TRANSITION TEAMS
General Role of Transition Teams
The principal objective of the Transition Teams is to
support the Management Team and assist in establishing an efficient, effective
and unified college system for Dominica.
The Management Team ensures that recommendations contained in the Report
“The Re-development Plan for the Dominica College” and approved by Government,
will be fully implemented.
Transition Teams will also work closely with and under the
direction of the Principal OECS Consultant, Dr. Hilroy Thomas, the Ministry of
Education, Planning and Technical Coordinator, Mr. Zachariah Pollock, and
various resource persons, committees and consultants, to facilitate a
transparent and fair process in which there is optimum participation from all stakeholders.
The Transition Teams will operate within their Terms of
Reference and provide advice to the Management Team accordingly and in a timely
manner.
Transition Team # 1
FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
To provide advice to the Management Team on:
- A framework for defining the structure
of the programmes in the new Faculty. That framework should also provide a
rationale for creating a the Faculty or integrating its programmes with
another Faculty.
- The type of courses at the Associate
degree and Certificate level to include in a programme in Computer
Information Systems.
- The
specific number of college credit hours (academic credits) for each
college course, the minimum level of performance for succeeding in a
course and the number and type of credits that may form part of an
Associate degree or Certificate programme.
- The
minimum pass mark for each course and the method of calculating the Grade
Point Average (GPA) for each course.
- Phasing
in of new academic programmes.
- A
harmonized OECS programme in Information Technology developed along the
lines of the Centre of Specialization to allow the Dominica College to
offer the Associate Degree with particular specializations.
- Admission,
registration and enrollment requirements.
- Non-personnel
resources needed for start-up and for future needs (library, electronic,
facilities).
- The
personnel resources (local and overseas) that will be needed for
developing and reviewing courses and programmes, and strategies and
criteria for obtaining those resources.
- Other
personnel needs of the Faculty.
Transition
Team #2
FACULTY
OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
To provide advice to the Management Team on:
1. A framework for defining how the
current Agricultural programme of the CDCC-Technical Department could be
transferred to the new Faculty, expanded and upgraded. That
framework should also provide a rationale for creating a new Faculty or
integrating it into another programme.
- The
development of Associate degree and Certificate programmes in Business Agriculture,
Natural Resource Management, Extension Workers Development, Agro
Marketing, Management of the Environment and Horticulture.
- The
specific number of college credit hours (academic credits) for each
college course, the minimum level of performance for succeeding in a
course and the number and type of credits that may form part of an
Associate degree or Certificate programme.
- The
minimum pass mark for each course and the method of calculating the Grade
Point Average (GPA) for each course.
- A
scheme for phasing in of new academic programmes.
- A
mechanism to enhance the Faculty’s readiness to become a Centre of
Specialization in Agriculture within the OECS, including the readiness to
foster sub-regional cooperation in tertiary education by promoting itself
as a center of specialization in the agricultural sector of the OECS
economy.
- Admission,
registration and enrollment requirements.
- Non-personnel
resources needed for start-up and for future needs (library, electronic,
facilities).
- The
personnel resources (local and overseas) that will be needed for
developing and reviewing courses and programmes, and strategies and
criteria for obtaining those resources.
- Other
personnel needs of the Faculty.
Transition Team #3
FACULTY OF CONTINUING AND ADULT EDUCATION
To provide advice to the Management Team on:
- A framework for defining programmes and
implementation plans for the new Faculty.
That framework should also provide a rationale for creating the
Faculty or integrating its programmes with another Faculty.
- The
types of credit and non-credit courses to fit the individual needs and
lifestyles of the adult Dominican population.
- The
specific number of college credit hours (academic credits) for each
college course, the minimum level of performance for succeeding in a
course, and the number and type of credits that may form part of an
Associate degree or Certificate programme.
- The
minimum pass mark for each course and the method of calculating the Grade
Point Average (GPA) for each course.
- The
type of professional and special interest courses that will allow the
Dominican adult to explore new topics and brush up on job skills.
- Opportunities
for adults to enjoy personal learning experiences.
- Opportunities
to pursue a degree or certificate programme at ones own pace and at times
and places convenient to the adult learner.
- Opportunities
for adults to earn college credits for life and work experiences through a
programme of assessing experiential learning.
- Phasing
in of new academic programmes.
- Admission,
registration and enrollment requirements.
- Non-personnel
resources needed for start-up and for future needs (library, electronic,
facilities).
- The
personnel resources (local and overseas) that will be needed for
developing and reviewing courses and programmes, and strategies and
criteria for obtaining those resources.
- Other
personnel needs of the Faculty.
Transition Team #4
FACULTY OF HOTEL AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
To provide advice to the Management Team on:
- A framework for defining programmes and
implementation plans for the new Faculty.
That framework should also provide a rationale for creating the
Faculty or integrating its programmes with another Faculty.
- The
development of Associate degree and Certificate programmes in Business
Administration, Programme Management, Accounting, Office Administration,
Tourism & Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts and Food &
Beverage Management.
- The
specific number of college credit hours (academic credits) for each
college course, the minimum level of performance for succeeding in a
course, and the number and type of credits that may form part of an
Associate degree or Certificate programme.
- The
minimum pass mark for each course and the method of calculating the Grade
Point Average (GPA) for each course.
- How
to integrate Government’s plans to construct a Hospitality complex under
the STABEX funding scheme in the programmes of this proposed Faculty. Those plans should be re-examined
within the general context of the re-development of the college system.
- A
harmonized OECS programme in Hospitality & Tourism developed along the
lines of the Centre of Specialization (OECS) to allow the Dominica College
to offer the Associate Degree with particular specializations.
- Phasing
in of new academic programmes.
- Admission,
registration and enrollment requirements.
- Non-personnel
resources needed for start-up and for future needs (library, electronic,
facilities).
- The
personnel resources (local and overseas) that will be needed for
developing and reviewing courses and programmes and strategies and
criteria for obtaining those resources.
- Other
personnel needs of the Faculty.
Transition Team #5
FACULTY OF NURSING AND
HEALTH SCIENCES
To provide advice to the Management Team on:
- A framework to integrate the Faculty of
Nursing into the general programmes of the College so as to facilitate a
unified College curriculum.
- The
conversion of the Nursing School to the Faculty of Nursing and Health
Sciences, with all the functions and structures afforded similar Faculties
at accredited institutions overseas, including the OECS.
- The
development of curriculum for an Associate of Nursing degree programme.
- Standards
of instruction and content of curriculum for programmes and courses
consistent with those at accredited regional institutions, including the
OECS.
- Which
existing courses in need of re-development and which programmes and
courses to retain and which to phase out.
- The
specific number of college credit hours (academic credits) for each
college course, the minimum level of performance for succeeding in a
course, and the number and type of credits that may form part of a
Certificate or Associate degree or Certificate programme.
- The
minimum pass mark for each course and the method of calculating the Grade
Point Average (GPA) for each course.
- The
determination of which professional courses can be offered outside of the
physical facilities of the Faculty.
- The
types of upgrading courses to be developed for nursing practitioners, to
be delivered outside of the physical facilities of the Faculty.
- Short
Certificate courses in specialized areas of Health Care Services
(technical, clinical and managerial) that can be offered through the
Faculty of Continuing and Adult Education.
- A
list of outside accredited institutions that offer the Bachelors degree in
Nursing who could provide programme input to facilitate the seamless
transfer of graduates to the Bachelors degree in nursing overseas.
- The
feasibility of offering, in Dominica, the Bachelors degree in Nursing and
a Bachelors degree in Health Care Management, in collaboration with
accredited overseas institutions.
- Structural
or bureaucratic impediments to the transfer of ownership of the Nursing
School/Hostel from the Ministry of Health to the Board of Governors of the
Dominica College.
- The
transfer the employment (teaching and supervision duties) of the teaching
staff of the Nursing School to the employment of the Dominica College (as
full-time, part-time or adjunct, as necessary), ensuring adequate of
commensurate compensation, and no loss in income, benefits or advantage.
- Re-classification
of the teaching staff of the Nursing School, and sensitive to the
incumbents’ current pay scale, rank and status. This should be undertaken in collaboration with Transition
Teams # 6, 7 and 8.
- The
personnel resources (local and overseas) that will be needed for
developing and reviewing courses and programmes, and strategies and
criteria for obtaining those resources.
- A
review of the adequacy of liability insurance for students and staff.
- The
professional development and other needs of teaching and supervisory staff
of the proposed Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences.
- How
such training may be developed, acquired or facilitated.
- The
adequacy and needs of the clinical and lab facilities, and other resources
of the proposed Faculty.
- The
criteria for affiliation for the Faculty’s programmes with internationally
recognized associations and agencies.
This should be undertaken in collaboration with Transition Team
#11.
- A
list of possible internationally recognized associations and agencies with
which the Faculty could affiliate.
This should be undertaken in collaboration with Transition Team
#11.
- Possibly
enhanced roles (and mechanisms for further involvement) for the Caribbean
Nursing Council in the new Faculty’s programmes.
Transition Team #6
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
To provide advice to the Management Team on:
- A framework to integrate the Faculty of
Education into the general programmes of the College and to facilitate a
unified College curriculum.
- The
conversion of the Dominica Teachers Training College to the Faculty of
Education, with all the functions and structures afforded similar
faculties at accredited institutions, including the OECS.
- The
numbers and types of teachers in the education system who are still
untrained and uncertified.
- A
framework to develop and upgrade curricular and other programmes and
services consistent with other similar Faculties of Education overseas,
focusing on teaching methodology, foundation and professional courses.
- The
manner in which the existing “Teachers College Building”, located at Bath
Estate, can provide professional educational courses, training and other
related services to teachers, as well