Advisory Committee Orientation

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Advisory Committee Orientation

• Wednesday, February 28, 2007
• Note the supporting MP3 audio file can be
  downloaded and played fromwww.confederationc.on.
  ca/advisorycommittees/presentations/

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Dick ODonnell, Board of Governors
• Kim Fedderson Vice President, Academic and
  Students Services
• New College Commercials
• Joe Vieira, Dean School of Engineering
  Technology
• Strategic Plan Academic Plan
• Kim Fedderson
• Orientation Package
• Debbie Sargent , Dean, School of Health
  Community Services
• Jamie Sargent, Director, School of Aviation

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Our Mission

• Confederation College, serving a diversity
• of learners, develops citizens who will be
• positioned for success in their lives and
• Careers. The College provides a workforce
• relevant to the communities of
• Northwestern Ontario and beyond.

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• CONFEDERATION COLLEGE
• Who We Are
• 7 campuses in an area of 550,000 sq km
• population of 250,000
• Main campus Thunder Bay
• Campuses in Geraldton, Marathon, Dryden,
  Kenora, Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout
• 100 communities 60 aboriginal
• More than 60 Postsecondary,
• Apprenticeship Applied Degree programs
• 4,000 ft and 8,000 pt students
• 29,000 alumni
• Area served by Confederation College is the size
  of France!

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Schools

• Negahneewin College of Academic and Community
  Development
• S. Brenda Small, Dean/ Gail Murdock, Associate
  Dean
• School of Aviation
• Jamie Sargent, Director
• School of Business, Hospitality Media Arts
• Don Lovisa, Dean
• School of Engineering Technology
• Joe Vieira, Dean
• School of Health and Community Services
• Debbie Sargent, Dean

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Our Strategic Commitments

• 1. SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS WITH DIVERSE LEARNING
  PATHWAYS
• Diverse learners have knowledge, skills and
  attitudes for life long learning and career
  success
• Learners have access to personal pathways with
  appropriate support for individual success
• Learners have access to flexible delivery models
  that are effective in responding to their needs
• Learners meet or exceed recognized performance
  indicators of knowledge, skills and attitudes

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Our Strategic Commitments

• 2. PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES
• Businesses, industries, and organizations
  have a productive, adaptable, ethical
  workforce enabling them to compete in a
  rapidly changing environment.
• Employees and employers have access to flexible
  training, education and applied research that
  meets their diverse learning and unique
  geographic needs
• Employers are satisfied that graduates meet or
  exceed recognized performance indicators

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Our Strategic Commitments

• 3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY
• Our diverse communities experience
  socio-economic well- being as a result of our
  contributions
• Northwestern Ontario is sustainable and healthy
• Indigenous communities are autonomous and
  self-reliant
• Global communities are enhanced

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Academic Plan 2006 - 2009

• Pathways
• We provide our learners with three pathways
  designed to guide them in, through, and
  beyondthe College.
• Each pathway has a defining focus
• Access Pathways In
• Quality Pathways Through
• Readiness Pathways Beyond

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Pathways In Access

• Access is the measure of our ability to
• Recognize the diversity of our potential
  learners-differences, which include but are not
  limited to, age, sex, gender, culture, geography,
  socio-economic status, academic preparedness,
  learning style, and/or challenges
• Respond to their educational needs and thus
  provide them with opportunities to succeed

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Pathways ThroughQuality

• Quality is the measure of the ability of our
  academic programming (widely defined to include
  curriculum, delivery, student services, faculty,
  and staff) to assist learners in meeting their
  educational goals.

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Pathways BeyondReadiness

• Readiness is the measure of learners ability
  to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
  that will be required of them as they take on
  various roles both within the workforce and in
  broader society.

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Program Advisory Committees Orientation
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Program Advisory Committees (PACs)

• Are required by The Ontario Colleges of Applied
  Arts and Technology Act (2002)
• Are responsible to the Board of Governors and
  report through the College President
• Are required for each program or cluster of
  related programs
• Must consist of a cross-section of persons
  external to the College who have direct interest
  in, and a diversity of experience and expertise
  related to the particular occupational area
  addressed by the program
• Must follow established guidelines and operating
  practices including a regular assessment of their
  own effectiveness

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Program Advisory Committees

• Play an important and valuable role
• A vital link between the Board of Governors and
  business and industry
• Assist the Board with its strategies by scanning
  the workplace environment for job market changes
  and future directions
• Provide invaluable advice to College staff
  related to program currency and relevancy
• Assist the Board in overseeing the policies and
  procedures of the College

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PAC Primary Responsibilities

• New program development
• Suitability of resources (e.g.
  facilities, labs, equipment)
• Public relations and public awareness
  of current and emerging career
  opportunities
• Marketing and recruitment of students
  through testimonials, career fairs, etc.
• Establishment of student prizes,
  scholarships and bursaries

• Graduate profiles and learning outcomes
• Curriculum
• Student and graduate placements
• Program renewal
• Program effectiveness and efficiency
• Changes in the labour market
• Emerging trends and potential area for growth

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PAC Membership

• 6 to a maximum of 12 voting members
• Reps from various org levels including front-line
• A balanced and diversified composition
• Alumni including one recent grad
• Aboriginal communities, business, industry, etc.
• Key segments of the population served (e.g.
  visible minorities and people with disabilities)
• One student currently enrolled in the program
• Minimum of one regional rep (regional programs)
• One member from outside of the discipline
• 3-year term of external members/ 2-year term for
  chair/co-chairs
• College staff will serve as resource persons and
  the Dean/Director will attend at least one
  meeting/year

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PAC Meetings

• Meet at least twice a year (one meeting each
  semester)
• Greater than 50 attendance to constitute a
  quorum
• Meetings will be conducted in accordance to
  policy and procedures (e.g. agendas, minutes,
  voting membership)
• Annual agenda items such include emerging trends,
  curriculum, student enrollment, program
  effectiveness and efficiency, employment
  statistics, coop/field placements, bursary
  opportunities, program outcomes, Freshman
  Integration Tracking System (FITS), and Key
  Performance Indicators (KPI)

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PAC Conflict of Interest

• Colleges, as part of the broader public sector,
  are subject to a significant level of public
  scrutiny
• Public perception of colleges is important
• Public trust and confidence can only be sustained
  if all forms of conflict of interest are
  identified, disclosed and resolved
• Advisory members are expected to arrange their
  private matters and conduct themselves in a
  manner to avoid conflict of interest
• Advisory members are permitted to carry out
  business with the College in accordance with
  College policy and procedures
• If a conflict of interest of any kind is
  suspected, it should be declared during a
  meeting, dealt with accordingly and recorded in
  the minutes

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