MELA Minutes 2022-2023

CSM Needs Assessment were split between monthly and bimonthly calls. There was some discussion, and it was decided that quarterly calls and monthly newsletters from Canvas would best serve our consortium.

3. Dr. Arianna Stokes, MCCB a. MSVCC Academy

1. FY23 Report -Over 50 courses were offered in 2023 and 5 colleges were helped with onboarding Canvas Catalog. The Academy has a fiscal year budget of $20,000 and has remained conservative. Spring is the busiest time for enrollment. Dr. Stokes is seeing a pattern of few completers in courses (example: 35 enrolled and 5 completed). They must have 10 enrollments to make and pay a facilitator for the PD course regardless of how many enrollees complete the course. The issue lies in how to motivate enrollees to complete the course to justify the course cost. 2. FY24 Calendar – The courses and webinars are listed on the calendar. The webinars are subject to change. The committees will determine what trainings will need to be offered. 3. PD Suggestion Box – Dr. Stokes plans to leave the PD suggestion box link on every agenda to keep it readily available for us. 4. Summer 2023 Courses – Registration is open now with a July 3 course start date. Ms. Angel Nickens (NWMCC) suggested for the Growing course that facilitators structure the assignment instructions to let enrollees know that they need to create the work themselves and show in a screenshot where the content was built to prove it is their own work. She had an enrollee that cut and pasted ready-made content from a course in which he