STRATEGIC PLAN – 2016-17 – WORKING 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
Indicators
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.1b – % of participants
who indicated that
participation in
Mentoring Program
enabled them to become
more connected to
college community (88%)
 C.1a – see note below
 C.1b – from 88% to
90%
Activities 2015-16
*Review of existing instruments used to assess New Faculty Institute indicates
need to collect data more closely mapped to specific learning outcomes of
activity. Critical activity in 2015-2016 will be design of new, comprehensive
measure that will assess impact of both New Faculty Orientation and New
Faculty Institute and establishment of related baselines.
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Strategic Objectives
2016-17
Increase opportunities
for untenured faculty
to provide service to
college/department/
university
Mentor program for associate professors seeking full professor
Program for tenured faculty seeking full professor
CETL faculty development program
HEO & staff survey
HEO development program
President’s fellowship program
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
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
Activities 2016-17
Continue full faculty
development program:
Orientation
New Faculty Institute
Mentor Program
Presidential Fellowship
Program
Offer departmentspecific faculty
development (research,
publication & service)
C.1c – Expand training & workshops to provide
development opportunities to HEOs & other nonteaching titles.
Strategic Objectives
2015-16
Indicators
Targets
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
Develop list of journals
to which faculty, by
discipline, can submit
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
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
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
2015-16
C.2a – Complete review
& revision of mission
statement & goals
C.2b – Proceed with
accreditation plans for
Art & Design, Dance,
Music & Theatre
Indicators
C.2a
C.2b
Targets
C.2a – Mission statement
submitted to May 2016
Senate for approval
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.2c – Submit proposal
C.2c
for degree program in
Public Health
Activities 2015-16
 Program reviews completed for Criminal Justice, Internet & Information
Technology & Science for Forensics (two of which are dual-joint programs)
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
Align strategic objectives
with appropriate new
mission elements
Complete NASAD, MASD,
MASM accreditation
processes
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.2b – Convene faculty groups to discuss & propose
new academic programs, including:
 English?
 Psychology
 New programs as recommended by NYC labor
report.
C.2c – Assess 3-semester program review process
through feedback from participating faculty
C.2d – Complete all VAPA accreditations.
Activities 2016-17
Offer special transfer or
C.2e – Develop & implement comprehensive
assessment plan:
 Systematically assess general education
 Begin program review of Childhood Education & Massage Therapy (one of which
is a dual-joint program)
 Conduct assessment of four general education outcomes to establish baseline
student learning
dual-joint program
workshops to provide
better baccalaureate or
career preparedness
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 year-end
reports & provide support to administrative
areas
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
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.3b
 Student engagement
outcomes: student response
to survey question—“My
Targets
C.3a
From 67% to 70%
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
Continue and increase
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.3b
 Of students who experienced one or
more HIPs, 51.4% indicated “high
involvement”; target: 53.0%
Increase participation
Improve student general
education outcomes in
WI courses through
increased faculty
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.3 –
 Improve communication &
collaboration among
administrative divisions to
ensure systematic, campuswide 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
Strategic Objectives
2015-16
Indicators
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)
Targets
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
development
 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)
Activities 2015-16
 Extend & deepen HIP professional development to include second-tier “Reflective Teaching”
workshop & revised course outlines for ongoing implementation of HIP
 Develop Academy advisement into educational enterprise that focuses on student learning
outcomes & provide ongoing professional development
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
their effectiveness.
 Promote QCC Academies’
brand.
Establish departmental review of
WI offerings as part of
assessment of student learning
Activities 2016-17
Improve promotion of
HIPs (transparency &
recognition)
Offer special support for
writing for education
majors
4 – Improve college readiness of students.
Strategic Objectives
2015-16
C.4a – Improve
academic
preparedness
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)
 Pass rate of upper level
reading/writing and math
interventions combined
Targets
C.4a
 From 505 to 530
 Placement test scores of
entering College Focus students
will grade 10% higher than nonCollege Focus entering students
 75% of sophomore class will be
SP 211 ready
 From 45% to 47% pass rate
Strategic Objectives 2016-17
Continue and increase
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
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.
 Expand Connect2College pre-
Strategic Objectives
2015-16
Indicators
C.4b – Accelerate
student completion
of remediation
 % of students who exit from
remediation in mathematics
C.4b – Pass rates in reading,
writing & mathematics remedial
courses
C.4c – Improve
student outcomes in
Gateway/high-risk
courses
C.4c – % of students who passed
with C or better in BI201, BI301,
ECON101, EN101, HI110, HI112,
MA114, MA119, MA440, PSYC101
Targets
Strategic Objectives 2016-17
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
 From 53% to 55%
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.4c
BI201, from 34% to 36%
BI301, from 40% to 41%
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%
Activities 2015-16
 Restructure USIP to offer workshops & other innovative modalities in summer
 Develop math ALP
 Scale up Accelerated Learning Project (ALP) into EN101, from 6 to 8 sections
 Develop new model of student college readiness for BTECH, Indicators of Student Readiness
(ISRs), which measure high school students’ proficiency in course content knowledge &
cognitive/behavioral skills prior to enrollment in college course
 Expand Connect2College pre-college program including humanities offerings
 Develop mainstreaming opportunities with supplemental instruction to accelerate
developmental students into Gateway courses
college program by expanding
beyond NYC borders &
including humanities offerings.
Continue and increase
C.4b – Increase exit-fromremediation rates
 Complete research project on
ALP assessment & report with
recommendations for followup.
Develop targeted support
strategies
C.4c – Assess Gateway
interventions [more detail
needed] & scale up
Activities 2016-17
5 – Use technology to support instruction and student support services and to promote institution and constituencies.
Strategic Objectives 201516
C.5a – Continue planned
expansion & upgrade of
instructional technology
infrastructure, incl.
minimum of 10 classrooms
with advanced technology
Indicators
C.5a – Instructional use of
technology
 % of FTEs instruction
taught online
Targets
C.5a
 Maintain at 4.5% or higher of
FTE instruction taught online,
including blended & Web-
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
Continue with new
targets
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.5a – Implement five-year Technology
Plan
Technology in every classroom
Expand use of eBooks
Strategic Objectives 201516
podia, fixed or mobile
Indicators
 % of faculty expressing
satisfaction with
topics/tools & pedagogy
in eLearning Institute
 % of faculty use of
blackboard
 % of classrooms
available that are
instructional-technologyenabled
Targets
Strategic Objectives
2016-17
enhanced modalities
 Will use tools & pedagogy:
from 67% to 70% of faculty
responding to survey
Distribute Chrome Books
 From 45% (Fa14) to 49%
(Fa15)
 Out of 174 classrooms, from
56.3% to 61.5%
Activities 2015-16
Provide faculty development focusing on hybrid & Web-enhanced modalities & expand
infrastructure: 1) conduct June eLearning Institute (cohort IX), 2) offer additional follow-up
face-to-face eLearning workshops, and 3) develop & host additional online (Blackboard
Collaborate) faculty development workshops
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
Activities 2016-17
Develop “Facebook” App
(to improve cohort
identity & connection to
Academies/QCC)
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.
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
Indicators
Targets
2015-16
C.6 – Using survey
C.6 – Ratings on COACHE survey,
C.6 – Establish key baseline
results, assess issues
Noel-Levitz survey & HEO/staff
numbers
of campus climate
survey
Activities 2015-16
 Develop & implement staff survey; use COACHE, Noel-Levitz & staff survey results to
develop community-building plan for activities in response to issues & concerns raised
 Develop opportunities for dialogue for institution building
Strategic Objectives 201617
Long-term Objectives 2015-18
C.6 – Implement community-building
plan.
Activities 2016-17
Implement institutionbuilding plan to improve
in areas identified by
survey results