Minutes of our Meetings

• Rod Fensom will be joining our meetings as a liaison from IA
  

• Chris Bliss video (prompt to reflect on what our focus needs to be) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640&pr=goog-sl
  
• Responses to the video and the question (what is our focus?)
  
  • Amazing that his focus stayed on the balls (not on music/audience)
    
  • How do we deal with additional “balls” thrown in
    
  • Give self “permission” to focus (block other things for the moment) puts you in better frame of mind
    
  • Meditative state, “in the zone” => better service to students to focus on task
    
  • Communicate needs to each other to help support and collaborate
    
  • “Mission” is the focus, the balls are just part of the process
    
  • We have to figure out a way to manage tasks because PVCC is growing
    
  • Can do much more collaboration to help each other meet our goals
    
  • Movements are so in synch with the music => timing impeccably perfect => struck by how aligned the juggling was to the larger picture
    
  • If you drill back up in collective work we do as a division and college, what are three goals? Can we concretely label them?
    
    • Help kids be successful (athletically, academically, personal growth)
      
    • Success is production (“show”), find three balls (support, service, synergy)
      
    • iPlan, iLearn, iDo
      
    • “Human Services” department (Maricopa gets hung up on process) => focus on humans, changing lives
      
    • In business of “hope” => get students to believe in themselves
      
    • Maybe two or three common things we all conscribe to, but “balls” look different in each office
      
    • Helps create context (don’t focus on details that don’t directly affect students)
      
    • Focus on how people are positively influenced by what we do
      
    • Higher level thinking takes time away from direct service to students
      
    • Dealing with details precludes ability to focus on bigger issues
      
  • Going to try and spend more time at our meetings talking about bigger issues
  
  

• These departments will be joining LSS
  
• Managers will be at the next team meeting
  
• Welcome them back to the LSS family
  

• Dean of Learning Technology
  
  • Dynamic committee
    
  • Think we’ll have a successful search
  
  
• Donna Simon, first day will be 11/13
  
  • Maggie moving to the LSC (major projects will be Student Success Pilot and Express College)
  
  

• Info going out soon about status and plans
  
• Colleges have ramped up activity
  
• Colleges are doing testing at District from 11/20-1/5
  
• Report testing will start in January
  
• End to end testing will be done from January to March (de-bug system)
  
• A resource plan is being put together on what we might do when people are taken from their jobs for training for backfill (thinking creatively)
  
  • Tentative “go live” date is 10/9/07; down time for Legacy (view only mode)
  
  

• Matrix of 0506 Assessment Reports (condensed report) provided
  
• 0607 plans are in process; before next out of class assessment meeting they will have a chance to review the plans submitted; a lot of progress has been made
  
  • Standardized reports; align with gen. ed. outcomes
    
  • Close loop; make sure using data/evidence gathered previously to improve things this year
    
  • Continue working to archive efforts to demonstrate best practices
    
  • Make sure progress on iPlan ... make efforts more global
  
  
• General Education Workshops
  
  • Great feedback from last week’s workshop; very interested in what we do next => if anything occurs to you don’t hesitate to ask
    
    • Appreciate chance to hear from and work with each other => block some time to get together and work collaboratively
  
  
• 0506 Assessment Cup Awards
  
  • We will distribute scores for your reports
    
  • Scoring rubric established based on five points “what does good assessment look like”
    
  • Valuing learning occurring in our areas; what we learn and how to make our area better
    
  • Focus on Learning Award—area that got more focused on very concrete learning outcomes (Computer Commons)
    
  • Close Only Counts in Horseshoes (Runners Up)—“first runners up” (Counseling and Athletics)
    
  • Assessment Cup—strong learning outcomes, effective measuring tools (Student Life)
  
  

• Dress rehearsal for iStart Smart today
  
• Mandatory placement and orientation begins in November
  
  • Extract info from schedule to everyone
    
  • COL101 course replaced by AAA151 while COL101 goes through curriculum process
  
  
• Pilot groups: Degree seeking new students to college
  
  • students taking 6+ credits who tested into at least one development course
    
  • students taking 12+ credits
  
  

• 717 users in iGoal
  
  • 1,300 goals
    
  • 1,200 strategies
    
  • 1,000 rationales
    
  • 1,000 obstacles
    
  • 1,000 support
  
  
• Goal to get 1,000 students actively using iGoal
  
• Think of ways to integrate iGoal into your respective areas
  
• Continue planning for spring 2007
  

• APB closes 11/27
  
  • Next bi-weekly meeting with Paul talk about budget requests
  
  
• Intercollegiate baseball
  
  • Final stages of approval in process
    
  • Hope to bring a coach online in January to recruit and oversee field construction
    
  • 40-80 new full-time students by fall 2007; play begins spring 2008
  
  
• eCashier
  
  • Become familiar to assist students matriculating here
    
  • $20 fee to participate
  
  
• Social Change Tracking
  
  • LSS Web design being redone
    
  • Want to track how students are involved in positive social change (track graphically)
  
  
• CCSSE Web page redone
  

• Women’s Soccer hosting semi-final regional playoffs on Wednesday, 10/25, 2:00 pm (wear white)
  
• If we place, we’ll be hosting the regional championship on Saturday, 10/28
  
• Reminder of Welcome Reception for Drs. Anna Solley and Velvie Green in the CPA today