PURPOSE

A distinctive task of providing quality instruction to each student every night by offering a challenging academic environment, a relevant experiential base, and a distinctly Christian setting for opportunities of learning.

MISSION

APS is a community of scholars dedicated to providing quality facilitators in every class, every night, at every site, for every student.

VALUES

Care of students
Enrichment of lives
Commitment
Academic Integrity
Faith Integration

GOALS FOR THE FACULTY

1. To present truth
   • Right content
   • Right context
   • Right care
   • Right commitment
     Enabling objectives:
     1. Develop curriculum specific devotionals
     2. Identify biblical principles for each course
     3. Train facilitators in presentation of truth
     4. Emphasize the message of love and care
     5. Ensure all facilitators have a personal relationship with Christ
     6. Use concept mapping in curriculum
     7. Create right classroom environment
     8. Develop content truth for each course

2. To be well prepared
   • Syllabus - first night
   • Organized lesson plan
   • Challenging academic activities for entire class
   • Graded papers to return
   • Cover expected material
     Enabling objectives:
     1. Get materials to facilitators 2 months in advance
     2. Require all new facilitators to observe the class before teaching
     3. Require all facilitators to submit a notebook of class notes
     4. Train in lesson plan development
     5. Train in grading
     6. Train in how to facilitate for 4 hours
     7. Present concept map of each course
     8. Expect all papers to be returned each week
     9. Train in building a syllabus
     10. Expect facilitators to stay entire class sessions
     11. Review all curriculum
     12. Become experts in field
     13. Increase overheads
     14. Increase collaboration
     15. Train in how to have classroom control
     16. Set higher expectations
     17. Have an agenda

3. To grade effectively
   • Use of tools
   • Consistent grading system
   • Adequate feedback
   • Timely feedback
     Enabling objectives:
     1. Develop grading rubrics
     2. Increase number of exams
     3. Teach how to give feedback
     4. Develop samples of good projects
     5. Develop consistent tools for each module

4. To include faculty in decision-making process
   • Committee work
   • Discussion panels
   • Advisory council
   • Faculty meetings
     Enabling objectives:
     1. To increase number of Full-time faculty
     2. Appointment of faculty to all committees
     3. Course specific faculty gatherings
     4. To have 3 established faculty meetings each year
     5. To publish dates of on-campus faculty meetings
     6. To involve faculty in development of all training
     7. To initiate faculty discussion panels
     8. To produce a faculty directory for collaboration
     9. To produce a faculty e-mail list for correspondence
     10. Assign Master Facilitators for each course
     11. Appoint 2 faculty leaders for north and south geographical areas

5. To train each faculty member
   • New orientation
   • Mentoring
   • Overall faculty trainings
   • Department training
   • Faculty leader training
     Enabling objectives:
     1. Develop training in the following areas
        1. Lesson Plans
        2. Classroom Control
        3. World Class facilitation
        4. Technology integration
        5. Grading
        6. Developing class notes
        
     2. Use faculty leaders to train in specific courses
     3. Develop a mentoring plan
     4. Develop a new faculty orientation and training plan
     5. Focus on follow-up training
     6. Develop individual training sessions

6. To increase Doctoral level in Master's Program
   • Selected recruiting
   • Purposeful assignments

7. To evaluate each faculty member
   • Student
   • Peer
   • Administrative
        1) Class visit
        2) Review of student comments
        3) Developmental meetings

8. To increase faculty reward
   • Increased services
   • Increased pay
   • Faculty rank package (master facilitator)