APSU QEP

QUALITY ENHANCEMENT

PLAN

APSU QEP

Explore practical learning experiences and

opportunities to excel in life.

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• Explore learning;• Experience opportunities;

• Excel in life.

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Job to be done for upcoming visit.

• Promotion of our QEP• to the onsite SACS team.• to our students.• to our colleagues.

• Key points• to know.• to find out.

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Open Book Test

• Faculty, staff, and students under your care need to be familiar with the plan:

• Mark it;• Highlight it;• Tab it;• Dog-ear it.

• Just prior to the onsite visit, review it.

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Market, Sell, and Promote

• If you meet with an onsite review team member, you are the QEP.

• When the reviewer asks a question,

• answer it directly;• and use additional information, examples

or a description or how exciting this opportunity is for our campus.

• Don’t be shy.• It’s a conversation,• not an inquisition.

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Important Talking Points:

• Say it, hear it, write it, report it.• If you don’t say it, the onsite

review team won’t hear it, they won’t write it down, and they won’t report it.

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We will be graded on…..

FOCUSCONSTITUENCY INVOLVEMENT

INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITYEVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

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FOCUS:Talk about the main points• Purpose

– Read the summary on the back of the cover page (or page 2 on the website).

– The purpose is to enhance student learning by increasing students’ participation in transformative learning experiences (TLEs) – opportunities – that transform perspective and engage students in the practical application of their learning.

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FOCUS:Talk about the main

points.• TLEs – Opportunities

• Pages 37-38 and 52– Internships– Study abroad– Undergraduate research– Service learning– Leadership – Other transformative experiences

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FOCUS:Talk about the main

points.

– Engaged and productive citizens

– Global awareness

– Critical thinking– Communication

skills– Creativity– Leadership– Appreciation of

all cultures– Inquiry through

research

The link to APSU’s mission. pages 9-10 and 36

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FOCUS:Talk about the main

points.• Link to BRAVO

• Pages 3-6, 10-19, and 45

– TLEs Opportunities address the knowledge, skills, and values that APSU students need to succeed and to contribute to the world.

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FOCUS: Talk about the main

points.• The QEP’s student learning

outcomes• Page 18

– Apply learning through TLEs – opportunities.

– Demonstrate engaged learning as articulated in BRAVO through TLE – opportunity – artifacts in an eportfolio

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FOCUS:Talk about the main points• The TLE pedagogical approach

– Four Pillars of Practice• Pages 43 & 45

– Dimensions of Learning• Page 54

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FOCUS:Talk about the main

points.• Criteria of high-impact practices• Page 41

• These criteria include• High expectations• Significant time and effort• Faculty/student interaction• Diverse experience• Constructive feedback• Reflection and integration of work• Applied learning• Public demonstration of competence

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FOCUS: Talk about the main

points.• Best practices

• Pages 41-45

• These best practices include• Cross-campus and off-campus

collaboration• Active and collaborative learning• Structural critical reflection• Feedback• Professional development

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FOCUS: Talk about the main

points.• TLE – opportunity – Exemplars at

APSU• Pages 20-34

• These exemplar experiences meet the criteria of high-impact practice and best practices.

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CONSTITUENCY INVOLVEMENT

• Planning began in Fall 2012• Think Tank

– QEP idea developed, shared with campus, and idea strengthened

• QEP Development Co-Chairs• Writing Teams

– Research and writing

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INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY

• Culture of engagement• Detailed plan of action

• Pages 58-64, 69-70 and 72-73

• Professional Development• Pages 38-39, 44-45, 59 an 65-68

• Administrative and Instructional Support Staff– Organization structure needed

• Pages 65-67 and 69-70

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Evaluation and Assessment

• QEP Project Evaluation Goals– 1) introduce the concept of TLEs to the campus community to foster a

“Culture of engagement”2) encourage the growth in the number of TLE courses, assignments, and activities3) institutionalize the way that the TLES are evaluated and stored4) provide faculty and staff participating in TLE activities with development opportunities

– Pages 69-70

• BRAVO, ePortfolios, VALUE Integrative/Applied Learning Rubrics– Exemplar provided on page 79

• Focused Measures of Progress– Direct Measures

• Assessment of TLE Opportunities and mapping to BRAVO• Assess student work using BRAVO-mapped VALUE Integrative/Applied Rubric

– Indirect Measure• Student perception of measure through NSSE

– Tools• NSSE, FSSE, CCTST, TLE survey (locally developed)

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QEP Information

www.apsu.edu/QEP