Mid-Term Report Task Force

The institution has implemented the mid-term report as a method of providing timely feedback to students demonstrating unsatisfactory progress. The practices listed below will help this intrusive advising strategy be more beneficial to students.

Faculty

• Inform students that the mailgram will note their performance level.
• Have several evaluation activities before mid-term period to accurately assess students’ performance.

Division

Division Director

• Prepare and distribute communications to faculty emphasizing the importance of informing students.
• Improve communications with part-time faculty by encouraging e-mail access.
• Discuss the management of this responsibility in the summative PDP conference.

Division Secretary

• Maintain a tracking sheet indicating the date the report is released to a faculty member and date returned.

Program Chairs and Discipline Chairs

• Mentor part-time faculty with this responsibility.

2011