Strategic Plan 2008-2013

Strategic Plan by Theme

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THEME I: PROGRAMS

Goal 1: Improve and expand educational opportunities, programs, and courses for the student population and community.
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative delivery of education.
Goal 3: Develop and expand opportunities for high school students enrolled through NIC, emphasizing professional technical and dual credit/enrollment programs.
Goal 4: Create program schedules that maximize the use of available facilities, and take advantage of new and alternative facilities as appropriate.

THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT

THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND CLIMATE

THEME IV: FINANCE AND FUNDING

THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS

THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS

Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights, including respect for all elements of the college.

THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES

**THEME I: Goal 2**
Objective	ActionItem	Outcome	PerformanceMeasure	ResponsibleParty	TimeFrame	Status
Expand course offerings at the NIC Outreach Centers and other off-campus sites.	Continue discussions with the Ponderay Center to offer Office Technology, Allied Health, and Business courses in Sandpoint.	Develop a schedule for offering courses in Sandpoint	Two new courses offered each year for the next three years	Dean of Professional, Technical & Workforce Education in conjunction with Director of Health Professions & Nursing and Business & Professional Programs Division Chair	Fall 2008 - Fall 2010	Completed
Expand course offerings at the NIC Outreach Centers and other off-campus sites.	Continue discussions with the Silver Valley Economic Development group regarding offering Trade & Industry programs in the Silver Valley.	Develop a schedule for offering programs in Kellogg and Wallace	Two programs ready to offer by Fall 2010	Dean of Professional, Technical & Workforce Education in conjunction with Trades & Industry Division Chair	Fall 2008 - Fall 2010	In progress
Expand course offerings at the NIC Outreach Centers and other off-campus sites.	Continue to be responsive to the requests of the Outreach Center Coordinators and to the Department of Education of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe.	Associates degrees offered in Plummer	New class added at each site each semester; enrollments increased each semester	Dean of General Studies in conjunction with Division Chairs	2008 - 2009	Completed
Expand course offerings at the NIC Outreach Centers and other off-campus sites.	Expand course offerings at Ponderay Center.	Acquire and remodel new space in Ponderay Center to ensure larger instructional capacity	Additional classes offered at Ponderay Center starting Fall 2008	Director of eLearning & Outreach in conjunction with Division Chairs	2008 - 2009	Completed
Investigate and implement a web-based course delivery system and provide necessary training for instructors and students.	Implement a new web-based course delivery system.	Set up test and live environment for new system, integrate new system with Datatel Colleague, and train faculty on new system	All Summer 2009 faculty trained on new system and all Summer 2009 classes offered on new system	Director of eLearning & Outreach	Spring 2009 - Summer 2009	Completed
Investigate and implement a web-based course delivery system and provide necessary training for instructors and students.	Promote internet and hybrid classes to current faculty and especially new faculty through workshops and demonstrations.	Prepare for change to different web delivery system and invite instructors to observe current faculty who are doing creative online activities. Provide a student support group/network for those experimenting with the new format, and provide students tech	Two new additional classes offered as internet or hybrid	Dean of General Studies in conjunction with Division Chairs	Fall 2008 - Spring 2009	Completed
Investigate and implement a web-based course delivery system and provide necessary training for instructors and students.	Select a new web-based delivery system.	Continue investigations of alternative web-based course delivery systems (Blackboard and ANGEL) with faculty and organize a formal decision-making process to decide on a system.	Selection of web-based course delivery system by end of Fall 2008	Director of eLearning & Outreach	Summer - Fall 2008	Completed
Recruit additional faculty to teach by alternative delivery methods.	Have more faculty experienced in teaching using alternate delivery methods.	Work with Instructional Divisions so that new faculty hires require experience with and expectations for teaching in alternate delivery methods	At least half of all new full-time faculty hires come in with prior experience of teaching using alternate delivery methods	Director of eLearning & Outreach in conjunction with Division Chairs	2008 - 2009	Completed
Recruit additional faculty to teach by alternative delivery methods.	Have more faculty using eLearning services.	Offer training on new web-based course delivery system, on teaching using the IVC system, on integrating rich media into courses, and on integrating elements of universal instructional design into courses; make presentations to instructional divisions on	At least three training sessions/presentations made per semester	Director of eLearning & Outreach in conjunction with Division Chairs	Fall 2008 - Fall 2009	Completed
Recruit additional faculty to teach by alternative delivery methods.	Have more internet-trained faculty.	Recruit two new faculty each school year for internet delivery instruction	Two faculty trained each of the next four years for internet delivery	Division Chairs	Fall 2008 - Fall 2011	Completed
Recruit additional faculty to teach by alternative delivery methods.	Offer more PTE programs/courses via internet or hybrid modes.	Addition of four courses per year via alternative methods of delivery	Four new courses via internet or hybrid during each of the next 4 school years	Division Chairs for Trades & Industry and Business & Professional Programs in conjunction with Director of Health Professions & Nursing	Fall 2008 - Fall 2011	Completed