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Big Bets Updates: Success!

Remember that Big Bets Graphic Timeline from back in January?  Well, we are clipping right along toward our goal of a thriving Evergreen!

The week 10 faculty meeting was held yesterday (Wednesday, June 3, 2020) and a vote was held on the proposal (for more information, see this post). Amendments were suggested, amendments were accepted, and the proposal passed overwhelmingly.  That means we will continue to explore robust, exciting, new academic directions for Evergreen, beginning this summer with a deeper look at feasibility followed by implementation planning.

We are far from done, but we have reached a noteworthy milestone with much community support!  We absolutely could not have gotten to where we are now if not for all of you.  Your input, work, feedback, and thoughtful engagement have brought us to where we are today.

For fun, let’s take a look at some of the numbers:

124 total meetings, workshops, and gatherings related to the Big Bets project since Nov 2019

  • Of those 124 meetings:
    • Planning Team: 42
    • Coordinating Group: 19
    • Blue Sky Meetings: 5
    • Faculty Meetings: 6
    • Board of Trustees: 6
    • Student Engagement: 9
    • Feasibility Planning: 18
    • Miscellaneous: 19

Big Bets In Progress: Amendments

Greetings, All.  All quarters are busy at the end, but this one seems especially so with the Big Bets work well underway.  I’ll do my best to keep everything on this site updated. 

Please find below two supplementary documents provided by Nancy Koppelman related to a proposed amendment focused on Schools, and another from Eirik Steinhoff, also regarding Schools.

Amendment-to-New-Academic-Directions-ProposalDownload
Interdisciplinary-SchoolsDownload
Eirik-Steinhoff-School-Model-AmendmentDownload

Additionally, here is a supplemental document from Marja Eloheimo regarding amendment number six (see “Big Bets Amendments,” below) and one from Laura VerMeulen, also regarding Schools. 

Marja-Eloheimo-Proposal-for-School-focused-on-Indigenous-StudiesDownload
Laura-VerMeulen-on-Composition-of-schools-for-Evergreen-State-UniversityDownload

And, drum roll, please… the amendments we’ve received!  Compiled in one document–thank you, Kevin Francis!

Big-Bets-AmendmentsDownload

Draft Market Analysis | May 26, 2020

Here is a Market Analysis drafted by Eric Pedersen and Larry Geri.  The information in the analysis is a guiding force for the Big Bets work.  This post has been updated and includes the latest draft of the Market Analysis.   https://sites.evergreen.edu/bigbets/wp-content/uploads/sites/529/2020/08/Draft-New-Directions-market-study-rev-6-7-20.pdf

Photo by Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash

Big Bets Model Proposal: May 2020

New-Academic-Directions-Model-May-2020Download
MODEL-COMPONENTS-for-w8Download

Woah, woah, we have a draft proposal! 

The proposal language itself is the left-hand document titled “New Academic Directions Model May 2020,” the right-hand document is the slideshow on the model presented in the Spring Week 8 Faculty Meeting.

Finally, the document below was created by breakout groups in the Week 8 Faculty Meeting and will be available to anyone for contribution until Wednesday, May 27.  This link should be accessible (and editable) by anyone with an Evergreen login.  Come on over and see what your colleagues are thinking, and add your own!

https://evergreen0-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/graye_evergreen_edu/EUTTaD7JdIJAtiCEe717ZmMBBC6mXNfknJsIBaDYvJLA7A?e=8X00EE

Big Bets Engagement Timeline

Just a quick note to acknowledge the engagement happening during spring quarter around the Big Bets process.  Note that weeks one through five have already happened; all other meetings are projected and subject to slight revision:

  • Week One
    • Planning Team
    • Feasibility Group
  • Week Two
    • Coordinating Group
    • Planning Team
    • Faculty Meeting
  • Week Three
    • Feasibility Group
    • Student and Academic Life (SAL) Leadership Team
    • Senior Leadership
  • Week Four
    • Feasibility Group
    • Coordinating Group
    • Faculty Meeting
    • Geoduck Student Union
  • Week Five
    • Coordinating Group
    • Feasibility Group
    • Divisions of Inclusive Excellence & Student Success and Indigenous Arts & Education
    • Campus Leadership Group
    • Board of Trustees
    • Student Engagement

Projected meetings from here on out:

  • Week Six
    • Feasibility Group
    • Faculty Meeting
    • Evergreen Staff (at large)
    • SAL Division Staff Meeting
    • Board of Trustees Student Success Subcommittee
    • Planning Team
    • Student Engagement
  • Week Seven
    • Feasibility Group
    • Coordinating Group
    • Planning Team
    • Student Engagement
  • Week Eight
    • Feasibility Group
    • Board of Trustees
    • Faculty Meeting
    • Student Engagement
  • Week Nine
    • Feasibility Group
    • Planning Team
    • Faculty Meeting (potentially)
    • Student Engagement
  • Week Ten
    • Feasibility Group
    • Coordinating Group
    • Faculty Meeting
  • Eval Week
    • Board of Trustees

 

 

Coordinating Group Meeting 4/27/20

The Coordinating Group convened once again on Monday, April 27 (week five); 22 people were in attendance. 

In the first hour (of our two hour meeting), we reviewed the elements of a model (below) and, as a group, debriefed the week 4 faculty meeting.  For access to the group notes that were generated from that debrief, click here (it will take you to a shared Word document in OneDrive).

In the second hour, we reviewed data from Hanover Research, from Evergreen’s Institutional Research, and from the Blue Sky data from Fall and Winter quarters to discuss potential curricular clusters of note (see below post for presentation of data).  We then broke into small groups for discussion around curricular areas.

The Coordinating Group will convene again on Wednesday, May 13th to continue the work of reviewing and incorporating feedback into the draft model we have.  Stay tuned! 

Hopes for upcoming faculty meetings where Big Bets are discussed:

    • Week 6 – focus on curriculum
    • Week 8 – provide a comprehensive updated model
    • Week 9 – possible added faculty meeting on 5/27 for further deliberation on the model (if week 8 suggests this is wise)
    • Week 10 – final deliberation on model + advisory vote

Elements of a Model

  • Evergreen State University
    • Evergreen College + Canopy College + Graduate and Professional School of Applied Learning [Note: these names are placeholders and are not official; we have already received thoughtful suggestions and feedback about the names]
  • Hybrid Learning; Low res
  • C1: Concentration
  • C2: Certificate
  • C3: Capstone
  • Wraparound Support
  • New Transcript  
042720-CG-DataDownload