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Toolkit Framework -

Values, Guiding Principles, and Themes

Values

• Equity. Fair, impartial, even-handed.
  
  
• Reciprocity. Give and take, mutual exchange of advantages and privileges.
  
  
• Trust. Faith and confidence in our collaboration.

Guiding Principles

1. Autonomy. Independent board-governed Alberta public colleges that offer the Practical Nurse program within our mandate and region.
   
   
2. Decision making. Consensus preferred; however, there is provision for mediation.
   
   
3. Pooling of resources. Specific contributions to the Curriculum Commons from each college.
   
   
4. Problem solving. Dialogue and consensus with provision for mediation.
   
   
5. Congeniality and collegiality. Needed for cooperation and collaboration.
   
   
6. Co-equal partners. Joint investment and ownership, shared risk, no institution dominates, shared power.
   
   
7. Teamwork. Complimentary of skills, efforts, and roles.
   
   
8. Trust. Confidence in our collective capacity.
   
   
9. Transparency. Inclusivity, information sharing, and shared vision.
   
   
10. Funding framework. Transparency and incentives.
    
    
11. Joint planning. For long-term sustainability, evergreening.

Themes

Several themes emerged within the Project Steering Committee over the two-year project.

• Trust. Enabled through regular face-to-face meetings of the Project Steering Committee.
  
  
• Control. Consensus developed regarding the operational definition of curriculum collaboration. The committee recognized the need for curriculum quality assurance and control processes that would sustain the collaboration over time.
  
  
• Shared vision. The Steering Committee developed a shared vision as defined in the Memorandum of Understanding that was developed to guide the project.