To increase enrollment via recruitment and retention of qualified and motivated students.
Objective
Increase Enrollment
To increase enrollment via recruitment and retention of qualified and motivated students.
KPI
Enrollment And Retention
Enrollment numbers and retention rates and persistence. Our goal is to increase annually in these areas.
Last year, the taskforce for recruitment workon on numerous strategies to increase enrollment in the master's programs with limited success. These efforts will be ongoing and additional strategies will also be implemented.
Result
Enrollmenbt And Retention
Based on headcouint in programs, see supporting documents.
Action
Head Count
The department faculty and leadership will schedule meetings to identify the factors that contributed to increases and decreases in enrollment. The focus will be on strategic planning that will result in a clear set of goals and obejectives related to enrollment and retention of students in all programs.
Goal
Excellence In Teaching, Research, And Service
The Department Faculty will strive for excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service.
Objective
FES
All faculty will engage in research, teaching, and service.
KPI
Faculty Evaluation System
Faculty are evaluated per University guidelines on research, teaching, and service. Faculty must be actively engaged in sustained efforts that demonstrate effective research (evidenced by an average of at least one publication per year), teaching (evidenced by student evaluation scores on IDEA that meet department expectations), and service (evidenced by documented service activities to the department, college, university, and academic community at large). 100% of faculty in the department will meet or exceed the minimum expectations in all three areas.
We committed this year for new faculty to be mentored by seasoned faculty to ensure their success in these areas.
Action
Excellence Iin Teqaching, Research, And Service
Faculty will continue to engage in an array of activities related to teaching, service, and scholarly research.
Goal
Customer Satisfaction
Customer Satisfaction among the various constituencies
Objective
Constituent Satisfaction
Constituents will be satisfied with department programs.
KPI
Feedback From Advisory Committee
An advisory committee for each master's and doctoral level program will provide feedback regarding their satisfaction with the EDLC programs and specializations. All programs (100% of department programs) will implement advisory council feedback as a component of continuous improvement efforts.
Each department has attempted to incorporate advisory committee feedback. We are eager to see the results.
Result
Advisory Councils
All department programs have active advisory committees meeting regularly.
Action
Advisory Councils
We will continue to engage with members of our advisory concils in an effort to improve programs.
Goal
Enhance Academic Program Quality
Enhance the quality and effectiveness of the academic programs
Objective
Enhance Academic Program Quality
Graduates will be competent in specialization content area and skills appropriate to their discipline. Students will demonstrate their level of competence by passing certification exams.
Indicator
TExES
Student scores on program-specific TExES (state certification) exams
Criterion
TExES Scores
90% of test takers will earn the required score on the corresponding TExES exam to achieve certification
Last year the Counseling and Superintendent program students met the 90% goal while the Principal program students only achieved 70%. We are eager to determine whether our interventions had any impact to raise the 70% toward the 90%
Finding
Findings
Our students attained a 100% and and 93% on the TExES superintendent and principal exams, respectively.
Action
TExES Results
Our faculty will continue to offer perparation workshops for candidates in the principal and superintendent preparation programs. As our actions have proven to be highly successful in the past, we will continue to utilize those activities.