CPC First Goal Team Meeting

November 10, 2009

Flip Chart Notes

Goal 1 – Build Pathways

Objective 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

Convener: Jennifer Robinson

Recorder: Jeff Goltz and Melissa Pedone

  • Objective 1.1 – “readiness”
  • Objective 1.2 – discussed (low level)
  • Aligning curricula (highschool  college)
  • Placement tests (? Of prep.)
  • Pathways - Valencia 1st choice
  • Emphasis discussed
  • “to”
  • “through”
  • “beyond”
  • Subcategories
  • types of students
  • Career Connections
  • High school
  • Transfer
  • AA vs AS
  • 1.3
  • Outreach – College Day

Goal 2 – Learning Assured

Objective 2.12.5

Convener: Randall Gordon

Recorder: Roberta Brown

Focus

  • Teaching
  • Services
  • Learning results
  • Transition to 4 year preparedness and results
  • Transition from K-12: alignment of expectations
  • Progression of Gen Ed skill through curriculum
  • Learning assured for lower economic group students
  • Partnerships with K-12 to provide strategies to increase gen ed skills
  • Meta-cognition
  • Analysis of connections vs. rote learning
  • Transition assured

Goal 2 – Learning Assured

Objective 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

Convener: Randall Gordon

Recorder: Roberta Brown

Themes:

  • “To, through, and beyond”
  • Being proactive not passive
  • Planning and staying on track
  • We’re not planning just for planning sake. Momentum will drive this work.

Questions or Issues:

  • Can we as a college, present to HS students a vision of where they can go next?
  • Streamlining the process once they get here and connecting the pieces on the “map” so that they can get through.
  • Dual enrollment as a pathway into Valencia

Suggested Principles:

  • Different individuals can adopt roles at different meetings.
  • Individuals may adopt multiple roles based upon areas of expertise and interest.
  • Meetings should be well organized (agendas, structures, etc.) so that they can be as effective as possible.

Goal 3 – Invest in Each Other

Objective 3.1

Convener: Gloria Hines

Recorder: Renee Simpson

Key Themes:

Building Pathway

  • Requires a collaborative process
  • Action require learning and leadership to create quality conditions, program and environments
  • Defining the front door and how students experience us requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Building Pathways is a shared understanding of the pathways.
  • We need to define, develop, model collaboration.
  • Changing mindsets/breaking down silos by showing the connection to the pathway.

Issue:

  • Teach employees about our goals and their role in that world.
  • Stay as “objective teams”, then have conveners of each team meet to discuss plans
  • Share minutes
  • One large meeting of all objective teams before Big Meeting

Principles:

  • Keep 3 suggested
  • All ideas pertaining to the topic should be addressed. No topic is too big or small
  • Agree to be accountable for the things we propose
  • OK to dissent but be respectful
  • Reach out to other voices
  • Open communication (no hidden agendas)
  • We have to think beyond our own roles to consider the needs of others
  • Be on time, present, committed and invested in work: an active participant

Goal 3 – Invest in Each Other

Objective 3.2

Convener – Patti Smith and Brent Nakagama

  1. Learning is a lifelong process
  2. Connection to the message of pathways is easier for faculty
  3. Need to think more broadly in terms of a pathway and who is a part of building the pathway
  4. We do a great job of building pathways for our students, why can’t we apply the same planning for ourselves?
  5. How do individual jobs fit into the larger picture?
  6. What are ways we can use our partnerships and connections to think “outside the box” regarding our own professional development (i.e., tuition fees)
  7. Succession Planning Process:
  8. Lateral movement early on
  9. Assist with broader thinking
  10. Invest in employees potential
  11. Mentorship

Goal 3 – Invest in Each Other

Objective 3.3

Convener – Elizabeth Jusino

  • Access = well employees are present more often to help ensure access
  • Through = investing in each other allows open dialogue and collaboration to ensure student success
  • Through = we at Valencia are role models for students,; being well and investing in each other carries through to students
  • Team building through informal conversations allows for strong partnerships and collaboration
  • Common interests in wellness create trust and relationships outside of group
  • Wellness offerings show that Valencia cares about employees = pride in work and institution = more “word of mouth” about opportunities for community

Issues to Address

  • Offer different intramural activities, such as yoga, golf, etc. to help students deal with stress
  • Make wellness more accessible to students
  • Provide time/opportunities for staff to be more involved in activities to help promote
  • Offer more mental/emotional health seminars
  • Offer more information regarding time management, money management, stress management
  • Offer information regarding being responsible in all areas of life

Goal 4 – Partner with the Community

Objective 4.14.2

Convener: Donna Marino

Recorder: Lucy Boudet

Utilizing Community Relationship

  • Implications at Valencia  beyond to alumni
  • Further partner transitions with high schools
  • E-chairs
  • Workforce
  • Interconnectedness of philanthropy
  • Diversity in group and students and philanthropic initiatives
  • Pathways to law schools, to dental schools – help think past semesters to years – premed – pre professional programs
  • Increase more than just independentprofessors’ initiatives
  • Student mentoring with community – raising aspirations
  • Purchase locally also can make bridges happen
  • Expose local business to OUR students – mentoring
  • Internships service and career paths
  • Sponsored scholarships – health success applied outside
  • Make the scholarship asks to local firms who intern with our students
  • Relationship building with business
  • Access to our students through our work
  • Bring back alumni – get current students
  • Pre-professional programs connect business – alumni – scholarships
  • Involve multi-campus for programs and industry majors less common major
  • Alumni groups – maybe campus base?
  • Who loves us already?
  • Ask – which business what business who has already benefitted – who are our silent champions give a voice
  • Complete the circle – high school, Valencia, intern, business, resources, scholarships, involvement
  • Volunteers – community investment, financial, awareness, volunteer dollars, relationship
  • Break down barriers? Branding:
  • Explain what need is, and how are we helping?
  • Economic impact – resource, time, effort, share our success invite businesses to join us.
  • Economic impact – resource, time, effort share our success invite business to join us

Goal 4 – Partner with the Community

Objective 4.34.4

Convener: Barbara Frazier

Recorder:

Key Themes:

  • Convenience/affordability
  • Partnering with community
  • Emphasis on planning
  • Momentum (movement)
  • Taking ownership
  • Student taking active role
  • Continuous review of challenges to pathways through college and beyond
  • Supporting students
  • Pathway provides clarity/direction
  • Collaboration and partnerships (before college/during/community
  • Dual enrollment
  • (example) Pathways to Nursing
  • What drives us?
  • Community
  • Student Demand
  • Pathways to elite universities nationally
  • Building new pathways after hitting walls
  • Financial resources
  • Community resources
  • Our role
  • Reactive proactive with community
  • How do we know we’re effective?
  • LifeMap extended to “beyond Valencia”

(Goal 4, 4.3 & 4.4 will meet as a “Table” before December 18, as a “Big Goal 4 Group” on January 7th or 8th during Faculty Work Day)