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I. Welcome, Introductions & Intention of Meeting

II. Update: Other Curriculum Alignment Working Groups

III. Review meeting minutes from May 3, 2013

IV. Create list of meeting objectives

A. Plans/schedule for sharing curriculum information

B. Advising alignment

C. Joint events

D. Others??

V. Develop goals and timeline

A. Plans/schedule for sharing curriculum information

1. Syllabi

2. Curriculum and qualification changes

3. Catalog deadlines

B. Advising alignment

C. Joint events

1. Engineers Week is February 16-22, 2014

2. Others?

D. Others??

VI. Discuss how best to use Curriculum Alignment website for collaboration

VII. Choose date(s) and host(s) for next Curriculum Alignment Meeting(s)

VIII. Fall Curriculum Alignment Conference

Friday, November 1, 2013 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Valencia College, Osceola Campus

IX. Adjourn

Date: Friday, September 20 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Location: Valencia College, West Campus, 1800 South Kirkman Road, Orlando 32811 Bldg./Room: 11/106  

 

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Date: Friday, September 20, 2013 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Location: Valencia College, West Campus, 1800 South Kirkman Road, Orlando 32811 Bldg./Room: 11/106 Meeting began at 10:05 a.m. Participants: Meer Almeer, Eastern Florida State College; Mevlut Guvendik, Eastern Florida State College; Jason Gaschel, Seminole State College; Wiley Jones, Seminole State College; Tan Qu, Seminole State College; Mike Staley, Seminole State College; Chuck Reilly, UCF; Kim Small, UCF; Angé Peterson, UCF Regional Campuses; Chaz Davis, Valencia College; Masood Ejaz, Valencia College; Deb Hall, Valencia College; Mohua Kar, Valencia College; Ali Notash, Valencia College; Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Valencia College; Mike Cooney, UCF Regional Campuses Meeting began at 10:10 a.m. Following introductions, Chuck Reilly thanked Valencia College for hosting the Engineering Working Group meeting. He stated the first Working Group meeting in May was very productive and looked forward to today’s discussions regarding aligning curriculum between partner institutions. Angé Peterson gave an overview of the curriculum alignment work that’s been done by the other Working Groups – Math, Chemistry, Physics and Biology. She said everyone involved is committed to helping students succeed through improved curriculum alignment between partner institutions. Angé added K-12 partners are equally committed; however, they have virtually no flexibility in what they teach. Nearly everything is dictated by Florida Department of Education. Their continued involvement keeps them apprised of what students need to be prepared to take college level courses. Angé also said each of the Working Groups are working on surveys, which will eventually be emailed to relevant faculty and administrators at partner institutions. They are designed to determine if curriculum alignment is being implemented and in what areas work still needs to be done. In addition, the Working Groups are reviewing the spreadsheets that were developed several years ago for courses within each discipline and updating what should be covered to help ensure student success as they progress through their academic experience. She concluded her report by stating that advising will be incorporated into the Fall Curriculum Alignment Conference to ensure advisors become a part of the curriculum alignment work going forward.

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The group agreed to identify each of the introductory Engineering courses at each of the institutions represented at the meeting and list what courses each partner college and UCF are teaching. Once that was outlined in a grid format, someone from each institution volunteered to send the syllabi for each course so that it can be posted on the Curriculum Alignment website on the Engineering Workspace page. Other discussion

• One of the advising challenges is that course changes do not always get passed on to the advisors and if they do, the changes are not forwarded to faculty/department heads so they can adjust their classes and/or tell students.

• UCF Engineering will invite partner college students and faculty to participate in the 2014 Engineering Week beginning on Monday, February 17.

• UCF Engineering will invite partner college students and faculty to attend Senior Design Day on Friday, April 18, 2014.

• Suggestions for getting more students interested in Engineering and helping them succeed:

o Ask Engineering graduates to speak to students taking EGN/EGS 1006 and 1007 – how to plan and what to expect.

o Testimonials from successful Engineering graduates and ask them to tell their story to high school and college/university students.

• Ask partner colleges and UCF to provide their policy regarding using calculators in class and post on Curriculum Alignment website.

Fall Curriculum Alignment Conference Date: Friday, November 1, 2013 Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Place: Valencia College, Osceola Campus, Kissimmee Next Working Group Meeting: Date: Friday, April 4 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Place: Seminole State College, Heathrow Campus, Lake Mary Meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.