SUGGESTED AGENDA
(Notes in italics are for Program Director)
Please fill in as much detail as possible including names of participants and room/building locations. If any changes are required, please call Dr. Gary Leff or Ms. Julie Horvath for approval
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| Day 1 |
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| 11:55 am |
Program Director to meet site team at hotel lobby or other designated location. (Please fill in meeting location) |
| Noon |
Site Team Lunch with Program Director. Typically, the Program Director meets the team in the hotel lobby and eats lunch at a hotel or nearby restaurant. You may invite whomever you wish to this luncheon. Often, this time is utilized for one-on-one time between the Program Director and the site team. |
| 1:00 pm |
Site Team Orientation. As Program Director, you may be invited to sit in on this session; however, the Chair may excuse program personnel. |
| 1:30 pm |
Facilities Inspection |
| 4:00 pm |
Meeting with Financial Staff |
| 4:30 pm |
Meet with Program Director |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner with Advisory Committee. This dinner is semi-business. It is the at the discretion of the Program Director as to whether to invite other faculty or preceptorship members. |
| Day 2 |
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| 7:30 am |
Breakfast Meeting with Administration. Attendees usually include the College President, Department Chair or Dean, Chief Financial Officer, Dean of Admissions. This is usually best conducted as a continental breakfast somewhere on campus or in the meeting room. This meeting is casual and no formal agenda is required. |
| 8:30 am |
Meeting with VT Program Faculty and Staff and curriculum review. It is preferable that the entire faculty/staff and part-time/adjuncts of the program attend this session; however, the team realizes that teaching obligations may take precedence. Further, the Program Director may be excused for a portion of this session to allow the team to speak directly with faculty/staff. |
| 10:30 am |
Meeting with General Education Course Faculty. This should include the general education instructors that most interact with the Vet Tech students (i.e. biology, chemistry, English, mathematics) |
| 11:30 am |
Library Inspection |
| 12:00 pm |
Working Lunch (site team members only). The Program Director is responsible for arranging this meal as well. A brown bag or box lunch works best. |
| 1:00 pm |
Visit off-site facilities with Program Director (if utilized). Please contact the AVMA office to determine need/applicability of sites in question. The team prefers to visit sites where students receive a majority of their hands-on experience. This does not include individual preceptorship sites. |
| 3:00 pm |
Meeting with Students and alumnae. The team likes to see representation from each class year as well as students from alternate (e.g. evening) options. Alums are desired, but not required. |
| 4:00 pm |
Site visit team conference (work on Report) |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner with Program Director and VT Faculty. Site Team to work on Report after dinner. This dinner is more casual and the Program Director may invite as many faculty as possible. Unless one of the hotel rooms has a separate meeting space from the sleeping area, please arrange for a secure room at the hotel or at the college following dinner for the team to work on the report. Team members will need to be able to plug in a laptop (Internet access is not required.) |
| Day 3 |
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| 7:30 am |
Working Breakfast (finish Report, site team members only) Team members will usually just meet at a hotel restaurant for this meeting. |
| 8:30 am |
Meeting with Program Director. During this session, the team will review its recommendations with you. |
| 9:30 am |
Site visit team exit interview with Administration. Typically, the College President and Department Dean are invited to this; however, it is the discretion of the Program Director to invite Administration. Typically, whomever the Program Director needs to report the outcome of this visit to, is invited. |
= AVMA/SAVMA Members Only
