<p>2013-2018 STC Postsecondary Strategic Plan</p><p>Action Plan by Year</p><p>Year 1: 2013-2014</p><p>Goal 1: Student Learning: Examine and improve educational programming to maximize student learning.</p><p>Plan: Set goals, assess student learning outcomes and promote continuous improvement.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Review programmatic responses to the accreditation self-study recommendations and suggestions pertaining to student learning and program improvement.</p><p>2. Review existing program assessments to improve student learning outcomes.</p><p>3. Establish assessment plan cycle and use results to improve student learning outcomes.</p><p>Time Start: Year 1</p><p>Duration: 5 Years</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Student learning outcomes and assessments are articulated by program director, program coordinators and staff. </p><p>Goal 2: Student Retention/Enrollment Management: Effectively recruit and retain a population that aligns with STC Postsecondary mission statement and consistent with STC standards.</p><p>Plan: Increase standards for admission, examine current admission policies to attract higher level students, and continue to enhance the STC’s image in the community.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Expand efforts to identify and address factors that improve student retention/graduation rates. 2. Provide institutional financial aid opportunities to attract and retain qualified students.</p><p>Time Start: Year 1</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Increase in applications from previous year, retention plan is initiated, factors that affect student retention are identified, financial aid is reviewed at all orientations and students receive a ‘financial aid” handbook.</p><p>Goal 3: Student Remediation: Effectively provide student services to meet the needs of the students</p><p>Plan: Enhance current and create new support services that strengthen student learning.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Review existing remediation plan that exists for PN program.</p><p>2. Establish remediation services for CDL and HE students.</p><p>Time Start: Year 1</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Identify existing remediation plan and its effectiveness. Create support services for CDL, HE, and COMBO programs.</p><p>Goal 4: Community Outreach: Enhance existing and create new partnerships, OAC members.</p><p>Plan: Increase new learning experiences, increase number of OAC members maximizing educational opportunities.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Review programmatic responses to the accreditation self-study recommendations and suggestions pertaining to the PN program increasing OAC membership.</p><p>2. Expand efforts to increase STC’s image.</p><p>3. Improve communication with existing partners. Time Start: Year 1</p><p>Duration: 5 Years</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Faculty is engaged in various community outreach efforts compared to 2012-13 program year. Discussion is evident at faculty meetings.</p><p>Year 2: 2014-2015</p><p>Goal 1: Student Learning: Examine and improve educational programming to maximize student learning.</p><p>Plan: Set goals, assess student learning outcomes and promote continuous improvement.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Continue to assess and support areas that contribute to student learning.</p><p>2. Identify new needs to support services that enhance student learning.</p><p>3. Provide faculty training promoting program improvement.</p><p>Time Start: Year 1 & Year 2</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Student learning produces successful assessment results and faculty participates in PD activities promoting program improvement.</p><p>Goal 2: Student Retention/Enrollment Management: Effectively recruit and retain a population that aligns with STC Postsecondary mission statement and consistent with STC standards.</p><p>Plan: Increase standards for admission, examine current admission policies to attract higher level students, and continue to enhance the STC’s image in the community.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Enhance recruitment efforts to emphasize postsecondary programs.</p><p>2. Review current postsecondary programs admission policies.</p><p>3. Develop and begin to implement marketing strategies.</p><p>Time Start: Year 1 & Year 2 Duration: 4 Years </p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Retention rates improve after factors are addressed, admission policies reviewed and updated and new marketing strategies have been put into action.</p><p>Goal 3: Student Remediation; Effectively provide student services to meet the needs of the students</p><p>Plan: Enhance current and create new support services that strengthen student learning.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Provide staff professional development on teaching the adult learner.</p><p>2. Implement remediation services for CDL and HE students.</p><p>3. Implement tutoring if necessary.</p><p>4. Review PN retention rates and review current PN remediation plan.</p><p>Time Start Year 2</p><p>Duration 4 Years</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: PD activities are attended by staff, PD form is completed, support services for CDL and HE are identified based on students’ needs, and PN dropout rates decrease.</p><p>Goal 4: Community Outreach: Enhance existing and create new partnerships, OAC members.</p><p>Plan: Increase new learning experiences, increase number of OAC members maximizing educational opportunities.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Continue to expand efforts to increase STC’s image.</p><p>2. Review OAC meeting minutes and implement suggestions and strategies.</p><p>Time Start: Year 1 & Year 2</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Comparison of past and existing OAC meeting minutes, and marketing plan to enhance image is being implemented as planned. Year 3: 2015-2016</p><p>Goal 1: Student Learning: Examine and improve educational programming to maximize student learning.</p><p>Plan: Set goals, assess student learning outcomes and promote continuous improvement.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Expand experiences that have been proven positively to impact student learning.</p><p>2. Teach and develop student responsibility for their learning.</p><p>Time Start: Year 3</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Students continue to assess successfully, and begin to display responsibility for their success, i.e. improving study habits results in better test scores.</p><p>Goal 2: Student Retention/Enrollment Management; Effectively recruit and retain a population that aligns with STC Postsecondary mission statement and consistent with STC standards.</p><p>Plan: Increase standards for admission, examine current admission policies to attract higher level students, and continue to enhance the STC’s image in the community.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Review marketing strategies and expand those proven to recruit and retain students.</p><p>2. Continue to review and update admission policies.</p><p>Time Start: Year 3</p><p>Duration: 2 Years</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Retention rates continuously improve. dropout rates decrease, review and revise admission procedure if applicable.</p><p>Goal 3: Student Remediation: Effectively provide student services to meet the needs of the students Plan: Enhance current and create new support services that strengthen student learning.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Continuously provide professional development.</p><p>2. Continuously review remediation plan and support services for all postsecondary programs.</p><p>Time Start: Year 1, 2 &3</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Dropout rates decrease, positive student and staff survey resulting in increased satisfaction ratings.</p><p>Goal 4: Community Outreach: Enhance existing and create new partnerships, OAC members.</p><p>Plan: Increase new learning experiences, increase number of OAC members maximizing educational opportunities.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Continuously expand efforts to increase STC’s image.</p><p>2. Continue to review semi-annual OAC meeting minutes and implement suggestions and strategies.</p><p>3. Continue to stress importance of community partnerships with staff.</p><p>Time Start Year 1, 2 & 3</p><p>Duration Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Positive OAC member comments, new members at meetings, increased satisfaction ratings.</p><p>Year 4: 2016-2017</p><p>Goal 1: Student Learning: Examine and improve educational programming to maximize student learning.</p><p>Plan: Set goals, assess student learning outcomes and promote continuous improvement. Action Step:</p><p>1. Maintain experiences that have been proven positively to impact student learning.</p><p>2. Continue to teach and develop student responsibility for their learning.</p><p>Time Start: Year 2, 3 &4</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Students continue to assess successfully, display responsibility for their success, i.e. improve study habits results in better test scores, staff continues to participate in PD activities that enhance student learning.</p><p>Goal 2: Student Retention/Enrollment Management: Effectively recruit and retain a population that aligns with STC Postsecondary mission statement and consistent with STC standards.</p><p>Plan: Increase standards for admission, examine current admission policies to attract higher level students, and continue to enhance the STC’s image in the community.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Uphold strategies that have proven to recruit and retain students.</p><p>2. Retain effective admission policies.</p><p>Time Start: Year 2, 3 &4</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Dropout rates decrease, applications increase from previous year.</p><p>Goal 3 Student Remediation: Effectively provide student services to meet the needs of the students</p><p>Plan: Enhance current and create new support services that strengthen student learning.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Continuously provide professional development opportunities for all postsecondary staff.</p><p>2. Retain remediation plans and support services for all postsecondary programs. Time Start: Year 2, 3, & 4</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Staff continues to participate in PD activities, positive student and staff feedback, increased satisfaction ratings.</p><p>Goal 4: Community Outreach: Enhance existing and create new partnerships, OAC members.</p><p>Plan: Increase new learning experiences, increase number of OAC members maximizing educational opportunities.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Continuously expand efforts to increase postsecondary program enrollment.</p><p>2. Continue to review semi-annual OAC meeting minutes and implement suggestions and strategies.</p><p>3. Sustain effective suggestions and recommendations.</p><p>4. Continue to stress importance of community partnerships with staff.</p><p>Time Start: Year 2, 3, & 4</p><p>Duration: Ongoing</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Review past OAC meeting minutes and attest that staff has followed through with recommendations. Surveys’ results and new enrollees will confirm that efforts to improve image have been successful.</p><p>Year 5: 2017-2018</p><p>Goal 1: Student Learning; Examine and improve educational programming to maximize student learning.</p><p>Plan: Set goals, assess student learning outcomes and promote continuous improvement.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Examine data analyzing retention and graduation rates to understand impact of student learning outcomes and program improvement. 2. Implement programmatic responses to the accreditation self-study recommendations and suggestions.</p><p>Time Start: Year 5</p><p>Duration: 1 Year</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Students’ grades have increased, retention rates have increased, dropout rates have decreased and there is evidence of student satisfaction.</p><p>Goal 2: Student Retention/Enrollment Management: Effectively recruit and retain a population that aligns with STC Postsecondary mission statement and consistent with STC standards.</p><p>Plan: Increase standards for admission, examine current admission policies to attract higher level students, and continue to enhance the STC’s image in the community.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Retain strategies that have proven to recruit and retain students.</p><p>2. Retain effective admission policies, revise policies if applicable.</p><p>Time Start: Year 5</p><p>Duration: 1 Year</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Evidence displays low dropout rates, high retention rates and high completion rates.</p><p>Goal 3: Student Remediation: Effectively provide student services to meet the needs of the students</p><p>Plan: Enhance current and create new support services that strengthen student learning.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Sustain the professional development opportunities that staff have deemed as helpful when providing support services that strengthened student learning.</p><p>2. Retain effective remediation plans and support services for all postsecondary programs</p><p>Time Start: Year 5</p><p>Duration: 1 Year How will we know action is achieved: Positive staff and student feedback, increased satisfaction ratings are evident.</p><p>Goal 4: Community Outreach: Enhance existing and create new partnerships, OAC members.</p><p>Plan: Increase new learning experiences, increase number of OAC members maximizing educational opportunities.</p><p>Action Step:</p><p>1. Retain effective suggestions and recommendations</p><p>2. Continue to review semi-annual OAC meeting minutes and implement suggestions and strategies.</p><p>Time Start: Year 5</p><p>Duration: 1 Year</p><p>How will we know action is achieved: Comparison of past meeting minutes, positive feedback from employers and clinical sites, increased satisfaction ratings.</p>