The 2008-2013 North Idaho College Strategic Plan includes 207 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 |
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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. |
Implement ideas developed by team. |
Assigned project managers with appropriate
due dates for implementation |
Due to enrollment increase, there was not
enough time to invest in this initiative. |
|
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 technology-based student services. |
Begin section wait-listing |
Developed system |
Registrar has discussed with Division
Chairs. Some interest, but movement in this
direction must now be initiated by
Instruction. |
|
THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Improve systems to help students identify
and achieve educational goals. |
Integrate e-Advising into faculty advising
process |
Trained faculty on e-Advising |
Catalog corrections were needed first and
timing is critical to assure faculty
receptivity to the new technology. This was
complicated by the recent launches of Angle
LMS and MyNIC. |
|
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 item no longer necessary due to portal
implementation. |
|
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. |
Improve the marketing strategies that
facilitate a potential student's interest in
professional-technical programs. |
Create a PTWE webpage that is easily
accessible, information rich, and inclusive
of all aspects of PTWE. |
Getting more information out to the public
about PTWE. |
On hold pending budget and workload
assessments. This action item is new and was
developed as a means to address potential
enrollment decreases in specific PTWE
programs. With our overall enrollment surge
we now have a window of opportunity to work
on these systematically, not as a crash
project. We are working on a proposal to the
new Dean of PTWE to establish a small
working group to assess all PTWE marketing
efforts and look at the necessity and
feasibility of these action items. As in any
new endeavor, we will need to see how the
budget and current workloads can be adjusted
or reprioritized. |
|
THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Improve the marketing strategies that
facilitate a potential student's interest in
professional-technical programs. |
Explore the potential for a dedicated PTWE
newsletter. |
PTWE information readily available |
On hold pending budget and workload
assessments. This action item is new and was
developed as a means to address potential
enrollment decreases in specific PTWE
programs. With our overall enrollment surge
we now have a window of opportunity to work
on these systematically, not as a crash
project. We are working on a proposal to the
new Dean of PTWE to establish a small
working group to assess all PTWE marketing
efforts and look at the necessity and
feasibility of these action items. As in any
new endeavor, we will need to see how the
budget and current workloads can be adjusted
or reprioritized. |
|
THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Improve the marketing strategies that
facilitate a potential student's interest in
professional-technical programs. |
Work with PTWE leadership and staff to
create a PTWE specific presentation to be
used in conjunction with community speaking
opportunities. |
Ability to have PTWE information for the
public at speaking engagements. |
On hold pending budget and workload
assessments. This action item is new and was
developed as a means to address potential
enrollment decreases in specific PTWE
programs. With our overall enrollment surge
we now have a window of opportunity to work
on these systematically, not as a crash
project. We are working on a proposal to the
new Dean of PTWE to establish a small
working group to assess all PTWE marketing
efforts and look at the necessity and
feasibility of these action items. As in any
new endeavor, we will need to see how the
budget and current workloads can be adjusted
or reprioritized. |
|
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 |
