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Quality Enhancement Plan

Employment is important, and to excel in the workforce, both technical skills and employability skills are essential. Through our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), Gateway has partnered with Kentucky’s Council for Postsecondary Education (CPE) to enhance our students’ employability skills. The four programs in the table below will make an intentional and focused effort to embed skills in the classroom and in work-based learning experiences.

Additionally, Gateway’s Student Events is developing a series of events directly tied to CPE’s employability skills, including writing professional emails, networking events, resume workshops, headshot sessions, and more! If you’d like to propose an event idea, attend a session, or contribute in any way, please contact Ashley.Rouse@kctcs.edu.


Program	Embedded Skills
Business Administration - Management	Perform professionally within their chosen field of study or occupation Use information for decision making
Diesel Technology	Perform professionally within their chosen field of study or occupation Communicate effectively
Health Information Technology	Perform professionally within their chosen field of study or occupation Communicate effectively
Utility Lineworker	Perform professionally within their chosen field of study or occupation Collaborate and work in teams

contacts

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Frannie Bennett - Quality Enhancement Plan Director & First Year Experience Instructor

frannie.bennett@kctcs.edu

(859) 442-1612

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Cassondra Stamper - Business Administration Instructor & Program Coordinator

cassondra.stamper@kctcs.edu

(859) 442-4119

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Rodney Foltz - Diesel Technology Instructor & Program Coordinator

rodney.foltz@kctcs.edu

(859) 442-4118

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Anissa McBreen - Health Information Technology Instructor & Program Coordinator

anissa.mcbreen@kctcs.edu

(859) 442-1705

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David Schaefer - Electrical Technology (Lineworker) Associate Professor & Program Coordinator

david.schaefer@kctcs.edu

(859) 442-1144

QEP PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION TEAM

Megan Baker, Student 
Paula Barnes, Workforce Development Liaison 
Frannie Bennett, Instructor of Arts & Sciences and QEP Director 
Krista Campbell, Instructor of Arts & Sciences 
Dr. Amy Carrino, Dean of Business, IT, and Professional Services Division 
Erica Coy, Coordinator of Counseling Services  
Dr. Denise Fritsch, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness 
Elizabeth Goodman, Instructor/Librarian  
Anissa McBreen, Instructor for Health Sciences/Professions 
Dr. Kerri McKenna, Professor of Arts & Sciences 
Steve Popple, Director of Institutional Effectiveness  
Chris Rickels, Assistant Professor of Arts & Sciences 
Patrick Rickert, Professor of Manufacturing & Transportation 
Ashley Rouse, Coordinator of Retention: Student Engagement
Melony Stambaugh, Senior Administrative Assistant for Student Affairs 
Paul Tontillo, Associate Dean of Business Affairs

QEP WRITING TEAM

Frannie Bennett, Instructor of Arts & Sciences and QEP Director 
Dr. Amy Carrino, Dean of Business, IT, and Professional Services Division 
Elizabeth Goodman, Instructor/Librarian  
Dr. Kerri McKenna, Professor of Arts & Sciences 
Dr. Meredith Ramler, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences/Professions 
Chris Rickels, Assistant Professor of Arts & Sciences

WHAT DOES THE QEP MEAN FOR ME?

As part of Gateway Community & Technical College's accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Gateway is responsible for the creation and implementation of a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP is designed to guide Gateway as the college works to improve your college experience.