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As passed at the June 3, 2020 faculty meeting
As passed at the June 3, 2020 faculty meeting
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
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.
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.
And, drum roll, please… the amendments we’ve received! Compiled in one document–thank you, Kevin Francis!
An update and some responses to FAQs we’ve received in the last week.
See you all at the Faculty Meeting on Wednesday!
Results are in from the 143 students polled about components of the recent Big Bets model. Check it out!
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
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
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:
Projected meetings from here on out:
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!
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