Quest For Quality Project Assignments Overview

You have two potential assignments to complete after you have attended the Quest For Quality 2000 2-day orientation workshop:

• ASSIGNMENT A – complete a two-page summary of activities that you conducted on your campus to make more people aware of the Texas Award criteria; this is to be completed after the 2-day orientation workshop

• ASSIGNMENT B - Complete a Level I or II Texas Award application OR an internal self-assessment. The Level I is a 10-page application that can be completed and submitted at any time through the year; Level II applications must be submitted by December 1, 2000 OR February 15, 2001 (choose one or the other). If you choose not to submit an application for external feedback, you can complete an internal self-assessment at any time and submit to the Quest For Quality facilitators for informal feedback before July 15, 2000.

Guidelines For Assistance With Assignment B

1. Texas Quality Award can provide you with electronic files to assist you with your self-assessment process. They have 3-levels of self-assessment guidelines (not to be confused with the 3-levels of Application!)
2. Organizations wishing assistance from Quest For Quality 2000 facilitators in developing their self-assessment or Texas Award Application, should contact the QFQ Coordinator, Bob Arnold, to make this request. You can receive up to two-days of free consultation as part of your participation with the Quest For Quality 2000 program. Consultations must be completed by August, 2000; however, we are in the process of requesting a third-year grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to provide additional consulting services during the next academic year 2000-2001.
3. This project encourages participating institutions to move towards a quality-concept focus by participating in the Texas Award program by electing to submit a self-assessment (either Level I or II) for external feedback by trained Texas Award examiners. Please see the guidelines for submission and fee structure in the Texas Award Manual on pages 106-113.
4. Criteria for Level I Applications (10- pages) can be found on page 99 of the Texas Award Manual; Criteria for Level II Applications (25-pages) can be found on page 85 of the Texas Award Manual.

On behalf or your project team, we wish you an informative and exciting learning experience!

Burt Peachy, Jim Carmichael, Jackie Kennett-Beede and Bob Arnold