1. Failed to Meet Standard 6

2. Standard 6: Goverance The unit has the
leadership, authority, budget, personnel, facilities, and resources, including technology resources, for the preparation of candidates to meet professional, state, and institutional standards.

3. Standard 6.2 Target Level
Describe areas of the standard at which the unit is currently performing.
Summarize activities and impact on candidate performance.
Discuss plans and timelines for obtaining/sustaining.

4. Exhibits Policy, procedures, and practices (PPP)
This will include all aspects for all candidates in our programs – here or distant.
Informal PPP will be formalized this year with input from all stakeholders.
If we say, this is the way we do “it” then we will develop written PPP.
All we be published online.

5. Areas for Improvement
1. The unit governance structure does not facilitate effective unit planning and operation across programs of study for other school professionals.
Graduate Advisory Committee
Department Meetings to discuss graduate program issues.
Program leaders meetings to assure coordination and cooperation.
Effective reviews of Graduate Programs

6. AFIs
2. The unit governance structure does not ensure the review and use of data to improve the quality of programs, unit operations, and the performance of candidates.
Data session today to analyze data from 2010 academic year ( )
Identify what is collected.
Analyze what is collected. Determine what is needed for program improvement.
Fall 2011, data analysis for 2011 academic year ( ).
Must be addressed by program for initial, advanced, and other school personnel.
Each program will produce a report stating success, failures, areas for improvement, etc.

7. Area for improvement
3. The unit governance structure does not facility collaboration among unit faculty to plan, deliver, and operated coherent programs of study.
Policy development for unit.
Both initial, advanced, and other school personnel collaboration
QM for DE courses
Common graduate core
Common TaskStream Collection of data.
Graduate Advisory Group
Interdepartmental discussions

8. Areas for Improvement
4. The unit governance structure does not ensure effective use of unit-wide assessment data.
All data repository in EPI Center
Periodic review of data across all programs
Use of TaskStream to collect, report, and analyze data.
Annual report of data use by all programs

9. What is being done!
1. All programs review of 2010 data and report generation today.
2. All program review of 2011 data and report Fall 2011.
3. Policy and procedure manual for unit governance.
4. Common graduate core
5. Unit Graduate Advisory Committee
6. Unit Undergraduate Advisory Committee
7. Unite Distance Education Graduate Advisory Committee
8. Coordinated Faculty Development as part of evaluation
9. Alignment of all data with ASEP, NCATE, SACS
10. TaskStream for program SLOs, EPI data central, access for SBEC

10. Standard 6 Committee Dr. John Miazga, Chair Dr. Richard Bain, C&I
Dr. Judith Hakes, TED
Dr. Jim Summerlin, C&I
Dr. Linda Lucksinger, TED
Dr. Brian May, Provost and Graduate Dean