Don Gaston
dlg3888@netscape.net
ETEC 579
TIF FIG GRANT PROPOSAL
Dr. Jason Davis
Instructor
Texas A&M University-Commerce

INDEX:

Higher Education Cover Page                                           		             page   1

Designation of Grant Officials					             page   2

Certified Assurances							page   3

Abstract								page   3

Vision Statement & Project Narrative				              page   4
Goal
About The College
Target Population
Our Corporate Partners
Administration of the Project

Needs Assessment							page  10

Objectives and Time-Line						page  12

Sustainability/Securing Funding				                             page  15
	Duration and Sustainability of the Project
              Existing and continued financial support by The College
	Sources for Matching Funds

Evaluation Plan							              page  17

Grant Budget								page  19

Appendix								page  23		
 A: Mission Statement of The College
 B: Virtual College of Texas
 C: New Technology Plan for The College
 D: Design of wireless network      										 

ETEC 579

  HIGHER EDUCATION COVER PAGE

RFP #:   XXX-XXX-1932	     XXX-XXX-1932	
NAME OF INSTITUTION:	     Tobler Jr. College	
Name of Contact Person:	     Don Gaston	
Title of Contact Person:	     Assistant Developmental Director	
Mailing Address:	     216 Texas Dr.
      Lindale Texas   75771	
Telephone Number:	     903 882 0945	Fax Number:	     	
E-Mail Address:	     Dlg3888@netscape.net	
Federal Tax ID #: 	     1111-11	Name of County:	     Smith	
State Senator: 	     David Cain	State Rep.: 	     Larry Johns	
			
TOTAL TIF FUNDS REQUESTED	     $198,995.00	
TOTAL LOCAL FUNDS FOR PROJECT	     $  50,000.00	
		
If applicable, NAME OF COLLABORATIVE IN WHICH YOUR INSTITUTION IS PARTICIPATING:      	

Signature of Authorized Official	Date10-05-02	
     Dr. George Schultz		
Printed Name and Title	Dr. George Schultz, Comptroller	

  DESIGNATION OF GRANT OFFICIALS

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Name:  	     Don Gaston	
Title:   	Assistant Developmental Director	
Organization Name:	     Tobler Jr. College	
Mailing Address:	216 Texas Dr.
Hideaway, Texas 75771	
Telephone:	903 882 0945	Fax #:  	     	
E-mail Address:  	dg3888@netscape.net	
Signature:		Date:  	10-05-02	
FINANCIAL OFFICER
Name:  	     Dr. George Schultz	
Title:   	     Comptroller	
Organization Name:	     Tobler Jr. College
	
Mailing Address:	 512 Lock
Tobler, Texas  75711	
Telephone:	 903 556 1950	Fax #:  	     	
E-mail Address:  	 tobler@ser.net	
Signature:		Date:  	10-05-02	
AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL
Name:  	     Dr. George Schultz	
Title:   	     Comptroller	
Organization Name:	     Tobler Jr. College	
Mailing Address:	512 Lock St, Tyler, Tx 7511	
Telephone:	903 556 1951	Fax #:  	     	
E-mail Address:  	Tobler2@ser.net	
Signature:		Date:  		

CERTIFIED ASSURANCES

Certified Assurances if a “boiler plate” designed by the Grant Funding Institution. All forms have been remove from their site. Since a formal proposal is not being accepted at this time, the certified assurances has been left out to conserve paper.

ABSTRACT

This Project, the delivery of a new Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management, is a model for the future implementation of other current and future Associate Degree programs. There will be 36 hours of advanced courses offered in this program in addition to the 30 hours of core courses necessary for advancing into this Associate Degree program. A need was established for this Degree as a result of needs assessments made with Tobler Jr. College and our Corporate Partners. The 36 hours of advanced course work for this Degree program will be delivered from our new William Thomas Academic Center. This Degree program will be delivered both on-campus and through distance learning opportunities. The purpose of the grant request is to help implement this program through the purchase of state of the art computer and related hardware and software necessary to equip 4 conference rooms (classrooms) for on-campus delivery as well as on-line distance learning delivery. Successful implementation is anticipated; during the second and third years, plans include furnishing more classrooms and extending all 36 hours to be available on-line at a distance as well as in on-campus classes.

VISION STATEMENT & PROJECT NARRATIVE

ADIPM/TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROPOSAL
The purpose of this Project is to provide instructional resources necessary to implement a new Associate Degree program by equipping facilities with appropriate technology because an assessment of industry in this geographic area establish the need for education in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management.

Project Vision
The vision and goal of Tobler Jr. College (The College) in conjunction with our Corporate Partners (corporate, business, and health care providers) is to implement a new Associate Degree entitled the Interdisciplinary Proactive Management Degree. This educational format will be designed to meet the needs of persons already employed, particularly those seeking promotion to management positions within their places of employment, existing lower and middle management positions as well as full time students of our student body who desire to prepare themselves for managerial positions in interdisciplinary proactive management concepts.  The twelve (12) courses which will make up the advanced requirements of this degree program will be offered on-campus as well as through the on-line distance learning delivery system. The sections of the courses which will be conducted through on-campus classroom delivery will be designed as if they were on-line distances offerings; additional sections will be delivered as distance learning opportunities.  
About The College
Tobler Jr. College (The College) is well recognized in the Texas academic community. We have a philosophy of addressing and serving the educational and training needs of our immediate and extended community. In addition, we are leading in the partnering of endeavors with other educational institutions across the State in providing state of the art educational services to all student populations. Our student body is made up of students from the geographic area in which The College is located, state wide, other states in the Nation as well as students from many foreign countries. Our Mission statement, included in Appendix A, portrays our efforts to cater to high school students who want to take courses for joint credit, students needing or desiring the hometown feeling while beginning their academic pursuits, needs of businesses and industrial enterprises, special training programs for para-professionals, adult continuing education and other educational needs that arise.

In the spring (2002) semester we had a student enrollment of over 8,000. During the fall (2002) semester we have a student enrollment of over 9,000. Our projections are that without any additional promotional efforts, our enrollment will increase to over 12,000 during the next three years. For this reason, in addition to efforts to address the growing and ever changing needs of our student body we are aggressively moving many sections of courses offered by The College to on-line distance learning offerings. We are addressing the need to make available anytime anywhere educational opportunities. With this effort we are planning for our student enrollment to increase to over 15,000 (instead of 12,000) during the next three years. In addition to the plans to develop additional Associate Degree Programs to meet the needs of today’s learners, we are adding sections of existing courses to the on-line distance learning program. 

By offering courses that meet the scheduling needs of today’s learners, this move to offer more sections of courses as on-line distance learning courses will substantially reduce the need of adding more conference room (classrooms) buildings in the next few years. Funds requested in this proposal will enable The College to move ahead into this and other new and challenging areas of course development. This will provide an opportunity for virtual learning experiences for our students. 

The advanced courses offered on-campus for this Associate Degree program will be conducted in our new William Thomas Academic Center. This center was built with the latest room structure techniques. The easily moveable soundproof walls make it possible to change physical size of the classroom from holding as few as 20 students to 120 students. The mobile and wireless technology equipment placed in service for this facility will likewise provide for ease in accommodating different size classes. Lab experiences will be further enhanced with the acquisitions of adjustable classroom environment with wireless classroom on wheels consisting carts capable of holding 20 notebook computers each and other necessary wireless networking equipment. The classroom on wheels will provide a computer lab on demand of any size needed. The new Academic Center is designed and includes a media center room from which all of the technology and room arrangements will be controlled.   

Target Population 
The Grant which we are seeking will help us implement for the first time an Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management. The target population for this Project will include Corporate Partners’ employees who are seeking to be promoted to management positions, current lower and middle management personnel, as well as members of our student body not yet employed but interested in management. Because of the move to on-line distance learning offering of this Interdisciplinary Proactive Management Degree it has been envisioned by top management of our Corporate Partners that their employees at work sites outside of our immediate geographic location will be able to take advantage of this endeavor as well as those located in our general proximity. We expect an increase of enrollment of students from other states as well as from across the state of Texas because of this Degree program and the on-line learning opportunity.
 
Our student body is made up of students from the geographic area in which The College is located, state wide, other states in the Nation as well as students from many foreign countries. We also cater to high school students who want to take courses for joint credit, students needing or desiring the hometown feeling while beginning their academic pursuits, needs of businesses and industrial enterprises, special training programs for para-professionals, adult continuing education and other needs that arise.
We have worked very closely with the Virtual College of Texas as we began developing the concept of this Associate Degree program with the intent to offer the Degree for students of other participating colleges. The Directors of the Virtual College of Texas are excited about this step that we are taking. They will include our offerings for resident students from other Junior and Senior colleges is Texas as part of their standard program. See information about the Virtual College of Texas in Appendix B.

Our Corporate Partners
For several years, The College has maintained an informal consortium relationship with leaders of corporations, businesses, and health care providers located in our general geographic area. Many of these corporations and businesses have employment sites across the State, and some, across the Nation. We call them our Corporate Partners. We have regular meetings once a quarter to provide them an update as to what The College is doing and to obtain input from them as to academic and training needs of their personnel. 

Continuous and ongoing collaboration with our Corporate Partners has brought us to the point if implementing this new Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management. The need was identified through these meetings. Through the results of formative evaluations we have made with our Corporate Partners, this project has been developed. The most active of our Corporate Partners in the development of this Associate Degree have been Marget Distribution Centers, Belly-Springfield Tires, Lookshire Nutrition Industry, UTS International Parcel Service, and Gosie-Kinclade Building Materials Industries. Each of these corporations has a major center located within the immediate geographic area of the College. All five as well as others of our Corporate Partners have centers located across the State as well as in other states. All five (5) of these corporations are interested in the availability of this Degree opportunity for their personnel locally as well as for their personnel at their other sites of employment.

Administration of the Project
Don Gaston, Assistant Developmental Director, Tobler Jr. College, has taken the lead in visualizing this partnering effort and the development of this Degree program. He will be the Project Director. Dr. John Ship, Director of Media Services, and his staff will be involved in the design and criteria development for the computer technology, peripheral equipment, and furniture needed to equip the classrooms to  implement this project.  The Media Center staff will be responsible for the management of technology equipment and conference rooms (classrooms). Dr. George Schultz, College Comptroller will oversee the budget management and be the Official representing the final decisions relating to The College and the Project. The Registrar’s Office will be responsible for maintaining records and student enrollment in this Degree program. Dr. Jim Brown, the Dean of Academic Affairs, and staff, will be involved in implementation of the formative monitoring and evaluation process. The Professors delivering the instruction will be involved in the evaluation process of both the program as well as the evaluation of students.

The Directors of the training departments of the five (5) Corporate Partners will be involved in providing input into the evaluation process based upon the monitoring of the progress of development of their employees. They will obtain formative evaluation reports of employees involved in the Degree program for which this grant is supporting.

NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Needs Assessment
Continuous and ongoing collaboration with our Corporate Partners has brought us to the point if implementing this new Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management. The need was identified, and through the results of formative evaluations, this project has been developed. Because of the reputation of The College and our longstanding leadership in meeting the academic and training needs of our general population and through joint planning, our Corporate Partners have requested that we take on this educational responsibility. Our Corporate Partners want better performance from their lower and middle management personnel in the area of proactive management. Through formative evaluations it was found that the top quality employees are the ones selected to move into management; of those selected, very seldom do they have a clear understanding of the various duties and performances expected from one in a management role.

Our Corporate Partners have attempted to address this knowledge issue through their own training departments. The results, for the most part, have ended in frustration and/or failure. The consensus is, and The College agrees, that The College is better prepared to meet their training needs in this area. This involvement by The College will also help us to provide similar training to our existing student body not yet employed.

Based upon our formative needs assessment completed in the preparation for the delivery of this new Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary proactive Management, The College will implement four (4) additional courses and modify eight (8) of our existing course offerings. These twelve (12) advanced courses will be designed to compliment each other in the process of the reaching the goal of allowing the student to learn the principles of Interdisciplinary Proactive Management. These twelve (12) courses are in addition to the ten (10) core courses which must be taken following matriculation.  In addition, it is a logical conclusion that in order to make this Degree available through on-line distance learning as well as in the conference room setting, we must implement the courses in such a way that they are adaptable to on-line distance delivery. 

In order to deliver this program The College will need computer and peripheral equipment (equipment that meets The College’s new Technology Plan and Criteria [See the Technology Plan in Appendix C]). We are phasing the purchase and installation of equipment and peripheral needs somewhat equally over each of the three years of the life of this Project. The first year will be for four (4) conference rooms (classrooms) each of which will accommodate a minimum of 20 students and an Instructor and the main wireless server equipment, and other related equipment requirements.

As we convert to the new Technology Plan, The College will convert eight (8) additional conference rooms to the new technology, four (4) conference rooms in each of the second and third year of the project ultimately giving us a total of twelve (12) conference rooms properly equipped at the beginning of the third year of this Project. In preparation for the second and third years of the Project, the need for additional Project equipment and software will be re-evaluated and determined at least two (2) months before the beginning of a new Project year. The purpose of equipment will be to make all of the equipment utilized in this Project for both the on-campus courses and the distance on-line courses compatible as well as to bring it into compliance with The College’s new Technology Plan

OBJECTIVES AND TIME-LINE

Project Objectives and Time-line
 It is the vision and goal of Tobler Jr. College (The College) in conjunction with our Corporate Partners (corporate, business, and health care providers) to implement a new Associate Degree entitled the Interdisciplinary Proactive Management Degree. This educational format will be designed to meet the needs of persons already employed, particularly those seeking promotion to management positions within their places of employment, existing lower and middle management positions as well as full time students of our student body who desire to prepare themselves for managerial positions.  The twelve (12) courses which will make up the advanced requirements of this degree program will be offered on-campus as well as through the on-line distance learning delivery system. The sections of the courses which will be conducted through on-campus delivery will be designed as if they were on-line distances offerings but will be delivered in the conference room (classroom setting).  

                           Year One                              Year Two                              Year Three 
Objective 1: Add a specialized Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management consisting of twelve (12) courses to the College degree offerings.
                                  X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Objective 2: First year, add four (4) new courses, with two (2) sections each, specifically designed for the new degree offering of an Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management.
                                  X ------------------

Objective 3: First year, implement these four (4) new courses as on-campus courses but with the delivery through the classroom setting similar to an on-line distance learning courses, that is, students will be attending the class at the same time at the designated conference room on campus. Distance learning techniques will be utilized by the Instructors.
                                   X -------------------

Objective 4: First year, re-design or modify eight (8) current on-campus course offerings to both complement more closely the purpose of the Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management and to include them as part of the new degree offering as set forth in Objective 1.  
                                    X --------------------

Objective 5: First year, purchase and install computer equipment and related peripheral equipment and furniture necessary to support the four course offerings set forth in Objectives 3 and 4.
                                     X --------------------

Objective 6: Second year, begin limiting the number of on-campus offerings of the eight (8) redesigned or modified courses as reflected in Objective 5.
                                                                         X -------------------

Objective 7: Second year of the Project, add a minimum of two (2) sections for each of the 12 course offerings as on-line distance learning courses.
                                                                          X -------------------

Objective 8: Second year, purchase and install computer equipment, etc., for four conference rooms as specified in Objective 5. The purpose will be to convert the equipment and furnishings for four of the remaining eight (8) conference rooms to be compatible with the new Technology Plan and the design of this added Associate Degree program.
                                                                           X --------------------

Objective 9: Third year, purchase and install computer equipment, etc., for the four remaining conference rooms as related to Objective 5 and Objective 8. This will bring all conference rooms utilized in this Project into compliance with the College’s new Technology Plan, make the equipment compatible, and compatible with the design of this new Associate Degree program.
                                                                                                                    X ------------------
Objective 10: Third year, add additional sections of on-line distance learning delivery for each of the twelve (12) degree related courses as deemed necessary and purchase any additional equipment and software as necessary for such delivery. 
                                                                                                                     X -----------------

SUSTAINABILITY/SECURING FUNDING

Duration and Sustainability of the Project
As has been described in this Grant Proposal Design, The College will move toward limiting the on-campus offerings of each of the twelve (12) courses in this Degree program. Additional sections of each course will be offered through on-line distance learning delivery. Through the three year period of this Project, The College will be able to reduce current physical space requirements for the eight existing but modified by moving all of these courses to the distance learning mode. The retention of a minimum of two (2) sections for each course as an on-campus offering will make available to The College the opportunity to provide the new Degree to our on-campus students and to have quicker response to any modifications indicated by our evaluations.

Existing and continued financial support by The College
Additional faculty, administrative, and support staff needs will be paid for with revenue from the related tuition fees and other tax resources made available to The College. For that reason these salaries and support costs have not been included in the budget for this grant proposal. The primary purpose of this Grant Request is to pay for the start up costs related to the additional computer equipment and related software and furniture needed to deliver the courses in our new Academic Center.

The College’s Corporate Partners have committed to provide some of the money for the initial start up costs each year of the Project. These contributions will be utilized to meet any matching fund requirements of the Grant Funding Institution. As of this date no funds have been spent or encumbered in any way.

The College has already completed the instructional design for the four (4) new course offerings. Likewise the re-design and modifications for the eight (8) existing course offerings have been made. None of the new courses or the eight (8) redesigns has been implemented. They are all resting on the shelf waiting for funding approval of this Grant Proposal for implanting the Associate Degree in Interdisciplinary Proactive Management.

The College has secured bids and availability statements from vendors for the necessary equipment and furniture. No purchase commitment has been made. However, we have checked on the availability of equipment and resources needed. Every item should be available for installation within 30 days of final notice of funding.

Sources for Matching Funds
Each of the five Corporate partners have agreed to invest up to $ 10,000 each for the first year and a minimum of $5,000 each for each of the following two years of the Project.
That is a total of up to $50,000 for the first year and a minimum of $25,000 for each of the next two years. This commitment is for the purpose of providing matching funds for any grant monies made available to fund this Project. The Corporate partners have eliminated any ties or stipulations concerning the money except for the opportunity to have their lower and middle management personnel to participate in the course offerings at regular tuition fees. Each Corporate representative will be signing off on this proposal as an indication of their commitment and agreement.

EVALUATION PLAN	

Performance Measures
The evaluation will be done through the formative evaluation process. The students will be provided performance based rubrics. The evaluation will include input from the instructor, the students, the Training Directors of the Corporate Partners, and the immediate supervisors of the participating students. Students from the College who are participating in the Project will be evaluated by their Academic Advisor based upon the rubric for the particular course.

There will be ½ day conference, at the beginning of the semester and every 6weeks thereafter concluding at the end of the semester. The conferences will be both an overview and evaluation of the project as well as of each students participating in the Project. The participants of these conferences will include the students’ academic advisor(s) from The College, the Training Directors and student supervisors from the places of employment. Other interested College officials and Officials from the grant funding source are likewise invited to attend. These conferences will be held at a desirable location such as a hotel conferencing area. Refreshments and a buffet meal will be provided through contract with a catering service; participants will pay a set fee for the meal.

Dr. Jim Brown, Director of Academic Affairs, and staff, will accumulate the information from the various participants involved in the evaluation. Changes in the courses and their delivery will be made as a need to do so is identified. Equipment needs and uses will be continually evaluated. Dr. Brown will be responsible for providing updates at the regular meetings of the Project leadership and for the reports required by the grant funding source.  Within 30 days following the end of each project year, a comprehensive report will be delivered to the parties directly involved in the Project and copies will be made available upon request for any other interested party. This report will comply with the requirements of The College and of the Grant source. Planning for the second and third year will be made based upon these reports.

PROJECT GRANT BUDGET

Budget for Each Year (Equipment and Software Purchases Only) Including Matching Funds

It must be noted that The College already has fiber-optic cable connection to the Internet. The main computer operations are contained and administered for the entire campus from a central computer services center. From that center, every building is connected via surface wiring. All that is needed for any new facility is the main server, switches, and classroom servers, networking, computers, and peripheral equipment such as printers and overhead projectors.  This budget will include the main server and all other equipment necessary for 4 classrooms.   

                              Total	Matching Funds	Grant Request

Year 1                        $248,995.00          $50,000.00		   $198,995.00

Year 2 		          $225,870.00	      $25,000.00	    $200,870.00

Year 3		           $225,870.00            $25,000.00               $200,870.00

Equipment Budget

Description	Unit Cost	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	
A. 4 Mobil Wireless Carts w/20 Wireless Compaq Laptops	

$34,995.00	

$139,980.00

$ 139,980.00	

$ 139,980.00	
B. 4 individual
Wireless Compaq Laptops for the Instructors of each class	 

1,499.00	

5,996.00	

5,996.00	

5,996.00	
C. 7204 Router	11,144.00	11,144.00	XXXXXXX	XXXXXXX	
D. 5 Servers	        1,956.00	9,780.00	  9,780.00	 9,780.00	
E.  1 Switch	        6,000.00	6,000.00	  6,000.00	  6,000.00	
F. 89 Wireless Network Cards	         122.00	10,858.00	  10,858.00	10,858.00	
G. 4 Overhead Projectors	           3,799.00	15,196.00	   15,196.00	  15,196.00	
H. 5 Color Laser Jet Printers	           
3,989.00	
19,945.00	  
19,945.00	   
    19,945.00	
I. 8 Speakers	                50.00	     400.00	     400.00	          400.00	
J. Digital Motion/Still Camera and hook-up cords	            
             900.00	
      900.00	
      900.00	
           900.00	
K. 4 Overhead Screens	          200.00	       800.00	       800.00	            800.00	
L. WebCT Full Service for under 5000 Students	8,000.00
	
  8,000.00	
8,000.00	
8,000.00	
M. 4 Smart Class by Robotel Electronics	
     499.00
	
    1,996.00	
1,996.00	
     1,996.00	
N. All Cabling	1,200.00	1,200.00	1,200.00	1,200.00	
O. All Application Software	
12,000.00	
12,000.00	
XXXXXXX	
XXXXXXX	
P. 4 Classroom portable equipment tables  	     

 1,200.00	  

4,800.00	    

4,800.00	 

 4,800.00	

TOTAL	   
  XXXXXXX	
$     248,995.00	
$     225,870.00	
$    225,870.00	

Budget Justification
A.	There will be 4 mobile carts which will hold 20 Wireless Compaq Laptops, one cart for each classroom. The cart contains 20 simultaneous charge modes.
B.	There will be an additional 4 wireless Compaq Laptops, the same as in A above. These will be made available for the instructor of each of the classrooms. These will come with a separate individual charger and with one extra battery.
C.	There will be one router to handle the load from the Internet relating to the delivery of the courses by way of distance learning methods.
D.	There will be 5 servers, one will be the main server for the building and the other 4 will be for use with the 4 classrooms.
E.	There will be one switch to handle the input from the main server and from the router. The switch is chosen over a hub to eliminate loss of transferring information resulting from the collision of transmitting packets. This particular switch was chosen because of the load it can handle efficiently.
F.	There will be a purchase of 84 wireless network cards for the 84 Compaq Laptops. An additional 5 for the servers making a total of 89.
G.	There will be 4 overhead projectors, one for each of the 4 classrooms. These will be used to project the screen of the Instructor’s computer onto a screen for instructional purposes.
H.	There will be 5 Color Laser Jet Printers. One for each classroom and one for the media center office in the building.
I.	There will be 8 speakers, 2 for each of the four classrooms. These will be connected to the server of each classroom.
J.	There will be one digital motion/still Camera and hook-up cords. This will be shared by all instructors in the classrooms on a first need basis.
K.	There will be 4 overhead screens for reflecting contents of the computer monitor sufficiently to provide clarity for the students’ view.
L.	Service for WebCT or similar groupware service will be provided in order for the courses to be taught as distance learning courses and for the actual distance learning courses offered in this Project.
M.	Smart Class by Robotel Electronics will be furnished for each of the 4 classrooms. This allows the Instructor to control the type of access the students might have during classroom instruction.
N.	All of the cabling for connecting the peripheral hardware such as printers and overhead projectors and others necessary for the main server and the router to be connected to the various access lines brought to the building from the Campus Central Computer technology configuration.
O.	Application software including Windows Network, Office, and other necessary software.
P.	There will be 4 classroom portable equipment tables for the purpose of holding the server, projector, printer, laptop and other peripheral hardware.
Personnel Support for the Project not Included in the Budget
All personnel costs will be born by the College including academic support, technology maintenance and assistance support, building maintenance support, janitorial support, and project management support and instructional support.

APPENDIX

Appendix A:

Mission Statement of The College (abriviated)

Statement of Purpose

Tolbe Junior College is a comprehensive comm …

The College will fulfill its mission and pursue its purpose within prevailing fiscal and 

legal constraints by:

Maintaining a high standard of excellence in education through …

Creating an environment in which development of human potential is the highest priority

 through …

Offering open access and equal opportunity for all qualified students through …

Meeting the needs of business and industry for competency in a global marketplace 

through …

Providing service to the community and opportunity for lifelong learning through … 

Appendix B:

Virtual College of Texas

Appendix C:

The new Technology Plan for The College

MEDIA TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT POLICY – ADDENDUM FOR THE CENTER

This is an addendum to our existing Media Technology Management Policy specifically stated for the new Center.

This plan is specifically for the new William Thomas Academic Center. The new facility uses the latest multi-use internal structure in the inclusion of moveable sound proof walls. Included are conference rooms (sometimes referred to as classrooms) with the option for a larger conference room through the adjustment to the placement of the walls. Included are kitchen facilities for serving refreshments a appropriate for conferences. This Center was built to provide opportunities to serve additional and specific academic needs of our community and corporate needs. It will be a basis for onsite learning experiences as well as our distance learning program which we will be expanding at a rapid rate.

The technology plan for the academic conference rooms is for including and maintaining the latest in technology for collaboration and academic purposes. Because of moveable walls, a potential layout would allow for a minimum of 20 conference rooms of up to 25 stations in each room. This calls for the ultimate purchase of at least 20 portable servers and connectors. This Center will use wireless laptops for each conference room. Peripheral equipment and software will be needed for each conference room and will be managed under the auspices of the Director of Media Services in accordance with the College technology regulations, rules and policies. 

As a part of the portability and state of the art technology that will be used in this Center, wireless laptops have been selected for our base technology. We will be including satellite networking technology now available through Quinex Technologies. Our plans are to be able to move with developing new technology as we update our technology program from year to year. Console desks which will accommodate the recessing of the laptop for visibility purposes will be used. Any accessibility cable needed for accessing power or for other needs such as satellite hookup are already incorporated in the building layout; this connectivity plan was uniquely layered out in order to allow for the mobility of equipment, and expansion and reduction of room sizes.  

Quinex Technologies will allow the wireless connections of each laptop through a central location utilizing a transmitted password from the laptop itself. This technology is based on the latest technology and is related to the “key” server code. This program will be monitored closely by the Directory of Media Services and staff.

Included in the Center is a media support facility manned with experienced resource assistants. The purpose of this facility and staff will be to maintain equipment in top operating condition, trouble shoot, Internet research assistance, and other media needs of the users of the Center.    

Appendix D:
Design of wireless network

                                      Inet					      Inet
                                |                                                |
		              |                                                |	
                                |                                                |
		   Main Server				7204 Router
                                |                                                |
                                | _______                  _______ |                                
                                               |                 |
			          	     Switch
                                       |        |          |        |

			           Cat 5 Patch Panel
                                       |         |          |        |
                                       |         |          |        |
                  __________ |     __|          |___  |____________
	         |                          |                     |                          |
                  |                          |                     |                          |
                 Access point                    Access point                        Access point               Access point
         Wireless             Wireless             Wireless        Wireless 
            Cisco                  Cisco                   Cisco              Cisco
	   1200                    1200                    1200               1200
              /                           /                           /                      /
               /                           /                           /                      /

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