| March 18-20, 2002 |
NCA Visit for re-accreditation |
| January, 2003 |
Staff Report to President's Cabinet on AQIP |
| February-March, 2003 |
Research on AQIP process and procedures |
| March 6, 2003 |
Board Report on AQIP Workshop planned for March 7 |
| March 7, 2003 |
AQIP Training attended by 48 MCC administrators, faculty and staff |
| March 11, 2003 |
AQIP information sharing presentation to Leadership Council |
| April, 2003 |
Interviews of other community colleges on their AQIP participation and report to President's Cabinet |
| April 1, 2003 |
Leadership Council discussion on information technology and AQIP |
| April 29, 2003 |
Leadership Council AQIP follow-up discussions on data base management/mainframe data |
| July, 2003 |
Discussion with new President on AQIP to confirm Constellation Survey |
| July, 2003 |
Formation of a Vital Focus Team |
| July 17, 2003 |
Board of Trustee Retreat |
| August 19, 2003 |
Vital Focus training participation, at North Central Association office, by the College President and members of key constituency groups.
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| August 28, 2003 |
Board Report on Vital Focus |
| September 2, 2003 |
Leadership Council Vital Focus presentation |
| September 15-19, 2003 |
Constellation Survey conducted of employees with 380 responses. This represented a better than 70% response rate if considering only full-time employees. Eighty-nine pages of comments were presented. |
| October 7, 2003 |
Leadership Council Vital Focus Staff Development Day update |
| October 14, 2003 |
Institute Day-Vital Focus activities |
| November 4, 2003 |
Leadership Council Vital Focus follow-up of identified "Quick Fixes" |
| November 11, 2003 |
Leadership Council Vital Focus follow-up and Town Hall Meetings scheduled for December 2 |
| December 2, 2003 |
College-wide Town Hall meetings are held. Video of meetings were posted on the College's intranet "Inside MCC." |
| December 18, 2003 |
College Reorganization of Professional Development Department and adding positions |
| March 2, 2004 |
Leadership Council AQIP update on President's upcoming meeting with Curriculum and Academic Policy Council (CAPC) |
| March 4, 2004 |
CAPC discussion of reasons to join AQIP |
| March 23, 2004 |
Staff Council support of AQIP by membership |
| April 13, 2004 |
Faculty Association support of AQIP by membership |
| April 22, 2004 |
CAPC motion to join AQIP approved at meeting |
| May 27, 2004 |
College Reorganization and addition of Executive Assistant to the President for Organizational Effectiveness |
| August, 2004 |
Review and updating the College's Strategic Plan |
| August 3, 2004 |
Communications Report submitted to NCA |
| August 26, 2004 |
FY '05 budget approved supporting reorganization and positions, line item support for AQIP and support for a $15.00 Application Fee with monies set aside for continuous improvement projects and activities. |
| Fall, 2004 |
Begin Continuous Improvement Process/procedures research |
| Spring, 2005 |
Updating of Strategic Plan |
| April 25-26, 2005 |
NCA Assessment Site Visit |
| May 6, 2005 |
Strategic Plan Committee Wrap-up |
| May - August, 2005 |
Final writing of Strategic Plan update |
| June 27, 2005 |
College agreement for consulting services for continuous improvement with Dr. Stan Jensen for training October 2005-June 2006 |
| July 20, 2005 |
Assessment Visit confirmation letter of acceptance |
| August 2, 2005 |
Leadership Council Review of Strategic Plan update |
| August 18, 2005 |
College-wide review of Strategic Plan update at Fall Workshops |
| September 7-13, 2005 |
Executive Council final review of Strategic Plan update |
| September 20, 2005 |
Board Committee of the Whole review of updated Strategic Plan |
| September 22, 2005 |
Board approval of updated Strategic Plan |
| September 22, 2005 |
Board approval to submit AQIP Application |
| October 6, 2005 |
Steering Committee participated in Lincoln Award/Baldrige Criteria Workshop at College of DuPage |
| October 11, 2005 |
Professional Development Day-theme is "The Stars are Aligned for AQIP" |
| October 21, 2005 |
AQIP Application to Join submitted |
| November 12, 2005 |
Steering Committee first meeting |
| December 15, 2005 |
Letter of Acceptance to AQIP |
| January 25, 2006 |
Spring 2006 Continuous Improvement Action Teams and training begin |
| February 23, 2006 |
Strategy for Action Workbook submitted |
| March 23, 2006 |
Board Report to continue consulting with Dr. Stan Jensen for 2006-2007 |
| May 3, 2006 |
Continuous Improvement Action Teams report out to Steering Committee |
| May 17-20, 2006 |
Strategy Forum |
| June 6, 2006 |
Steering Committee identifies Action Projects and Teams for Fall 2006 |
| June 6, 2006 |
Strategy Forum participants present to Steering Committee and 3 AQIP Projects are identified |
| August 1, 2006 |
MCC AQIP web site submitted to AQIP |
| August 14, 2006 |
AQIP Projects submitted to AQIP |
| September 6, 2006 |
Steering Committee for 2006-2007 first meeting |
| September 13, 2006 |
Fall 2006 Continuous Improvement/AQIP Action Teams and training begin |
| October 4, 2006 |
Steering Committee identifies Action Projects and Teams for Spring 2007 |
| December 6, 2006 |
Action Teams report out to Steering Committee |
| December 13, 2006 |
Steering Committee meets to decide on Fall 2006 Action Team Recommendations |
| January 17, 2007 |
Spring 2007 Action Teams training begins |
| March 26-28, 2007 |
Systems Portfolio Workshop |
| May 2, 2007 |
Spring 2007 Action Teams report out to the Steering Committee |
| May 9, 2007 |
Steering Committee meets to decide on Spring 2007 Action Team Recommendations |
| June 11, 2007 |
Orientation for new members of 2007-2008 Steering Committee |
| June 13, 2007 |
Leadership Council Retreat-Systems Portfolio Development and Processes |
| June 21, 2007 |
Steering Committee Identifies Action Projects and Teams for Fall 2007 |
| August 2, 2007 |
AQIP Action Team Annual Updates Submitted to AQIP |
- Friends of McHenry County College Foundation budgets reflect an increase in the support of Mini-Grants for faculty and staff for staff development activities which supports continuous improvement.
- The College continues to support an assessment team and assessment liaisons for each academic division, as well as a department chair for assessment.
- The College has supported faculty, staff and administrator attendance at several quality conferences such as those offered by American Association of Community Colleges, American Association of Higher Education, Higher Learning Commission, League of Innovation, National Council for Continuing Education and Training, and National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.
- Support to hire Dr. Stan Jensen, Consultant for Continuous Improvement Training
- Commitment and enthusiasm to participate in Strategy Forum
- AQIP is a part of the President's goals set by the Board of Trustees and the President for FY '04, FY '05 and FY '06.
- As part of the President's goals, it is expected that leadership of the College will support and follow-through with activities to support AQIP.
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