TENNESSEEE BOARD OF REGENTS AND PELLISSIPPI STATE
GOALS AND DIRECTIONS 2002-2003 

Learning and Testing Center

To provide lockers outside testing center for storage of book bags, purses, etc. (recommended by GED testing) ($3,500)

English

TBR & PSTCC Goals 1 and 8; Performance Funding Standard 3B

·Encourage and support individual faculty in development of webpages or WebCT sites for their individual course sections.

§Promote use of Turnitin.com (plagiarism detection web site) as a teaching tool. 

§Develop new on-line courses:British Literature and DSPW0800.

§Produce African American Literature course on TWAV.

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7.Enhance Developmental Studies Program to improve learning and retention.

TBR & PSTCC Goals 1 & 2

§     Work with TBR committees to restructure DSP courses as necessary to accommodate decrease in hours and other mandated changes.

§Seek to increase access by integrating DSP courses with college-level courses as necessary.

8.Enhance partnerships with public schools.

TBR & PSTCC Goal 1

§Reestablish Early Admissions Program at William Blount High School.

§Investigate establishment of connection with high school dance programs (NBS Department).

Student Development

1.Increase the number of students participating in New StudentOrientation at all sites.

2.Increase the number of new students advised prior to official 

registration.

3.Increase the number of students participating in Student Development workshops at all sites.

4.Implement small-group advising sessions for new students.

5.Increase faculty and student awareness of Student Development services.

6.Develop at least one on-line workshop for students.

Liberal Arts

(Strategic Goal 1 / Performance Funding Goal:Standard 3)

1. Expanded site offerings

ii.All four levels of Spanish will be offered at all site campuses.

2. TWAV

ii. Spanish 2010 & 2020 (Intermediate Spanish series)

3. Offer additional weekend and/or evening classes

ii.Art History

iii.Beginning Spanish

iv.Music Appreciation

Curriculum

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Financial Aid

·To review various financial aid processes and computerize and/or consolidate where possible in order to improve the delivery of financial aid to students.

Services for Students with Disabilities

·Continue to improve accessibility to distance education courses for students with disabilities; WebCT, closed captioning, etc.

Engineering and Media Technologies

·MET courses offered at industrial sites

·Possibly offer introductory course (MET 1002) at Magnolia Campus

·Offer a CID course at the Blount County Campus

Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Business & Computer Technology 

·Continue participation in the Information Technology Credentials through eLearnIT FIPSE grant in the Web Developer concentration.

·Continue participation in the Information Technology curriculum for the Regents degree.

·Increase departmental course offerings at site campuses.

Instructional Programs Department (IPD).

·Increase Web course offerings to 32.

·Increase the number of web courses offered.

1. Develop new online course (WEB 2812 Advanced Web Page/Web Site Design) for RODP to be taught Spring 2003.

3. Work with UTK Department of Human Ecology on articulation of online courses to meet the needs of students in the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) students

Satellite Campuses

·Blount County:Investigate offering CSIT and CIDD introductory courses.

·Magnolia Avenue:Deliver one TWAV course from the Magnolia Avenue Campus to the other campuses.

·Magnolia Avenue:Offer additional CSIT courses.

Liberal Arts

(Strategic Goal 1 / Performance Funding Goal: Standard 3, 3B.2)

1. Web Courses offered

ii.History 2010 & 2020 (U.S. History series)

iii.Sociology 1010 & 1020 PSTCC web and RODP

iv.Political Science 1010

v.Speech 2100

2. Video Courses offered

ii.Materials for the Introduction to Ethics Video course, PHIL 2400, will be reviewed and updated.

Mathematics Department

Engineering and Media Technologies

·Develop PHO courses to be delivered via web

·Continue development and delivery of CGT courses via web

·MET courses offered at industrial sites

·Possibly offer introductory course (MET 1002) at Magnolia Campus

·Offer a CID course at the Blount County Campus

Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Instructional Programs Department (IPD)

·Increase headcount in distance education courses to 2278

·Increase the headcount in distance education

1. Coordinate development of Web Administration AAS Curriculum.
2. Coordinate course development and implementation of PSTCC’s part of eLearnIT grant with UTK, RSCC, and NSTI of an online AAS degree in Web Development.

English

TBR & PSTCC Goals 1 and 8; Performance Funding Standard 3B

§Encourage and support individual faculty in development of webpages or WebCT sites for their individual course sections.

§Promote use of Turnitin.com (plagiarism detection web site) as a teaching tool. 

§Develop new on-line courses:British Literature and DSPW0800.

§Produce African American Literature course on TWAV.

Satellite Campuses

·Magnolia Avenue:Partner with Austin East High School to offer early admission courses.

·Division Street:Continue to pursue early admission possibilities with West High School.

Mathematics Department

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Satellite Campuses

·Division Street:Offer a separate new student orientation session for ESL students.

Learning and Testing Center 

·Increase tutoring monies by $5,000 for Magnolia tutoring center.

English

TBR & PSTCC Goal 2; Performance Funding Standard 4A

§Develop on-line (WebCT) versions of course notebooks for all ENGL courses.

§Better relate course material and discussions to students’ lives in all courses.

§Clarify expectations and improve student performance by creating clearer, more precise rubrics, assignments sheets, self- and peer-review sheets for writing courses.

§Individualize instruction based on students’ diverse learning styles.

§Revise DSPW0800 research component and tests.

§Revise ENGL1010, ENGL2950 to provide more cross-disciplinary experiences.

§Improve ENGL1020 poetry instruction.

§Create DSPW0800 textbook for ESL students.

§Revise existing Learning Communities:create new writing assignments for W/R0800, include more international writers in How to Read Women.

§Develop strategies for improved achievement and retention in all ENGL and DSP courses.

2.Develop additional collaborative learning experiences and new courses to provide broader experience and greater access for students, thus promoting improved retention.

TBR & PSTCC Goal 2; Performance Funding Standard 4A

§Create new Learning Community:American History/American Literature.

§Increase Creative Writing offerings:Course on Documentary Film.

§Create new HUM courses: Living in a Multi-cultural World, The Challenge of Being Human, Introduction to Drama, Women in Literature, World Literature and Film—all to be developed and offered as funding allows.

7.Enhance Developmental Studies Program to improve learning and retention.

TBR & PSTCC Goals 1 & 2

§Work with TBR committees to restructure DSP courses as necessary to accommodate decrease in hours and other mandated changes.

§Seek to increase access by integrating DSP courses with college-level courses as necessary.

Liberal Arts

3.Promote appreciation and understanding of diverse cultures.

(Strategic Goal 2)

a.Increase enrollment in African-American Studies by offering it only once a year.

2. Offer new Humanities Special Topics course “The Islamic World”.
3. Add a stronger culture component to foreign language classes by researching material on the Internet, and purchasing CDs and art realia for use in classes.

4. Study the music of various cultures in Music Appreciation (MUS 1030) and Music Literature (MUS 2000) as a reflection of their cultural/historical milieu.

(Strategic Goal 2)

1. Continue and expand use of assessment instrument (5-column model) to track improvements and effects of changes based on data results from 2001-2002.

ii.Art 1011

2. History faculty will review use of a new text for Western Civilization.
3. History faculty will review and order new videos and CD Roms for classes.
4. Study materials for Spanish 1020 students will be made available on the Internet site, QUIA. (Study materials for Spanish 1010 were placed on the site in 2001.)
5. Spanish faculty will review new textbooks for Intermediate Spanish 2010-2020.
6. Art faculty will initiate research on innovative techniques and methodologies in the studio area of relief printmaking. A new course in this area will be offered Fall 2002.
7. Music faculty will review new textbooks for History of Rock (MUS 1020).
8. The Music program will continue to increase the success rate of students completing the C.A.T. (a computer-based comprehensive aural training program) required for UT articulation.
9. Speech faculty will evaluate the syllabus for SPH 2400 and incorporate more collaborative learning and use of new technologies for improving presentation skills.
10. A new textbook will be written by the faculty for public speaking courses.
11. Sociology faculty will review use of a new text for Social Problems and Social Change (SOC 1020).
12. Political Science faculty will review use of a new text for United States Government and Politics.
13. Social Science faculty will review and order new videos and CD Roms for classes.
14. Humanities 2810, Introduction to Film Studies, is being developed from a Humanities Special Topics course to transfer to UTK for credit in Cinema Studies 281/English 281.
15. The History and the Social Sciences faculty will study the results of CBASE examinations through spring 2002 to determine strengths and weaknesses in the corresponding courses of the programs.

(Strategic Goal 2, Performance Funding Goal:Standard 4)

1. Syllabus for History of Rock (MUS 1020) will be revised to reflect the interconnection of English comp, Speech and historical analysis skills to the study of Rock History.
2. Through “Speaking Across the Curriculum” initiative, foster appreciation of the value and effect of oral reports on learning and thinking abilities.

Business & Computer Technology 

·Host the site visit for the Association of Collegiate Business Schools & Programs and receive reaffirmation of accreditation.

·Host the site visit for the American Bar Association and receive continued approval of the Paralegal Studies program.

·Continue to conduct internship employer surveys every semester.

·Set and review program assessment goals.

·Pilot the new business exit exam in MGT 2240, Entrepreneurship, Spring 2002.

·Pilot the new Paralegal Studies exit exam in spring 2002.

Financial Aid

Natural and Behavioral Sciences

Mathematics Department

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Instructional Programs Department (IPD)

·Complete a comprehensive review of two college programs:

a.Review and revise program review processes for improved efficiency and effectiveness.

b.Coordinate and provide administrative support for two program reviews in 2002-03 – Natural and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics

Mathematics Department

·Use multiple methods to assess and monitor general education outcomes in developmental and entry-level math courses and use the results to improve teaching and learning.

·Assess and improve the effectiveness of pilot courses and innovative instructional strategies by using the five column model.

Faculty Council 

Business and Computer Technology

·Host the site visit for the American Bar Association and receive continued approval of the Paralegal Studies program.

·Pilot the new business exit exam in MGT 2240, Entrepreneurship, Spring 2002.

·Pilot the new Paralegal Studies exit exam in spring 2002.

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Learning and Testing Center

·To continue to provide basic skills training to the community and to partner with outside agencies, business and industry as requested.

Business & Computer Technology 

Research interest/demand for insurance coding certificate.

Placement

Engineering and Media Technologies

·Pursue partnership with Sims Solution and Networking for either a Sodik or Mitsubishi EDM Wire machine (MET)

·Investigate partnership with Carbloy Inc. for Tooling for CNC equipment (MET)

·Investigate partnership related to GIS and NETW

·Pursue partnership with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

Engineering and Media Technologies

·AAS in Media Communications Technology (aka. “New Media” – collaboration between CGT, VPT, PHO, WEB)

·Certificate program to boost enrollment in EET courses (perhaps market a new certificate curriculum to industry).{note:all courses in the certificate program will be existing EET courses.} – possibly in collaboration with IBEW

English

Performance Funding Standard 4B

§Develop pre- and post-tests in DSPW0700, ENGL1020, ENGL2950.

§Develop appropriate assessment instruments for additional ENGL and DSP courses.

Satellite Campuses

·Blount County:Investigate the possibility of offering security training for Safe Skies and/or the federal government.

·Magnolia Avenue:Partner with the Knoxville Area Urban League to develop at least one workforce development initiative.

Engineering and Media Technologies

Engineering and Media Technologies

·AAS in Media Communications Technology (aka. “New Media” – collaboration between CGT, VPT, PHO, WEB

Instructional Programs Department (IPD)

Implement training in one new technology based on local needs.

·Coordinate development of Web Administration AAS curriculum and working to implement the eLearnIT grant.

·Work with Tennessee Tech University to implement CIW certification in courses that are planned to articulate to TTU in Web Development.

Satellite Campuses

Engineering and Media Technologies

·AAS in Media Communications Technology (aka. “New Media” – collaboration between CGT, VPT, PHO, WEB)

·Certificate program to boost enrollment in EET Courses (perhaps market a new certificate curriculum to industry).{note:all courses in the certificate program will be existing EET courses}

·AAS in Networking and Communications Systems Technology (already existing as General Technology option)

·AAS in Security Administration Technology (collaboration with a number of industry partners)

Satellite Campuses

Business & Computer Technology 

·Develop/revise business transfer course offerings to meet the requirements of the new undergraduate business curriculum at UTK.

Curriculum

· New Programs with a Low Cost/High Enrollment 

1.            Professional Food Preparation Technical Certificate

2.A.A.S. degree – Photography

3.A.A.S. degree – Security Administration & Technology

4.A.F.A. (Associate of Fine Arts) degree – Concentrations in Studio Art and Music

·New Partnerships for Existing Programs –

Investigate 2+2 articulation programs as requested by 

year. 

Engineering and Media Technologies

·Pursue articulation agreement between IDT and ETSU for 2 + 2 program

·Pursue articulation agreement between CET and ETSU for 2 + 2 program in Construction Management

Engineering and Media Technologies

·Pursue articulation opportunities with the military and armed forces

·Pursue articulation agreement between MET and Tennessee Tech for 2 + 2 program

·Pursue articulation agreement between IDT and ETSU for 2 + 2 program

·Pursue articulation agreement between CET and ETSU for 2 + 2 program in Construction Management

Natural and Behavioral Sciences

English

TBR & PSTCC Goal 6

§Improve professional knowledge and skills through reading; coursework; attendance at PSTCC professional development events, especially relating to technology and teaching; attendance at professional conferences, at personal expense if necessary.

§Develop and deliver presentations at PSTCC, at professional conferences, and in the community.

§Continue to write for publication.

5.Promote increased collaborationbetween full-time and adjunct faculty to enhance teaching excellence and support and retention of adjuncts.

TBR & PSTCC Goal 6

§Use ENG-L (listserve) to promote exchange of ideas, assignments, classroom management techniques, etc.

Provide on-line resource notebooks for ENGL and DSPW classes.

Faculty Council

·Fund the second and third phases of the Mercer Salary Equalization program.

Business and Computer Technology 

·Upgrade the classroom and lab computers to Office XP.

·Replace the furniture in the OST and CST computer labs.

Satellite Campuses

Satellite Campuses

·Division Street:Renovate Student Development Center (Summer 2002)

·Magnolia Avenue:Replace glass front doors.

·Magnolia Avenue:Repair overhang on east front of building.

·Magnolia Avenue:Remove lockers in east corridor; provide seating where possible.

·Magnolia Avenue:Renovate the house to be used for faculty inservice activities, student leadership seminars and activities, college and community workshops and mini-conferences.

·Magnolia Avenue:Improve general lighting in Community Room.

·Magnolia Avenue:Install filter over skylights for better use of projection system.

English

TBR & PSTCC Goals 1 and 8; Performance Funding Standard 3B

·Encourage and support individual faculty in development of webpages or WebCT sites for their individual course sections.

§Promote use of Turnitin.com (plagiarism detection web site) as a teaching tool. 

§Develop new on-line courses:British Literature and DSPW0800.

§Produce African American Literature course on TWAV.

Business & Computer Technology 

Satellite Campuses

Faculty Council

Mathematics Department

·Integrating internet resources into the teaching of mathematics.

Instructional Programs Department (IPD)

·Increase the number of courses that integrate information and technology skills instruction.

a.Coordinate development of Web Administration AAS curriculum.

b.Share on a state, regional, and national level what is being done at PSTCC in distance education and curriculum through talks at conferences, forums, and meetings.

Student Life and Recreation

·Develop a fee reduction program for students to take advantage of the Performing Arts Series.Fall 2002 begins

Business and Computer Technology

Liberal Arts

(Strategic Goal 9)

1. The Theatre discipline will continue to explore opportunities for educational and community outreach through main stage productions geared to K-12 audiences and incorporating collaborative efforts with other professional performing arts organizations.
2. The Music Program will offer a Faculty Recital, and Holiday spectacular in the fall, a fall and spring Choral Concert, a fall and spring Jazz Band/Guitar Ensemble concert, a spring Student Honors Recital and a Pellissippi State Invitational Choral Festival.
3. Student music ensembles will increase performances in the community arena at churches, civic organizations and schools.
4. Social Science classes will continue to have guest speakers from the community (Police Dept., Health Dept., The Women’s Crisis Center, social workers, educators, etc.)
5. Social Sciences will continue to provide extra credit opportunities for volunteer experiences with community agencies working with Vision Volunteer Network
6. Education majors will be provided opportunities to observe classrooms in both elementary and secondary schools.
7. The French Program will continue to sponsor a French Film Festival in the fall.

Services for Students with Disabilities

Satellite Campuses

·Magnolia Avenue:Continue Community Outreach Activities, including Destination Education and Seniors on Campus activities.

·Magnolia Avenue:Implement the first Summer Institute for the Knox County Schools Project Grad initiative.