1. Central Virginia
Community College
Where your future begins

2. The QEP Quality Enhancement Plan

3. What is a QEP? Quality Enhancement Plan
A core requirement for SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation:
“. . . a carefully designed course of action that addresses a well-defined and focused topic or issue related to enhancing student learning. The QEP should be embedded within the institution’s ongoing integrated institution-wide planning and evaluation process . . .” (SACSCOC Handbook for Reaffirmation of Accreditation, 2007, p. 3)
An opportunity for the college to focus on a topic that we care about to improve student outcomes

4. What is a QEP
An opportunity for the college to focus on a topic that we care about to improve student outcomes

5. Why is a QEP now a SACS Core requirement?
To make the SACS reaffirmation of accreditation process less prescriptive and . . .
To give more control to institutions.

6. An Acceptable QEP . . .
includes a broad-based institutional process identifying a key issue emerging from institutional assessment,
focuses on learning outcomes and/or the environment supporting student learning and accomplishing the mission of the institution,
demonstrates institutional capability for the initiation, implementation, and completion of the QEP,
includes broad-based involvement of institutional constituencies in the development and proposed implementation of the QEP, and
identifies goals and a plan to assess their achievement. (SACSCOC Core Requirement 2.12)

7. The Topic Selection Team
Topic Selection Co-Chairs
Cynthia Lofaso (HSS) and Rebecca Honeycutt (SME)
Additional committee members
Joey Fronheiser (IE/IR/Planning), Ernie Wade (BAH), Kimberly French (Counseling)
The entire CVCC Community

8. The Process
Between January 2012 and May 2012 the committee met with and gathered information from the following groups:
Faculty Association
President’s Staff
Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Student Services group (deans and directors
Classified Staff Association
Part-Time Staff Association
Student Government Association

9. Faculty Association Focus Group
Student success center
Writing center
Tutoring
Faculty advising
Focus on motivation and organizational skills of students
Focus on reading skills
Reading prerequisites

10. Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Student Services Focus Group
An emphasis on the use of Collaborate for online instruction
An emphasis on mobile learning
Faculty in each degree major to teach SDV 100
Hybrid Course Offerings – how it could benefit & impact instruction, increase offerings

11. President’s Staff Focus Group
Re-emphasized the broad based approach
Approved existing QEP topics
It is up to the CVCC community to come up with the topic
Commitment of resources of both time and money

12. Open Forum More tutors and more subjects available for tutoring
Career advisement
Increased support for student success
Incorporation of reading, writing and math across the curriculum
Improvement in wait times in counseling
Improvement in student/faculty communication
Improved communication with counseling and advising
Faculty advising
Creation of learning communities

13. Classified Staff Association Focus Group
Basic training for students in computer use, Blackboard and overall computer skills including proper use of for communication
Assistance for students in conducting research and writing term papers
Basic training in library skills

14. Part Time Staff Association Focus Group
Better structured tutoring center
Better staffing in the tutoring center
Stronger orientation program for incoming students
Creation of an alumni mentor program
Better communication of learning resources and scholarship opportunities to students
Development of a career center

15. Department Meetings and Communications
Tutoring with drop in availability
Support for students with academic difficulties early in the semester
Math and English tutoring center
Walk in tutoring with a shorter wait time
Site tutors
Ways to enhance student motivation and promote a passion for learning
Comprehensive student learning center
Emphasis on literacy
Creation of a writing center

16. Major Themes
Learning Resource Center to provide tutoring to a greater number of students in a greater number of academic areas.
College Readiness Program to focus on students who are coming into the community college.
Reading, Writing and Math across the Curriculum to focus on the incorporation of fundamental skills across all general education courses.

17. CVCC Quality Enhancement Plan Topic Selection Survey
Survey Results
CVCC Quality Enhancement Plan Topic Selection Survey
Please rank order your choices for a QEP topic
Answer Options
1st Choice
2nd Choice
3rd Choice
Rating Average
Response Count
Learning Resource Center 57 37 22
1.70
116
College Readiness Program 36 41 40
2.03
117
Reading, Writing, and Math Across the Curriculum 23 38 52
2.26
113
answered question
skipped question

18. Next Steps Co-Chairs for the QEP Planning Process
Formation of Subcommittees
Stay tuned and get ready!