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Quality enhancement plan

Quality enhancement plan. Explore practical learning experiences and opportunities to excel in life. Explore learning; Experience opportunities; Excel in life. Job to be done for upcoming visit. Promotion of our QEP t o the onsite SACS team. to our students. to our colleagues. Key points

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Quality enhancement plan

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  1. Quality enhancement plan APSU QEP

  2. Explore practical learning experiences and opportunities to excel in life. APSU QEP

  3. Explore learning; • Experience opportunities; • Excel in life. APSU QEP

  4. Job to be done for upcoming visit. • Promotion of our QEP • to the onsite SACS team. • to our students. • to our colleagues. • Key points • to know. • to find out. APSU QEP

  5. Open Book Test • Faculty, staff, and students under your care need to be familiar with the plan: • Mark it; • Highlight it; • Tab it; • Dog-ear it. • Just prior to the onsite visit, review it. APSU QEP

  6. Market, Sell, and Promote • If you meet with an onsite review team member, you are the QEP. • When the reviewer asks a question, • answer it directly; • and use additional information, examples or a description or how exciting this opportunity is for our campus. • Don’t be shy. • It’s a conversation, • not an inquisition. APSU QEP

  7. Important Talking Points: • Say it, hear it, write it, report it. • If you don’t say it, the onsite review team won’t hear it, they won’t write it down, and they won’t report it. APSU QEP

  8. We will be graded on….. FOCUS CONSTITUENCY INVOLVEMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT APSU QEP

  9. FOCUS:Talk about the main points • Purpose • Read the summary on the back of the cover page (or page 2 on the website). • The purpose is to enhance student learning by increasing students’ participation in transformative learning experiences (TLEs) – opportunities – that transform perspective and engage students in the practical application of their learning. APSU QEP

  10. FOCUS:Talk about the main points. • TLEs – Opportunities • Pages 37-38 and 52 • Internships • Study abroad • Undergraduate research • Service learning • Leadership • Other transformative experiences APSU QEP

  11. FOCUS:Talk about the main points. The link to APSU’s mission. pages 9-10 and 36 • Engaged and productive citizens • Global awareness • Critical thinking • Communication skills • Creativity • Leadership • Appreciation of all cultures • Inquiry through research APSU QEP

  12. FOCUS:Talk about the main points. • Link to BRAVO • Pages 3-6, 10-19, and 45 • TLEs Opportunities address the knowledge, skills, and values that APSU students need to succeed and to contribute to the world. APSU QEP

  13. FOCUS: Talk about the main points. • The QEP’s student learning outcomes • Page 18 • Apply learning through TLEs – opportunities. • Demonstrate engaged learning as articulated in BRAVO through TLE – opportunity – artifacts in an eportfolio APSU QEP

  14. FOCUS:Talk about the main points • The TLE pedagogical approach • Four Pillars of Practice • Pages 43 & 45 • Dimensions of Learning • Page 54 APSU QEP

  15. FOCUS:Talk about the main points. • Criteria of high-impact practices • Page 41 • These criteria include • High expectations • Significant time and effort • Faculty/student interaction • Diverse experience • Constructive feedback • Reflection and integration of work • Applied learning • Public demonstration of competence APSU QEP

  16. FOCUS: Talk about the main points. • Best practices • Pages 41-45 • These best practices include • Cross-campus and off-campus collaboration • Active and collaborative learning • Structural critical reflection • Feedback • Professional development APSU QEP

  17. FOCUS: Talk about the main points. • TLE – opportunity – Exemplars at APSU • Pages 20-34 • These exemplar experiences meet the criteria of high-impact practice and best practices. APSU QEP

  18. CONSTITUENCY INVOLVEMENT • Planning began in Fall 2012 • Think Tank • QEP idea developed, shared with campus, and idea strengthened • QEP Development Co-Chairs • Writing Teams • Research and writing APSU QEP

  19. INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY • Culture of engagement • Detailed plan of action • Pages 58-64, 69-70 and 72-73 • Professional Development • Pages 38-39, 44-45, 59 an 65-68 • Administrative and Instructional Support Staff • Organization structure needed • Pages 65-67 and 69-70 APSU QEP

  20. Evaluation and Assessment • QEP Project Evaluation Goals • 1) introduce the concept of TLEs to the campus community to foster a “Culture of engagement”2) encourage the growth in the number of TLE courses, assignments, and activities3) institutionalize the way that the TLES are evaluated and stored4) provide faculty and staff participating in TLE activities with development opportunities • Pages 69-70 • BRAVO, ePortfolios, VALUE Integrative/Applied Learning Rubrics • Exemplar provided on page 79 • Focused Measures of Progress • Direct Measures • Assessment of TLE Opportunities and mapping to BRAVO • Assess student work using BRAVO-mapped VALUE Integrative/Applied Rubric • Indirect Measure • Student perception of measure through NSSE • Tools • NSSE, FSSE, CCTST, TLE survey (locally developed) APSU QEP

  21. QEP Information www.apsu.edu/QEP APSU QEP

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