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NAIT UPDATE – OCTOBER
2011
Hello Fellow ASRA Members:
I have been asked by Sandra on the behalf of the program to
provide an update since the program was in serious danger of being suspended in
the spring of 2010.
Program Name
For those unaware, the program’s official name is now
Captioning and Court Reporting (CCR). We
have found the new name has been extremely beneficial in giving prospective
students a better indication of what our program offers over the old the
name. Since the name change we have
found our applications for students has gone up significantly and we have had
strong waiting lists each of the last two years. NAIT in the summer of 2010 switched from nine
schools to five. The CCR program is now
in the School of Information Communication and Engineering Technology
(ICET). This has resulted in a new Dean
and a fresh start for the program.
Staff Changes (A
chronology)
There have been a lot of staff changes in the CCR program
the last year and a half. Let me update
you on the changes in a chronological fashion.
2010
· Anne Henderson was reassigned back to the School
of Business. Patrick Galenza, chair of
the Radio and Television, was named chair of CCR.
· Jerry Weigl, after over 30 years of service,
retired.
· Shauna Campbell took a leave of absence.
· The program hired Janice Plomp.
2011
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Shauna extended her leave for one more year.
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Janice committed to the program full-time and is
now a permanent staff member.
·
Long-time English instructor Gloria Cott retired
and is replaced by Martine Partridge from the Liberal Arts Division.
· On July 1 of this year, I was named Associate
Chair of the CCR program. In my new
role, I deal with student and staff issues, prospective students, and most
external relations for the program.
· These changes have resulted in the current staff
assignments: Joanne Mankow 100% teaching
load, Janice Plomp 100%, Martine Partridge English in first and second year,
Len Sperling 75% teaching plus associate chair duties. Business Law and Medical
Terminology are still taught as service courses by instructors outside of the
program.
Program Mapping
All programs at NAIT have gone or are going through a
process called program mapping. The
purpose of program mapping is to determine the competencies necessary of a new
CCR graduate and then to decide where those competencies fit into what courses
or if new courses need to be developed.
All courses within the program after the mapping process will be
three-credit courses (which provides a time limit of how long courses can be)
and starting in the fall of 2013, the CCR program will be moving to two 15-week
semesters.
On September 20 of this year, the program and members from
industry from varying backgrounds got together to do Phase 1 of the mapping
process, where consensus was reached on what competencies a new graduate from
the CCR program must process. Program
staff will now work the DTAD on creating course outcomes based on those
competencies, and create a program map that fits within the new NAIT model mentioned
earlier.
- Len Sperling
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