Academic Innovation Task Force: November 20, 2020

Friday, November 06, 2020

MEETING START TIME: 1PM
MEETING END TIME: 2PM

Committee: Academic Innovation Task Force

Present: Darrell Deas, Eric DiLaura, Ashley Fico, Crystal Hallenbech, Kathy Peterson, Darson Rhodes, Rachel Schultz, Millie Sefranek, Joon Yong Seo

 

Topic 1:

Update on expansion and new program template

DISCUSSION:

  • Reviewed revised proposals. They are now one page proposals that will accompany an excel spreadsheet.
    Committee members reviewed updated forms and new excel spreadsheet that has been created by CH.
    This new form will produce more of a productivity data. CH reviewed this form. Departments will need to complete this form with each proposal.
  • RS tried out this form and provided feedback.
  • KP asked CH to add % of overheads for summer and winter tuition dollars to provide a clearer picture of the money that would actually come to the college after overheads.
  • JYS asked if we could add additional years to excel spreadsheet to projected enrollment.

ACTION:

  • To add comment box to excel spreadsheet to show any adjustments to faculty numbers from year to year.
  • CH will made edits as needed and share again.
  • CH will try to make links live.
  • Jen Boyle will trial these forms with her proposal – we can then make additional changes and continue working on rubrics.

 

Topic 2:

OT – F/U from last meeting

DISCUSSION:

KP has business plan that was developed by Craig Mattern and his wife as the request of Past Dean Frank Short. A road block at that time was the needed OT lab. Lathrop Hall could possibly be used for the OT lab during evenings and weekends that it is not in use. This has been identified as a high needs area.

ACTION:

  • KP has discussed this with Dean Hernandez who will do some investigation.

 

Topic 3:

Productivity measure

DISCUSSION:

  • What we do not have is what is good productivity – we will need to discuss this as a group.
  • The productivity may drop by adding a program, but may be higher than in other departments.
  • Need to decide what would be applicable to imbed into the Excel spreadsheet related to productivity.

ACTION:

  • KP will trial this productivity with nursing over break as she rewrite proposal for MSed.
  • RS will take lead for productivity measure.

 

Topic 4:

Priority areas

DISCUSSION:

  • Additional data has been loaded into the data file in teams.
  • ED has additional data coming in from IR.

ACTION:

  • RD will load additional data from IR into teams when he receives it.

Topic 5:

Next steps

DISCUSSION:

  • What might be applicable to imbed in Excel spreadsheet?
  • Weighting of priority weighting.
  • Prioirty group take all pieces and put together in the exvel

ACTION:

  • DR will reach out to her productivity subgroup.
  • Rubrics subgroup will wait until after revised proposals are trialed.
  • AMP will be giving a report to JPBC on 12/10. DR and KP will report our work.
  • KP and DR will forward proposal forms to Jen Boyle when ready to trial.

Next Meeting on Friday 12/04 at 1pm