Newsletter Title
The Center for Excellence
in Learning and Teaching
T h e C en t er fo r i n L ear n i n g an d T e ach i n g
(CELT)
Newsletter Date
Fall 2012
Volume 1, Issue 1
Volume 4, Issue 1
Lead Story Headline
Inside this issue:
Inside this issue:
Inside Story
TCC Institutionalizes Achieving the Dream
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Achieving the Dream 2
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Inside Story
Achieving the Dream 2
Lead Team Roster
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Inside Story
Humanities Faculty to 2
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Inside
Present Story
Distance Learning
Inside Story
Quality Matters
Course Reviews
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Inside Story
CELT Activities at the 5
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Northeast Campus
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Faculty Development 6
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Activities
CELT Mini Conference 4
Agenda
Special points of interLRCs
est: are now
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Libraries
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Academic Affairs your point
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of interest here.
Updates
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Academic Assessment 7
of interest here.
and Student Voices
This story can fit 175-225 words.
by Margaret E. Lee, Th.D.
The purpose of a newsletter is to provide speHaving completed our to a targeted commitment
cialized information initial 5-year audience.
to Newsletters can be a greathas institutionalized
Achieving the Dream, TCC way to market
the Achieving the Dream modelalsoaction reyour product or service, and of create credisearch and analysis to increase student success.
bility and build awareness of you and the
“Institutionalization” is TCC’s shorthand for a
services you provide.
large, coordinated effort to incorporate Achiev-
ing the Dream intothe audience of the newsletter.
First, determine TCC’s leadership structure
and operationalanyone who might benefit from
This could be processes. Leadership of
Achieving the Dream at TCC has shifted over the
the information it contains. For example, curpast five years to accommodate changing sturent clients, prospects, institutional processes.
dent needs and evolving fellow realtors, brokers,
Caption describing members of organizations
colleagues, and picture or graphic.
Now, a unified organizational structure with
that you belong to.
clearly-defined roles and a documented decision-making process will guide this crucial enYou can assemble a mailing list from business
deavor aimed especially toward the success of
cards of color at low houses, or you might
students collectedandopenincome students.
consider purchasing a mailing list from a company.
A new Lead Team directs Achieving the Dream
at TCC with four team leaders at the helm, inIf you explore the Publisher catalog, you will
cluding a faculty leader, Dean of University
find many Workforce that match the style of
Transfer and publications Development Programs,
your newsletter.
the Director of Planning and Institutional Research, and the Associate Vice President for you
Next, establish how much time and money
Academic Affairs. The Lead Team consists of all
can spend on your newsletter. These factors
intervention team leaders, a data consultant
will help determine how frequently you publish
from Planning and Institutional Research, the
the newsletter and its TCC’s It is recommendFaculty Coordinator for length.new Center for
ed that in publish and newsletter at Dean
ExcellenceyouLearning your Teaching, the least
of quarterly so that it is considered a consistent
Academic Assessment, the Associate Vice
President for Student Affairs, and a communications officer. A full Lead Team roster follows.
source of information. Your clients and prospects will look forward to its arrival.
the Dream at TCC, develop an application process for new
interventions,
develop an
exit plan for
existing interventions and
define the
benefits of
participating
in Achieving
the Dream at
TCC. The
Budget and
Sarah Stecher, 2012-13 Faculty
Finance ComLeader, Achieving the Dream
mittee, chaired
by Kevin Clayton, will develop an application and review process to request funds for Achieving the Dream
interventions and identify other sources of funding for Achieving the Dream interventions. Interventions now in place at TCC include Academic
Strategies, the African American Male Student
Success Team, Course Redesign for Beginning
Algebra, New Student Orientation, and MathPath. Full descriptions and data showing recent
intervention results are available on TCC’s
Achieving the Dream web site at http://
www.tulsacc.edu/about-tcc/achieving-dream.
With a clear and comprehensive structure in
place, Achieving the Dream is poised to chart
Lead Team leaders chair three committees
new gains in student success in 2012-2013.
charged with responsibility for sustainable lead“Success” in Achieving the Dream is “defined by
ership,story can fit 75-125
the draw
This strategic planning, and budget and fi- story and rates at which students successfully complete
tents of the
nance. All members of the Lead team serve on the story. Devel- developmental instruction and adremedial or
words.
readers into
one committee. This year, the Sustainable Leadvance to credit-bearing courses, enroll in and
op the headline before you
Your headline an important
ership Committeeiswill develop a plan for addsuccessfully complete the initial college-level or
write the story. This way, the
ing an additional facultyand
gateway courses in subjects such as math and
part of the newsletter leader, create a proheadline will
you keep
cess for sustainable leadership and leadership help English, complete the courses they take with a
should be considered carefulthe story
Examples
succession in Achieving the Dream, develop a focused. grade of "C" or better, persistence from one
ly.
of possible
system for knowledge transfer and write job headlines include next, [and] attain a certificate or
term to the
In a few for Achieving acdescriptionswords, it shouldthe DreamS elling Your Home and New
roles. Sadegree” (http://www.achievingthedream.org/
rah Stecherrepresent the congoal).
curately chairs this committee. The Strategic Near You.
Office Opens
Planning Committee, chaired by Kevin David,
will construct a mission statement for Achieving
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