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Action Project 4: Teaching and Learning Center

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January 6, 2006

January 13, 2006

AQIP Action Project #4:
Develop a Teaching and Learning Center for Faculty and Staff
Meeting of Action Project Team
Friday, January 6, 2006

Members Present: Barbara Kunkle, Chair; Cathy Mullins, Carol Sexton, Steven Rader, Jeff Bauer, Sam Coppoletti, Pete Duncan, Chris Nourse, Xiaodan Huang, George Trampe, Gayle Massie, Teresa Redoutey.
Members Absent: Linda Nickel, Mary Tomlin, Djwana Spradlin

The Action Project Team convened at the invitation of President Morris at a Strategic Planning Committee meeting and Action Project kick-off event. The Project Team combines the membership of the University Personnel Development Committee, including the membership of the Faculty Affairs & Development Committee of the University Faculty Senate, with additional faculty recommended by the President.

Team members discussed the status of the project to create a Teaching and Learning Center, the charge to the committee, and plans for proceeding. Three task areas were tentatively agreed to in order to move the project forward in a timely manner:

1. Work on needs assessment, to include questioning the various constituencies on development needs and gaining support through visits to governing bodies;
2. Work on plans for the Center’s structure, policies, procedures, and programming;
3. Work on data, outcome measures, and assessments appropriate to the Center’s programming.

Other points made in discussion that the team will include in their task areas include

Expanding needs assessment to include what constituencies are currently doing in professional development—with the operative question Who is doing What?
Including adjunct faculty in needs assessment and program planning
Developing a notebook or portfolio of relevant statistics on student learning and satisfaction and on faculty learning and satisfaction, to include appropriate assessment tools or instruments for the Center’s programming.

The next meeting was scheduled for Friday, January 13, in the President’s Conference Room.

AQIP Action Project #4:
Develop a Teaching and Learning Center for Faculty and Staff
Meeting of Action Project Team
Friday, January 13, 2006

Members Present: Barbara Kunkle, Chair; Cathy Mullins, Steven Rader, Jeff Bauer, Sam Coppoletti, Pete Duncan, Chris Nourse, Xiaodan Huang, George Trampe, Linda Nickel, Teresa Redoutey, Djwana Spradlin.
Members Absent: Gayle Massie, Carol Sexton
Guest: Dave Todt
Mary Tomlin has resigned from the committee.

The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Barbara Kunkle.
Discussion began on the team’s charge, and how best to address the three task areas identified at the first meeting. It was determined that the team’s first priority should be to conduct a needs assessment to find out what the campus thinks is needed.
Barb reviewed several handouts including the draft for the Center for Teaching and Learning and information from the Professional Organizational Development Network for Higher Education (POD).

Discussion resumed on how to collect large amounts of data to identify the needs for professional development on campus. Ideas discussed include;
the development of a survey instrument, re-examining the results of Constellation – Vital Focus and Conversation Day (Cathy Mullins will get a summary), and data on who is involved in Learning Communities on campus. Chris Nourse, Sam Coppoletti and Xiaodan Huang will develop a draft of a survey for needs assessment. Steve Rader, Pete Duncan, and Jeff Bauer will look at our comparative institutions (not just Ohio institutions) to gather information about teaching and learning centers/staff development at those colleges and universities.

Other points of discussion:

Team members discussed the true purpose of the Center and were reminded that the AQIP focus for this project is “helping students learn.”
Questions were raised about the center becoming a campus-wide professional development center, broadening the definition of “teaching and learning.”
Encouraging adjunct faculty participation was also discussed.

The next meeting for the Action Team is scheduled for Friday, February 3, at 12:30 in the President’s Conference Room.

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