IRT Mission and Goals

IRT Missions and Goals

Vice President, College Support Systems and ISD Relations

GOAL AREA:

METRICS:

*Increase College Connection visibility and positive press

Participate in forums to disseminate College Connection concepts
Make presentations to ISD Boards about College Connection participation, demographics, and enrollment results
Initiate College Connection press releases

Document meetings/information sessions with colleges and other institutions wishing to duplicate the College Connection program
Document FY07 THECB STAR Award application (if award is not received in FY06)
Document FY07 Bellwether Award application
Document FY07 Excelencia in Education Award application
Document FY07 Conference presentations and papers
Document FY07 College Connection press (newsletters, journal and newspaper articles, television coverage, etc.)

*Increase College Connection participation

Expand number of school district participants
Increase number of “ready-to-register” College Connection students
Encourage contracted services for districts/organizations not currently in the College Connection

Document participation and enrollment via Office of Effectiveness and Accountability reports

*Support annexation and awareness of ACC community role

Conduct presentations and awareness activities to highlight ACC outreach efforts
Serve as ACC representative on community committees and boards
Provide “point-of-contact” services and referrals for ISDs and community organizations
Support expanded ACC Center operations in the service area, including the opening of new Centers in Pflugerville and Leander in spring 2007
Support the center service model with appropriate Library Services’ resources and services for Pflugerville and Leander in spring 2007

Document participation in community activities/meetings
Report to Board on ACC Centers
Identify and document Library Services and resources needed for Pflugerville and Leander based on curriculum offerings of integrated courses including English Comp I, Developmental coursework, etc.

*Increase Early College Start and Tech-Prep enrollments

*Support ACC’s programs through expanded resource development

Fully staff grants department
Increase the amount of external funds to the college, particularly in competitive grants

*Support ACC’s programs and services through effective use of technology

Apply President’s priorities for IT projects
Increase the number of online services for students, faculty, and staff
Enhance collegewide communication between faculty, staff, and students
Participate in design and delivery of technology expansion including expanded wireless to serve student hardware/software in spring 2007 and authentication of networked public access workstations in spring 2007

Document completed projects
Assess use statistics of authentication stations and compare use with previous academic year to determine change in use patterns

Support ACC’s programs through effective use of technology for instructional resources

Expand access to instructional technology systems in the classroom to address the recommendations in the SACS Strategic Focus
Increase the number of online courses and expand the number of degree and certificate programs offered online
Expand access to online orientation materials to enhance faculty participation in the Early College Start program
Expand access to instructional technology support websites for faculty, staff, and students

Investigate a pilot of information literacy Library Services IPOD streams from library website for students

Increase accessibility of online resources such as reserves documents through Library Services’ expanded use of Blackboard
Increase number of online tutorials designed to assist online students’ academic success

Document the status of technology expansion and update the SACS Strategic Focus report
Document the number of online courses added to the schedule and the number of programs converted
Document completion of the online orientation and the number of faculty using the materials
Document the number of support sites/areas added to the IRT website
Document the number of stream offerings and aggregate use of streams
Document the number of additional Library Services added to Blackboard and aggregate use of services and resources
Document aggregate student use of new online tutorials

*Support ACC operations through effective curriculum services

Monitor section guidelines to allow maximum number of sections available to departments
Apply 70% minimum-enrollment guidelines to offering of sections
Implement collegewide annual scheduling process
Release Curriculum Management System cataloging system
Expand Curriculum Management System for use with college-wide scheduling activities
Expand CYP Library Services in fall 2006 in anticipation of expanded curriculum offerings in fall 2007

Document available sections every semester by section-analysis report
Document average class size (target is 21) by Office of Effectiveness and Accountability reports
Document implementation of collegewide annual scheduling process
Document release of Curriculum Management System cataloging system. Produce 2007-08 ACC Catalog with system
Document expansion of Curriculum Management System for collegewide scheduling activities
Document increased use of CYP library space and resources

*Support effective ACC partnerships through contracted services

Implement the second three-year contract for the College and Career Preparatory Program (CCPP) with the Austin ISD
Implement the second one-year contract for the Career and Technology Education (CTE) program with the Lockhart ISD
Expand Library Services information literacy outreach to seniors at area high schools
Establish SAC area Library Services information networks with Manchacha Public Library and Crockett High School

Document school districts’ satisfaction with these contracted services
Document program activities and increases in student participation
Manage all related budgets (federal, state, and local funds of approximately $9 million) within compliance regulations and within budget
Document increased number of high schools and increased number of information literacy presentations for high school seniors
Document outreach activities to SAC area libraries/librarians