Overview
of the QEP Selection Process:
1)
We hire a work-study to enter
all paper submissions onto the web page, giving us a readable and
searchable set of submissions.
2)
A small sub-group
pre-screens the submissions, eliminating for further consideration
all that clearly miss the target for a QEP (not student outcomes
focused, for example). These ideas are posted to the
committee-only web page so that other committee members can
resurrect an idea if they think it has been buried prematurely.
3)
The subgroup narrows the
remaining submissions into like ideas e.g. topics focused on
writing, topics focused on the calendar, etc.
4)
The larger committee
then divides into subgroups, each with a chair, that receives a
packet of ideas to evaluate. I suspect that each subgroup of, say,
4 folks would receive a fairly small packet of ideas (I’ll place my
bet at less than 5 ideas per subgroup).
5)
Each idea is evaluated,
on a one to three star basis, on the following criteria:
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Does the idea have a champion?
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Is the idea feasible/can it be
completed?
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Will the idea have a positive
effect on student learning outcomes?
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Is it a transformative idea?
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Can we measure the effect of the
initiative?
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How costly will this be?
6)
The subgroups place
their evaluations on the committee-only web page for all to see.
7)
Each subgroup presents
their sense of the best 2 or 3 ideas that they’ve received (assuming
that there are that many “top” ideas in each subgroup).
8)
The larger committee
picks, say, the 10 best ideas for further consideration.
