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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
WOUNDED KNEE COLLEGE CENTER ANNUAL ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
OLC Strategic Goal IB: Foster Wolakolkiciyapi by incorporating Lakota spirituality, culture,
and language acquisition throughout the college and within the communities it serves.
College Center Strategic Goal I: provides a nurturing environment where Lakota values can
be exemplified.
College Center Strategic Objective: College Centers provide a nurturing environment where
Lakota values can be exemplified
Strategies
Measuring
Tools
Expected
Results
Actual Results
Improvements
to Strategy
Welcome Back /
Encouragement
Ceremony
#1 per sem. of
ceremonies
and # 30 of
participants
# 1_____
of
ceremonies
and #
___30______of
participants
May
Fall 14 & Sp 15
College Center
offered only #1 of
Ceremony in the
fall semester
Our College
Center’s
improvements to
offer more
Spiritual
Ceremonies per
semester
Honoring of the
graduates
#_1________of
ceremonies
and #
__40_______of
participants
#_ 1________of
ceremonies
and #
__40_______of
participants
May
Fall 14 & Sp 15
#_1_________of
ceremonies and #
40 of participants
Honored students
& 3 community
members with
star quilts, and
jackets
Continuing into
next year with
50% enrolled
student
End of the
year picnic
Develop a
Cultural Survey
and administer
Administer
Survey
50%
currently
Enrolled
Student
Better planning
next year
Continuing
improvement
into next year
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
WOUNDED KNEE COLLEGE CENTER ANNUAL ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
OLC Strategic Goal II: Provide student support services to facilitate persistence, retention,
and completion of student educational goals.
College Center Strategic Goal II: The College Center staff will foster student preparedness,
academic planning, and involvement in the life of the college.
College Center Strategic Objective: Counselors use an individualized approach to increase
recruitment, retention, persistence and completion.
Strategies
Measuring
Tools
Expected
Results
Actual Results
Improvements to
Strategy
Increase
Recruitment by
2%
Collaborate with
Feeder High
Schools to recruit
candidates
Represented at
Open House/
Career Day
events hosted
by college
centers to
increase
recruitment by
2% annually.
Event sign-up
sheets
# _100%__of
completed
plans; courselevel retention
rate
Increase by 2%
from scheduled
events.
1 Career Day
this semester 10
Elementary
students
attended
College Center will
have a collaborative
effort with the Local
grade school
#_100%_____
completed
individual
plans;
Retention
66 as plan
Ongoing to next
year
Status sheets
will be
reviewed and
streamlined in
order to
increase
persistence by
3% annually.
Meeting notes to
document
discussion and
changes.
Revised Status
Sheets.
Look at Status
Sheets 100%
Need more faculty
effort to advise
students with a plan
in their files
Increase
Retention rate
by 2%
Utilize the
Faculty
Early Alert
system to target
at-risk students.
Increase
Persistence rate
by 3%
Conduct critical
review of
program status
sheets in order to
streamline and
strengthen plans
of study.
Went through all
Status sheets
posting grades.
Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
Increase
Completion by
2% Create
individual plans
for students
struggling in
their classes
Provide
individual
guidance and
counseling in
order to
increase
completion
rates by 2%
annually.
# __100__%
course-level
completion
May Fall 14 –
Sp15
Started out
beginning Fall
2014 with 11
potential grads. 7
potential
students with
graduate in June
2015
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Continue with an
individual plan per
student every
semester.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
WOUNDED KNEE COLLEGE CENTER ANNUAL ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
OLC Strategic Goal II: OLC will provide learning experiences that foster student preparedness,
academic success, and involvement in the life of the college
College Center Strategic Goal: provides access to a diverse set of information resources to
support students’ achievement of their learning outcomes
College Center Strategic Objective: College centers hold a variety of orientations and
workshops for students
Strategies
Hold an
orientation
for new
students each
semester
Measuring
Tools
# ___________of
participants,
#
_100%____of
orientations,
participant
feedback
form results
Activitys
Form
Expected Results
1 orientation with
__14______students
Actual Results
Held 2
orientations per
semester
Improvements
to Strategy
Ongoing
Continued
improvement
Work towards
more
participates
each semester
Organize
academic
and/or
college
success
workshops
based on
student needs
Surveys
__3____of
workshops,
__90_______of
participants,
participant
feedback
form results
_____3______workshops College Center
with 100 participants offered 1 Career
total; __50____% of
Day in the Spring
respondents found
workshops useful or
very useful
Ongoing
Continued
improvement
Provide
appropriate
Engagement
activities
Develop a
survey
300 surveys
100% response
Continuing
Provide
opportunity
for student
professional
Career
opportunity
survey
100% response
College Center
provided an 1
Career Day
College Center
will offer a
community
needs
assessment
starting in fall
2015
Will provide
more career
opportunities
for students
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
development
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
WOUNDED KNEE COLLEGE CENTER ANNUAL ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
OLC Strategic Goal VI: Provide information and develop collaborative ventures with
internal and external stakeholders in the OLC served community
College Center Strategic Goal IV: OLC supports student research that strengthens nation
building.
College Center Strategic Objective: College Centers develop and maintain partnership for
student wellness and development.
Strategies
Measuring
Tools
Expected Results
Provides
students the
opportunity to
participate in
the governance
system
#
___10_____of
participant
s, #
# of
meeting
held
# of
activities
held
1 orientation with
__10__________ students
Governance and
Student Organization.
#4 student
Organization
meetings per
semester
#5 student
Organization
sponsored activities
Actual Results
Student
Organization
offered 10
meetings per
semester
Improvements
to Strategy
Ongoing into
next year 20152016
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
Organize and
partner with
external
interested
groups to
provide
wellness
(physical,
mental,
spiritual)
opportunities
for students to
achieve their
learning
outcomes
______of
partnershi
ps,
_________of
participant
s,
participant
feedback
form
results
Develop 5
partnered
external
Activity
form sign
in sheets
___5_____partnerships
with #
_200_____participants
total; __100_______% of
respondents found
useful.
100% of our surveys
Our college is
working
towards Tribal
groups to help
improve the
wellbeing of
our students
Ongoing into
next year
2015-2016