North American Division Pilot Program
for dual enrollment/dual credit, sponsored by Walla Walla College:
Adventist LEAP:
Leading Edge Accelerated Program
MOST RECENT UPDATE:
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Description:
Adventist LEAP, or
Leading Edge Accelerated Program, is a project designed to enable high-achieving
Adventist high school junior and seniors to take online college courses that
would fulfill the requirements for their last two years of academy as well as
form the basis for their first two years of college. Organization of this program
includes utilizing phone contacts, email communication, personal meetings, presentation,
my master’s research (documentation, review of current literature, surveys and
focus groups), and other various means to form, organize, and communicate this
program. As this program becomes accepted and well-known, a significant change
will take place in the delivery of Adventist education in the NAD.
Documentation: See LEAD690:
Organizational Change
All email and snail
mail communication will be saved; notes from phone conversations will be documented.
The concept paper and flow chart, rough draft, final draft, and drafts for various
organizations (ADEC, secondary NAD education directors) will be included. The
research paper in its many stages will be included in digital format.
Reflection: See LEAD690:
Organizational Change
What
was the reason the Adventist LEAP program became a burning issue for me? What
leadership skills did I employ when organizing this program from its very inception?
Whose work/what literature was significantly instrumental in helping form the
basis for my actions and the direction in which my research took me? Did the
final project look like the original idea? What changes occurred during the
planning process, and what input initiated/pushed for/required those changes?
What literature/documentation/philosophy supports the changes, or the thought
process of the need for modification based on others’ input and/or additional
research/information?
Since
creating the timeline re: organizational advances for Adventist LEAP for LEAD690:
Organizational Change, several significant events have occurred. From time to
time I will update this page with new information until Adventist LEAP is fully
implemented.
January 2004: Shirley
Freed, president of Adventist Virtual Learning Network (AVLN) asks me to write
a column for the Journal of Adventist Education about Adventist LEAP.
January 15,
2004: The
Distance Learning Committee at Walla Walla College met and presented the criteria
and application for Adventist LEAP that Dave Bullock, committee chair, had asked
me to prepare.
January 24, 2004:
Gerald Kovalski, Vice President for Education of the North American
Division of Seventh-day Adventist, wrote the letter of permission to conduct
research for my masters research on Adventist LEAP.
February 12, 2004:
Dr. Ginger Ketting-Weller, Academic Vice President at Walla Walla
College and member of the Distance Learning Committee, attends the principals'
meeting in Portland and sends positive word back to the committee of interest
from academy principals. NOTE FROM MINUTES: "Ginger reported to the committee
via email that at the NPUC Education Council there is much interest in initiating
Adventist LEAP in a timely manner. Principals see this as a great way to enhance
their programs. Several principals said they’re already partnering with
community college 'running start' programs, with one school partnering with
Oregon State University. The principals are asking that we include NPUC personnel
in our planning."
February
18, 2004: Dave Bullock presents Adventist LEAP idea to the Master
Planning Committee. Manfred Simcock, Vice President for Finance, suggests that
they look at other models of financing for similar programs at private colleges,
and scholarships for running start-type programs.
February 26, 2004:
The Distance Learning Committee at WWC continues to discuss LEAP,
setting some ACT/SAT/PSAT and GPA standards for admission. They also discussed
financing options, and will continue this discussion with Victor Brown, recruiter,
and others. The official proposal is almost ready for presentation to faculty
senate.
March 2004: Dave
continues to discuss Adventist LEAP with Victor Brown and others.
March 16, 2004: Dave
meets with Victor Brown, recruiter, Manfred Simcock, VP for Finance, and other
financial staff to discuss funding models for Adventist LEAP. I attend via videoconference
camera. Several funding models are discussed. Significant buy-in to the concept
is evident. There seems to be general agreement that Adventist LEAP needs
to be implemented.
Spring, 2004: WWC
College faculty senate approves concept and plans to implement program in the
fall of 2005. Dave Bullock's note:
Shelley,
I presented the concept to Faculty Senate and short story is that they
approved the concept. So we are moving forward in the direction of developing
a list of target courses for putting online.
I have not heard from Lanny Hurlburt about the conference ad hoc committee
established to study this concept.
Is there anything in particular that you would like me to address at
the AVLN presentation on LEAP? I'm prepared to talk about the general
parameters of our program and plans to implement in fall of 2005.
I don't know that we need to discuss anything at graduation, but I'd like
to begin refining our list of WWC courses that we think would work for
LEAP options. I'll try to put some ieas together and email you with what
I find.
Best--db |
Dave plans to attend AVLN conference
in June to discuss Adventist LEAP and Walla Walla's implementation of the program
with attendees.