Notes from the Meeting of Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 19, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Agenda : Click here.
Location: The Capital Center, Suite 1065, 18640 NW Walker Rd, Beaverton OR 97006. Come to Entrance A off Walker Road, about a block from 185th.
Resources: at or since the last regular steering committee meeting
- *NEW * Improving College Readiness & Success: a K-16 Approach - thanks to Ginger Redlinger
- *NEW *Summary of Paper - Student Views of Technical Careers - thanks to Larry Flick
- *NEW * Summary of NSF Shaping the Future Documents - thanks to Larry Flick
- *NEW* ABET EC2000 Study - Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs website
Agenda, Wednesday March 22, 2006
3:30 –
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Introductions,
opening remarks |
3:35 –
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Informational update of ETIC CS Task force activity
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3:45 –
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Informational update of ETIC RFP Grants |
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3:50 –
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Strategic Planning
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3:50 –
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Subcommittee activity monitoring |
| 4:50 - 5:00 | Scheduling of next meeting and adjournment |
Attendees: Susan Boyanovsky, Aubrey Clark, Don Domes, Larry Flick, Don Kirkwood, Dave Krumbein, Ben Manny, Gary Naseth, Roger Rennekamp, Skip Rochefort, Diane Saunders, Bruce Schafer, Jim Troisi, Hyacinth Williams, Michal Young, Cathy Swider.
CS Task Force:
The GetReal website has been launched, and the poster/brochures have been mailed to schools. Dave Krumbein of Blue Mountain CC would like some. Jo will mail those when she knows how many. A press release went out on GetReal, with hard copy followup.
The question was raised whether or not to include the CS Task force, currently under ETIC, into OPAS, as there are commonalities between the work of some OPAS subcommittees and the task force.
Susan: the work of Bob Broge of WOU, head of OCCC & the CS Task Force also have sameness and connectiveness. How can the Community Colleges be included in the work of the CS Task Force?
ETIC RFP Grants:
We received $2.3 million in proposals and funded $380,000. We expect another $380 to be approved and it will apply to those same grants. $30K was reserved for corrections. The UO/ Educational Policy Improvement Center's proposal to look at freshman & sophomore engineering curriculum can be of benefit to various subcommittees. This is a separate pool of ETIC money.
Consideration of the Vision Statement:
Comments emphasized that the vision describe what the future should look like; the mission describes how to get there; defining who is responsible; including all stakeholders; access; alignment; concerns about scope creep and introduction of ambiguity; target should be jobs/careers/hire-worthiness rather than degrees. Bruce was given proxy to create the next version.
Goals:
Long term goals should be feasible, aggressive, and measurable.
Bruce: out measurable goals in the 5 year plan, not the 2020 plan.
Susan: Some things would be hard to put in measurable goals because of the lack of baseline data.
Five year goals should have confidence, credibility, and provide reward; lofty but real. Must emphasize inter-institutional communication, shared responsibility.
The committee agreed to set goals.
Five year strategy:
- Should be pruned down to important connections and branches; language should fit with goals and vision; need measurable numbers for a 5 year goal - measures of AP classes?; this should be wordsmithed through a small committee. The problem and solution are more complicated than the Diamond diagram.
OPAS as an entity:
Discussion of organizational home for OPAS, perhaps as a 501(c)3, taking E3 for an example, as part of ETIC, or within state government as a council or commission. Bruce was given permission to talk to Duncan Wyse (President, Oregon Business Council; Member, State Board of Education) on the next steps for OPAS as an entity. The committee is wary of too much bureaucracy -- the work itself is most important.
Please read relevant subcommittee reports on your own: Diversity ... Marketing
Respectfully submitted,
Jo Oshiro
| William Becker | PSU Center for Science Education |
| Susan Boyanovsky | Oregon Dept. of Community Colleges & Workforce Development |
| Aubrey Clark | Community/ Education Relations Specialist, Intel Corporation |
| Steve Day | Beaverton School District |
| Don Domes | Hillsboro High School |
| Van Eden | Microsoft |
| Larry Flick | OSU Dept. of Math & Science Education |
| Scott Huff | Portland Community College |
| Don Kirkwood | North Salem High School |
| Dick Knight | Saturday Academy Board |
| Dave Krumbein | Blue Mountain Community College |
| Diana LaBoy-Rush | Society of Women Engineers |
| Ben Manny | Wireless Networking Research Lab, Intel Research & Development |
| Ron McGuire | Roseburg High School |
| Dale Merrell | CAPITAL Center Technical High School |
| Gary Naseth | Associate Provost, OIT |
| Jo Oshiro | OPAS staff support |
| Ginger Redlinger | Oregon Dept. of Education |
| Roger Rennekamp | Professor, Department Head & State 4H Leader, OSU |
| Skip Rochefort | Professor, Chemical Engineering and Director, OSU and COE Pre-College Programs |
| Diane Saunders | Director of Communications, Chancellor's Office, Oregon University System |
| Bruce Schafer | Director, Industry Affairs, Oregon University System |
| John Tortorici | Software Association of Oregon |
| Jim Troisi | IBM |
| Hyacinth Williams | Columbia Gorge Community College |
| Michal Young | UO Computer Science Department |
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