are committed to the success of students, the success of the program, the mission of the College, and to their own continued development. Weaknesses Because the Academic Chair is the only full-time (adjunct) faculty member in BALOS, any governance and/or service responsibilities are handled by her and/or the Director of Leadership Studies Programs. This, combined with offices in Rheem, also contributes to diminished awareness of the BALOS program within the SMC community. Recent accomplishments Barbara McLaughlin completed a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership in May 2009. Annalee Lamoreaux, Academic Chair of BALOS, and Kathleen Taylor, faculty member in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (KSOE) were invited by the Australian Institute of Company Directors to give a series of presentations and day-long workshop on learning and the brain in Sydney and Melbourne in February, 2012. Annalee Lamoreaux and Kathleen Taylor were also invited to write a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Reciprocal Adult Development Carol Hoare (Ed.), published September 2011. Their chapter is titled and Learning, “Prior Learning Assessment and the Developmental Journey: From to ‘Map-less’ ‘Cartographer.’ Action Plan for Faculty Seek diversity in the addition of new faculty members Increase return rate for end-of-course evaluations by students Seek faculty input on adequacy of current approaches for instructor evaluation Move faculty lounge” to Moodle “virtual Set annual dates for BALOS faculty meetings; seek video conference call capability to include faculty who can’t attend in person Schedule faculty development workshop on creating written assignments with Therese Noonan of the Writing Center Schedule meeting with published regarding student support for Little Brown Handbook writing mechanics Schedule faculty development meeting with Library staff to learn more about possible links to library sources Documentation Provided in Appendix E: Number of faculty tenure track, adjuncts, lecturers – Ratio of tenure track to non-tenure track Ethnic diversity of faculty Gender distribution of faculty Academic qualifications of faculty Faculty participation in Seminar and Jan Term Faculty curriculum vitae V. Program Infrastructure A. Infrastructure Strengths and Weaknesses
are committed to the success of students, the success of the program, the mission of the College, and to their own continued development. Weaknesses Because the Academic Chair is the only full-time (adjunct) faculty member in BALOS, any governance and/or service responsibilities are handled by her and/or the Director of Leadership Studies Programs. This, combined with offices in Rheem, also contributes to diminished awareness of the BALOS program within the SMC community. Recent accomplishments Barbara McLaughlin completed a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership in May 2009. Annalee Lamoreaux, Academic Chair of BALOS, and Kathleen Taylor, faculty member in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (KSOE) were invited by the Australian Institute of Company Directors to give a series of presentations and day-long workshop on learning and the brain in Sydney and Melbourne in February, 2012. Annalee Lamoreaux and Kathleen Taylor were also invited to write a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Reciprocal Adult Development and Learning, Carol Hoare (Ed.), published September 2011. Their chapter is titled “Prior Learning Assessment and the Developmental Journey: From ‘Map-less’ to ‘Cartographer.’ Action Plan for Faculty Seek diversity in the addition of new faculty members Increase return rate for end-of-course evaluations by students Seek faculty input on adequacy of current approaches for instructor evaluation Move “virtual faculty lounge” to Moodle Set annual dates for BALOS faculty meetings; seek video conference call capability to include faculty who can’t attend in person Schedule faculty development workshop on creating written assignments with Therese Noonan of the Writing Center Schedule meeting with Little Brown Handbook published regarding student support for writing mechanics Schedule faculty development meeting with Library staff to learn more about possible links to library sources Documentation Provided in Appendix E: Number of faculty – tenure track, adjuncts, lecturers Ratio of tenure track to non-tenure track Ethnic diversity of faculty Gender distribution of faculty Academic qualifications of faculty Faculty participation in Seminar and Jan Term Faculty curriculum vitae V. Program Infrastructure A. Infrastructure Strengths and Weaknesses
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