OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE COLLEGE CENTER ANNUAL ACTION PLAN: AY 2014‐15 VISION STATEMENT The Lakota philosophy relates to the journey a person takes in becoming balanced. The four values a balanced person needs are mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional. Just as no single person
is exactly the same as another, this philosophy applies and adapts to each individual and becomes integral to the cohesiveness of Oglala Lakota people. The four traits are connected and so are all
the Lakota people. Pajuta Haka aspires to help each person regain their journey through education and perseverance.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Pajuta Haka college center is to bring together each student, faculty, staff and ultimately the community through education and Lakota culture. We strive to educate with the
understanding that our students will be future leaders in the community. In this way we will move forward together into the future through hard work and innovative ideas. The goal of the Pajuta Haka
College Center is to provide balanced and quality education by way of a clean, safe, and stable learning environment for each student and to rebuild the Lakota Nation through Education.
STRATEGIC GOALS
STRATEGIC GOAL 1: Increase Recruitment by 2%
Objective 1.1: Plan and facilitate recruiting at Little Wound High School
Objective 1.2: Monthly Community Activities
Objective 1.3: Open House
STRATEGIC GOAL 2: Increase Retention by 2%
Objective 2.1: Social Gatherings for Faculty, Staff and Students
Objective 2.2: Strengthen Advising and mentoring
Objective 2.3: Create individual Plans for struggling students
STRATEGIC GOAL 3: Increase Persistence by 2%
Objective 3.1: Collaborate with faculty in using early alerts.
Objective 3.2: Mid-Term grades for first year students
Objective 3.3: Student orientation
STRATEGIC GOAL 4: Increase Lakota language/ Cultural awareness by 5%
Objective 4.1: Welcome back and Closing encouragement Ceremony.
Objective 4.2: Increase our Lakota Language usage in our center
Objective 4.3: Three days of cultural teachings 1 Goal 1: Increase Recruitment by 2% per year for over five years 10%
Strategies
Strategy 1:
Plan and
facilitate
recruiting
activities at
Little Wound.
Measuring Tools
Make 25
contacts.
Responsibility
Center Staff
Student Org
Strategy 2:
Center Staff
Monthly
Activities that
involve the
community
Make 50
contacts
Student Org
Strategy 3
Plan and
facilitate Open
Houses
throughout the
academic year
Strategy 4
Make 50
contacts
Career day
fair. Making a
presence in the
community
and invite the
seniors over to
participate.
Make 50
contacts
Enrollment Manager
Center Directors,
Center Staff
Required Resources
Pamphlets brochures,
pens, etc.
College Access, bags
full of cups, pencils,
calendars, brochures
from voc-ed, social
work, and financial
aid
Signs, banners, food
& drinks, admission
packets, degree
program information
Anticipated Outcome
Visit all area target
schools and institutions
and disseminate OLC
information to target
group; increase
knowledge about OLC to
participants.
Signs, banners, food
& drinks, admission
packets, degree
program information,
Increase student
enrollment; disseminate
OLC information to
target group; increase
knowledge about OLC to
participants.
KOLC, KILI, local
newspapers, posters,
money, etc.
Increase enrollment;
disseminate OLC
information to target
group; increase
knowledge about OLC to
participants.
2 Increase student
enrollment; disseminate
OLC information to
target group; increase
knowledge about OLC to
participants.
Results
Goal 2: Increase Retention by 2% per year over five years 10%
Strategies
Measuring Tools
Strategy 1:
Provide social
gatherings that
allow faculty,
center staff and
students to embrace
the vision and
mission of Oglala
Lakota College
Responsibility
Center Staff
Student Org
Strategy 2:
Daily Contacts
Strengthen
advising and
mentoring,
Student advisory
meeting
Tutoring
Center Staff
Required
Resources
Flyers, Intercom
commercial, face
book, food &
drinks
4 Social gatherings with
100 participants total;
75 % of respondents
found gatherings useful
or very useful
Contact sheets,
iPad,
Advisory sheets
Tutoring numbers
Effective and
meaningful advising
and mentoring system
will be implemented;
Strategy 3:
# of completed
Create individual plans; course-level
plans for students retention rate
struggling in their
classes
Anticipated Outcome
50 completed individual
plans; 60% course-level
retention
Center Staff
Strategy 4:
Organize academic
and/or college
success workshops
based on student
needs
# of workshops, #
of participants,
participant
feedback form
results
Center Staff
Flyers, Intercom
commercial, face
book, food &
drinks, Tablets,
pencils, surveys
3 5 workshops with 100
participants total; 75%
of respondents found
workshops useful or
very useful.
Actual Outcome
Goal 3: Increase persistence by 2% per year over five years 10%
Strategies
Strategy 1:
Collaborate with faculty in
using the early alert system
Measuring Tools
# of resolved
early alerts;
course-level
retention rate
Responsibility
Required Resources
Counselors
Internet, Phone,
Office, Tutoring
Center Staff
Chairs
Course scheduling
Anticipated Outcome
3 meetings with students.
100 resolved early alerts;
60% course-level
retention
Strategy 2:
Faculty- Student
Interaction.
1st year student’s
small classes with
full time faculty
teaching.
More faculty advising on
first year student’s trough
out the semester for a
positive outcome.
Retain 75% of students
Strategy 3
Mid- Term Grades for first
year students
Strategy 4
Hold an orientation for new
students each semester
Students receiving
d’ s and F’s will
be contacted and
Center Staff, faculty,
set up with Trio.
adjuncts
60%
Center Staff
# of participants,
# of orientations,
participant
feedback form
results
4 Jenzabar, email
50 % course-level
retention with this
persistence.
Student Handbook
College Catalog
1 orientation with 40
students
Orientation Packet
Increase student success
rates.
Goal 4: Increase Lakota Language/ Culture awareness by 5% per year.
Strategies
Measuring Tools
Responsibility
Required Resources
Anticipated
Outcome
Phcc Center Staff
Survey, Food, Drinks, Cedar
1 ceremony with
50 participants
Pre and Post
Build a language
test.
model for the staff. Olc Evaluation
Increases our
Lakota Language
Survey
usage in our center
VP of Instruction,
academic chairs,
center staff
Training programs, posters,
Language books, tapes, technology,
games, movies
Increase
understanding,
increase speaking
Make fluent
speakers feel
more welcomed
Strategy 3:
Center Staff,
Student Org
Brochures, flyers, money for
supplies,
Building on selfesteem in
students,
Building our
PHCC
community
Center Staff,
students, faculty
Lakota Language
Club
# of
participants
Survey
Pre – Post test
Brochures, flyers, posters,
Language books, tapes, technology,
games, movies
Building on selfesteem in students,
staff, and faculty.
Strengthen our
Phcc community
Honoring of the
graduates
# of
participants
Center Staff
Student Org
Invitation only
1 ceremony with
50 participants
Actual
Outcome
Strategy 1:
Welcome Back /
Encouragement
Ceremony
# of
participants
Strategy 2:
Three days of
cultural teachings
& activities
Strategy 4:
# of
participants
Survey
5 1 ceremony
with 63
participants