President’s Workgroup
19-224/I-123B
January 31, 2014 - 1:30 – 3:00
Attending:
Scott, Joanne, Dennis, Terri, Stacey, Jeremy, Patrick, Rose, James, Karen
Scott introduced and welcomed student representative Jeremy Obudzinski.
Purpose today is to debrief from the Winter Institute and decide what/where we go from here.
Jeremy had organized the notes from the Winter Institute into categories of Who, Where, What, When, Why and How which Scott showed on the overhead.
Various ideas discussed.
Bullseye concept
Center – is employee
Next layer – office
Next layer – department
Next layer – division
Next layer – college overall
Need to have people reflect – do self-evaluation. How do groundskeeper or cashier or HR employee see their role in perspective of student success.
PLAN
Needs Analysis
Design Plan
Assessment
Where we are!
Define student success
PRODUCT
At end we’ll need to have a product; part of performance management evaluations could include student success
Ideas:
Group discussions every month
Blogs (give people opportunities to build on other’s ideas)
Need to look through students’ eyes
Maybe not change culture to student success but strengthen student success. Maybe culture is here. Maybe we haven’t acknowledged it.
Provide more opportunities for cross-culture.
Lean Process – helped Student Services look at processes – could help with changing culture of YC
May be helpful to do survey – faculty; staff; students
Different departments (i.e. HR or Facilities may need more understanding/education for conversations around student success)
Two Tracks (Patrick will send out visual)
- Assess where are; best practices
- Engagement – ideas for activities; fill in gaps;
Two groups feed off each other.
Themes -- Values
At beginning of each month (or week) introduce a value on website. Start discussions in staff meetings, other venues on this value. Blog on this topic.
Tracks to address values (each group to cover some type of activity)
YCSA
SLC have activity
Gift Center
Foundation
Soft Launch in Spring
Kick off with a News Flash (maybe invitation from President to be part of the process)
PLAN
Who – Everyone at institution; everyone on campus; grassroots interactions
When – variety of engagements
How/Where – website blogs; First Friday sessions; Brown Bags; specific activities directed to students
Faculty did Gecko process
Umbrella – Student Success
Website/Blogs
Open forums
Come back together for bigger plan
Assignments:
Dennis – go back through articles from Sandy and find principles/values
Patrick – will send out visual of tracks
Group – think about what the architecture of this plan is; Tracks; Brown Bags; Town Hall; Facilitated meetings