1. President’s Workshop August 20, 2008

2. This Morning’s Agenda 8:00 – 8:30Introduction and Background – Tiger Teams – Six Thinking Hats 8:30 – 10:30 Scheduling 10:30 – 10:45 Break and Move to Dining Room 10:45 – 12:00 Assurances of Learning 12:00 ALL CAMPUS PICNIC PUB PATIO

3. Tiger Teams Established to work on an issue or problem, develop potential solutions, recommend a solution, and implement it This summer first group included 8 faculty and 8 staff working on 3 key issues Focus on process as well as ‘product’ / outcomes Developed toolkit – stakeholder analysis, process mapping, teambuilding

4. Tiger Teams - Issues General Education – Charged by faculty senate in March 2008 – Building on prior work at Dean’s retreat and continued faculty meetings in spring 2008 Scheduling – Responding to faculty and staff interest in addressing busyness Assurances of Learning – In response to AQIP request and internal interest in learning assessment approaches

5. Tiger Teams - Membership Midge Browning Jeff Cornelius Lee Ellis Tom Fuller Dorsie Glen Suz Goewert Steve Hinthorne Lynn Horth Pamela Kaye Patty Langton Merlin Lewis Brian McCauley Lisa Roberts Greg Sandford Scott Schneberger Cindy Shedd

6. Six Thinking Hats

7. Six Thinking Hats* Captures intelligence, experience and knowledge of all team members Offers multiple perspectives for the discussion and assures they are covered Provides direction, focuses thinking Hats can be easily put on or put off Describes modes of thinking, not people *Edward DeBono, 1999

8. Six Thinking Hats* Blue Hat – cool, the organizing hat Green Hat – growth, green field, creativity, new ideas Yellow Hat – sunny and positive Black Hat – careful and cautious, ‘devil’s advocate’ Red Hat – emotional, feelings White Hat – neutral and objective, concerned with facts and figures *Edward DeBono, 1999

9. Assurances of Learning August 20, 2008

10. Background AQIP requirement –Requirement for Reaffirmation –Included in Portfolio –College-wide effort Principia Efforts –Development of Learning Themes

11. Assurances of Learning A program to identify key elements in student learning and measure them An approach that provides insights into the connections between student experiences and learning themes/ outcomes A process that involves faculty and staff and encourages conversation around key learning approaches

12. An Effective Christian Scientist A Public-Spirited Citizen An Inspired Learner An Individual of Refined Moral Character Character Development Knowledge Skills Intended Outcome of a Principia Education College Wide Learning Themes

13. Learning Matrix Theme x Activity Character Development KnowledgeSkills Activities (Course, ACA Event, OSL Interaction)

14. Learning Experiences/Mechanisms Discussions Lecture Field Trip Small Groups Presentations Term Projects Writing Assignments Videos/Films Conferences Interviews One-on-One Labs Guest lecturers Debates Exams Team Projects Software Programs Workshops Hands-on Tutorial Coaching Oral Exams Cases Competitions

15. Learning Matrix Activity x Experience Activity Experience

16. Today’s Activity Complete the Matrix for a set of your activities (courses, events, interactions) Use the College Wide Learning Themes to populate the top row and your activities to populate the first column Fill in the resulting cells using the Rubric (0, 1 or 2)

17. Learning Matrix Learning Matrix Themes Activities