| Task |
Component Category |
Target Date |
Assigned to |
Completed |
- Administer CCSSE and Faculty Perception Surveys
|
Establish Baselines for Assessment |
Spring 2007 |
OIER |
|
- Administer writing samples in capstone courses at the end of the semester
|
Establish Baselines for Assessment |
Spring 2007 |
OIER |
|
- Continue workshops and trainings for first cohort
|
Professional Development |
Spring 2007 |
QEP Assessment |
|
- Work with professional development coordinator to develop faculty resources.
|
Writing Center |
Spring 2007 |
Writing Center |
|
- Begin tracking Writing Center usage and GPA statistics
|
Writing Center |
Spring 2007 |
QEP Assessment/Writing Center/CIS |
|
- Use electronic student portfolios to store writing samples.
|
Electronic Student Portfolios |
Spring 2007 |
Distance Learning |
|
- Continue faculty/staff training in Blackboard AS
|
Electronic Student Portfolios |
Spring 2007 |
Distance Learning |
|
- Train writing assessment team to use rubric and to review writing samples; issue first assessment report
|
Establish Baseline Assessment |
Summer 2007 |
QEP Assessment |
|
- Continue workshops and training
|
Establish Baseline Assessment |
Summer 2007 |
QEP Assessment |
|
- Celebrate completion of first cohort group; issue stipends for cohort members who make syllabus changes incorporating writing.
|
Professional Development |
Summer 2007 |
QEP Assessment |
|
- Compare GPAs of users vs. non-users
|
Writing Center |
Summer 2007 |
QEP Assessment/Writing Center/CIS |
|
|
Writing Center |
Summer 2007 |
Writing Center |
|
- Hire and train part-time writing consultants
|
Writing Center |
Summer 2007 |
Writing Center/QEP Assessment/ HR |
|
- Hire instructional designer/writing consultant
|
Writing Center |
Summer 2007 |
Writing Center/QEP Assessment/Distance Learning/HR |
|
- Send Writing Center Coordinator and Assistant Coordinator to Int'l Writing Center Association Summer Institute
|
Writing Center |
Summer 2007 |
Writing Center |
|
- Begin renovations to Watauga Academic Support Center to establish writing center
|
Writing Center |
Summer 2007 |
Writing Center / Facility Services |
|
- QEP writing assessment team reviews sample portfolios
|
Electronic Student Portfolios |
Summer 2007 |
QEP Assessment Team/DL |
|
- Continue faculty/staff training in Blackboard
|
Electronic Student Portfolios |
Summer 2007 |
Distance Learning |
|
- Administer writing assessment with student cohort
|
Assessment |
Fall 2007 |
QEP Assessment |
|
- Begin second faculty/staff cohort
|
Professional Development |
Fall 2007 |
QEP Assessment |
|
- Continue to track usage/GPA statistics
|
Writing Center |
Fall 2007 |
QEP Assessment/Writing Center/CIS |
|
- Implement CRLA tutor training program
|
Writing Center |
Fall 2007 |
Writing Center |
|
- Begin development of a Writing Center resource Web page using Blackboard Organizations
|
Writing Center |
Fall 2007 |
Writing Center/DL |
|
- Hire Assistant Writing Center Coordinator
|
Writing Center |
Fall 2007 |
Writing Center/HR |
|
- Continue faculty/staff training in Blackboard
|
Electronic Student Portfolios |
Fall 2007 |
Distance Learning |
|