Presentation of the Learning Design for April-August, 1999

Basic Design

Learning Teams

As a result of the approved learning design, the group divided into the following five learning teams:

Team Members: Convener - Larry Calderon; P. Scott Corbett; Kitty Merrill;and Jim Walker

Our schedule of meetings with Burt Peachy are:

First meeting -- May 25th 2:00 - 4:00

Second meeting -- June 3rd 2:00-4:00

Third meeting -- July 12th 2:00-4:00

Team Charge:

This team will focus its activity on researching best practices in strategic planning process models with emphasis on multi-unit planning models within large organizations. The group will look at practices both within and outside of higher education to discover innovative ideas and concepts that could apply to our environment. The team will identify potential best practice sites that members of the CCVC Futures Forum may visit during the design phase (May – November, 1999). The team will conduct a self-assessment of current planning processes in the CCVC and identify gaps between current and desired practices. Additionally, the team will develop a communications construct that will be recommended for taking a new planning process model to the colleges during the fall semester. Finally, the group will be responsible for posting its findings on the CCVC website and conducting a daylong learning session with the entire Future’s Forum to share their research.

Team Members: Convener- Cheryl Shearer

Floyd Martin; Farzeen Nasri; Shelly Barnett; Daniel Berney; Steven Arvizu; Deborah Ventura; and Karen de la Pena

Our schedule of meetings with Burt Peachy are:

First meeting – June 2^nd. 9:00 – 12:00 noon

Second meeting -- June 25^th. 9:00 – 12:00 noon

Team Charge:

This team will focus its activity on researching the profile of the community college student of the first decade of the 21^st. Century. The group should draw on existing research and demographic trends within the county, with in the state and the nation. In addition, the team should propose strategies to conduct original research to definitively understand what our county requires from the colleges over the next decade that must be addressed through the new CCVC planning process and any future transformational activity. Emphasis should be focused on providing integrated instructional and support services for students and access for all potential learners to all of our programs. We should address Terry O’Banions’ statement that future students will desire access "anytime, anywhere and in anyway they want." Finally, the group will be responsible for posting its findings on the CCVC website and conducting a daylong learning session with the entire Future’s Forum to share their research.

Team Members: Convener – Carolyn Inouye

Susan Bricker; Kathy Colborn; Leann Colvin; Julian Ligioso; Quint Morris

Our schedule of meetings with Burt Peachy are:

First meeting – June 8th. 9:00 – 12:00 noon

Second meeting – July 22^nd . 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Team Charge:

This team will focus its activity on researching current best practices in tracking and documenting accountability measures in support of criteria such as Partnership for Excellence and other needs for utilizing data for organizational improvement. The group will look at current thinking within and outside of higher education to discover innovative ideas and concepts that could apply to our environment. Emphasis will also be placed on the development of accountability measures that would support institutional self-study for reaccredidation and strategic planning. The team will also conduct a CCVC self-assessment of its research capability, identify gaps, and recommend a research and accountability function that would support a strategic planning process. Finally, the group will be responsible for posting its findings on the CCVC website and conducting a daylong learning session with the entire Future’s Forum to share their research.

 Team Four: Future Trends in Higher Education

Ron Dyste; Elton Hall; Mary Jones; Rita Martinez; Anthony Tricoli

Our schedule of meetings with Burt Peachy are:

First meeting – June 17^th. 9:00 – 12:00 noon

Second meeting – July 13^th. 9:00 – 12:00 noon

Team Charge:

This team will focus its activity on researching future trends in higher education including the impact of technology and the rise of for-profit educational competitive organizations. Special emphasis will be placed on identifying the individual skills sets needed for faculty and staff to compete in the 21^st. Century educational environment. The team will identify the distinguishing characteristics of a "learning college" as well as the organizational support systems needed to facilitate these characteristics. Additionally the group will identify the brightest thinkers in education across America and develop methods of gathering that thinking and sharing it with the CCVC. Finally, the group will be responsible for posting its findings on the CCVC website and conducting a daylong learning session with the entire Future’s Forum to share their research.

Team Five: 21^st. Century Organizational Concepts

Vic Belinski; Eva Conrad; Diane Sukiennik; Anna Maria Valle; Phil Westin

Our schedule of meetings with Burt Peachy are:

First meeting – May 24^th 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Second meeting – June 7^th. 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Team Charge:

 Videotape: The Business of Paradigms – Anticipating the Future

Mr. Peachy showed a videotape to the group. Anticipating the Future- the Business of Paradigms with Dr. Joel Barker. Dr. Barker, a noted futurist, describes the following concepts in his presentation:

These concepts were submitted to reinforce our need to stay open during this learning process to new ideas and to new information that may not fit our current paradigm.