{"id":89765,"date":"2023-12-11T13:25:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=89765"},"modified":"2023-12-28T01:35:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T06:35:20","slug":"course-collection-scheduling-practices-focus-groups-scheduled-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/12\/course-collection-scheduling-practices-focus-groups-scheduled-for-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Course collection, scheduling practices focus groups scheduled for February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock faculty, instructors and staff are invited to participate in a series of focus groups to provide feedback on the University\u2019s course collection and scheduling practices.<\/p>\n<p>The community consultations are part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/11\/brock-launches-course-collection-scheduling-practices-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review of Brock\u2019s course collection and scheduling practices<\/a> and will be led by KPMG, a consulting firm engaged to support the project.<\/p>\n<p>The following in-person and online <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/vp-academic\/2023\/12\/06\/consultation-review-of-course-collection-and-scheduling-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">focus groups are planned for faculty and staff<\/a> during February 2024:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Department chairs: Tuesday, Feb. 6 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in Sankey Chamber<\/li>\n<li>Faculty members:\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, Feb. 6 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Sankey Chamber<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, Feb. 6 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Microsoft Teams<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, Feb. 8 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Sankey Chamber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Instructors who are not part of the Brock University Faculty Association: Wednesday, Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. to noon on Microsoft Teams<\/li>\n<li>Administrative assistants involved in the course collection and scheduling processes: Thursday, Feb. 8 from 9 to 10 a.m. in Sankey Chamber<\/li>\n<li>Academic advisors involved in the course collection and scheduling processes: Thursday, Feb. 8 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Sankey Chamber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those interested in attending a focus group should contact <a href=\"mailto:provost@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provost@brocku.ca<\/a> to confirm their attendance and receive a Microsoft Teams link if the session is online.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty, staff and students are also invited to participate in an <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/vp-academic\/consultation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online consultation<\/a>\u00a0until Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about the process can be directed to <a href=\"mailto:provost@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provost@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock faculty, instructors and staff are invited to participate in a series of focus groups to provide feedback on the University\u2019s course collection and scheduling practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7],"tags":[5494,6244],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89765"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89976,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89765\/revisions\/89976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}