[Oacrao-l] FW: March 25 Professional Development for Reach Higher

Mon Feb 28 09:18:21 CST 2011

OACRAO Members:  The e-mail below is forwarded to you all on behalf of
Dr. Debbie Blanke

OACRAO Colleagues,

Here is the announcement that was sent to your Reach Higher Coordinator
and your chief academic officer; please consult them if you would like
to be included in your institution's team for the Prior Learning
Assessment Workshop portion of the day.  Institutional team lists are
due to me March 7.

Debbie

________________________________

From: Blanke, Debbie 
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 1:28 PM
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Lynn; Edwards, Dr. Larry; Faltyn, Timothy; Gasparro, Dr. Paul; Greenlee,
Lisa; Harrison, Karen; Hendrix, Francies; Lohmann, Steve Dr.; McArthur,
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Stephanie
Subject: March 25 Professional Development for Reach Higher

Reach Higher Colleagues and Academic Officers,

Please mark your calendars for March 25, 2011 from 8:30am to 4:30pm for
a professional development workshop for Reach Higher faculty,
coordinators, and staff held at Rose State College Student Center.  We
will coordinate three activities on this same date so institutions can
travel together to save expenses.  The three activities will be:

1) Prior Learning Assessment training for faculty.

2) BS Organizational Leadership Core Course Reviews

3) Bridge Program Development (AA/AS to BS Org Leadership transition
courses)

Explanation of each activity:

1) Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) training.  A professional from the
Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) will provide training
for up to 5 faculty from each institution.  All training materials and
lunch will be provided.  In addition, we will provide a $200 stipend for
those participating in the training and the remainder of the day's
activities.  Participants will be expected to be actively engaged in the
training and report back to their institutions on knowledge gained, as
well as applications for students at their institution.  This is the
basic PLA training CAEL has provided to our system in the past, so this
is appropriate for faculty who have NOT been through any CAEL training
before.  This training will involve the majority of the day.

2) BS Organizational Leadership Core Course Reviews.  All faculty from
all universities that teach any of the core courses for the
Organizational Leadership program are expected to attend meetings for
their specific course.  Faculty teaching the courses will review
learning objectives and assignments, texts and resources used for the
course, consistent syllabi information, and other issues regarding the
course for improved instruction and learning.  Each faculty attending
their core course review(s) and the remainder of the day's activities
will be provided a $200 stipend.  This activity will take most of the
morning for most faculty, but Data Analysis faculty will meet all day on
their course.

3) Bridge Program Development.  As we increase our activities to move
students to become degree holders at the associate level, we also want
to provide a statewide seamless pathway to the baccalaureate.  Students
must have 72 credit hours for admission into the BS Organizational
Leadership (ORGL) program.  We also know there are some BS ORGL core
courses that have proven very difficult for students due to lack of
adequate preparation.  This is an opportunity to envision what courses
would be good preparation for those more difficult courses as well as
consider other content areas that would better prepare AA/AS degree
holders for the BS ORGL or other baccalaureate programs.  It is most
appropriate for faculty teaching the core courses to build the bridge
program, as well as a few two-year faculty who can provide the AA/AS
perspective of transitioning students.  This activity will take most of
the late morning and all afternoon.  BS ORGL faculty who complete their
core course review will join the bridge program development discussion
or may join the PLA discussion, if they have not been through CAEL
training, for the remainder of the day.

Notes:

A.  Individuals participating in any or all of the activities listed
above for the full day are entitled to a $200 stipend.  There are no
partial stipends for attendance at portions of the activities.

B.  A stipend of $150 per participant will be provided by OSRHE and
shall be used solely to fund travel related expenses for the
Institutional Representative to attend the Reach Higher Professional
Development workshop on March 25, 2011, if traveling 60 or more miles
from the institution.  This is expected to cover hotel costs for any
staff traveling Thursday night in preparation for the Friday meeting.
If institutional representatives travel together and do not incur hotel
expenses, the stipend will be provided for each vehicle, regardless of
the number of travelers, if traveling 60 or more miles from the
institution.

Instructions:

Please submit one registration form per institution on the form attached
to this email (one form for colleges and one form for universities).  It
is expected that Coordinators and chief academic officers will consult
together on appropriate institutional representatives, and then send one
registration form for their institution no later than Monday, March 7,
2011 for planning purposes.  A draft agenda for the day is also
attached.  If anyone needs directions to Rose State College, their
website is:  www.rose.edu

For questions from faculty or staff regarding the Reach Higher
initiative, refer them to the website www.reachhigheroklahoma.org; if
they still have questions, they can contact me.  If you have any
questions, feel free to contact me.

I'm looking forward to the day and continuing our work to help
Oklahomans Reach Higher!

Debbie Blanke, Ed.D.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

State Coordinator for ACM and OKWHE

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

655 Research Parkway, Suite 200

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73104

405.225.9145 (voice)

405.225.9230 (fax)

dblanke at osrhe.edu

www.okhighered.org <http://www.okhighered.org/> 

"Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some
kind of battle."  Anonymous

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