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Faculty Meeting and Workshop Minutes

Meeting Date and Time:  February 23, 2013, 10 am to 1:30 pm

Present:   Faculty and Staff

Last	First	Last	First
Andryushchenko	Galyna	Klavtsen	Lyudmila
Arbai	Jenny	Lopez	Ildelisa
Azoidou	Evdokia	Machado	Maria A.
Bobrysheva	Tetiana	Manliclic	Erlinda
Brazhnikova	Olesya	Marzhokhova	Madina
Bush	F. Ann	Matiychyk	Zoryana
Castillo-Eligio	Eligio	Mere-Mere	Semen
Davis	Caryn	Panganiban	Nori
Diaz-Ana M.	Ana M.	Ramos	Emiliano C
Diaz-Gladys	Gladys	Rodriguez	E. Karina
Dimitrova	Iliyana	Ruck (Dolina)	Loreen
Dolina	Leonila	Rymer	Ivelisse
Engulatova	Dilyara	Schiffman	Paul
Ergashev	Anvar	Schwenke	Thomas S.
Ferraro	Dante	Schwenke	Mark S.
Gallardo	Chrisitan	Tagnan	Benjamin
Gogin	Ilya	TULDANES	Alumna U.
Gomez-Angie	Angie	Ulmasov	Sukhrob
Gomez-Francina	Francina	Vargas	Carmen
Grajo	Libertad	Vedernikova	Svetlana
Guevara	Edwin	Zatulovski	Irina

Minutes – Topics Discussed

General Housekeeping: Reviewed the following items -

• Bike Trips when weather gets a bit warmer
• Cell Phone protocol
• Request college acceptance letters from students
• Schedule “Special Events Center” for cultural activities

Accreditation Updates:

• ACICS accreditation renewed through 2016
• The Institute’s New State Department of Education license is renewed until 2014
• CEA accreditation:
• At the December 2012 meeting of the CEA Commission, the Institute was accredited for one year
• Of the 52 standards in our CEA self-study, the Commission found 39 to be in compliance and 13 to be in partial compliance
• The Institute must respond to the 13 standards by October 2013

CEA Standards Reviewed and Proposed Responses:

· Program Planning and Development and Review: distributed a handout to each participant detailing the template to follow in order to fully comply with the standard

· Orientation (at enrollment and ongoing): reviewed the policy. All participants had received the related documentation

· Student Achievement: students will take both a pre and post exam at each ESL level in order to document the grade changes at the beginning and end of each level. This data will be an additional criteria used to analyze student achievement

· Faculty Preparation: Dean Davis prepared and presented a PowerPoint presentation on the TOEIC test (Test of English for International Communication). The modules selected three facets of pronunciation. They are Stress, Intonation and Rhythm. This is one of the instruments that will be implemented to support both new and existing faculty with additional resources to strengthen their ESL teaching skills

TOEIC Workshop:

Participants were divided into groups of eight. They were given guided instruction on:

· How to access the URL

· Log on and log off the module

· Review each of the pronunciation modules

· Practice selected exercises

· Each participant had a opportunity to act as the navigator at the keyboard

Wrap Up:

As one group participants commented on the demo and practice. A sign up sheet was distributed for faculty to sign up to learn more about the TOEIC process

At 1:30 pm the meeting was adjourned to a luncheon gathering at La Rista on 46^th Street where informal discussions of the day’s topics continued until dusk.

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