OATdb Archive

2011 - 2012

Dean Of Students

Goal
Development Of Innovative Programs & Services
Maintain an effective and efficient referral system for the Students of Concern (SOC) Team.


Objective
Effectiveness Of SOC Team
The Dean of Students' Office will assess the effectiveness and user satisfaction of the Students of Concern Team referral process.

KPI
Effectiveness Of SOC Team Assessment
A survey will be developed and administered to the members of the SHSU community to exam the effectiveness of the intervention and satisfaction of those who utilize this process. As a result of utilizing the SOC Team 90 percent of responders will indicate satisfaction with process effectiveness as well as the SOC Team's positively impacting the situation of concern.

Result
Effectiveness Of SOC Team
There were no responses to the survey.


Action
Survey Results
Due to no responses from the surveys we sent out no significant data was obtained.

Goal
Primary Resource For Parents
To serve as the primary resource for parents and family members.

Objective
Parent Information And Parent/Family Weekend
We will effectively answer questions or direct parents and family members to the correct resource:  1) Maintain an updated website with clear directions and navigation capability;  2) List a FAQ section on website; and  3) Provide links for offices that parents are most concerned about. 

We will answer direct phone calls, emails, and set parent appointments.  Market a brochure to parents and campus community of our services.  We will provide monthly newsletters to parents. 

Provide a weekend of activities for parents and family members of SHSU students to participate in every fall semester.





KPI
Parent Survey
A survey will be developed and administered to parents to examine the effectiveness of the parent relations office and its services.

As a result of effectively assisting parents and providing opportunities for parents to connect to the university 80 percent of responders will indicate satisfaction with the parent relations office and its services.

Result
Parent Survey Results
In a survey given to parents and families for parent/family weekend 90% of participants indicated they were satisfied with the programs and services the Parent Relations Office offers. Parent phone calls increased from a total of 19 for the fall semester to a total of 44 in the spring semester, which is a 43% increase.  Our newsletter sign-up also increased from 640 participants to 828, which is a 77% increase from fall to spring.  After executing all objectives we found that the Parent Relations Office and it services have reached its goals for the 2011-2012 year.


Action
Increase In Criterion
We will likely raise our criterion to 85% for next year since we were so successful this year.


Goal
Greek Life Public Relations
Positive Greek Life public relations through collaborations


Objective
Planned Collaborations
We will collaborate with the athletics department to get more Greek students to support the athletic teams. Also we would like to have contests at athletic games as an incentive for Greeks to attend games.

We will collaborate with the university police department to cover proper risk management practices for Greeks on and off campus. We also want the Greeks to take advantage of the services UPD offers students and student groups.

We will collaborate with various student groups and other departments for causes that benefit all parties involved.


KPI
Greek Life Public Relations Survey
A survey will be conducted with non-Greek SHSU students to find out if they feel the efforts the office and Greek students have made to collaborate are recognized and yield a positive image of Greek Life.

At least 50% of those who take the survey will be knowledgeable of collaborative efforts/events and will have a positive view of Greek Life


Result
Greek Life Survey Results
Of the students who were surveyed, 66% of them were knowledgeable of the collaborative efforts/events Greek Life does and had positive views of the Greek Life program.


Action
Will Increase Criterion
We are pleased with the results and will raise our criterion for next year to 60% satisfaction.

 



Update to previous cycle's plan for continuous improvement

Plan for continuous improvement A survey was developed and administered to the SHSU community in an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of the S.O.C. Team. However, none of the faculty and staff members who were sent the survey responded to our request to fill it out; therefore, there were no results available to summarize.

A 66% satisfaction rate of those who took the Greek Life survey was indicated. They were shown to be satisfied with the collaboration of Athletics, the University Police Department and Greek Life. Therefore, the programs that were initiated to achieve this will  be ongoing in the years to come. We will also raise our criterion for this objective to 60% satisfaction for next year.

The survey given to parents and family members to evaluate Parent and Family Weekend indicated that 90% of those surveyed were satisfied with the programs and services of the Parent Relations Office. A brochure and monthly newsletters were also created and sent out to parents. Phone calls from parents increased 43% from fall semester to spring semester. This shows that more parents are utilizing the Parent Relations Office and benefitting from its services. Efforts such as these will be ongoing  to reach out to new generations of SHSU parents in the future.