STRATEGIC PLAN – 2016-17 – DRAFT
Section C – College Focus Goals
1 – Support and improve faculty appointment processes and offer comprehensive faculty and staff development program to improve retention and promotion.
Strategic
Objectives
2015-16
C.1 Assess impact
of faculty & staff
development
programs: New
Faculty Institute
and Mentoring
Program
February 1, 2016
2015-16 Indicators
2015-16 Targets
• C.1a – % of New
Faculty Institute
participant
responses that
indicate
satisfaction with
volume of content
presented
throughout
institute (81%)
and extent to
which institute
activities were
hands-on (79%)
• C.1a – see note
below
Strategic Objectives 2016-17
C.1a – Provide or increase
resources to help faculty with
tenure and promotion.
2016-17 Indicators
C.1a
• % of New Faculty
Institute participant
responses that
indicate satisfaction
with volume of
content presented
throughout institute
(81%) and extent to
which institute
activities were handson (79%).
• Number of Faculty
reviewed by the ARC.
2016-17 Targets
C.1a
• increase by 3% over
the 15/16 indicators
• less than 10
Activities 2016-17
C.1a - Continue full faculty
development program:
• Orientation
• New Faculty Institute – Jan
• Mentor Program
• Presidential Fellowship
Program
• Create Teaching Fellows
Program
• Faculty Workshops:
Tenure and Promotion
 The tenure and promotion
process.
 Going for full professor.
Teaching
 How to develop a Teaching
Portfolio
 Offer “best practices”
teaching demonstrations.
Scholarship
 ???
Service
 ???
• Award for Excellence in
Teaching & Learning –
considerations include:
o Implementing Emerging
Pedagogies
o Peer evaluations
o Self-Evaluations (rubric
driven)
o Student Evaluations
o Individual Learning
Outcomes Assessment
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.1a –
• Increase faculty retention &
promotion rates.
• Conduct faculty development
for search process.
• Increase faculty publications in
prestigious journals &
presentations at national
conferences & participation in
CUNY report on faculty
research & activities.
• Increase opportunities for
faculty to provide service to
college/department/university
Strategic
Objectives
2015-16
2015-16 Indicators
2015-16 Targets
Strategic Objectives 2016-17
2016-17 Indicators
2016-17 Targets
Activities 2016-17
(rubric driven)
• C.1b – % of
participants who
indicated that
participation in
Mentoring
Program enabled
them to become
more connected
to college
community (88%)
• C.1b – from 88%
to 90%
C.1b – Highlight faculty
accomplishments.
C.1b – percent of
required faculty
submitting faculty activity
reports
C.1b – Increase to ___
C.1b – Organize a research fair of
faculty poster board
presentations to demonstrate
their expertise for
students/faculty/staff to generate
Offer department-specific faculty
development (research,
publication & service)
Develop list of journals to which
faculty, by discipline, can submit
Continue to implement HEO
professional development
program:
• Leadership
• Customer relations
• Information sharing
• Clear goals and objectives,
local and college-wide
COACHE results – clarity of
promotion and tenure processes
February 1, 2016
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.1b –
• Continue to support faculty
related to promotion &
tenure– teaching, research,
service & collegiality
• Provide pedagogy &
scholarship professional
development to tenure-track
faculty alerted during
reappointment process
C.1c – Expand training &
workshops to provide
development opportunities to
HEOs & other non-teaching titles.
2 – Maintain rigorous and current curricula, support new program development and innovation, and achieve better alignment with baccalaureate programs and job market entry.
Strategic
Objectives 201516
C.2a – Complete
review & revision
of mission
statement & goals
2015-16 Indicators
C.2a
C.2b – Proceed
with accreditation
plans for Art &
Design, Dance,
Music & Theatre
C.2b
C.2c – Submit
proposal for
degree program in
Public Health
C.2c
February 1, 2016
2015-16 Targets
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
C.2a – Mission
statement
submitted to May
2016 Senate for
approval
C.2a – Align strategic
objectives with
appropriate new
mission elements
C.2b – Rebuttal
submitted to NAST;
self-studies
completed for
NASAD & NASD;
major curricular
revisions
submitted for
Music in
preparation for
self-study
C.2c – Public
Health program
approved &
offered for
2016/17
C.2b – Complete
NASAD, NASD, NASM
accreditation
processes
2016-17 Indicators
C.2a
C.2b – Accreditation process
2016-17 Targets
C.2a
C.2b – Completed
accreditation process
Activities 2016-17
C.2a
C.2b – Review & update articulation
agreements between Art & Design
& Theatre Departments with
corresponding programs at Queens
College, New York University,
Hofstra University, Adelphi
University, Lehman, St. John’s
University, SUNY Empire State
College & SUNY Old Westbury
College.
C.2c – Offer special transfer or dualjoint program workshops to provide
better baccalaureate or career
preparedness
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.2a – Develop & implement
comprehensive assessment plan:
• Systematically assess general education
outcomes through General Education
Task Force
• Develop, distribute & achieve
departmental consensus on curricular
maps for every program curriculum
• Align course assessment with program
review efforts
Redesign non-teaching department yearend reports & provide support to
administrative areas
Assess 3-semester program review process
through feedback from participating
faculty
C.2b – Complete all VAPA accreditations.
C.2c – Convene faculty groups to discuss &
propose new academic programs,
including:
• English?
• Psychology
• New programs as recommended by
NYC labor report.
3 – Sustain and assess three components of Queensborough Academies: advisement, high impact practices (HIPs), and technology (communication, institutional support, and learning environment).
Strategic
Objectives 2015-16
C.3a – Improve
probationary
student outcomes
C.3b – Expand use
of Starfish &
establish targeted
groups for effective
outreach
C.3c – Improve
HIPs student
outcomes
February 1, 2016
2015-16 Indicators
C.3a
% who attend probation
workshops
% who attend workshops &
persist to the next semester
% who attend whose cum GPA
at end of term is 2.0 or higher
C.3b
• % of faculty who use Starfish
• % of faculty who use Starfish
teaching specific courses in:
BI201, BI301, ECON101,
EN101, HI110, HI112,
MA114, MA119, MA440,
PSYC101
C.3c
• Student engagement
outcomes: student response
to survey question—“My
involvement with QCC can
best be described as”—with
responses ranging from “very
low” to “very high”
• General education outcomes
(direct evidence of student
learning)
2015-16 Targets
C.3a
From 67% to 70%
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
C.3a – Continue and
increase
Indicators 2016-17
Targets 2016-17
Activities 2016-17
C.3a
C.3a
C.3a
C.3b – Increase
participation
C.3b
C.3b
C.3b
C.3c – Improve student
general education
outcomes in WI courses
through increased
faculty development
C.3c
C.3c
C.3c
• Improve promotion of
HIPs (transparency &
recognition)
• Offer special support
for writing for
education majors
From 62% to 65%
From 30% to 32%
C.3b
• From 49% overall faculty use to
50%
• Faculty use in specific courses:
BI201, from 14% to 16%
BI301, from 30% to 31%
ECON101, from 14% to 16%
EN101, from 44% to 45%
HI110, from 22% to 23%
HI112, from 13% to 15%
MA114, from 64% to 65%
MA119, from 56% to 57%
MA440, from 61% to 62%
PSYC101, from 38% to 39%
C.3c
• Of students who experienced one
or more HIPs, 51.4% indicated
“high involvement”; target: 53.0%
• Student work in courses with
faculty using HIPs scored
according to analytical reasoning
rubric, 0-4 on competence scale,
weighted average across all HIPs:
from 2.39 (lower middle
“developing” range) to 2.60
(upper middle “developing”
range)
Long-term Objectives 201518
C.3 –
• Improve communication &
collaboration among
administrative divisions to
ensure systematic,
campus-wide
implementation of QCC
Academies.
• Systematize QCC
Academies’ culture
through intentional
advisement & Academies’
activities.
• Enhance faculty-led High
Impact Practices (HIPs) into
consistent & coherent
instructional modalities
that many faculty
effectively use in classroom
& assess systematically.
• Implement integrated &
continuous assessment
model that acknowledges
all three “prongs” of QCC
Academies—Advisement,
HIPs & technology—&
provides for continuous
improvement of their
effectiveness.
• Promote QCC Academies’
brand.
Establish departmental
review of WI offerings as part
of assessment of student
learning
4 – Improve college readiness of students.
Strategic
Objectives
2015-16
C.4a – Improve
academic
preparedness
2015-16 Indicators
C.4a
• No. of HS seniors
enrolled in College
Focus
• College Focus student
test outcomes
• % of BTECH
sophomores practicing
Indicators of Student
Readiness (ISRs)
2015-16 Targets
C.4a
• From 505 to 530
• Placement test scores of
entering College Focus
students will grade 10%
higher than non-College
Focus entering students
• 75% of sophomore class
will be SP 211 ready
• Pass rate of upper level
reading/writing and
math interventions
combined
• From 45% to 47% pass
rate
• % of students who exit
from remediation in
mathematics
• From 53% to 55%
Strategic Objectives 2016-17
C.4a – Continue and increase
Indicators 2016-16
Targets 2016-17
Activities 2016-17
C.4a
C.4a
C.4a
• Establish rubrics for BTECH’s
Speech 211 & assess impact of
first implementation of ISR.
• Design, develop & Implement
College Focus Phase II
Bootcamps in Math & R/W
C.4b –
Accelerate
student
completion of
remediation
C.4b – Pass rates in
reading, writing &
mathematics remedial
courses
C.4b – Pass rates
Writing – from 50.4% to
51.0%
Reading – from 54.4% to
55.0%
Math – from 37.5% to 38%
C.4b – Continue and increase
C.4b
C.4b
C.4b
C.4c – Improve
student
outcomes in
C.4c – % of students who
passed with C or better in
BI201, BI301, ECON101,
C.4c
BI201, from 34% to 36%
BI301, from 40% to 41%
C.4c – Develop targeted support
strategies
C.4c
C.4c
C.4c
February 1, 2016
Long-term Objectives 201518
C.4a – Reduce % of students
needing remediation prior to
first-semester enrollment
• Implement & assess new
BTECH model of student
college readiness;
Indicators of Student
Readiness (ISRs) will
measure high school
students’ proficiency in
course content knowledge
& cognitive/ behavioral
skills prior to enrollment in
college course.
• Establish Rubrics for all
BTECH ISRs in CIS and IIT
degree courses and assess
impact of first
implementation (new)
• Expand Connect2College
pre-college program by
expanding beyond NYC
borders & including
humanities offerings.
• Increase enrollment in
College Focus program by
100 over 2017 (new)
C.4b – Increase exit-fromremediation rates
• Complete research project
on ALP assessment &
report with
recommendations for
follow-up.
C.4c – Assess Gateway
interventions [more detail
needed] & scale up
Strategic
Objectives
2015-16
Gateway/highrisk courses
2015-16 Indicators
EN101, HI110, HI112,
MA114, MA119, MA440,
PSYC101
2015-16 Targets
Strategic Objectives 2016-17
Indicators 2016-16
Targets 2016-17
Activities 2016-17
Long-term Objectives 201518
ECON101, from 56% to 58%
EN101, from 66% to 68%
HI110, from 42% to 43%
HI112, from 36% to 37%
MA114, from 44% to 45%
MA119, from 44% to 45%
MA440, from 55% to 56%
PSYC101, from 50% to 52%
5 – Use technology to support instruction and student support services and to promote institution and constituencies.
Strategic Objectives
2015-16
C.5a – Continue
planned expansion &
upgrade of
instructional
technology
infrastructure, incl.
minimum of 10
classrooms with
advanced technology
podia, fixed or
mobile
2015-16 Indicators
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
C.5a
Indicators 2016-17
C.5a
Targets 2016-17
C.5a
Activities 2016-17
C.5a – Develop
“Facebook” App (to
improve cohort identity
& connection to
Academies/QCC)
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.5a – Implement five-year
Technology Plan
Technology in every classroom
Expand use of eBooks
Distribute Chrome Books
C.5b – Instructional use of
technology
• % of FTEs instruction
taught online
• % of faculty expressing
satisfaction with
topics/tools & pedagogy in
eLearning Institute
• % of faculty use of
blackboard
• % of classrooms available
that are instructionaltechnology- enabled
February 1, 2016
2015-16 Targets
C.5b
• Maintain at 4.5% or higher of
FTE instruction taught online,
including blended & Webenhanced modalities
• Will use tools & pedagogy:
from 67% to 70% of faculty
responding to survey
• From 45% (Fa14) to 49%
(Fa15)
• Out of 174 classrooms, from
56.3% to 61.5%
C.5b
C.5b
C.5b
C.5b
C.5b –
• Reach goal of over 6% FTEs
online by 2018
[assessment?]
• Increase measured quality
of online & Web-enhanced
courses based on Quality
Matters rubric
• Increase no. of online
faculty development
offerings focused on
academic department
disciplines
• Promote use of Digital
Recording Studio.
Strategic Objectives
2015-16
2015-16 Indicators
2015-16 Targets
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
Indicators 2016-17
Targets 2016-17
Activities 2016-17
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.5c – Expand & support
faculty use of CUNY’s
Academic Works & other open
educational resources
C.5d – Improve student
awareness of administrative
services.
6 – Infuse and build on practices of community-building across all campus constituencies.
Strategic
Objectives
2015-16
C.6 – Using
survey results,
assess issues of
campus climate
February 1, 2016
2015-16 Indicators
C.6 – Ratings on COACHE
survey, Noel-Levitz survey
& HEO/staff survey
2015-16 Targets
C.6 – Establish key
baseline numbers
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
C.6
Indicators 2016-17
C.6
Targets 2016-17
C.6
Activities 2016-17
Implement communitybuilding plan to improve in
areas identified by survey
results
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.6 – Implement communitybuilding plan.