Results Hoshin Assessment and Planning Sorted by Strategic Directions

Transcription

1 Results Hoshin Assessment and Planning Sorted by Strategic Directions HOSHIN ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING Louisburg College Louisburg, North Carolina December 8, 2005 February 22, 2006 A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE CONDUCTED IN SUPPORT OF THE LOUISBURG COLLEGE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS Participation Rates: Level 1: Envisioning Process 84% of Faculty and Staff Level 2: Ranking Process 75% of Faculty and Staff Levels 1 and/or 2: 85% of Faculty and Staff THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF LOUISBURG COLLEGE CF To continuously improve campus facilities EM To continuously manage enrollment for the benefit of students and the college FS To continuously improve financial strength IM To continuously improve information technologies HR To continuously improve human relations and communications, both internal and external LEC To continuously create a CIVIL and supportive learning community LES To continuously create a civil and SUPPORTIVE learning environment PA To continuously create a purposeful academic community UM To strengthen the relationship with the congregations of The United Methodist Church SORTED BY (1) STRATEGIC GOALS; THEN, BY (2) OVERALL RANK Notice: Dual entries of the same item are made intentionally to support multiple sorts.

2 STRATEGIC GOALS PROGRAMMATIC GOALS INITIAL W EIGHTED COHORT INITIAL WEIGHTED COHORTS CL Campus Life ES Educational Support Services FE Facilities and Equipment IT Information Technology LE Learning Environment MV Mission and Values SE Student Engagement SL Student Learning SP Special Programs and Initiatives WEIGHTED COHORT AVERAGE COHORT RANK WEIGHTED OVERALL AVERAGE OVERALL RANK CF FH SP To govern our thoughts, plans and actions by a strong dose of realism CF FI FE To secure funding for a new science center CF FI FE To secure funding for a new athletic facility CF LW FE To create a wellness center on campus, either in the vicinity of the residence halls or in the vicinity of the student center CF FI FE To secure funding for a new student center CF PIS FE To secure funding for a new student center CF LW CL To resurface the tennis courts and improve the surrounding area CF LW CL To build outdoor basketball courts CF CC CL To create clusters of seating areas across the campus, within buildings and across the grounds CF FI FE To address facilities issues in the theatre and auditorium CF LS FE To develop, in collaboration with the Student Government Association and the residential communities, a fund-raising initiative to support renovation of the game room that is a significant learning experience for students (developing the plan; soliciting donors, in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Advancement, et cetera) CF FI FE To secure funding for a state-of-the-art facility for the Learning Partners Program CF LW CL To build outdoor volleyball courts EM PIP CL To enroll better-prepared students EM SS CL To expand the program of campus activities (e.g., movies, coffee houses, et cetera) EM PIP SP To increase entrance requirements/standards EM CA SL To create an honors program EM PIP SP To fund and increase merit scholarships EM CA SE To maximize the opportunities (honors program, leadership program, regional and national recognition, national scholarships, et cetera) available to LC students through membership and active participation in The

3 Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two-Year College EM CC FE To create a game room that recruits and retains students: 21 st century décor; new equipment (including Foosball); new ceilings (no ceiling tiles); contemporary lighting; new furnishings; computers with electronic games; Internet access, fitness equipment, wall-mounted televisions, long hours. To make the game room the place to be. EM LW FE To create a wellness center on campus, either in the vicinity of the residence halls or in the vicinity of the student center EM CA SL To increase the variety of course offerings EM CC CL To expand social spaces for students EM PIP SP To develop recruitment programs that target private high schools, including private boarding schools that attract large numbers of international students EM CA SL To place our most gifted students in honors courses EM AP CL To add athletic programs for female students (e.g., lacrosse) EM LW CL To offer physical education classes in dance and to create a dance team that performs at athletic events EM MB SP To develop summer programs for high school students EM HD LE To expand opportunities in theatre EM LW CL To create a Frisbee/disc golf course on campus EM HD CL To establish a band program EM CA SL To offer multiple levels of developmental courses EM HR SP To develop a special summer program in advanced mathematics and UNIX/Linuxbased computer programming for gifted students in the area; to secure funding from area hardware and software companies and from financial institutions and other corporate users of such software EM PIP FE To secure funding for a state-of-the-art facility for the Learning Partners Program EM AC SL To develop a UNIX/Linux/Red Hat-based computer programming course for LC students and students from area high schools (similar to what we now do in calculus courses); to seek funding for such a program from area computer firms EM LW CL To build outdoor volleyball courts FS FI FE To secure funding (exclusive of loans) for each new facility prior to construction FS PIP SP To create on the campus of Louisburg College the Southeast Center for Students

4 with Learning Differences; become nationally recognized as the best college in the Southeast for SLD students; and to secure national funding for related initiatives FS PIS FE To secure funding for a state-of-the-art facility for the Learning Partners Program HR CC LE To improve communication between students, faculty and staff/administrators HR MB SP To improve the relationship between the town and the community HR HD SE To maximize opportunities for LC students and local high school students to interact with nationally recognized leaders who have come to exemplify human greatness e.g., Ben Carson (the dumbest kid in his fourth-grade class who became chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins; author of Gifted Hands and Think Big), Jon Huntsman (a self-made billionaire and author of Winners Never Cheat), Pat Wilson (senior VP of the Orlando Magic and the father of 19 adopted kids), Les Brown (labeled mentally retarded in high school, he is now one of the top five paid professional speakers in the world), Condolezza Rice, Leonard Pitts, Tubby Smith (the youngest of 14 children and now men s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky), Dean Smith, Johnetta Cole (president of Bennett College and national president of United Way), Dave Pelzer (the New York Times bestselling author of A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave. HR SL SE To train qualified students who qualify for work-study to tutor reading and mathematics in local elementary schools HR LS LE To make major local, regional and national newspapers routinely available to Louisburg students IT IT IT To transform all classrooms into master classrooms each with a computer, a projector, small speakers, and Internet access. In addition to facilitating presentation of materials, this would provide an opportunity for LC to model for our students on a daily basis the role of technology in education and communication. Power Point presentations with hyperlinks would capitalize on visual and multi-media presentations, as well as the vast stores of materials, images and maps available on the Internet. For example, art classes could visit the world s

5 great art museums electronically. IT AC IT To make information technologies instruments of active and collaborative learning in courses across the curriculum IT IT IT To empower and encourage applicants to use the LC student portal during the application process; to provide each applicant with on-line access to a personal webpage that lists/describes each action s/he must complete in order to be clear to register; to continuously/automatically update the data as the separate conditions of matriculation are completed; to use the data summary prior to check-in to define different lines for major problems and routine problems; to make that same data summary accessible to each office and station that works with entering students during check-in IT IS FE To provide SCANTRON equipment in Taft IT IT LE To provide supervision for computer labs (goal) or daily oversight/maintenance of all public access computer labs IT IT IT To assure that all members of the LC community have and use a Louisburg College address IT IT IT To provide student access to on-line degree audits IT IT IT To assure, as a part of orientation, that all enrolled students can use the student portal IT IT IT To empower students to use their campus e mail address IT IT FE To provide faster computers for campus offices IT AC IT To post homework assignments/expectations on the web IT AC IT To require students to submit homework assignments on the web IT AC IT To post syllabi on the web IT AC SL To develop a UNIX/Linux/Red Hat-based computer programming course for LC students and students from area high schools (similar to what we now do in calculus courses); to seek funding for such a program from area computer firms LEC CC LE To increase campus security LEC CC LE To provide quicker response and more serious consequences in disciplinary cases LEC CC CL To improve student behavior at campus events LEC CC MV To make campus civility a campus-wide priority, commencing with campus visitation days and orientation; to involve students, faculty and staff in support of this initiative

6 LEC CC MV To enforce should and must statements in the college catalog and in the student handbook LEC CC MV To create a disciplined community a place where individuals accept their obligations to the group and where welldefined governance procedures guide behavior for the common good (Boyer, Campus Life) LEC CC MV To work with the Student Government Association, the residential communities, the Commuter Student Organization and the athletic teams to create and continuously inculcate (1) an Honor Code, (2) a College Conduct Code and (3) a statement that helps students articulate the dialectic between Freedom of Expression and the purposes for which they are buying a college education LEC CC MV To create a just community a place where the sacredness [supreme worth] of the individual is honored and where civility is powerfully affirmed (Boyer, Campus Life) LEC CC MV To create an open community a place where freedom of expression is uncompromisingly protected and where civility is powerfully affirmed (Boyer, Campus Life) LES SS ES To expand health services for students LES SS ES To create an advising resource center that provides special attention to at-risk students and that helps all students envision their futures Advising is the single most effective intervention for improving academic performance, retention and the overall educational experience. LES SS LE To develop support groups for at-risk cohorts of students (Blacks, Hispanics, et cetera) LES PIP ES To provide advisor training for new fulltime faculty LES SS ES To expand and diversify counseling services LES LES MV To expand the Mentor program by creating Mentor Teams composed of the Mentor, a faculty person, a staff person, and an administrator in order to (1) support the work of the Mentor and (2) to expand the list of personal resources available to individual students LES LES CL To create a staff/administrative position focusing for race relations LES PIS ES To provide expanded access to computer technologies (numbers, locations, hours) LES PIS FE To provide SCANTRON equipment LES GS IT To identify and bridge the digital divide that separates enrolled students at Louisburg

7 College LES SS SL To provide free peer and professional counseling for all students LES CA SL To require study hall for selected entering and returning students based on projected or actual grade-point averages LES PIS ES To secure funding for an expanded tutoring program LES LW CL To create a Frisbee/disc golf course on campus LES LW ES To establish a wellness program for faculty and staff LES SS CL To establish meeting places/offices for each campus organization LES SS ES To develop an IT-based General Education Grid that compares graduation requirements at Louisburg College with graduation requirements at the primary transfer institutions, both public and private LES PIP ES To expand faculty recognition for teaching excellence LES PIS SP To provide support (e.g., child care) for students with children LES AC SE To provide teachers and advisors with an educational autobiography of each of their students LES HD SE To increase student recognition in nonacademic areas (award ceremony, co- curricular transcript, diploma notation) LES PIS ES To expand services/hours for transfer counseling LES PE LE To increase campus security LES AC LE To limit/monitor class sizes LES AC SL To increase the percentage of instruction delivered by full-time members of the faculty LES CC LE To achieve greater diversity among faculty and staff LES CC CL To expand social spaces for students LES CC MV To create a celebrative community one in which the heritage of the institution is remembered and where rituals affirming both tradition and change are widely shared (Boyer, Campus Life) LES CE LE To provide greater diversity in the Mentor program LES CC LE To increase faculty-mentor interaction LES CA SL To offer multiple levels of developmental courses LES CC SE To encourage the campus community to eat in the dining hall LES CC LE To develop a support group for international students LES CC SE To encourage faculty, staff and administrators to sit with students in the

8 dining hall PA AC SL To demand more of our students and to empower students to demand more of themselves PA PIP LE To improve class attendance PA CA SL To create an honors program PA CA SE To maximize the opportunities (honors program, leadership program, regional and national recognition, national scholarships, et cetera) available to LC students through membership and active participation in The Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two-Year College PA PIP ES To provide support and resources for faculty initiatives to encourage excellence PA CA SL To increase the variety of course offerings PA LW CL To provide a greater variety of course offerings in the physical education program PA CA SL To place our most gifted students in honors courses PA CA MV To create an educationally purposeful community a place where faculty and students share academic goals and work together to strengthen teaching and learning (Boyer Campus Life: In Search of Community) PA GS IT To create a level playing field for students with regard to information technologies PA SS LE To provide 24-hour/coeducational spaces for group study PA SS LE To review and possibly restructure the Crossroads program PA SS SE To create a summer bridge program for at-risk students PA AC SE To create more opportunities for active and collaborative learning within classes (e.g., role-playing, service-learning, internships, the practicum) PA CT SL To focus more intentionally on the assessment and improvement of critical thinking skills in the courses we currently teach (e.g., by incorporating Benjamin S. Bloom s taxonomy of critical thinking skills into courses delivered across the curriculum) PA LR LE To open the library on weekends PA LS SE To develop a leadership program for students PA AC SE To bring LC students face-to-face with the most cutting issues of our time (e.g., AIDS in Africa; world hunger; the roots of modern terrorism, Palestine, et cetera) PA PIP SL To evaluate options to the current semester system e.g., the quarter system(three courses five times weekly for ten weeks)

9 PA CE LE To expand quiet hours in the residence halls PA CA ES To stress graduation requirements during advising PA AC SL To develop a college-wide reading program that engages all members of the Louisburg College family in reading and discussing a common book each semester PA SS ES To expand hours in tutoring centers PA LS SE To offer Introduction to Finance, a course designed for non-business majors that prepares students to understand the relationship between time, money, markets and investing; that includes consideration of banking, credit, risk management, taxes and real estate; that utilizes case studies to teach the processes of financial analysis, planning and problem solving; and that introduces students to financial planning as a career PA AC SE To make the human resources of the Research Triangle available to students in our classes (e.g., as guest speakers in our classes) PA AC SE To create more opportunities for instruction off-campus study abroad; study away (e.g., at centers of art, politics, science, theatre, et cetera) PA AC SE To provide study abroad and study-away opportunities PA CT SL To develop a logic (critical thinking) course that empowers students to think critically and analytically, to construct logical statements and valid arguments; to recognize fallacies in informal arguments, and to use symbols to construct argument forms PA SE SE To expand graduation requirements from credits to 66 credits; to allow a student to receive 1 credit for participation in a designated number of cultural events during a given semester; to allow the course to be taken twice for credit PA GS SL To give priority to the educational (cf., social) needs of students, with the understanding that both need our attention but that we can t fix everything PA CS SL To encourage coaches to require players to read to play e.g., books about Roger Staubach, Babe Ditrison, Robin Roberts, Monty Stratton, Roberto Clemente, et al. PA CT SP To develop a special summer program in advanced mathematics and UNIX/Linuxbased computer programming for gifted students in the area; to secure funding from area hardware and software companies and from financial institutions and other

10 corporate users of such software PA AC SE To intentionally seek to incorporate servicelearning activities into the courses of instruction [Note: service learning, by definition, involves linking service or inservice activities to a course. For example, an English teacher might require students to do community service and to keep a journal over the course of the semester; a class might develop a Power Point presentation descriptive of AIDS among children in Africa that students present/discuss in their local churches as a fund-raising activity for orphanages in Africa that care for and place for adoption HIV+ children, et cetera] PA SE SE To expand graduation requirements from credits to 66 credits; to allow a student to receive 1 credit for participation in a designated number of religious services during a given semester; to allow the course to be taken twice for credit PA AC SP To consider alternatives to three-hour courses e.g., the art model where a threehour course involves six contact hours (including three studio hours) PA SS ES To provide each entering student a computer-generated map that links placement, academic advice, graduation requirements, transfer expectations by major, and career goals PA AC LE To sponsor mini-terms in January or May PA LS SL To create curricular and co-curricular experiences that prepare students for the responsibilities of family life and parenthood, including an introduction to best practices PA SE LE To require or otherwise encourage attendance at designated campus events PA AC LE To establish work-study jobs in areas of tutoring and learning support services PA CS SL To develop a linguistics course in word origins and usages that considers the derivation of words (terms) used in science, the social sciences, humanities and fine arts, including the study of Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes and the use of these in the analytical reading of non-fiction prose PA AC IT To make available information technologies instruments of active and collaborative learning by requiring students in selected classes to read and critique written work of selected classmates (on line) prior to submission (on line) PA SL SE To train qualified students who qualify for

11 work-study to provide special services (visitation, reading, activities) in area retirement homes XX CS SL To provide decoding for the developmental course in reading