The 2008-2013 North Idaho College Strategic Plan includes 204 Action
Items. The progress of those Action Items is shown in the chart below. Additional information
can be found by clicking on the bar in the chart.
Progress Report: Action Items on hold
|
Theme |
Goal |
Objective |
Action Item |
Outcome |
Comments |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 4: Create program schedules that
maximize the use of available facilities,
and take advantage of new and alternative
facilities as appropriate. |
Develop scheduling alternatives to maximize
room utilization. |
Appoint a task force to look at room
utilization based on instructor
needs/desires (such as room size and
technology requirements) for room
assignments. |
Make best use of our available classroom
space |
Due to personnel changes and loss of IT
personnel, the scheduling software has not
been implemented. An examination of the
software available to the college must be
completed before the college can move
forward on this item. |
|
THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Develop a system to assist potential
students with financial planning for costs
associated with attending NIC. |
Begin sending a Financial Aid rep to the
Outreach Centers on a regular basis |
Improved ability to obtain Financial Aid
info |
To begin Spring Semester |
|
THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Develop a system to assist potential
students with financial planning for costs
associated with attending NIC. |
Develop job description for a "Financial
Planner" |
Completed JD |
Discontinued |
|
THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Improve collaboration with high school
career guidance counselors to provide
improved career exploration, advising, and
dual credit registration based on unique
student interests, aptitudes, and abilities. |
Meet weekly to discuss issue and develop
strategies. |
Scheduled meetings for Fall 2008 |
Discontinued |
|
THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop off-campus day care options, and
market those options. |
Explore keeping Children's Center open in
summer |
Written evaluation of possibility |
To begin Spring Semester |
|
THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Implement a student email system. |
Begin Phase 2 of implementation:
Non-Enrollment department usage. |
Established set of protocols for all
non-enrollment department's use of email
system |
This action item will wait until the Portal
is implemented. |
|
THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 2: Further develop opportunities for
professional development. |
Create additional faculty development
programs and opportunities. |
Integrate faculty development into faculty
evaluation tools. |
Increased accountability for ongoing
development and improved classroom quality |
No progress has yet been made on creating
additional faculty evaluation tools.
Committee efforts have created a working
list of expectations of all faculty that
will be communicated in the future. However,
no formal progress has been made on this
step. |
|
THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 3: Attract and retain high quality
employees. |
Improve upon total rewards offered to
employees. |
Review compensation practices to identify
improvements in faculty compensation
programs. |
Ensure appropriateness of pay structure |
The review of compensation practices related
to faculty compensation programs has been
made at this time. It is not expected that
such an evaluation will take place prior to
the end of this current fiscal year. |
|
THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Develop strategies to involve community
members in NIC activities and events. |
Explore the feasibility and fiscal
implications of a mass mailing to county
senior citizens offering the NIC "Gold Card"
and/or to be added to our senior class
mailing. |
Study conducted/decision made |
It was determined that a county wide mailing
to promote the NIC gold card was too
expensive to complete. NIC will continue to
run ads in senior citizen newsletters. |
|
THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Promote the value of NIC and the credentials
and expertise of the faculty to the
community. |
Promote the job placement rate and salary
information of NIC Professional-Technical
graduates (this report is already done by
the PTE Division). |
Information promoted |
Due to economic conditions, this strategy
will be revisited when the job market
improves. |
|
THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Market four-year degree opportunities that
exist via relationships with partner
institutions. |
Conduct a fall workshop for identified NIC
frontline staff involving University of
Idaho and Lewis-Clark State College
officials to familiarize NIC staff with
available programming in North Idaho. |
Workshop conducted |
Has been re-scheduled for Fall 2010. |
|
THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Explore international educational
opportunities for students, faculty and
staff. |
Explore opportunities for staff. |
Identify opportunities offered internally
and externally for staff to gain greater
exposure to education related to global and
international relations that will enhance
diversity, inclusion and awareness
throughout the campus. |
The option to explore international
education opportunities has not been
researched at this time. It is doubtful that
this actually them will be completed in the
current fiscal year. It is likely to be
evaluated and considered in the coming
fiscal year. |
|
THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Develop faculty/staff advising & support
group for Spanish speaking students |
Group developed |
Postponed |
|
THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure
with regards to technology and safety. |
Assess campus safety practices and implement
necessary improvements. |
Improve network security. |
Improved network and systems security via
consultation, best practice adoption,
software acquisition and standards creation. |
The IDS/IPS budgeted for the FY09 year will
not be acquired due to budget holdbacks to
the State of Idaho. No work on the purchase
has been done. The security improvements to
the college’s central router did take place
in October 2008. This will improve
reliability and features. IT Project FY09-14
is on hold and will be re-established when
funding permits. Federal stimulus funding
may be used for this critical need in
FY2011. |
