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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
LACREEK COLLEGE CENTER
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2015-2016
OLC Strategic Goal I: Foster Wolakolkiciyapi by incorporation Lakota spirituality, culture, and
language acquisition throughout the college and within the communities it serves.
College Center Strategic Goal I: Provide 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
Welcome Back
and
Encouragement
Lunch in the fall
and spring with
traditional
blessing of
students
Tipi Raising
Measuring
Tools
Expected
Results
Activities form
Survey
Sign in sheet
Providing
information to
students.
Flyers put up
and handed
out.
One lunch
each semester
with 35
participants.
Activities
Form
One ceremony
with 15
expected
participants
Sign in sheet
Information
provided
Flyers handed
out and put up
Seeking
permission
from the city
council.
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College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
Monthly Story
Telling by an
Elder in the
community
Activities
Form
Posters/Flyers
Sign in sheet
Surveys
10 – 20
participants
from the
student body
and their
families.
Positive Indian
Parenting Classes
Sign in sheet
6 sessions and
5 – 10
participants
per session
Activities
Form
Information
provided
Traditional Meal
Nursing Home
Christmas Care
Package (Cultural
tradition of giving
without material
gain and honoring
the elders in the
community).
Flyers put up
and handed
out
Sign in sheet
Activities
Form
Surveys
Information
provided.
Sign in sheet
Surveys
Activities
Form
Purchasing of
the gifts and
donating them.
College center
students and
staff (10 – 20
participants.)
7 – 10
participants
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
LACREEK COLLEGE CENTER
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2015-2016
OLC Strategic Goal II: Provide student support services to facilitate persistence, retention,
and completion of students 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 by 1%.
Strategies
Student
Orientation for
Fall 2015 and
Spring 2016
Measuring
Tools
Expected
Results
Activities Form
At least 25% of
students
Sign in sheet
Survey
Financial Aid
workshops
(FAFSA,
Scholarships,
Higher Ed) Fall
and Spring as
necessary
Number of
students
completing
applications
Sign in sheet
Activities Form
At least 50% of
the students
Recruitment:
increase
recruitment rate
by 1%.
Enumeration
fliers
Recruitment
one early entry
student from
local high
school.
Jump Start
Program
Distribute
100% of
brochures and
fliers
produced.
Enumeration
Brochures
1 float in the
Bennett County
Fair
Posters hung up
in the
community for
preregistration
New students
from the staff
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College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
effort of
recruitment
during the
Bennett County
Fair.
Increase retention
rate by 1%.
Utilize the
Faculty Alert
system to target
at risk students
Enumeration
of the student
plans
completed.
100%
students status
sheets
completed
Enumeration
on log sheet of
the Early Alert
sheet
Decrease the
number of
Faculty Early
Alert.
Set up a degree
plan with all
students
Enumeration
of the student
plans
completed.
100% new and
returning
students AY
2015-16
Enumeration
Increase
persistence rate students status
by 1%. Conduct sheets
critical review of
program status
sheets in order
to streamline
and strengthen
plans of study.
Conduct
critical review
of program
status sheets in
order to
streamline and
strengthen
plans of study.
Increase
completion by
1%. Create
individual plans
for students
struggling in
their classes.
100% of
individual
plans for
students
struggling in
their classes.
Enumeration of
the student
referral for
services
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
LACREEK COLLEGE CENTER
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2015-2016
OLC Strategic Goal III: 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
Student
Orientation
each
semester
Fall 15 and
Spring 16
Measuring
Tools
Student
survey
Activities
Form
Expected Results
1 orientation each
semester with
several new and
returning students
attending.
Sign in sheet
Organize
academic
and/or
college
success
workshops
based on
student
needs
To provide
information
to students of
upcoming
activities and
other events
Activities
Form
Sign in sheet
Provide
information
to students.
1 Higher Ed/
scholarship/ FAFSA
workshop with 10
expected
participants.
Workshops as
requested by
students
1 Praxis Webinar
with 5 expected
participants.
100% Feedback
results
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
LACREEK COLLEGE CENTER
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2015-2016
OLC Strategic Goal IV: Provide information and develop collaboration with internal
and external stakeholders in the OLC served communities.
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
Provide
students the
opportunity to
participate in
the governance
system
Sign in sheet
Organize and
partner with
external
interested
groups to
provide
wellness
(physical,
mental,
spiritual)
opportunities
for students to
achieve their
learning
outcomes.
Sign in sheet
Activities Form
Providing
information
Activities Form
Providing
information
Expected
Results
1 monthly
meeting with
5 students on
governance
and student
Organization
1 six-part
parenting
class focusing
on traditional
parenting
methods with
5 – 10
participants
expected.
Health and
wellness
workshops
(healthy living
habits, mental
wellness)
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
LaCreek College
Center
2015-2016 Budget
PERSONNEL
Director
Tutor/Counselor
Temp. Janitor
Office Assistant
Fringe
Workshops
Staff Travel
Adjunct Travel
Supplies
Repair &
Maintenance
Phone
Disposal Service
Water
Electric
Propane
Local Board
Stipends
Total
Projected
Requested
Modification
Total
Justification