Teacher Education Strategic Initiatives (TESI)

Steering Committee Meeting - #1Tuesday, October 6, 2015

1 – 4 pm

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October 6, 2015 Meeting Agenda• Background & Introductions• Provost’s Charge• Teacher Education Strategic Initiative Process &

Timeline• Determination of Focus Areas – small group• Focus Area Reporting to Whole Group• Discussion of Steering Committee Focus Areas in

Small Groups

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October 6, 2015 Meeting Agenda• Individual Selection of Top 8 Focus Areas• BREAK!• Top 8 Focus Areas presented to the group and

discussed• Select Focus Area for Small Group work• Next Steps Discussed

– Small Group Focus Area Meetings• SWOT Analysis• Prioritization

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Jim Wohlpart - Provost• Welcome & Thanks• Charge to the Committee• Support from Board of Regents• Process and Timeline

– Draft Strategic Initiatives by December 2015– Share focus areas with larger campus

community/external stakeholders January 2016– Specifics and more formal plan to BOR by June 2016

TESI Process & Timeline• 46 volunteers for the Steering Committee identified• Initial Planning Meeting(s) – Week of October 5th

• Provost’s Charge – Bold, Distinctive, Inclusive, Elevate our Greatness, Acknowledge & Address our shortcomings

• Committee’s Goal – Create 6 – 8 Strategic Focus Areas, including a vision for Teacher Education, that will raise our program to national recognition.

• Develop 6 – 8 Focus Areas – Big Rocks/Balcony View• Self-Select Focus Areas and a Group Leader will be identified for the Team

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OCTOBER

TESI Process & Timeline• Focus Area Teams ** will meet and do a SWOT Analysis of their section• Steering Committee Meeting #2 – Scheduled for first week of November

• November 2 – 6, 2015 - Meeting #2 will Confirm our Categories and Share the SWOT Analysis with the Entire Steering Committee. Format for final presentation provided to Teams

• Focus Area Teams will meet again to incorporate Steering Committee input and add detail to their section

• November 30, 2015 – Deadline for the Focus Area Finalized presentation to be provided to Nick and Cindy

** Focus Area Teams are encouraged to invite broader participation from the campus community

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OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

TESI Process & Timeline• December 1, 2015 – Nick & Cindy will share final Focus Area

presentations for Steering Committee feedback

• December 15, 2015 – Deadline for Steering Committee feedback on Focus Areas – Draft provided to Provost by December 18, 2015

• Steering Committee Meeting #3 – January 11 – 15, 2016• Review completed presentation for revisions prior to campus review

• January 19, 2016 – Teacher Education Strategic Initiatives provided to campus for review

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DECEMBER & JANUARY

TESI Process & Timeline• January 19 – 29, 2016 – Campus Community Invited to TESI

Development Presentations

• February 1 – February 15, 2016 – Community Invited to TESI Development Presentations

• February 15 – May, 2016 - Turn Focus Areas into Action Plan

• June 2016 – Completed Strategic Initiative to BOR

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JANUARY - JUNE

Focus Areas Parameters• Two of the Focus Areas will include:

– Mission/Vision– Governance

• Opportunity for yearlong student teaching must appear

• Integrates bold and distinctive practices from other ranked teacher education programs

• Incorporates a professional readiness program

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Next Steps• Focus Area Teams – There will be a second

meeting just like this one on Friday, Oct. 9• Nick & Cindy will compile the list of Focus Area

Teams after that meeting• A Leader will be selected for each Team• Emails will be sent out announcing the teams • Focus Area Teams meet to work on next meeting

deliverables

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Deliverables for November Meeting• Focus Area Groups Provide 2 things for next

meeting:• SWOT Analysis• Focus Area Questions to Answer

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SWOT AnalysisTo plan effectively, we need to fully understand the dynamics of our internal and external environment and respond accordingly:• A planning tool used to understand the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, &

Threats involved in a program or project.• Used as a framework for organizing and using data gained from a situational analysis

of internal and external Internal/Organizational

• Strengths• Weaknesses

External/Market• Opportunities

• Threats

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SWOT AnalysisInternal Factors of SWOT• PRIMO-f helps cover the bases of the internal factors:

– P – People– R – Resources– I – Innovation– M – Marketing– O – Operations– F - Finance

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SWOT AnalysisExternal Factors of SWOT• PESTLE helps cover the bases of the external factors:

– P – Political– E – Economic– S – Social– T – Technological– L – Legal– E - Environmental

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Strengths

•Advantages•Experience, knowledge •Unique caracteristics•Resources•Geographical advantage, location•Competence, capabilities•Quality, reputation

Opportunities

•Strategic alliances, partnerships•Product development•Import, export•Innovation an technology development

Threats

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Weaknesses

•Disadvantages•Gap in experience, knowledge •Financial aspects•Reliability and trust•Loss of key staff•Geographical factors

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Opportunities

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Summary

SWOT summary

•Provide any key information here that you feel hasn’t been articulated on any of the other slides that your team has created.

SWOT ANALYSIS

Focus Area Questions to Answer

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How are our ideas bold/distinctive?

How do these ideas elevate our (programmatic & institutional) strengths? (Including things like Professional Readiness Program in the CBA)

How do our ideas address our weaknesses?

How do the ideas borrow from external excellence?

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Teacher Education Strategic Initiatives (TESI)

Nick PaceNick.pace@uni.edu

Cindy Diehl YangCindy.diehlyang@uni.edu

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