memo
  Date: 2/23/2006
  To:Paul Broadie, VP of Student Development
  From: Diane Bliss, Governance President
  RE:Update on Student Development review recommendations
             Following is a summary of our recent meeting regarding progress on the four major areas of
             recommendations that resulted from the ad hoc Student Development Review Committee.
             Please review so that I may forward the results to Executive Committee.
             Recommendation #1: Leadership
                   E New Vice President for Student Development
                   E Creation of Leadership Team, consisting of coordinators and directors, meets every 2
                     weeks
                   E Human Resources is developing evaluation forms for all management confidential
                     employees
                   E Division is reviewing mission statement on division-wide level
                   E Hired Director of Advising, Counseling & Assessment
                   E Hired full-time financial aid counselor for NEC
                   E Determining division needs, not just leadership needs
             Recommendation #2: Communications and collaboration
                   E Division meetings have been re-established (division as whole)
                   E Completed Customer Service training for entire division
                   E Team leaders are now going through supervisory training
                   E Registration processes are changing to make them more student-centered and
                     responsive to students in giving them directions
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memo: Update on Student Development review recommendations
      E Collaborating with Academic Affairs on academic advising and orientation: Academic
       Advising Task Force � plans to establish an Advising Center that will include faculty and
       Student Development staff collaboratively staffing the center; Orientation Task Force �
       includes faculty and Student Development staff working to improve Orientation
      E Director of Advising, Counseling and Assessment will sit with the Academic Leadership
       Team; AVP of Liberal Arts will sit with the Student Development Leadership Team
Recommendation #3: Structure/Organization/Staffing
      E Plans in budget for upgrading/replacing technology
      E Participated in meetings related to update of the Facilities Master Plan, including the
       Charette process, to consider space needs and design
      E Reviewing staffing; hired Director of Advising, Counseling and Assessment; looking at
       cross training and utilization of staff in most effective ways during peak times for specific
       offices or services
      E Instituted automated phone service for Admissions
Recommendation #4: Assessment of Student Development areas
      E Progress on this is impacted by current status of changes and by overall college
       assessment; Assessment Advisory Committee just convened to begin its work
      E VPSD will be working with Coordinator of Assessment in developing assessment plans
       for the division
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