Growing Purposefully
From the beginning, a key college priority was ensuring that our QEP topic could grow over the life of the initiative and become a lasting part of the culture of the college. As a result, “Thinking Critically, Growing Purposefully” will expand deliberately across the college over the next five-year period. New critical thinking courses will be added to the course catalog through an iterative process of pilot-refinement-implementation.
What can you expect for the QEP in the first year?
The first year of the QEP initiative will be focused on establishing the foundation for the five-year program. The 2022-2023 academic year will include a marketing campaign to raise awareness about the QEP, the establishment of on-going professional development events such as the college’s new “Critical Thinking Development Day,” and the first pilots of critical thinking focused courses. The following list includes a few of the action items for the QEP for the first year.
Summer 2022
- Prepare and submit SACSCOC QEP Report
- Establish college marketing effort to increase QEP awareness among students, faculty and staff
Fall 2022
- Launch a new critical thinking pre-test & reflection module in College Success Course (COLS 101)
- Add critical thinking information and branding to the student planner program within COLS 101
- Establish online QEP resource repository (for faculty)
- Onsite visit with SACSCOC (October 3-6)
- Develop and submit first critical thinking course proposals for internal review
Spring 2023
- Launch first critical thinking pilot course sections
- Create and release student-facing QEP information and resource webpages
- Launch incentive program for college exit exam
- Launch first annual “Critical Thinking Development Day”
- Develop and submit second batch of course proposals for review
Looking ahead: The full five year plan.
A full timeline for the five-year initiative is included in the college’s QEP Report.