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HLC CRITERION ONE MEETING

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

HC-3

Attendance: Judy Boschult, Mary Davison, Linda Garcia, Kathy Green, Michael Hubbs, Brent Jameson, Willie Jones, Liz Ligon, Adriana Loera, Sylvia Phillips, Elizabeth Saliba, Denny Sheehan.

The meeting came to order at 1:30 p.m. Chairperson Sheehan addressed the following items:

Distribution of folders: Denny compiled and distributed folders comprised of several things: the meeting agenda, copies of committee work done on Feb. 10, 2004, notes from an executive retreat on 1/7/04, key points from a recent meeting of the report writers, and a core component brainstorming sheet. 

Report draft deadline: The group then noted the April 16, 2005 final draft deadline of the HLC report.  It was determined that bimonthly meetings through December were necessary to accomplish the committee’s goals. 

Revised meeting schedule:  The committee then agreed to meet on Nov. 2, Nov. 16, Nov. 30, and Dec. 14, 2004.  All meetings are scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. EXCEPT the Nov. 30 meeting, which will begin at 1:00 p.m. HC 3 is the location for all meetings.

Discussion of best practices:  Discussion followed in which it was determined that the committee needs to select two or three best practices to illustrate each criterion component for the self-study.  People then looked at the handout of the Feb. 10, 2004 committee work as well as the notes from the executive retreat to examine which of the many examples might be selected as the “best” two or three.

Discussion then followed regarding the definitions of “material” and “data” and which type (if not both) is needed to substantiate the best practices.  Conversation will continue in subsequent meetings.

Reports:  Members of the committee then reported their findings from work on six areas of focus, discussed at the September 21 meeting.

Strategic planning was addressed, with details about last year’s work shared with the members.

Service excellence was addressed, along with a Service Excellence Summary report provided.

The college mission statement and its availability and visibility on campus were discussed. 

Leadership rounding (and its inception) was discussed, along with an overview of the 2004/2005 plans for rounding.

PC Basics was discussed, including its connection to the previous year’s strategic planning process. 

PC’s web site was discussed, along with plans for changes, improvements for 2004/05.

Following the reports, discussion was directed to the importance of noting the progress PC has made since the last NCA report as well as the opportunity to designate areas of opportunity for the campus between now and the site visit.  The steering committee will continue to be aware of this.

Brainstorming “best practices”:  The committee then concentrated on identifying two or three best practices to be reviewed for each criterion component. 

Two areas that the group agreed to look at were technology and curriculum.

Next meeting the group will continue to discuss areas for review, with the goal of selecting two or three best practices for each criterion one component.

The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.