Academic
Wellness Advisory Committee Meeting
February 23, 2007
3:30pm
To promote academic
wellness in an ongoing climate of growth and improvement throughout the entire
college community for all students at all levels of preparation.
Agenda Items
1) Update from Academic Wellness Educators Sub-committee
o
Report on
Programs at
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Proposal for
Academic Wellness Faire- August 2007
2) Early Alert Review
3) Other?
4) Spring Semester Meetings
All meetings in Manzanita
Conference Room
o
March 30, 2007 2:30pm
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April 20,
2007 3:30pm
(Academic Senate Meeting same day) CHANGED
TO APRIL 19TH, 3:30PM
Academic Wellness Advisory Committee Meeting
February 23, 2007
MINUTES
Staff Members:
Present:
Casey Bonavia, Meryl
Brooks, Anne Cavagnaro, Dave Chesnut,
Melissa Colon, Doralyn Foletti,
Marty Gang, Lanai Hallmeyer, Patricia Harrelson, John
Leamy, Susan Medeiros, Gary Mendenhall, Karin Rodts (part of meeting) and Adrienne Webster.
1)
Sub-Committee Update
Sub-Committee advised that
Susan Medeiros has been added as a participant to the sub-committee.
The Sub-Committee
continues their work focusing on:
o
Curriculum
Review
o
Staff
Development
Under this topic, the
sub-committee visited programs in the last two weeks and will present a
descriptive summary to us today.
(Travel)
Future
plans include development of:
o
Planning
Document / Agenda
o
Comprehensive
Staff Development Proposal for Fall
Travel
Meryl Brooks gave us an
introduction to the visit to
Some of the overall points
and common concepts with both visits include:
The Advisory Committee
viewed the video from
(Karin Rodts arrived)
Visit dates February 8 & 9, 2007
Advisory
Committee members were given a
It is important to review
the packet, however, several members of the sub-committee gave brief
descriptions of some of the highlights of areas they visited and concepts and
strategies being used. (They also shared
their enthusiasm and excitement at the value in these visits.
J)
Anne Cavagnaro –
Learning Communities and Math
o
Learning
Communities, moving students through classes as a group, bridging, course
pairing, Summer Bridge/First Year Experience Program.
o
Math Path –
Offering of multiples math classes in a single semester
o
Math Jam –
Offering for two weeks in summer with incentives (such as offer textbook if
complete course), use of “dance card”, make it fun and collaborative. When they reassess they found over 50% assess
at higher level.
o
Some of the
benefits included measures of success, continuity, students continued through 1st
year, appropriate immersion/dosage factor, X-L was a 7 year program and they
have identified students who were coming back wanting to participate in the
program as graduate students, tutors and mentors.
Meryl Brooks – Writing Center
o
3 unit course
linked to English course in order for students to go to and use the
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Faculty tutors
in
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If an instructor
grades a paper at a C or below, the student is directed to the
o
FTE card swiped
at door to gather attendance data
o
Services are
publicized
o
Stands and racks
with information are everywhere
o
Information on
who is going to be on duty is advertised also
Adrienne Webster –
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TLC program is
supported from funding from Title V grant as well as other grants including
Hewlett/Carnegie/SPECC (Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community
Colleges.)
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Use of Inquiry
process, using curiosity of learners – see page www.inquiry.uiuc.edu -- does this cycle look familiar?
Melissa Colon
o
Importance of
documentation
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Students coming
back wanting to work with program (graduate level, tutors, mentors)
o
Students tracked
from first high school contact
Visit
date February 16, 2007
Advisory Committee members
were given a
Brief descriptions
Patricia Harrelson
o
o
Right now
learning support services are decentralized with the long-range plan to
centralize and streamline services
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Supplemental
Instruction & Study Central, one stop shop, hub for student services. Targeting different, developmental courses
with high attrition rates
Melissa Colon
o
Learning
Communities and Linking Courses, such as Child Development and Composition
Classes. Hard-link to have student enrolled
in both classes and instructors attending both classes
Meryl Brooks
o
Action
Grid (attachment)
See attached AWE
Sub-Committee Planning Grid.
Action Grid has been
developed and handout was given from Sub-Committee. The comprehensive Action Grid indicates
Immediate, Short-Term and Long-Term activities with descriptions of Outcomes,
Action/Task, Lead Person/People, Timeline and Notes. This will be especially good as a tracking
tool which can keep all informed as well as identify responsibility. It will also be a good document of evidence
for future use.
Staff
Development Plan (attachment)
Adrienne gave handout and
presented a comprehensive Staff Development Plan as developed by the AWE
Sub-Committee. Adrienne solicited
feedback on how to get this information out campus-wide. Please review and email feedback to Adrienne.
Other
Patricia has a meeting
scheduled with Carolyn Buck to ask to be on the Staff Development Committee
agenda. Approval requested from Advisory
Committee regarding suggestion to
present information at In-Service Day, (possibly have images running during
continental breakfast time, 15 min at end of Dogwood presentations and 2 hours
for an Activity Fair), as well as to present to College Council next Friday.
Retreat – Group discussed
possible AWE Committee Retreat at the end of April (4/21), possibly a BBQ at
Gary Mendenhall’s. Firm up by March 30th.
Suggestion was also made
to invite current participants on the SLO Work Group to attend the AWE
Committee Retreat to work together in some joint tasks and in creating AWE
Student Learning Outcomes.
Patricia will be meeting
with Dennis and
ACTION ITEMS:
AWE Advisory/Steering
Committee members please review the in-depth information provided on the
visits, Planning Grid and Staff Development Proposal from the AWE
Sub-Committee. Please communicate
feedback via email.
We would like to ask that
an AWE Advisory/Steering Committee member investigate College of the Canyon’s
Staff Development Academy of Teaching and Learning and be prepared to report
back to the Advisory Committee at April 19th meeting. Please
advise Dennis, Patricia or
2)
Early Alert
Susan Medeiros updated us
to advise that so far about 20 of the new Early Alert forms have been used and
forwarded to the Counseling Office. Of
the 20, 8 of those didn’t make referrals to Counseling. These forms are being tracked and housed in
the Counseling Office.
ACTION SUSAN:
Susan will provide an
update out, possibly via email, to communicate the new process to Faculty and
Staff and to advise Faculty that information is being received and used.
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