StepsSp08

=Steps, Spring 08= (needs updating & streamlining) Steps that the core CCT faculty need to continue to work through [with media type="custom" key="282303" items added since last meeting (on 12/11) and media type="custom" key="282303"media type="custom" key="282303" items as the main priority for the next meeting] (last update 1/31/08; see Steps Spring 08) (to get a printable version enter cct.wikispaces.com/StepsSp08?f=print in your browser)

0. Check-in/News

1. Settling Nina's transition to part-time [service & other conditions settled yet?].

2. Clarifying structure & resources (e.g., issues listed on previous email [Eunny has agreed on many; some items still outstanding], Proposed organizational changes in C&I [implemented w/ CLR for coordinator -- now called PAL], discussing with Chair & Dean what it means for PT to step back into coordinating CCT [in limbo], Budget for using CCDE funds to CCT [approved 11/29])

3. Getting semester started for students (incl. connecting with lapsed students) and collecting complete data about students' course plans [done]. 3a. Getting schedule for spring revised in response to #1 & who teaches electives in 08-09 [done]; media type="custom" key="282303" place to bring DM in for sp 08[done].

4. Completing conversations with other CCT faculty about a. how to cover the basic operations of the program [who does what & when courses will be offered -- more or less done, media type="custom" key="282303" see http://www.cct.umb.edu/futureyears.html => Program can continue to serve current average of MA matriculants plus a few more even if no post-Nina hire] and b. about the scope and limitations of the faculty members' contributions to past, ongoing, and possible new initiatives (e.g., CCDE partnership around certificates[over and above online courses], NCIIA, G&T certificate, Kodaly [strategy to revive?], Exeter [faculty gave go ahead 9/25], 611/612/693 changes thru governance [by NLG, PT, PT, resp.], open house/outreach plans).

see [|checklist] and questions for discussion (PT is not comfortable with "let's try this or that" discussions until we make sure we can do what we're already committed to and we know who will end up doing the work in trying this or that...)

c. review of past AQUAD Plans to establish general priorities 11/6 initial brainstorming about what each of us wants to give priority to in order to a) serve the students well and b) have our efforts match our aspirations as teachers, scholars, and members of the UMB and wider communities. > NLG: Host high profile public events (like the Anna Craft, Bill Oakes, Rita Nethersole events) and the Exeter partnership. / Invite Dean to my classes. > CS: Collect evidence to show that we are serving the students. / Connect with other UMB programs, e.g., K-12 sci-math preparation; un