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  • Complete and submit the Semester 2 course-evaluation report.

    #02 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · 2026-09-04 (best-effort target) · Dated target

  • Complete the outstanding Semester 1 course-evaluation report.

    #03 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · Immediately after Semester 2 · Dated target

  • Complete the outstanding exit-evaluation report.

    #04 · Dr. Devon Crossfield · Urgent · Immediate

  • Prepare and distribute the new entry-evaluation instrument.

    #05 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · By 2026-09-30 · Dated target

  • Prepare to administer the exit evaluation for the next graduation exercise and confirm the graduation date.

    #06 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · Before the next graduation · Dated target

  • Follow up with the reviewer assigned the manuscript currently under review.

    #10 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · Immediate · Immediate

  • Check the journal-management system and confirm that authors can see the correct status and movement of their submissions.

    #11 · Yorkali Walters, Hopegay Williams-Luton · Immediate · Immediate

  • Check the journal system for any submissions received during August, including submissions mentioned from a teachers' college and Dr. Gordon.

    #12 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · Immediate · Immediate

  • Route all complete manuscripts to available reviewers.

    #13 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · Immediate · Immediate

  • Convene and orient the existing journal reviewers on the journal's system, procedures and turnaround expectations.

    #14 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · Urgent · Immediate

  • Develop and circulate a new call for journal reviewers and editors.

    #15 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Revise and recirculate the call for papers, with a new submission deadline.

    #16 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Send manuscripts directly to suitable internal reviewers, including Dr. Williams, Dr. Wallder and Dr. Hinds.

    #17 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · Immediate · Immediate

  • Recruit additional external reviewers and establish an accelerated review arrangement.

    #18 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · Urgent · Immediate

  • Contact Steve Lawrence about adapting material from his doctoral research into a journal article.

    #19 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Lead the preparation and editing of approximately six collaborative papers.

    #23 · Dr. Devon Crossfield · Immediate · Immediate

  • Increase the journal pipeline to at least six or seven submitted papers.

    #24 · Dr. Devon Crossfield, Hopegay Williams-Luton, contributors · Initial target: 2026-09-04 · Dated target

  • Fast-track editorial review while retaining adequate quality control.

    #25 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, editors, Dr. Devon Crossfield · September 2026 · Dated target

  • Publish the journal's first volume.

    #26 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield, editorial team · Aspirational target: 2026-09-30 · Dated target

  • After the first volume, develop a special issue on blended learning and engage participants from the relevant short course.

    #27 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · Subsequent phase · Longer-term

  • Forward Dr. Wallder's feedback on the Research Handbook to Hopegay.

    #07 · Dr. Devon Crossfield · Immediate · Immediate

  • Review the feedback and update the Research Policy/Handbook, including alignment with the School's policies and the AI policy.

    #08 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · Priority for the 2026-27 operational year · Longer-term

  • Contact the two mentees who moved to UTech and confirm whether they wish to remain in the research mentorship programme.

    #09 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Identify persons with strong doctoral or master's research that can be adapted into journal articles.

    #20 · Dr. Devon Crossfield, Hopegay Williams-Luton · Ongoing; immediate push · Ongoing

  • Identify practical TVET innovations, interventions and available datasets that can be documented and developed into applied research papers.

    #21 · Yorkali Walters, Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · Ongoing · Ongoing

  • Contribute or collaborate on at least one journal submission.

    #22 · Yorkali Walters, Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · September 2026 · Dated target

  • Show Hopegay the updated Jamaica Tertiary Comparative Analysis dashboard.

    #28 · Yorkali Walters · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Expand the dashboard to include distinct sections for the comparative report, VTDI data, research, partnerships and programme accreditation status.

    #29 · Yorkali Walters · No date specified · Longer-term

  • Locate the printed programme-accreditation status document in Dr. Crossfield's office and use it to populate the dashboard.

    #30 · Yorkali Walters, Dr. Devon Crossfield · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Work toward consolidating the institution's fragmented dashboards into a more unified reporting platform.

    #31 · Yorkali Walters · Longer-term · Longer-term

  • Obtain or locate UTech's AI policy and compare it with VTDI's proposed policy.

    #32 · Hopegay Williams-Luton, Dr. Devon Crossfield · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Ask Dr. Williams whether she received the AI policy from Dr. Wallder for review.

    #33 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Convene the AI Research and Innovation Committee to review developments in the AI landscape and determine priorities.

    #34 · Dr. Devon Crossfield, Hopegay Williams-Luton, Yorkali Walters · September 2026 · Dated target

  • Draft the letter relating to the India High Commission engagement, in collaboration with the relevant TVET stakeholders.

    #36 · Yorkali Walters · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Maintain and monitor active partnerships, especially those supporting current programmes.

    #37 · Yorkali Walters · Ongoing · Ongoing

  • Reorient partnership development toward projects, resources, grants and programme support rather than institutional visibility alone.

    #38 · Yorkali Walters · Ongoing · Ongoing

  • Continue scanning for strategically relevant partnership opportunities and report significant new opportunities through the appropriate UTech channel.

    #39 · Yorkali Walters · Ongoing · Ongoing

  • Gather and log missing information on existing partnership activities, particularly CAL/blended-learning work, from Kerriann Johnson, Talia and other relevant personnel.

    #40 · Yorkali Walters, Dr. Devon Crossfield · Priority · Immediate

  • Secure Automotive Lab Space for SASET

    #47 · Yorkali Walters · 30 September, 2026 · Ongoing

  • Water Project Partnership with IsraTech

    #48 · Yorkali Walters · Ongoing · Ongoing

  • Check the UCJ online platform entries for the Bachelor's ICT and associate-degree applications.

    #41 · Yorkali Walters · Urgent · Immediate

  • Contact the UCJ technical representative and ensure the application data are preserved, exported, printed or otherwise backed up before the platform removes them.

    #42 · Yorkali Walters · Urgent · Immediate

  • Follow up on the status of Hopegay Williams-Luton's permanent appointment.

    #01 · Dr. Devon Crossfield · As soon as possible · Immediate

  • Obtain formal correspondence concerning Hopegay's participation in the National TVET Advisory Committee and ensure she is invited to its next meeting.

    #35 · Dr. Devon Crossfield · Before the September meeting · Dated target

  • Raise the status of the flexible-work policy at the Strategic Leadership Meeting.

    #43 · Dr. Devon Crossfield · 2026-09-07 · Dated target

  • Remind Dr. Crossfield to raise the flexible-work policy at that meeting.

    #44 · Hopegay Williams-Luton · 2026-09-07 · Dated target

  • Prepare the IDPR unit operational plan once the Principal's strategic priorities and institutional operational plan are received.

    #45 · Dr. Devon Crossfield, IDPR team · When institutional plan is issued · Longer-term

  • Provide the meeting recording and extract the assigned action items.

    #46 · Yorkali Walters · Completed · Immediate