{"id":2385,"date":"2021-01-12T08:34:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2021-01-12T08:35:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:35:05","slug":"recast-new-directions-for-evergreen-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2021\/01\/recast-new-directions-for-evergreen-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Recast | New Directions for Evergreen Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From: <\/strong>&#8220;Geri, Laurance&#8221; &lt;GeriL@evergreen.edu&gt;<br> <strong>Date: <\/strong>Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 8:01 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to\nWinter 2021!&nbsp; It\u2019s time to share an update on the New Directions for\nEvergreen initiative.&nbsp; We\u2019ve been busy, and a lot of work is\nunderway.&nbsp; &nbsp;We&#8217;ve structured this update with an overview at the top,\na summary of the implementation timeline, and details on the work of the\nseveral New Directions workgroups below.&nbsp; Please send us any\nfeedback&nbsp;you have at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:bigbets@evergreen.edu\">bigbets@evergreen.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project\nOverview&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project&nbsp;is moving through a crucial phase&nbsp;translating&nbsp;the&nbsp;ideas and&nbsp;dreams generated this summer into actionable\nworkplans.&nbsp; Ten&nbsp;workgroups&nbsp;are&nbsp;working in three areas:&nbsp; Curriculum\nEnhancement, Holistic Advising, and Curricular Coherence (see&nbsp;the figure below).&nbsp;&nbsp;Most of these teams&nbsp;began&nbsp;their&nbsp;work in earnest following&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.evergreen.edu%2Fnewdirections%2Fall-campus-invited-to-participate-in-the-new-academic-directions-2020-2021-kick-off%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwilliaas%40evergreen.edu%7Ca2892c76174445d7786708d8b71355bc%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637460641193179398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=F%2B3pg7F%2BvYGMhHBZCdlv9pagZ1Q6BTmfbm3%2BZj6pvM8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cKick Off\u201d event organized\nby&nbsp;JuliA&nbsp;Metzker&nbsp;on November 4<sup>th<\/sup><\/a>.&nbsp; This event brought the teams together for an\norientation&nbsp;on\nthe project, an\nupdate to the community, and an initial structured session for each&nbsp;workgroup&nbsp;that allowed them to review their specific\ncharge, establish community agreements and equity practices, and clarify their\ngoals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These workgroups are&nbsp;in the process of&nbsp;developing detailed&nbsp;proposals, with the goal to have these proposals ready for\nconsideration by the New Directions Steering Committee before the end of winter\nquarter or early in spring quarter.&nbsp; The Project Oversight group is\nkeeping an eye on the big picture of the initiative and ensuring that these\nproposals are harmonized in order to maximize their impact once implemented.&nbsp;Brief&nbsp;updates on the work of&nbsp;many&nbsp;of these teams is provided&nbsp;at the end of this message.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams&nbsp;continue&nbsp;to&nbsp;explore new&nbsp;curriculum in&nbsp;Climate Action and Sustainability,\nInterdisciplinary Art and Design, and development of a Psychology Path of\nStudy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, we are exploring a variety of<strong>&nbsp;partnerships<\/strong>&nbsp;with other institutions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notably, an articulation agreement with Centralia\nCollege&nbsp;is\nbeing developed.&nbsp;\nThis&nbsp;aims to&nbsp;prepare&nbsp;interested&nbsp;students&nbsp;graduating from Centralia&nbsp;to enroll in&nbsp;Evergreen&nbsp;programs associated with some specific paths.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally,&nbsp;we received 21 nominations of students to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;in the New Directions initiative.&nbsp; Participating students may join&nbsp;workteams, or be part of a standing focus group that will\nprovide feedback to the&nbsp;workteams&nbsp;on emerging proposals.&nbsp; We&nbsp;thank these students in advance for their help!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Implementation Timeline<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The timeline below includes key dates and milestones\nfor the project.&nbsp; As the&nbsp;workgroup&nbsp;proposals&nbsp;are finalized and adopted, a more detailed\ntimeline will be developed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Holistic Advising, Certificates\n     and Paths Workgroups provide progress reports and engage with faculty,\n     students and staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Faculty&nbsp;vote on a consensus&nbsp;schools&nbsp;model (week 8 faculty meeting).&nbsp;<\/li><li>Students identify specific Path of\n     Study interests.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Steering Committee reviews draft\n     proposals from New Directions workgroups, makes implementation\n     recommendations to Senior Staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Certificate Proposals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Additional engagement&nbsp;with&nbsp;Capstones&nbsp;and&nbsp;HaPPier&nbsp;workgroups.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Summer 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Implementation planning continues\n     for the various workgroups.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall 2021&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Implementation of an initial set\n     of 3-4 certificate programs.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Online courses and programs\n     offered by faculty participants in the online learning certification\n     program.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Earliest date to work with&nbsp;legislature on a bill supporting institutional\n     transition to a university.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Initial&nbsp;launch&nbsp;of the undergraduate Schools model.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Initial&nbsp;launch&nbsp;of the Graduate and Professional Schools\n     model.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Earliest possible date to formally become&nbsp;Evergreen State University&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to visit the&nbsp;project website (<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.evergreen.edu%2Fnewdirections%2Fall-campus-invited-to-participate-in-the-new-academic-directions-2020-2021-kick-off%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwilliaas%40evergreen.edu%7Ca2892c76174445d7786708d8b71355bc%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637460641193179398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=F%2B3pg7F%2BvYGMhHBZCdlv9pagZ1Q6BTmfbm3%2BZj6pvM8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sites.evergreen.edu\/newdirections<\/a>)&nbsp;for an archive of project updates, key resource\ndocuments and workgroup membership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Workteam&nbsp;updates&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Standing Committee on the Curriculum (SCC)<\/strong>&nbsp;has\nmade progress toward&nbsp;developing a consensus&nbsp;model for undergraduate schools at the College\nand is refining the details. This model will be shared with a variety of groups\nearly winter quarter, with the goal of sharing it with the Agenda Committee\nweek 5 and presenting&nbsp;it&nbsp;at the week 6 faculty meeting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The School of Graduate and Professional Studies team<\/strong>&nbsp;is\ndeveloping a detailed concept for that school, which will incorporate the\ncollege\u2019s three current graduate programs, plus provide support for our future\ncertificate programs.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Paths of Study&nbsp;<\/strong>project\nis moving forward&nbsp;rapidly&nbsp;on several fronts.&nbsp; A&nbsp;subteam&nbsp;consisting of&nbsp;Farra&nbsp;Hayes, Eric Pedersen,&nbsp;Allen Thompson,&nbsp;Wade&nbsp;Arave, Julie Russo, Stephen Beck, Kristina&nbsp;Ackley&nbsp;and Amy Betz is working to clarify the Path \u201cstory\u201d\nthat should be communicated to various categories of current and potential&nbsp;students, and&nbsp;will craft a plan for incorporating those in our\nexternal promotion and recruitment materials and the college website.&nbsp; The\ngroup is also working with&nbsp;Information Technology Team&nbsp;to update&nbsp;our current systems, including&nbsp;the Curriculum Management Database, Banner, Radius, Online Catalog, and Path web pages&nbsp;to incorporate the Paths model.&nbsp; Another&nbsp;group is crafting a revised budget for our\nMellon Grant to support the Paths over the last year of the grant.&nbsp;&nbsp;And in late winter quarter we will provide\nstudents with an opportunity to indicate which Paths they intend to follow,\nincluding a \u201cstudent-design\u201d path model.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two\ngroups are working on different elements of <strong>Holistic Advising<\/strong>. The team\nworking on&nbsp;<strong>Advisor\nRoles and Expectations&nbsp;<\/strong>led by&nbsp;Therese&nbsp;Saliba,&nbsp;Cholee&nbsp;Gladney, Andy Corn, and Allen Thompson&nbsp;is refining their&nbsp;proposal&nbsp; and&nbsp;will&nbsp;present their&nbsp;model incorporating&nbsp;Holistic Advising to Senior Leadership in January and\nto the Faculty in February.&nbsp;&nbsp;The team\u2019s pilot plan&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus&nbsp;on historically underserved students with lower\nretention rates in hopes of improving these students\u2019 success.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The team is also exploring best practices to\ncoordinate technology system(s) for Holistic Advising&nbsp;and will seek a Title&nbsp;lll&nbsp;grant to support the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;Holistic Advising \u2013 Academic Policy and Practices\nReview&nbsp;(HAAPPieR)<\/strong>&nbsp;team&nbsp;led by Karen Gaul&nbsp;is doing&nbsp;a deep review of the college\u2019s policies and practices\nregarding syllabi, accessibility,&nbsp;learning&nbsp;outcomes and&nbsp;earning&nbsp;credit,&nbsp;credit&nbsp;equivalencies, and&nbsp;attendance&nbsp;policies.&nbsp; Their goal is to update these policies and\npractices in ways that will be&nbsp;equity-producing, transparent, and promote student\nsuccess and belonging.&nbsp;&nbsp;Karen and the team gave a very helpful&nbsp;gave a presentation at the&nbsp;week 8&nbsp;faculty meeting&nbsp;fall quarter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><br>\n<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Hybrid\/Online Learning<\/strong>&nbsp;team\nis preparing to work with a group of&nbsp;faculty&nbsp;to\nfacilitate their participation in&nbsp;an&nbsp;online teaching certification program in spring\n2021, once funding is obtained.&nbsp; The&nbsp;goal will be for these participants to offer online\nprograms and courses during the 2021-22 academic year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Certificates team<\/strong>&nbsp;has drafted a policy framework on certificates for the\ncollege that is being refined.&nbsp; The team\u2019s goal is to have 2-4 certificate&nbsp;programs, including both for-credit and non-credit\ncertificates, offered beginning fall \u201921, with a more extensive set of offerings ready for the\n22-23 academic year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Workforce Development<\/strong>&nbsp;team\nalso has a goal of offering a small number of workforce-oriented certificates\nby fall \u201921.&nbsp; They are developing a vision for workforce development at\nthe college that&nbsp;incorporates&nbsp;a variety of elements that will help current and\npotential students envision Evergreen as a great place to prepare themselves\nfor future careers and graduate school.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A full description of the work of&nbsp;all of&nbsp;the New Directions&nbsp;workteams&nbsp;and their membership is available here:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/newdirections\/members\/.\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Best wishes&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Directions for Evergreen Lead Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy\nBetz&nbsp;<br>\nLarry Geri&nbsp;<br>\nJuliA&nbsp;Metzker&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: &#8220;Geri, Laurance&#8221; &lt;GeriL@evergreen.edu&gt; Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 8:01 AM Welcome to Winter 2021!&nbsp; It\u2019s time to share&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4996,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[11,95],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4996"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385\/revisions\/2386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}