QEP Executive Summary

GPS (Goals-Planning-Success): Navigate Your Future
澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 Community College – Hanceville
Dr. Kathy Buckelew, GPS Director – kathy.buckelew@volamdolong.com

How and why did we select the QEP topic?
Through ongoing conversations among students, faculty, administration, and staff, several possible topics for improving student learning at 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 emerged. 我们的 most significant finding was that students need stronger preparation to succeed in 大学. 我们的 QEP focuses on four specific areas: technology skills, academic pathways, career planning, and diversity.

我们该怎么办呢??
The major strategic initiatives of our QEP include a) developing a Freshman Seminar to promote collegiate technology skills, academic pathways, career research, and diversity experiences; and b) capturing these explorations in GPS Portfolios, electronic portfolios that document students’ learning experiences and personal growth. 我们的 initiative aligns with WSCC’s Mission Statement: “澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 Community College is committed to learning that transforms lives and communities.”

What are the desired student learning objectives and goals?
We have designed the WSCC QEP to achieve the criteria set forth in 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态’s 2012-2017 Strategic Plan: Readiness³ - “准备好 College. 准备好上班. 准备好 生活.” We will address the following aspects within “GPS: Goals, Planning, Success”:

目标: 学生将 emerge from GPS Seminar with a clear vision of where they want to go and with the technology skills to guide them down their educational and career paths.

规划: By mapping out their goals and establishing early contact with their advisors, students will develop strong plans of study. They will learn to use Degree Works, an electronic planning tool found within their MyWallaceState accounts, to plan their future coursework with intentionality. Additionally, they will complete their GPS Portfolios, which will document their experiences along the way to their chosen destinations.

成功: When students reach the end of GPS Seminar, they will have explored potential careers, mapped out a plan to achieve their educational goals, and documented their learning through the GPS Portfolio.

The QEP is based upon the following GPS Learning 目标: 1. 学生将 demonstrate collegiate mastery of the technology associated with multimedia principles and techniques as a foundation for academic achievement and personal reflection; 2. 学生将 design goal-directed educational plans contextualized for the contemporary 大学 milieu; 3. 学生将 analyze the interrelationship between career planning and learning through career explorations that reflect adaptive personal and professional opportunity and growth; and 4. 学生将 demonstrate the ability to think critically and transformationally about themselves and their place in the post-modern social and cultural environment.

In order to assess these outcomes, 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 will use a variety of methodologies. The WSCC QEP Advisory Council will oversee the progress of the QEP throughout the entire QEP process.

What impact will the QEP have?
As the first phase of the QEP begins, we will focus upon improving students’ technology skills, offering them more structured advising experiences, and promoting learning experiences in which students will have the opportunity to explore career options. Students’ GPS Portfolios will serve as significant records of their learning experiences. As the implementation progresses, we anticipate that students will be more prepared to navigate both traditional and online courses, as well as to make more informed decisions regarding their course selections and career pathways.