEA are asking that we document and improve student-learning outcomes, but the process by which that might take place has been confusing.  We want to address that confusion in a way that faculty feel capable of meeting external requirements, but even more, of doing what they do best:  think about improving how and which students learn. 

And so, these WORKshops invite TEAMS from each campus to set data-driven priorities, write and assess student-learning outcomes, and draft a plan for implementing a SYSTEM for improving student learning.  These Student Assessment Leadership Teams * the SALT of California’s community college faculty * will be prepared to lead similar activities on their own campus.  $500 stipend provided to faculty who agree to lead similar activities on their campus.  (Stipend agreement form required.  See details below.)

NO COST TO ATTEND WORKshop!

Travel, lodging, and faculty substitute expenses will be reimbursed to each college following the WORKshop.  College must invoice Yosemite Community College District, Attn:  Sue Clark, Central Region Consortium Program Improvement, PO Box 4065, Modesto, CA 95352.  Invoice should reference Grant 04-342-001-Program Improvement Funding.  Completed travel reimbursement form (provided by Consortium) for each participant and copies of receipts must accompany invoice.  Invoice with back-up documentation MUST BE RECEIVED within 60 days of completed travel.  INDIVIDUALS will not be reimbursed for these expenses.

TO PARTICIPATE, Complete the TEAM ROSTER/FACULTY STIPEND AGREEMENT (S):

Submit it to Sue Clark, Coordinator, Central Region Consortium, by Friday, December 3, 2004.   Fax to 209.575.6587 or email to clarks@yosemite.cc.ca.us.

Receipt of the TEAM ROSTER and FACULTY STIPEND AGREEMENT FORM by the deadline date is a REQUIREMENT FOR FUNDING.

WORKshop TIMELINE:

December 3, 2004:           DEADLINE to submit TEAM ROSTER and FACULTY STIPEND AGREEMENT(s) to Central Region Consortium Office.  This is a funding requirement.

December 8, 2004:           Central Region Consortium Office will provide each college’s TEAM LEADER with instructions for securing lodging and arranging for travel.  Travel reimbursement forms will be provided also.

December 23, 2004          DEADLINE to secure lodging at The Pines at Bass Lake .  See January 27-28, 2005 agenda for telephone number.

January 12, 2005               DEADLINE to secure lodging at the Doubletree Hotel, Modesto  -  Call 209-526-6000 to secure lodging by deadline date of January 12, 2005.  Group Room Block Code is:  YCCD-Workshop

April 4, 2005                    DEADLINE for participating colleges to submit invoice to Yosemite CCD with back up for reimbursement of WORKshop expenses and faculty stipends.

May 27, 2004                   DEADLINE for faculty receiving training stipend to submit FINAL REPORT to Central Region Consortium office.  Report content outlined on Faculty Stipend Agreement Form.  Send electronically to Sue Clark at clarks@yosemite.cc.ca.us.

TEAM ROSTER

PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PLANNING WORKSHOPS Central Region Consortium

COLLEGES ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PLANNING WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY THE CENTRAL REGION CONSORTIUM IN 2005 MUST COMPLETE A TEAM ROSTER AND SUBMIT IT TO SUE CLARK, COORDINATOR, via FAX 209.575.6587 or via EMAIL clarks@yosemite.cc.ca.us by DECEMBER 3, 2004.  This is a FUNDING REQUIREMENT.

College:

 

 

Address:

 

 

City/State/ZIP:

 

 

Name of Person Completing Form:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Telephone Number:

(      )

 

Workshop your college will attend:  (circle)

 

January 27-28, 2005 at The Pines Resort at Bass Lake

 

February 3-4, 2005 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Modesto

COLLEGE TEAM MEMBERS  (Please PRINT.)

Name of CIO:

 

CIO’s Email Address:

Name of Occupational Education Dean:

 

Occupational Education Dean’s Email Address:

Name of Institutional Researcher:

 

Institutional Researcher’s Email Address:

Name of Academic Senate Rep:

 

Academic Senate Rep’s Email Address:

Name of Faculty Member:

 

Email Address:

Name of Faculty Member:

 

Email Address:

 

COMPLETE a FACULTY STIPEND AGREEMENT FORM for FACULTY each faculty member who will provide campus workshop.

 

Faculty Stipend Agreement

Agreement Number:  04-342-001

District:

                                        

College:

                                            

In exchange for a $500 stipend, I agree to the following stipulations as required by the grant funding:

  1. Attend the Program Improvement Planning train-the-trainer workshop sponsored by the Regional Consortium;
  2. Agree to work collaboratively with the faculty and deans from my campus who have also attended the workshop to plan and present a training on my campus on how to use data in evaluation and planning for career and technical education programs;
  3. Conduct one workshop on my campus to faculty, staff and administrators;
  4. Provide the Regional Consortium with a final report that includes: 1) a narrative on the effectiveness of the training presented on campus and 2) the gender and ethnicity counts for the participants as required for regional grant reporting.  SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY TO SUE CLARK (clarks@yosemite.cc.ca.us) by MAY 27, 2005.

Faculty:

 

Printed Name

Discipline Area

 

 

Signature

Date

 

 

 

Instructional Administrator:

 

Printed Name

Discipline Area

 

 

Signature

Date

 

 

 

Vocational Administrator:

 

Printed Name

Discipline Area

 

 

Signature

Date

 

 

 

QUESTIONS – CONTACT:

Sue Clark

Coordinator

Central Region Consortium

C/O Columbia College

11600 Columbia College Drive

Sonora, CA 95370

Telephone:  209.575.6915

Fax:  209.575.6587

Email:  clarks@yosemite.cc.ca.us

 

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