Hello to you all,
I have been a bit lax in my posting every two weeks. I will keep everyone updated over the summer through the blog of changes coming up and what to expect in the fall.
First new news - We hosted the latest PAUC meeting on campus last Friday. It was a great meeting with lots of insight into how the other institutions across Alberta are fairing in the new budget scenario. Some are better, some are worse. As of right now we are status quo for September, work loads are set for next year and if you haven't received your schedule for next year yet, talk to myself or Roxanne. On a side note, I was nominated and accepted the role of Chair of this committee. With some major new opportunities with Alberta Ed. moving forward, I think that this committee can have a major influence on how the over-age students gain there high school education. This new collaboration could be a major step forward between the two sides of the fence. Now we just have to make it work.
We have a very large cohort of spring students this year with over 100 new course registrations in the spring. This is a large increase from last year. Thanks to all of you who are teaching this spring.
We will be starting renovations in the AN1700 offices in a couple of weeks. For all of us who reside in this area, we will need to be packed and ready for moving before the end of June. There will be help moving the materials, but Clarence has asked that it be boxed and mover ready before you leave in May.
I hope that everyone take advantage of the May 22nd event. It is your opportunity to provide input into the strategic direction of the college moving forward. There will be no talk of cuts or budgets at this meeting, but it will focus on the future direction of the college.
I hope you all are having a fantastic spring! Enjoy the sunshine and I will send out another update in a couple of weeks.
Best
Scott
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
New Stuff
Hello to you all,
There are a couple of things to update you all on. First, at the PAUC meeting last Friday we finally got official approval for the MTH092 course in the ACAT guide. Apparently it had been approved the meeting previous, but I had not received the official word until last Friday. So now it is official. As an upgrading group here at LC we met and exceeded our enrollment targets (138%) for this semester so we are solid. Other organizations around the province are not so solid. Concordia actually announced that their program will be suspended starting next September. There was a lot of talk at the PAUC meeting about best practices surrounding workloads and faculty hours at different institutions, as well as admission requirements and prereq's. It was nice to find out that the same struggles that we have hear are being felt by others across the province. For you math geeks in the group, check out MyScript Calculator app. for iPad or iPhone. Does calculations from hand writing, very cool.
Our scholarships for upgrading folks will be changing again. After some of the feedback received from you folks and from the scholarship group, we will be changing our scholarships to program specific exit scholarships. There will be three "Lethbridge College Upgrading Transition Scholarships," worth $1000 each that will be given to students moving from the upgrading program into one of the following three programs on campus, LPN, Engineering and Envi Sci. The program choices can be adjusted year to year but I think these are good places to start. Traditionally these have been where the majority of our students head to after we get them prepared so I think that it fits very well. The scholarships will be granted based on overall GPA in our program. I am excited for this change to occur as last year we only had one application for our upgrading scholarships and this change will make sure that the money ends up where it should be, in the student's hands. Please promote this in your classrooms and make the students aware that these maybe available to them.
Best
Scott
There are a couple of things to update you all on. First, at the PAUC meeting last Friday we finally got official approval for the MTH092 course in the ACAT guide. Apparently it had been approved the meeting previous, but I had not received the official word until last Friday. So now it is official. As an upgrading group here at LC we met and exceeded our enrollment targets (138%) for this semester so we are solid. Other organizations around the province are not so solid. Concordia actually announced that their program will be suspended starting next September. There was a lot of talk at the PAUC meeting about best practices surrounding workloads and faculty hours at different institutions, as well as admission requirements and prereq's. It was nice to find out that the same struggles that we have hear are being felt by others across the province. For you math geeks in the group, check out MyScript Calculator app. for iPad or iPhone. Does calculations from hand writing, very cool.
Our scholarships for upgrading folks will be changing again. After some of the feedback received from you folks and from the scholarship group, we will be changing our scholarships to program specific exit scholarships. There will be three "Lethbridge College Upgrading Transition Scholarships," worth $1000 each that will be given to students moving from the upgrading program into one of the following three programs on campus, LPN, Engineering and Envi Sci. The program choices can be adjusted year to year but I think these are good places to start. Traditionally these have been where the majority of our students head to after we get them prepared so I think that it fits very well. The scholarships will be granted based on overall GPA in our program. I am excited for this change to occur as last year we only had one application for our upgrading scholarships and this change will make sure that the money ends up where it should be, in the student's hands. Please promote this in your classrooms and make the students aware that these maybe available to them.
Best
Scott
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Congratulations
If you see Ron, Connie or Mary Ann in the hallways give them a huge congrats. Mary Ann has been with the college for 20 years, and Ron and Connie have been with us for 25. Congratulations you three on your long service awards and continued excellence in instruction at the college.
Scott
Scott
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
New Admissions Deadline
Hello to you all,
Sorry for the extended time between posts, but, to be honest, there was not a whole lot to report on. Just a couple of quick updates regarding things you should be aware of.
First the registrar's office past a new policy through academic council last week that changes the program application deadline to the last business day before the first day of classes. This new policy may affect our enrollments as approximately 15% of our applications for this last semester came in after that new deadline. Sandy and I are currently investigating a solution and I will keep you all posted as we go. If you have any ideas, please forward them onto me. I am going to PAUC next week for our tri-anual meeting. We will be getting the official transfer approval for our MTH 092 course and I will be asking to move forward with a SCI075 and a MTH082. We exceeded our enrollment targets for this semester by over 30% and we are on, or ahead of budget for this year so, so far this semester, things seem rosy. Will see you all in the hallways.
Best
Scott
Sorry for the extended time between posts, but, to be honest, there was not a whole lot to report on. Just a couple of quick updates regarding things you should be aware of.
First the registrar's office past a new policy through academic council last week that changes the program application deadline to the last business day before the first day of classes. This new policy may affect our enrollments as approximately 15% of our applications for this last semester came in after that new deadline. Sandy and I are currently investigating a solution and I will keep you all posted as we go. If you have any ideas, please forward them onto me. I am going to PAUC next week for our tri-anual meeting. We will be getting the official transfer approval for our MTH 092 course and I will be asking to move forward with a SCI075 and a MTH082. We exceeded our enrollment targets for this semester by over 30% and we are on, or ahead of budget for this year so, so far this semester, things seem rosy. Will see you all in the hallways.
Best
Scott
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