OIT Leadership GroupÌý
Intro by Jeff Cox
- Intro on teaching and reaching visioning
- Laying out of fall work
- Role of Committee and Report
Intro to A&S Strategic Planning Process by David Brown
- History of A&S process
- Work of committee to date—draft vision statement
- Schedule for committee’s work
Comment:Ìý This is a timely conversation
Comment:Ìý transparency is appreciated
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Q:Ìý What does success look like?
- ÌýThe provost has indicated that the conversation itself is worth doing, but the hope is to be able to arrive at a consensus about some planning priorities for our academic future.
Comment: Yes, there is value in the process to enable employee engagement
Comment:Ìý We need to consider the skill sets needed for our students as they prepare for future careers:Ìý communication; critical thinking; problem solving; willing to take risks; statistics and data science
Comment:Ìý We should discuss student debt.
Comment:Ìý Staff could help set up practicum courses for students
Comment:Ìý Increase communication between faculty and staff.
Comment:Ìý The next generation of teachers need to be interdisciplinary; and they need to inculcate soft skills along with technical ones.
Comment:Ìý The passion of the faculty can be transformative.
Comment:Ìý Go big!