February 10-12, 2010
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AQIP Institutions must attend once every four
years with a team of 7-8 members.
2010 team members included:
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Dr. Knowlton
Cecelia Wittmayer, AQIP Liaison
Carrie Ahern
Ethelle Bean
Linda Brozik
Amy Crissinger
Mike Wilson, student
Jesse Wise
“Creating the Climate for Continuous Learning”
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Homework:
◦ Update Organizational Overview from Systems
Portfolio
◦ “Five Lessons Learned” document to be shared
◦ “DSU Quality Efforts” document to be shared
◦ Select one category from portfolio feedback to
concentrate on at forum and prepare category
worksheet
Team chose:
Category 8 – Planning Continuous Improvement
This category was chosen because the overall
theme of “opportunities for improvement”
noted throughout the systems portfolio were
in the area of process and, particularly, in
evaluation of process and evaluation of
outcomes.
Previous Action Projects linked to Category 8:
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Strategic Planning, AQIP and Institutional
Effectiveness: moving in new directions (9/1/06 to
9/30/07) RETIRED.
Strategic Planning, AQIP and Institutional
Effectiveness: Implementation Phase (1/1/08 to
12/31/09) Extended until 12/2010
Additional actions taken related to Category 8:
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Development of Plan, Implement, Evaluate (PIE)
process
Potential Action Projects related to Category 8:
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Identify high-performing AQIP institution to serve
as mentor
Develop action project for analysis of data related
to institutional processes
Incorporate PIE process into campus procedures
Develop continuous improvement training plan and
identify participants
Format consisted of 3-4 institutions per room
with 2 facilitators
Our facilitators were:
Kathy Miser-Miller, Prof of Humanities & Speech at Colorado
Mountain College (Steamboat Springs, CO)
Karen Solomon, HLC Commission Liaison
Institutions in our room:
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
(Cincinnati, OH)
Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL)
Brainstorming Exercises
Grouping Ideas /
Prioritizing
Input-Facilitators
Input – other institutions
Outcomes for discussion:
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Use “Continuous Quality Improvement” theme
for 2010-2011 academic year
Appoint CQI Task Force to develop training
plan for year
Revise PIE process to PIED (Plan, Implement,
Evaluation, Debrief)
Outcomes for discussion:
 Link HR survey results with CQI training and
CQI project
 Develop celebration/recognition (HR Plan)
 Conduct an assessment audit (review data
collection / reports: are they necessary?)
 Develop an expectation of participation in
CQI
 Others??
DSU team with our facilitators