Best Honors Administrative Practices Saturday, November 9, 2013: 9:30 AM-11:20 AM
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Nottoway)
184-1 Developing new Honors courses or improving old ones
Carolyn Kuykendall, Mt. San Antonio College;
Greg Tomso, University of West Florida
Looking for ways to improve your honors courses? Need to develop your honors curriculum? Still wondering what makes an honors course different from other courses? This workshop will focus on developing honors curricula that embody the NCHC characteristics of a well-developed honors course. We will take a look at skill sets that reflect Bloom's Taxonomy, emergent curricula, integrated curricula and their structural features, stand-alone courses, contract courses, interdisciplinary curricula, and much more. We will also focus on identifying key honors learning outcomes and shaping courses to achieve those outcomes. Discussions will take into account demographics, departmental requirements, and the role of technology, as well as student skills in the areas of writing, speaking, and research.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Oak Alley)
185 Writing Honors Strategic Plans and/or Annual Reports
Hallie Savage, Clarion University;
Robert Spurrier, Oklahoma State University
While some honors programs and colleges seem to be almost idiosyncratic in the image of their directors or deans--and can change almost overnight as soon as a new director or dean comes on board--others have been purposefully planned and their success carefully documented over an extended period. In this session, two experienced NCHC Recommended Site Visitors who also are NCHC Fellows and former NCHC presidents will lead an interactive session with those in attendance to discuss the importance of strategic planning for honors programs and colleges as well as the necessity for preparation and dissemination of annual reports. Those who already have moved in this direction are encouraged to bring copies of their current honors strategic plans and most recent honors annual reports to provide examples on which to base a part of our discussions, while those who have not yet done so are invited to join us to “borrow” models from other institutions in the best NCHC tradition. Come prepared to be an active participant in the interchange of ideas and examples of these two very important aspects of honors administration.
