Quality Leadership Team Meeting
June 7, 2012 Financial Aid Conference Room
- Call to Order: Elizalde called the meeting to order. Present were Elizalde, Strause, Candia, Cude, Fletcher.
- Approval of Minutes: Twila Johnson has been contacted about taking over the chair of QLT in September; she is interested and will discuss this with Dr. Espinoza.
- Dr. Goldstein, the Vice-President of Commission on Colleges, will visit on January 24-25, 2013. The visit will require a brief summary of the QEP including its focus, rationale, projected outcomes, and any other operational items available at the time of the visit in January. Document containing the necessary information to this point was reviewed.
- 2nd Annual College Success Summit July 12-13 in Austin. Elizalde will check availability. Only Dr. Candia had responded. As no one else was able to attend, Dr. Candia and Elizalde will attend.
- Data Review (Fletcher/Ramirez) Fletcher got a literature review on Student Success from federal government National PostSecondary Cooperative. Fletcher reported on Potential Population Targets for QEP first Year Experience or Student Success Course. See attached. It includes charts on possible students for Student Success class divided by first enrollment, GPA less than 2.5, insufficient or no test grades or remediated students. Fletcher will link the document from Blackboard 9.
- Student Success Course Structure (Exstrom/Strause)
- Strause reviewed the WECM and found no suitable course.
- EDUC was discussed if it should be workforce or academic students, new students, students with low grade point or test scores.
- Fletcher will compare academic and success rates by dual credit, academic, and workforce students.
- Exstrom was not present and he will present his report at the next meeting.
- Sub-Committee to propose Student Success course structure and focus (Elizalde)
- The Sub-committee needs to be a small group of individuals with expertise needed to be on the committee. Names mentioned were Twila Johnson , Velma Elizalde, Bruce Exstrom, Patti Candia, Donna Atkins, Emmanuel Alvarado. Noemi Aguilar.
- The committee should propose Student Success class options to the campus community through in-service, special meetings, surveys, etc.to keep people informed and to allow for input.
- A format for options will need to be generated but the structure will include: Is the class for Credit? Who will be required to take the class (CE/Workshop/Bridge Camp/Academic/Workforce) and a list of topics for potential inclusion in the course as per surveys, and QEP campus input.
- Student Survey Update Fletcher had not completed but would add immediately.
- Need for Faculty/Staff Survey Discussed need to continue gathering input.
- SACS Documents Discussion (All) Provided with literature for review. Dr. Belle Wheelan’s QEP presentation will be reviewed at the next meeting.
- Input from Committee (questions, comments, concerns) Secretary needs to be assigned. Ruth Cude volunteered to be the new secretary.
- Determine date, set agenda items and establish assignments for next meeting. Next meeting will be July 19, 2012 at noon. Subcommittee will be convened by Elizalde before this meeting.
- Adjourned Meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.