Northern Essex has adopted a new case management software designed to streamline tracking, intervention, and record-keeping of student behavioral concerns and interventions.<\/p>\n
Tina Favara, dean of enrollment services, gave the educational report at the February meeting, sharing details on Symplicity Advocate GME (Advocate), which she says will provide a \u201cholistic approach to student behavioral issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Advocate, faculty, staff, students and community partners can report areas of concern which might include behavioral problems, homelessness, and food insecurity, for example.\u00a0 Reports will be filed through a secure site on the college\u2019s web site.<\/p>\n
Danny Malave, director of student life and student conduct administrator, or someone from his staff will follow up with every student who receives a report as well as the person who filed the concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will help us better understand our students in ways we haven\u2019t been able to,\u201d said Favara.<\/p>\n
Advocate will also assist the college with federal mandated reporting for Title IX and the Clery Act by tracking incident locations, providing analytical data, and ensuring a comprehensive report of accurate statistics to assist with institutional compliance.<\/p>\n
CBE Expansion<\/strong><\/p>\n Northern Essex wants to expand its Competency Based Education<\/a> (CBE) options and the college has petitioned the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc (NEASC) requesting a Substantive Change Request<\/a> related to CBE.<\/p>\n CBE is a method of course delivery that addresses the needs of adult learners, allowing them to start and complete courses online on their own schedule. Last fall, Northern Essex was the first community college<\/a> in Massachusetts to offer CBE when it launched a certificate in computer applications delivered online as CBE courses.<\/p>\n The college has applied for a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, in partnership with Middlesex Community College, to develop CBE courses in the field of Early Childhood Education.<\/p>\n Building Renovations<\/strong><\/p>\n The Spurk Building Renovations<\/a> are “on time and on budget\u201d, according President Glenn, and the college is gearing up for renovation of the Dimitry Building in Lawrence, which will begin this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen completed, our two largest and most important classroom buildings will be in much better shape,\u201d said Glenn.<\/p>\n Based on research, the college reactivated its Business Management Associate Degree in Hospitality<\/a> last year.\u00a0 Soon that program will be complemented by a certificate in Culinary Arts, which trustees unanimously approved.<\/p>\n The college has never offered a culinary arts certificate, according to President Glenn, who says the program will fill a need in the Merrimack Valley for trained culinary workers. The college plans to begin offering the program within the next two years.<\/p>\n Trustees unanimously approved a sabbatical for NECC Behavioral Sciences Professor Kristi Arford for the spring semester of 2018.<\/p>\n During her sabbatical, Arford will write a Cultural Anthropology textbook that she hopes will be available in print as well as online for free.<\/p>\n Arford, who has taught Cultural Anthropology at Northern Essex for 10 years, will begin by reviewing the latest literature available on the topic.\u00a0 Her proposal is to develop \u201ca Cultural Anthropology textbook that is engaging socially and politically relevant to the current world, and that addresses complex global social-cultural issues in a unique way.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the college\u2019s core academic skills<\/a> is global awareness and the Cultural Anthropology course satisfies that requirement.<\/p>\n Trustees voted unanimously to affirm five new positions that were previously approved by NECC President Lane Glenn during the winter intersession.<\/p>\n These positions include: Michelle Tremblay, controller\/director of budgets; Douglass Leaffer, assistant professor, Engineering<\/a>; Todd Higgins, director, Gallaudet University Regional Center<\/a>; Shana Stratton, administrative assistant II, Human Resources; and Kyle White, carpenter I\/Haverhill Campus.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Northern Essex has adopted a new case management software designed to streamline tracking, intervention, and record-keeping of student behavioral concerns and interventions. Tina Favara, dean of enrollment services, gave the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCollege will Offer Certificate in Culinary Arts<\/h3>\n
Professor will Write Textbook During Sabbatical<\/h3>\n
Five Full-time Position are Affirmed<\/h3>\n