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 from 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 ongoing 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 the first critical thinking pilot course sections
- Create and release student-facing QEP information and resource webpages
- Launch an incentive program for the college exit exam
- Launch the first annual “Critical Thinking Development Day.”
- Develop and submit the 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.