Goal 3

An Organizational Culture to Thrive in the Future

Build the organizational capacity to thrive in the future by focusing on establishing a climate of trust, an effective, efficient and entrepreneurial workforce, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Strategies

Establish processes and programs to proactively focus on employee recruitment, retention, development and performance.

Implement a fresh, comprehensive model for new employee onboarding and initial orientation to the College.
Continue progress towards establishing an employee recruitment process that incorporates strong search processes (e.g. search committee orientation, objective screening tools, clear channels of communication, etc.).
Implement improved performance management systems for employee evaluation and development.
Research and implement a new model for compensation of the different employee groups at the College.

Building upon the early work of the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) Taskforce, fully implement the structure, programming, and services of the CTL to develop a world-class teaching staff.

Implement an intensive first-year experience for new faculty that exposes them to the institution, and more importantly builds a foundational knowledge base to become excellent instructors.
Create a continuous improvement academy through which ongoing professional development will be made available to all faculty to continuously evaluate and improve instructional effectiveness.
Establish a defined and purposeful path to faculty promotion and advancement in rank.

Continue to strengthen the culture of continuous improvement by improving current or developing new processes and supporting infrastructure necessary to support continual analysis of performance and plans to continuously improve.

Develop a comprehensive institutional planning framework, accompanied by documentation guidelines for the levels of planning while utilizing technology-driven mechanisms for monitoring progress.
Revamp the academic program review protocol to incorporate combined elements of traditional program self-study as well as performance evidence derived from indicator measures.
Design a new protocol of the frequent review and analysis of the effectiveness of co-curricular programs or service areas to assess their performance and guide improvement practices.

Finalize the establishment of a strong system of Board of Trustees policies and accompanying Administrative Procedures.

Develop needed policies and procedures pertaining to academic affairs, such as new program development and approval, degrees and certificates structure, general education, etc.
Continue our work towards updating and adding new human resources policies and procedures to guide our employment structures, practices and relationships.
Strengthen policies and procedures pertaining to college affordability, specifically looking at the development of these for student fee approval and review.