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Quality Enhancement Plan |
| QEP Chronology -- updated 3/19/09 | |
| Date | Event |
| 10/16/07 | Dr. Sorrell creates QEP Leadership Team following SACS/QEP introductory faculty meeting. |
| October | QEP Leadership Team hold first meeting (minutes at qep.middlegatech.edu) |
| Mr. Lester and Ms. Crombie named co-chairs | |
| Web investigation on all things QEP | |
| Brochure created describing QEP | |
| BlackBoard site created for Leadership Team | |
| Development Phases created from UCF example | |
| "Working" version of the Development Phases created for Leadership Team | |
| Advisory Committee survey created | |
| Timeline created | |
| In-depth timeline created for Planning Team | |
| QEP header for documents created | |
| Begin visiting Advisory Committee meetings | |
| Brochure edited | |
| Developed 'topic suggestion' site | |
| 10/30/07 | Second meeting of QEP Leadership Team (minutes list what was approved) |
| November | Began development of QEP website (qep.middlegatech.edu) |
| Revised topic suggestion site verbiage | |
| Question for improvement of student learning added to student survey | |
| Topic review rubric created | |
| Proposal review rubric created | |
| Advisory Committee survey results document (framework) created | |
| QEP Introduction slideshow created | |
| QEP Introduction slideshow distributed to faculty via Intranet | |
| Student Survey results document (framework) created | |
| Other institution's topics gathered | |
| 12/3/07 | Student survey distributed |
| 12/6/07 | Reaffirmation/QEP meeting with faculty and staff |
| QEP site introduced to faculty | |
| Topic Suggestion site introduced to faculty | |
| Brochure updated to contain QEP website address | |
| 12/7/07 | Leadership Team members attend COC Conference, New Orleans |
| Topic Suggestion site results document (framework) created | |
| Newsletter created link | |
| 12/12/07 | Leadership Team meeting |
| QEP Leadership Team renamed QEP Planning Team to avoid confusion with the Reaffirmation Leadership Team | |
| QEP site updated (minutes, etc.) | |
| Introduce refined topic selection process | |
| Update Development Phases document | |
| Create syllabus insert for students link | |
| 1/16/08 | Planning Team meeting |
| Topic Suggestion "PUSH" initiated | |
| Topic selection process reviewed | |
| Topic Selection Committee created | |
| 1/28/08 | Mr. Lester, Ms. Kuhn among others attending Reaffirmation Orientation in Atlanta |
| Completed Topic Suggestion list | |
| Disable Topic Suggestion site | |
| Mr. Jeff Scruggs joins the QEP Planning team | |
| February | Composed themes from topics |
| March | Completed list of themes |
| Created Winter 08 Newsletter | |
| Created Theme rubric for evaluation of each theme | |
| Created initial Topic rubric for later use | |
| Updated Development Phases | |
| March 21 | Topic Selection Team Orientation |
| Edited Syllabus Insert to bring up-to-date | |
| April 17 | Topic Selection Team decides upon three themes |
| Invite faculty to participate in Faculty Forum | |
| Developed PowerPoint introduction of Three Themes | |
| Posted PowerPoint to intranet | |
| April 23 | Student forum held |
| April 23 | Faculty forum held; 48 attendees |
| April 23 | Voting email sent |
| April 29 | "Developmental Studies" emerges as dominant theme |
| QEP Planning Team begins research on Developmental Studies | |
| May | Created Spring 08 Newsletter |
| Two surveys for students created; current DEV students and DEV students in program-level courses | |
| June | Created Topic Proposal summary form |
| Began research, development, and brainstorming of possible QEP topics | |
| Roundtable discussion on Developmental Studies topics | |
| Developmental studies students pilot survey results summarized | |
| July | Opened dialogue with General Education faculty |
| "Developmental studies", "Remedial studies", now referred to as "Learning Support" | |
| Continued development of QEP topics | |
| August | Submitted four topic summaries to MGTC Reaffirmation Leadership Team |
| August 11 | Learning Support Math courses chosen; specific topic to be determined |
| Summer newsletter created | |
| Syllabus insert created | |
| August 11 | QEP Development Team formed |
| Topical areas determined and divided amongst QEP Development Team members for research | |
| MAT faculty invited to QEP Development Team | |
| September | Discussed areas for QEP interventive measures |
| Began writing QEP narrative | |
| Research topic: Learning Communities emerges | |
| Research topic: Contextual Learning emerges | |
| Research topic: Student Engagement emerges | |
| October | Approval for full Learning Support Student survey granted |
| Research topic: Advisement emerges | |
| QEP Development Team invites Mr. Webb from student affairs to join group | |
| Research topic: Learning Styles and Instructional Delivery emerges | |
| Map of 'flow' of learning support math to programs created | |
| 10/16/08 | One Year anniversary of QEP Planning team! |
| Building Math Bridges program composed (draft) | |
| Survivor Math program composed (draft) | |
| Learning Support Student Survey distributed | |
| Advisement Going Green program composed (draft) | |
| Lighthouse Program for Professional development composed (draft) | |
| November 3 | QEP update slideshow created |
| November 6 | First QEP Roundtable update and feedback session with 15 faculty members |
| November 12 | Data from Learning Support Student Survey received, analyzed and report written (draft) |
| November 17 | QEP Roundtable update and feedback session with 6 faculty members |
| November 18 | QEP Roundtable update and feedback session with 5 faculty members |
| November 24 | QEP Roundtable update and feedback session with 7 faculty members |
| November 25 | QEP Roundtable update and feedback session with 3 faculty members |
| December | QEP research and development |
| Fall newsletter created | |
| Student Learning Outcomes revised | |
| QEP hierarchy designed | |
| Advisement Going Green inactivated | |
| 2009 | |
| January | Logo created |
| Marketing plan updated | |
| Lighthouse Program of Professional Development initiated! | |
| QEP (document) chapter review and editing begun | |
| QEP report revisions, editing | |
| Baseline data gathered | |
| Program-level assessments discovered | |
| February | Math faculty membership in American Mathematical Association of Two year Colleges begun |
| Math faculty membership in Georgia Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges begun | |
| Math faculty attendance at Georgia Perimeter College Mathematics Conference | |
| March | QEP report review conducted |
| Physical/environmental research gathered | |
| QEP draft submitted to Dr. Silver | |
| PLATO lab renovation discussed | |
| April | QEP report editing |
| May | QEP Update slideshow developed |
| June | Budget discussion and refinement |
| July | Building Math Bridges Phase I begun |
| QEP Report data updated | |
| Grant proposal composed and submitted | |
| Marketing plan solidified | |
| August | QEP Short slideshow developed |
| QEP Process slideshow developed | |