GE-CAPS Graduation Special

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GE-CAPS Vol 1, No. 1, May 2014

The GE-CAPS

Herald—”The

Herald” The School of Graduate,

Extensions, Continuing

and Professional Studies

(GE-CAPS) launched its

newest online product lastweekend on the interna-

tional scene.

Led by Dr. S.

Monique Glover-Alves,

USC-USA Online is the

latest in a number of start-

up innovations that bring

virtual education to gradu-

ating high school seniors

and 12th graders in the

USA, the US Virgin Is-

lands, and Canada . Puttogether by an interna-

tional tech team consisting

of techies from USC, India

and the United States, the

new product offers a free-

online class this summer

with credit for the class

available if the stu-

dent attends USC –

USA Online in the

fall.

Dubbed the

“Warm-Water Ad-

vantage”, students

will come to USC for

2 weeks in the Sum-

mer of 2015 for

beach, travel and

study — for credit.

When a student signs up at

the new University-owned

domain, an automatic let-

ter goes out to USC onsite

and US personnel and theUSC call-team goes to

work.

Dr. Glover-Alves .

completed her doctorate at

Northeastern University in

Boston, USA, in higher

education administration

and K-12 leadership

USC-USA Online offers

100-level classes and 12th

graders can step into

“Early College” during the12th Grade and the sum-

mer before College — We

offer no-cost, and low-cost

options to lessen the debt

load of parents and incom-

ing freshmen. Others are

welcome also — Sign up!!

Taking College for a Test Ride—Why

Not?

Special points of in-

terest:

USC exists anywhere

Caribbean peoples live

and thrive

GE-CAPS utilizes stra-

tegic project manage-

ment in service deliv-

ery

GE-CAPS utilizes cross

-functional teams as it

draws on the best

minds for projects

USC Live Births-Cross-Spectrum Care

We are USC’s Birthing

Center — we take a prod-

uct from concept to design

to fabrication, to high de-

livery and usage, in re-

cord time.

GE-CAPS consists of both

tightly coupled and

loosely coupled elements of the University.

At its core, it is an academic administrative

entity that ties together Graduate Studies,

the Extension Campuses, Continuing Educa-

tion, a Leadership Center and Professional

Development. At its periphery, GE-CAPS

chairs committees, provides support for de-

partments, and collaborates across the spec-

trum

USC-USA 1

Live Births 1

Two MBAs 2

MA/Ed-Online 2

The Institute 2

The Sites 3

Special Ed 3

Inside this issue:TakeCollege ...Test Ride

TAKECOLLEGEFORATESTDRIVE.COM—For Just

Finished High School & Now Starting College

GE-CAPS Gradua tion Special

May 2014Office of the Dean




Some time ago, after a careful study

of the Trinidad and Eastern Carib-

bean market, GE-CAPS, and theSchool of Business worked together to

craft a new MOU (Memorandum of

Understanding ) with the School of

Business at Andrews University in

Berrien Springs, Michigan.

The crafting resulted in a new MBA

arrangement, and the concept of con-

current MBAs emerged. In this birth

scenario, Andrews University will

offer its 11-course MBA Online, for a

general MBA, while USC will offer a

specialized MBA with three additional

classes. USC utilizes the 11-Module

Sequence as part of its 14 Modulespread. Students will get two

MBAs —

one in

August

of 2016

and the

USC

MBA at

the next

gradua-

tion. USC specializations are Health

Care Administration, Human Re-

sources, Finance and Accounting and

Marketing/. The program takes twocalendar years — all courses are online

except for the last two classes which

are held in a three-week intensive on

the Andrews University campus, and

the USC specialty portion in the Sum-

mer of 2015 on the USC campus in a

similar three-week intensive. The

USC add-on portions are sandwiched

in the center of the Andrews MBA

sequence. The asking price is US

$15,000

cial education classes already ap-

proved in the SED curriculum andexpanded them into four other

classes. Students complete Modules. ,

one at a time.

The Special Ed Confab is an

example of design-build from the

needs of a community upward to the

product. This Summer term, we teach

Issues in Special Ed, and Special Edu-

cation Assessment.

The University of the Southern Car-

ibbean recently signed an MOU withthe Government of Antigua/Barbuda

to provide training to selected teach-

ers in the area of Special Education.

The program is carried in blended

format in two Cohorts, of seven Mod-

ules of 21 credits. and began in No-

vember 2013.

GE-CAPS built the program

with SED when it selected three spe-

Two MBAs Side by Side—Andrews & USC (the Andrews Entrance)

In Special Education, WE

CARE!!!

Special Ed ConFab—Blended Marriage of Face2Face and Online

fashion a broad start-base. This

May month Cohort 1 kicks off with

Philosophy of Education, while an-

other class section starts on July 22,

and another in September. All three

sections move to a common second

class in the fall before branching off

to individual MA degrees in Ed. Ad-

ministration, Curriculum, Educa-

tional Psychology and the Dip. Ed in

later terms .

The Online program is backed

by a support Moodle team, using an

open source model.

The University of the Southern Car-

ibbean has housed the MA in Educa-

tion for some years now in its School

of Education.

But this year, GE-CAPS and the

School of Education have partnered todeliver the MA in Education in a 75-

25 mix of online and blend.. The

School of Education has used the com-

mon Modules from all programs to

MA in Education Online/Blend—Starting this May Month

Page 2 GE-CAPS Graduation Special

The MA in Education Online is

ONLINE/Blended with concentrations

in Leadership, Curriculum,

Ed Psychology, and the Dip Ed.




USC operates campuses in South

Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Barbados,

St. Lucia and Antigua and now in the

USA virtually with USC-USA Online.

Come September, the University adds

campuses in St. Thomas and St.

Croix, the U.S. Virgins. Grenada now

knocks on the door, and so does USC-

TT Online, another September ven-

ture that parallels the USC-USA con-

cept. Extension campuses are carded

to contribute 20% of the 5000 enroll-

ment target figure by 2017.

Simply put, USC intends to extend its

influence to every ham-

let and corner in TT,

whether physical or

Online. The extension

campuses make up just

16% of the current over-

all enrollment and rep-

resent the University’s

strategy to diversify and

segment its population

by geography, and coun-

try, within and outside

of the Caribbean region.

A site gets formed when

a feasibility demon-

strates a crush of stu-

dents, a strong Advent-

ist community presence,

a SDA high school and/

or a SDA administrative

entity present.

The Diaspora approach

collapses country

boundaries as GE-CAP

seeks out its Caribbean

heritage in every place.

ing, and yet oth-

ers on product

design, and GE-CAPS gave ad-

ministrative

oversight to the

entire process.

Typically, GE-

CAPS works by

drawing on ex-

pertise across

GE-CAPS works differently. We

market concurrently — we inte-

grate the concept, the product,sales, people and all else, and

develop them all at the same

time. Cuts time to market

GE-CAPS put together USC-USA

by assembling cross-functional

teams in three countries.. While

part of the team worked on web-

design, some worked on market-

the University, and individuals get an

opportunity to develop camaraderie

and team spirit. The MBA Online,MA in Ed Online, Special Ed Online,

Teacher Certification Online, USC-

USA Online and the Leadership Insti-

tute are all examples of strategic pro-

ject management across depart-

ments.. We link organizational strate-

gic intent to implementation via pro-

jects that add value Way to Go!!

Extension Campuses—USC exists wherever Caribbean Peoples Live and Thrive

Of Teams & Concurrent Marketing

A project ion the left, and

another on the right—that isconcurrent marketing

The GE-CAPS Mascot

The Certificate is based on 9 seminar-

like modules delivered face to face and

Online over 4 years. Conversely, the

Leadership Institute also faces out to

the community in an executive for-

mat, intended to impact leadership

development in TT.

The Seminars engage key

administrators and faculty with stu-

dents and cover leadership theory,

servant leader-

ship, transac-

tional and trans-

formational, re-

lational, critical

thinking, strate-

gic, and techno-

logical leader-

ship with a cap-

stone practicum.

Hooray!!!!!

The School of Business, led by Dr.

Phyllis Andrews and GE-CAPS have

teamed up to produce a top-flight

Leadership Institute due to be

launched in the new school year.

Says Dean Lashley of GE-

CAPS, “we are preparing tomorrow’sleaders today”. The intent is that stu-

dents graduating with regular degrees

will now get a Leadership Certificate.

Leadership Development Institute—School of Business & GE-CAPS

Leadership

Development

Institute Coming-

9 Chocful

Seminars

Office of the Dean Page 3




Administrative Complex — North

Royal Road, Maracas, St. Joseph,

Trinidad, West Indies

student and constituency resource up

-island — he reports to the Dean.

Trea, a Senior English major, is

the senior student leader in a team

which includes Omar, and Kamaria

in the registry and Nketa, a Senior

Michelle is the “Go-To” informa-

tion flow person that directs the

intense incoming and outgoing traffic

and serves as the administrative as-

sistant. She comes with graduate

qualifications.

Brent, with his MBA, works as

assistant to the Dean and liaises

with several other University depart-

ments on behalf of the Dean.

Marlene is the assistant registrar

for Graduate Studies and Extension

Campuses, and is working on her MA

in Communication.

Lester, new on the block in the

fall, has graduate qualifications

in Project Management and Relig-

ion, will be Director of Resource De-

velopment. He will help manage the

numerous projects that GE-CAPS

births, and expand the government,

Accounting major. in the Dean’s Of-

fice.

Dean Lashley brings a wealth of ex-

perience to the team — he packs in an

MBA, a Masters in History, a doctor-

ate in higher education leadership,

and two law degrees with a trio of

college presidencies. His job is to let

people do their job, and just think and

think and think strategically.

GE-CAPS presents you with a cross-

trained team. We think upside down

and work from the future backwards.

We walk the campus,, listen to people

and gain ideas. We work with every-

one and everyone works with us.

Call at (868) 662-2241, ext 1651

or 311 or (868) 327-3415, cell.

(868) 662-2241, Ext 1651

GE-CAPS

GE-CAPS People: Michelle, Brent, Marlene, Lester, Trea, Kamaria, Omar and Nketa

GE-CAPS People

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direct s t he E x -t ension C ampuses, C ont inuing E ducat ion, t he up-coming Leadership Dev elopment I nst it ut e, and

Professional St udies. T he Mission of G E -C APS is t o creat e and t rans-form t he Univ ersit y family , and it s const it uency int o ex t raordinary compet it iv e and st rat egic

leaders w ho can lead ot hers t o C hrist . I t seeks t o be t he I nnov at ion C ent er of t he Univ ersit y , and t o be it s cut t ing edge face t o t he w orld. W e

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