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CEA
Program Development, Planning and Review
Standing Standards
Committee on
Resources:
Administrative & Fiscal Capacity and Facilities, Equipment and Supplies
To: Members,
Standing Committee on Resources: Administrative and Fiscal Capacity and
Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies
~
Responsible Parties:
- Dante V. Ferraro, President
- Thomas Schwenke, Dean of Administrative Services
- Paul Schiffman, Dean of Student Services
- Caryn T. Davis, Dean of Academic Affairs
From: Dante V. Ferraro. Program
Development, Planning and Review Coordinator
Re: Charge
to the Standing Committee on Resources: Administrative and Fiscal Capacity and
Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies
Date: May 1, 2013
cc: Other
Area Committees
All
Faculty and Staff
The following sections:
- summarize timelines for Standing Committee work,
- review CEA’s standards for this Committee's work on CEA requirements on Resources: Administrative & Fiscal Capacity and Facilities, Equipment & Supplies,
- review October 2013 CEA Reporting Requirements for these areas
- provide some initial guiding questions (prompts) for Committee development of its portion of the Program Planning, Development and Review using elements of the TESOL Program Self Review Instrument http://www.sai2000.org/FacultyMatters/CEA/CEA13in13/ProgramSelf-ReviewTESOLpages1to42.pdf
I. Tasks,
Process, Responsible Parties, Timelines, and Documentation
The Plan establishes the following Tasks. Process, Responsible Parties, Timelines and Documentation for Standing Program Planning, Development and Review Committee on Resources: Administrative and Fiscal Capacity and Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies. The Standing Committee Members listed above (Responsible Parties) will accomplish the review and revision tasks listed below through a process collaborative discussion, analysis and review of the listed documentation in a series of one-on-one work sessions and full committee meetings according to the timetable below.
The Program Development, Planning and Review Steering Committee established the following timelines for this Committee's activity:
|
Timeline |
Tasks -
Process - Responsible Parties |
Status |
Documentation |
|
April 2013 |
President Ferraro will invite committee members by personal meeting Committee designees will accept or decline the assignment orally. The First Meeting to review assigned standards, review guiding questions, define needed documentation, and develop work plan. |
completed |
· Committee Charge Memo · TESOL Program Self-Review Instrument · School Catalog (vol 28 - before revision and vol 29 - after revision · Non-ESL Syllabi 2012 and 2013 revised · CEA October 2013 Reporting Requirements · CEA Standards · Committee Agendas · Committee Minutes · Surveys and Survey Results and Analysis |
|
Early May 2013 |
President Ferraro will cause to be printed and distributed copies of the TESOL Self-Review Instrument, catalog, and syllabi with proposed revisions in printed and online format. |
completed |
|
|
June 2013 |
Standing Committee members will hold one-on-one and group meetings to draft preliminary responses CEA October 2013 Reports and Program Development, Planning and Review Documents. Send draft responses to the Coordinator no later than July 1, 2013. |
to be completed |
|
|
On or before July
30, 2013 |
Deans Davis and Schwenke will send draft responses to President Ferraro, Coordinator no later than July 30, 2013 |
to be completed |
|
|
October 1, 2013 |
President Ferraro will submit required CEA Reports |
to be completed |
|
|
December 2013 |
Standing Committee responsible Parties listed above or their successors will evaluate elements of the TESOL Self-Review Instrument. Consider revisions, deletions and additions to the Resources: Administrative and Fiscal Capacity and Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies components of the overall Program Planning, Development and Review strategy. |
ongoing |
|
|
April 2014 |
The Standing Committee (consisting of the parties listed above or their successors) will repeat the Program Planning Development and Review cycle of activities for Resources: Administrative and Fiscal Capacity and Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies |
ongoing |
II. CEA Standards: Resources: Administrative and Fiscal Capacity
and Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies
The following Standards must be addressed by the Program Planning, Development and Review Committee on Resources, Administrative and Fiscal Capacity and Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies .
Each Standard below is followed by a brief
summary, illustration, and/or excerpt from CEA’s Discussion for that Standard and
page references for further review in the CEA
Standards document.
Administrative and Fiscal Capacity Standards 1-12, pp. 19-25. These
are pretty clear cut. They apply to
areas like providing job descriptions, adequate staffing, legal compliance,
etc. Please review on pp. 19-25 and
inform the Prrogram Planning, Development and Review
Coordinator of changes, if any, that might be required to meet CEA
Standards.
CEA expects that all of its
Standards work together. So, for
example, Student Services Standard 2 and Recruitment 2 require that the school
or program demonstrate how it provides academic counseling to help
international students understand the
Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies, pp. 27-32. Also pretty straight forward.
III. Some
Guiding Questions or Prompts for Committee Consideration
1.
In light of the
CEA requirement for Student Services Standard 2 and Recruitment 2 that the
school or program provide academic counseling to help international students
understand the
2.
Should the
Institute consider other ways of assuring ongoing orientation in all areas?
3.
Should the
Institute consider changes in its procedures and practices in these areas to
assure it meets CEA Standards?
IV. Citations form CEA October 2013 Required
Reports to be considered by the Standing Committee on Resources: Administrative
and Fiscal Capacity and Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies
