Strap on your Spurs: A Fast Track Conversion to a Fast Track Program

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Strap on your Spurs A Fast Track Conversion to
a Fast Track Program

• Western Oklahoma State College
• WebCT Conference
• Denton, TX
• September 2002

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The Bucking Horse(The Problem)

• High-demand, at-risk program
• No faculty at appropriate times
• Flexibility in scheduling needed
• Needed Completers
• Welfare-to-Work Program
• Military Dependents
• Cooperative Agreement

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Team-Roping(Identifying Partners)

• Internal
• Business Office
• Admissions Office
• Financial Aid
• Bookstore
• IT Department

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Team-Roping(Identifying Partners Continued)

• External
• Southwestern Oklahoma State University
• Comanche Tribe
• TANF (Welfare-to-Work)
• Technology Centers
• Area Industries

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Building the Corral(Phase I- Planning)

• Advisory Board Approval
• Job Description
• Announcing Program Development
• Deployment Logistics
• Curriculum Revision (WebCT e-packs)

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Saddle Up!(Phase II-Implementation)

• Hiring Program Facilitator
• Beginning Program
• Set up On-line Curriculum
• Set up Equipment

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Saddle Up Continued

• Planning Support Resources
• Bookstore
• Refining Philosophy
• ASAP Program Umbrella
• Timeline for Implementation
• Shared with Internal Partners

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Saddle Up Continued

• Logistics of Delivery and Support
• Bookstore
• Timeline for Implementation
• Orientation
• Office Hours
• NetMeeting
• Student Access
• Courses
• Facilities

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Dusting Off our Pants(Phase III-Regrouping)

• Working with Publishers
• Meeting with internal partners
• Discuss issues
• Enrollment procedures and fees

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Prairie Fires(Phase IV-Problem Spots)

• An e-pack isnt an e-pack isnt an e-pack
• Differences in publishers
• Textbooks (bundles/unbundled)
• Fees (enrollment)
• Online admissions
• Technical Problems
• Internal
• External

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Riding the Range (Phase V-Program Expansion)

• Branching out to new areas
• Medical Related
• Test Prep/ Certification
• -Network
• -Rad Tech
• -Health Care
• Specialty Areas(Certificates)
• AAS Multimedia Design
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Back to Camp

• Questions and Answers
• Lisa Greenlee --- lisa.greenlee_at_wosc.edu
• 580 477-7766
• Susan Childs --- susan.childs_at_wosc.edu
• 580 477-7914
• Kent Brooks --- kent.brooks_at_wosc.edu
• 580 477-7764