Example Planning Documents

These examples are provided as reference for the Program Review Process

A-State Internal Timeline Worksheet

Program Name: _____________________________

Name of Self-Study Chair: ____________________

Date Submitted: _____________________________

Timeline Action	Important Dates
One-year prior to assigned site-visit year: Establish approximate date for site visit	Approximate site visit date is:
150 days prior to site visit: submit consultant recommendations to Provost	Submit consultant recommendation form to Provost Office by:
120 days prior to site visit: secure consultants	Secure consultants by:
60 days prior to site visit: send self-study draft to Office of Academic Affairs, Dean, and Department Chair	Draft of self-study report to Office of Academic Affairs by:
30 days prior to site visit: send self-study to consultants	Send final draft to consultants by:
14 days prior to site visit: establish site visit itinerary	Send itinerary to site consultant by:
30 days after site visit: receive consultants’ report	Consultants’ report received on:
Within 30 days of receiving consultants’ report: develop implementation plan with Academic Affairs, Dean, Chair, and faculty, and write institutional response (Required by ADHE)	Response to consultants’ report due on
Regardless of site visit date, all above steps completed	All steps completed by April 15 of the assigned academic year: 20____
Deliver self-study report, reviewers report, and implementation plan/institutional response to ADHE within six weeks of process completion	June 1 of the assigned academic year: 20_____
One year after implementation: follow-up report on progress	Spring 20XX: Progress report due May 15, 20______
If needed, three years after implementation: follow-up report on progress	Spring 20XX: Progress report due May 15, 20______
If needed, five years after implementation: follow-up report on progress	Spring 20XX: Progress report due May 15, 20_______

Program Consultants Recommendation Form

Departments must submit their consultant recommendations to the Office of Academic Affairs 150 days prior to the anticipated site visit. The submission should include:

Four recommended consultants, ordered by preference. They should be a mix of faculty and administrators from peer and aspirant institutions.
Curriculum vitae for each recommended consultant.

Each of the recommendations must include the following:

Name
Position
Institution
Department
Department Program
Office Phone
Cell Phone (if available)
Email
Rationale for Selection Please discuss the following items: Consultant’s professional experience How the consultant’s institutional mission is comparable to A-State Why the consultant’s program is of interest in developing/modeling A-State’s program/s and how this interest aligns with A-State’s program under review Comparable size of consultant’s program/department Reasons why this program is aspirational for A-State