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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
LACREEK COLLEGE CENTER
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
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
Fall 2014
Welcome Back
and
Encouragement
Lunch
Spring 2015
Welcome Back
and
Encouragement
Lunch
Tipi Raising
Measuring
Tools
# of
ceremonies
and # of
participants,
and a sign in
sheet with a
survey
Expected
Results
Actual Results
One lunch with Fall - One
35
Welcome Back
participants.
and
Encouragement
Lunch with 20
participants.
Spring – One
Lunch with 17
participants.
# ceremony
and #
participated,
and a sign in
sheet with a
survey
One ceremony
with 15
expected
participants
1 ceremony and 9
participated
Improvements
to Strategy
Hand out fliers
when students
register, remind
them of book
store day.
Encourage
participation.
Arrange for
someone to come
in and offer
prayers and
blessings for the
semester.
Post
announcement
date sooner and
encourage more
people to get
involved. Use
verbal
announcements.
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Positive Indian
Parenting Classes
6 sessions and
5 – 10
participants
per session
6 sessions and
5 – 10
participants
per session
6 sessions with 12
participants
attending per
session
Use a sign in
sheet to
document # of
participants, also
a survey for
planning of
future classes
Traditional Meal
provided by
Lakota Culture
Class
# attended
Whole class
and
community
members
invited
20 attended
Nursing Home
Christmas Care
Package (Cultural
tradition of giving
without material
gain and honoring
the elders in the
community).
# of
participants
7 – 10
participants
Three students
volunteered their
time and money to
purchase the gifts
for the nursing
home care
packages. Seven
students enjoyed
compiling the gifts
into the gift boxes.
Four students
delivered the
boxes to the
nursing home on
Christmas Eve.
Try to get more
community
members and
students
involved by
posting fliers and
using social
media to let
people know
about the event.
No improvement
needed.
Observation of
reactions of
recipients of
the gifts.
The elders in the
nursing home
were very
excited and
grateful to
receive their gift
boxes, the joy in
the room and the
expressions on
their faces were
priceless.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
LACREEK COLLEGE CENTER
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
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
Measuring
Tools
Student
Orientation for
Fall 2014
Target all new
students (HS
and GED)
Expected
Results
Actual Results
Improvements to
Strategy
At least 25% of
students
7 of 17 students
participated in
the fall and
several returning
students were
contacted on a
one to one basis.
Encourage more
involvement by fliers
and word of mouth
during registration.
Student
Orientation for
Spring 2015
Recruitment:
increase
recruitment rate
by 1%.
Advertise
registration
during the
Bennett County
Fair Parade with
a float.
Target all new
students (early
entry, HS,
GED).
Preparing high
school students
for college.
Fall semester
there was one
early entry
student with 2
additional
students
interested in
early entry.
Spring
semester there
were 2 early
entry students.
7 of 7 new
students
participated in
the spring
orientation.
Returning
students were
contacted on a
one to one basis.
One completed 6
credit hours in
the fall 2014.
One completed 6
hours in the
spring and one
completed 3
hours in the
spring 2015.
Informing high
school students of the
opportunity for Early
Entry, dual credits,
and the Jump Start
Program.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
Increase
retention rate by
1%. Utilize the
Faculty Alert
system to target
at risk students
Set up a degree
plan with all
students
Increase
persistence rate
by 1%. 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.
# of completed
course study
plans and # of
course level
retention rate
by 1%
Review status
sheets and
degree plan in
order to
increase
persistence by
1%
Status sheets
will be
reviewed and
streamlined in
order to
increase
persistence by
1% annually.
Provide
individual
guidance and
counseling in
order to
increase
completion
rates by 1%
annually.
Fall 2014: 77
students
completed
individual
plans
1% course
level retention
All new and
returning
students for
Fall 2014
Meeting notes
to document
discussion and
changes.
Revised status
sheets.
Fall - 77
completed
individual
plans; 100%
course
completion
level.
Spring – 65
completed
individual
plans; 100%
course
completion
level.
14 of 17 course
study plans
completed on
new students. 10
course study
plans done on
returning
students (new
status sheets).
Keep records
updated from
semester to
semester.
Fall - 77 students
counted after
100% drop.
Review advising/log
sheets with all
students during
midterm and end of
semester.
Spring – 65
students counted
after 100% drop.
Conducted
critical review of
status sheets in
order to
streamline and
strengthen plans
of study.
77 students
started after the
100% drop
period.
Educational
plans (status
sheets) were
completed with
those 77
students. 23 of
those students
dropped
throughout the
semester. 3
students
transferred to
other centers so
we were left with
51 students
completing their
courses.
73 students
Advising/Counseling
Log Sheets reviewed
demonstrate the
inability to reach all
candidates following
the traditional
advising system
(mid-semester and
registration
periods).
Organize training for
counselors on when
and how to complete
individual plans.
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College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
registered for the
Spring semester.
8 dropped at
100% leaving 65
students to start
the semester. 9
students
dropped
throughout the
semester and 2
transferred
leaving 54
students
completing their
courses.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
LACREEK COLLEGE CENTER
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
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
Fall 2014
Student
Orientation
Spring 2015
Student
Orientation
Organize
academic
and/or
college
success
workshops
based on
student
needs
Measuring
Tools
# of
participants
per
orientations
# of
workshops; #
of
participants;
participant
feedback form
results
Expected Results
1 orientation with
several new and
returning students
attending.
1 Higher Ed
workshop with 10
expected
participants.
1 Praxis Webinar
with 5 expected
participants.
1 Portfolio workshop
with 8 students
attending (this was
requested by the Ed
Dept students here
at LaCreek).
Scholarship
workshop.
Actual Results
One orientation
with 7 students was
held in the fall and
in the spring with 7
students attending
also to inform the
students about how
to become
successful. Ongoing
orientation
throughout the
semester is held on
a 1:1 basis with
each student as
needed.
1 Higher Ed
workshop was held.
The representative
was here to help
students
understand the
process of Higher
Ed. 8 students
attended.
1 Praxis Webinar
was held and 2
students
participated.
Five students
attended the
Portfolio workshop.
Improvements
to Strategy
Let students
know during
registration
and offer door
prizes. Surveys
must be done.
Add more
workshops
based on topics
indicated by
participants on
the feedback
form. Surveys
must be done.
Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
FAFSA workshop.
OST Higher
Education Workshop
Feedback results
A scholarship
workshop was held
in the spring with
30+ students
participating over
the course of a week
to assist students
with their
scholarship
applications.
A FAFSA workshop
was held over the
course of a week to
help students with
their online FAFSA
applications. 12
students
participated during
that time frame.
A representative
from OST Higher ED
came and was here
to assist students
with their Higher Ed
applications. Eight
students
participated on that
day.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
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
# of
participants, #
of orientations,
participant
feedback form
results
Organize and
partner with
external
interested
groups to
provide
wellness
(physical,
mental,
spiritual)
opportunities
for students to
achieve their
learning
outcomes.
# of
partnerships
# of
participants
Feedback form
results
Expected
Results
Actual Results
Improvements
to Strategy
1 meeting
each month
with 5
students on
governance
and student
Organization
3 officers/students
attending per
student
organization
meeting
Hand out
information on
OLC governance
structure and
student
governance
structure roles
and
responsibilities.
Volunteering
time. Surveys
must be done.
1 partnership
with 50
participants.
Feedback
form results.
1 workshop with
35 students and
community
members receiving
forms. Partnered
with IHS.
Results: 35
community
members received
the IHS health care
waiver form and all
were glad to receive
it as they didn’t
know where to get
them.
Follow up with
suggested
topics indicated
by participants
on the feedback
form and
possibly do a
survey at the
beginning of the
semester to
gauge topics of
interest from
the students.
Surveys must be
done.
1 six-part
parenting
class focusing
on traditional
parenting
methods with
5 – 10
participants
expected.
One political
rally was held
with 20
expected
participants.
One 6 part
parenting class was
held with up to 12
participants varying
on a daily basis. The
classes were well
Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
A Biggest
Loser
Challenge was
held to raise
health
awareness
within the
college center
students and
staff and
among the
community
members.
attended. Partnered
with OST Housing
Authority.
Rick Weiland held a
political rally at LCC
to inform
constituents about
his positions on
topics of interest
within our
community. There
were 16 attendees.
A good portion of
these were
students.
There were 2
students, 3 staff,
and 3 community
members who
participated in the
Biggest Loser
Challenge.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
LaCreek College
Center 2014/2015
End of March 2015
PERSONNEL
Projected
Requested
Modification
Total(end
Of December
2014)
Total (end of
March 2015)
Director
47,168.00
50,301.00
14,000.36
30,403.56
Counselor
40,194.00
43,327.00
12,170.84
26,250.84
Janitor
23,452.00
17,871.00
6.160.55
12,914.55
Office Assistant
20,000.00
29.847.00
9.300.44
20,257.24
Fringe
41,494.00
44,654.00
11,363.96
26,518.10
0.00
42.29
Workshops
200.00
Staff Travel
4,150.00
1,886.84
3,361.56
Adjunct Travel
3,000.00
1,098.72
1,715.70
Supplies
3,000.00
595.16
1,505.86
Repair & Maintenance
2,500.00
660.58
1,381.59
Phone
2,500.00
1.134.15
2,318.17
Disposal Service Water
2,200.00
381.84
Electric
4,600.00
1.114.29
2,402.80
Propane
3,500.00
766.00
3,404.00
Local Board Stipends
4,000.00
2.221.53
3,987.87
201,958.00
62,855.26
137,387.69
923.56
Total