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Priorities, Goals, Objectives
2007-2008
Priority 1: Diversity
a) Goal: Increase Diverse Accessibility
b) Goal: Promote Harmonious Working Environment
Priority 2: Maximizing Resources
a) Goal: Improve Efficiency
b) Goal: Maximize Service Quality
Priority 3: Opportunities for Access
a) Goal: Assess Outreach Effectiveness
b) Goal: Enhance Marketing of SMCC
c) Goal: Increase Offsite Locations
d) Goal: Increase Outreach Effectiveness
Priority 4: Persistence
a) Goal: Enhance Student Support Service Access
b) Goal: Increase Extracurricular Participation
c) Goal: Increase Re-enrollment
d) Goal: Increase Successful Completion
Priority 5: Student Learning Outcomes
a) Goal: Assess Outcomes
b) Goal: Empower Student Technology Use
Priority 6: Student, Community & Staff Success
a) Goal: Enhance Services for Diverse Needs
b) Goal: Maximize Student Goal Achievement
c) Goal: Maximize Student Success
d) Goal: Nurture Professional Development
Priority 7: Workforce Development
a) Goal: Increase Workforce Development Access
GOAL: Increase & enhance access, engagement, resources and success for diverse students and communities
OBJECTIVES:
- At least 50% of library books purchased during FY should support diversity
- Carry out our college mission by including our diverse communities in campus decision-making processes.
- Challenge students to understand and accept diverse cultures, viewpoints and lifestyles
- Incorporate diversity into curriculum, courses & programs
- Increase the number of diverse faculty & staff across the college to reflect the community we serve
- Increase the number of students and parents from diverse populations who will attend and learn about the financial aid process.
- Infuse diversity awareness in all college policies & practices.
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OBJECTIVES:
- Understand & accept the differences between colleagues & customers
OBJECTIVES:
- Consolidate college human resource functions.
- Give ACE students and families advice and referral
- Maintain grounds
- Maximize use of TLC space and TLC staff
- Prepare campus for re-accreditation
- Process the 5,000 items purchased, up 66% from 3 yrs. before.
- Remodel and update aging facilities
- Train additional staff in HR practices. Focus to improve the control of College Capital Assets.
- Train staff on campus facility related health issues.
- Utilize hybrid courses for maximizing classroom usage.
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OBJECTIVES:
- An athletic specialist paired with the fitness center will maximize resources from both departments.
- Assist ACE students with personal and academic issues.
- Assist ACE, HOOPS, & Charter High school students to transition smoothly into SMCC's STEP program
- Bring hardware and software that governs electronic access up to date to minimize problems and to provide security services for buildings and access.
- Deliver effective and efficient circulation desk customer service
- Develop community liaisons for students with disabilities..
- Efficient Event Planning
- Establish learning outcomes for DRS at SMCC and revise mission statement for district DRS MGR's council through series of 3 workshops
- Explore & encourage varied orientation programs/options beyond the opening of school.
- Improve & support college communication by funding a new phone system, voice over I.P.
- Improve web pages for specific programs, courses and student services processes & programs.
- Increase the number of students and parents who learn about the financial aid process by collaborating with statewide or community events.
- Maintain effective college receiving & delivery services
- Maintain our continuing growth pattern and deliver effective marketing-PR services for SMCC
- Proactively plan and support mentoring for mission critical positions that are affected by Active Retirement.
- Provide students with better viewing of projected images.
- Publish a quality student newspaper to increase student affiliation with SM
- Support evening students and faculty with resources similar to daytime
- Trainer will manage all facets of training for adminstrative systems such as the upgrade to the NSS and HRMS training.
- Utilize hybrid courses for maximizing classroom usage
- Work with ASU or Creative Pathways internship program to augment DRS service hours
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GOAL: Feedback--evaluate the effectiveness of our offerings along with the expansion effectiveness of our communication to internal and external stakeholders.
OBJECTIVES:
- Conduct annual Employer survey of organizations for which SMCC conducts on site classes
- Evaluate course schedule template.
- Evaluate students through focus groups, suggestion box, classroom assessment, class evaluations.
- Participate in meeting with college & community partnerships
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OBJECTIVES:
- Continue to explore facility & site locations for Ahwatukee Center
- Provide quality financial aid services to students in the outlying centers by providing staff From off site centers with annual financial aid cross training workshops and experiences.
OBJECTIVES:
- Create Educational Spec. for Center expansion
- Deliver hybrid course(s) to employees at Hensley Budweiser
- Deliver Mediation courses to the courts and High Schools
- Expand Dual Enrollment Course Offerings at existing locations
- Expand number of classrooms and other venues available for instructional delivery.
- Increase funding to META Recovery Service Program.
- Meet the diverse needs of students
- Offer Creative Reading Class Schedules to meet the needs of the21st century students
- Serve all populatns in Ahwa & GRIC by maintaining multiple sites, if necessary.
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GOAL: Marketing and awareness reaching target populations--increasetheir knowledge of SMCC existence, value, locatns, programs & services.
OBJECTIVES:
- Create traffic in Guadalupe Center by collaborating with community partnerships.
- Maintenance of web page.
- Reach a wider audience in service area
- Utilize multimedia opportunities
- Utilize student learning environment experience to promote Guadalupe center.
- Utilize workforce development courses.
OBJECTIVES:
- Increase "undeclared student" usage of Career Services resources.
- Maintain flexible work schedule & staff
- Provide studts with one-stop advising services
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GOAL: Increase opportunities for students to connect to the college beyond the classroom
OBJECTIVES:
- Make student aware of existing opportunities (professional clubs, associations, peer groups, community events, partnerships) to utilize technology.
GOAL: Increase the number of students who re-enroll in order to complete their educational goals
OBJECTIVES:
- Ensure that high school dual enrollment students are included in SMCC fall recruitment efforts.
- Provide user friendly registration, advisement, & instruction. Work with student on education plan that fulfills student goals.
GOAL: Increase the number of students who successfully complete their courses
OBJECTIVES:
- Create an open door policy. Maintain academic services for students.
- Provide course syllabus to each student and make them aware of the Learning Assistance Center and other supportive services at the college.
OBJECTIVES:
- Assess library skills
- Faculty will employ a method of process to collect data using direct measures to assess student learning outcomes.
- Involve a minimum of three (3) employer classroom sites in SMCC Student Assessment activities.
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OBJECTIVES:
- Increase computer literacy skills of financial aid recipients as well as their personal money management skills.
OBJECTIVES:
- Create student database for advisement followup & referral.Promote communication with students & staff.
- Develop new course for MCCD for SMCC in Assistive Technology.
- Enable students to either transfer to a four year institution or to secure employment at graduation.
- Establish a permanent site in Ahwatukee.
- Have students select a major and associated career.
- Improve student learning.
- Maintain at least the minimal level of technology currency specified by the Technology Master Plan (in keeping with HLC requirements).
- Partner with Arizona Association for conflict resolution to host over 200 students in a peer mediation conference.
- Provide electronic services and support necessary for student success.
OBJECTIVES:
- Engage in adapting customer service training.
- Maintain technology currency in staff work areas.
- Satisfy and retain staff.
GOAL: Provide quality services in a timely manner to meet diverse community needs
OBJECTIVES:
- Create a flexible work schedule to assure coverage to meet student educational needs.
- Offer a variety of times, locations and classes.
GOAL: Support students to achieve personal, academic and/or career success
OBJECTIVES:
- Assist students in obtaining financial aid for university transfer.
- Continue to provide payment options for students.
- Create a positive environment in the athletics department.
- Create an SMCC tracking sys to monitor studt progress thru the enrollment process
- Development of an advisement model in coordination with department chairs, faculty and staff.
- Ensure compliance with ADA standards for accomodations, access & services for disabled students & staff.
- Facilitate connection between CC faculty & dual enrollment HS faculty to keep curriculum current.
- Facilitate connection between faculty and employers to keep curriculum current.
- Facilitate connection between students and potential employers
- Identify SMCC Help desk model for Students & Staff
- Increase enrollment for the Theatre courses and provide quality performances to the surrounding community
- Increase Number of Recipients, Awards & Web Utilization
- Increase the number of classes that require service learning.
- Increase the number of dual enrollment partners.
- Increase the number of honors program graduates.
- Increase the number of service learning opportunities available to students.
- Increase the number of students enrolled who complete certificate programs.
- Increase the number of students participating in service learning.
- Increase the number of students transferring to a four-year university
- Increase the number of students who graduate.
- Increase the number of students who transfer to an Arizona state university.
- Maintain min technology per Tech Master Plan.
- Maximize number of credits students take at SMCC before transferring.
- Provide ESL and Spanish students higher technology equipment.
- Provide instructors the ability to measure students, using higher technology, and deliver personal and discrete guidance.
- Provide SMCC with the information and training to initiate campus-wide activities in preparation for its HLC accreditation visit in 2009.
- Provide training, on the new Technology Resource Standards.
- Review current SMCC recruitment activities & make recommendations for new practices
- Seamlessly transition to new Student Info. System
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OBJECTIVES:
- Increase the number of work force development students who learn about and apply for financial aid.