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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
PAHIN SINTE COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
OLC Strategic Goal I: 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: Pahin Sinte College Center provide a nurturing
environment where Lakota values can be exemplified.
Strategies
Measuring
Tools
Encouragement Activity
Ceremony &
Form
Welcome back
Survey
Cook out
Expected Results
Actual Results
Improvements
to Strategy
Hold two
Encouragement
Ceremony/Welcome
Back each semester
with 52% student
body in attendance
and 100% of staff in
attendance.
Held two
Encouragement
Ceremony/Welcome
Back each semester.
Fall 2014: We had a
total of 18%
student’s
attendance and
100% of staff in
attendance.
Spring 2015: We
had a total of 30% in
student attendance
with 100% staff in
attendance.
Our
Encouragement
Ceremonies
goal of 52%
was not met
with an
additional
ceremony in
the Spring
2015. Our goal
is to keep
developing
strategies to
improve
attendance
with our
students.
Advertise
throughout the
district. Our
surveys
indicated that
ours students
want to bring
back the drum
and songs.
Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
Honoring of the
College
Graduates and
GED Graduates.
Activity
Form
Survey
Host our Annual
Honoring of the
College Graduates
and GED Graduates
at the end of Spring
Semester, with
100% students in
attendance and
100% of staff in
attendance.
Our Annual
Honoring of our
College Graduates
each Spring
semester ends with
5 out of 9 graduates
in attendance with 2
student
organization
members in
attendance. 100% of
staff in attendance.
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This strategy is
ongoing every
year to honor
our graduates.
For the Spring 2015
will graduate a total
of 9 Graduates.
1-Nursing
1-Early Childhood
4-Tribal Law
1-General
Construction
1-Automotive
1-Lakota Studies
Academic
Awards
Numeration
of Awards
Conferred
Hold on End of the
Year Academic
Awards Day and
Cook-out.
Awarded 38
Academic
Achievement for
Fall 2014.
Awarded 36
Academic
Achievement for the
Spring 2015
semesters.
This strategy in
on going every
year. This year
our Awards
will be passed
out to all the
students.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
PAHIN SINTE COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY 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 II: Provides access to a diverse set of information resources to
support students’ achievement of their learning outcomes.
College Center Strategic Objective: Pahin Sinte College Center will hold a variety of
orientations and workshops for students.
Strategies
Measuring
Tools
Hold one
orientation for
new Entering
Freshman each
semester.
Sign in Sheet
Activity Form
Survey
Expected
Results
Actual Results
Improvements to
Strategy
Our goal is to
have 100 % of
all entering
freshman
participate in the
new student
orientation.
Held 2 New
Entering
Freshman
Orientations: On
August 21, 2014
we hosted our
entering
Freshman
Orientation and
had a 67%
participation rate
for the Fall2014
semester.
We know that our
students all have
families and we need
to set a realistic goal
of at least 75%
participation.
Our strategy is to
advertise more to
bring up our goal.
This also
encompassed the
orientation syllabus
for direction. Along
with developing a
calendar for
orientation.
On January 14,
2015 we hosted
our entering
Freshman
Orientation and
had a 50%
participation rate
for the Spring
2015 orientation.
Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
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Hold one
orientation for
continuing
students
Sign in Sheet
Activity Form
Survey
Host one student
orientation for
continuing
students each
semester with
52%
participation.
In the Fall 2014
semester we
hosted a
Freshman
Orientation on
November 18,
2014. In which we
had 16%
participation.
We did not met our
goal of 52%
participation with our
Freshman Orientation
students but we will
continue to hold the
orientations. We will
try different
strategies to engage
all students.
Organize
academic college
success
workshops.
Sign in sheet
Activity Form
Survey
Host two
workshops per
semester.
1) Women
Empowerment
2) Men
Empowerment
Due to presenters
being unavailable
the workshops
have been
postpone until the
2015/2016
academic year.
We schedule them
on our calendar for
2015/2016
academic year.
Host two
academic
college success
workshops per
semester.
1) Time
Management
2) Financial
Literacy
Hosted four
academic
workshop:
Fall 2014:
September 9, 2015
Windows
8/Scholarship
Training with 6
participants.
Spring 2015:
March 5, 2015 Test
Anxiety Workshop
with 5 Participants.
April 30, 2015
Career Workshop
with 10
Participants.
May 6 2015
Financial Literacy
with 7 Participants.
Respondents found
the tools in
workshop to be
very resourceful in
everyday life.
Continue to Survey
our students to meet
their needs. Need to
figure out a plan to
increase student
attendance. Host 2
workshop a semester.
Organize student
success
workshops.
Activity Form
Survey
Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
Student
Organization
Sign in Sheets
Minutes
Hold 4
meetings per
semester.
Met 100% of
required meetings.
Sign in Sheets
Sponsor 4
Student
Organization
events per
semester.
Met 95% required
events, hosting 4
events per
semester:
Fall 2014:
Labor Day Bike
Ride
Halloween Contest
Turkey Trot
Thanksgiving
Dinner
Spring 2015:
Valentines Grams
Community Easter
Dinner
Honoring of
Graduates.
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Continue to work
with student
engagement.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
PAHIN SINTE COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY 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: The College Center staff will foster student preparedness,
academic planning, and involvement in the life of the college.
College Center Strategic Objective: Counselors use and individualized approach to increase
recruitment, retention, persistence and completion.
Strategies
Measuring
Expected Results
Actual Results
Improvements
Tools
to Strategy
Increase
Sign off Sheet Increase Brochure
We did recruitment Our goal is to
Recruitment Enumeration
distribution Develop through
increase
by 2%
of Brochures
more brochures,
advertisement
brochure
Distributed.
Advertise by going
posting registration distribution,
door to door
at our cap office,
advertise door
advertising along
post office and our
to door also
with utilizing the
local grocery store.
utilizing the
Postal Service.
Along with posting
Postal Service.
Do recruitment at
in our elementary
Do recruitment
our annual powschools.
at our annual
wow.
pow-wow.
Increase
Enumeration
Complete all entering Fall 2014 semester
Keep and
Retention by of currently
freshman students’
we had a total of 18 Process all
2%
enrolled
advising sheets.
entering Freshman. individual
students.
Spring 2015
plans in
semester we had a
student folders
total of 5 entering
in order to
freshman. Tracked
keep all
100% of all entering students and
freshman students’
staff abreast of
advising sheets.
their status
sheets.
Retain 80%
Enumeration
Hold midterm review Retained 26
Strategy in to
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
of Freshman
Students
Increase
Persistence
rate by 2%.
Mentorship
of currently
enrolled
students.
and tutoring
services.
Student Count
Monitor Return Rate
from Fall to Spring
Semester.
Fall 2014 we had a
total of 17
Freshman continue
through the Spring
2014 semester.
keep the 80%
of Freshman
Students.
Continue to
Monitor return
rate from Fall
to Spring
Semester.
Excel
Worksheet
Tracked 100%
program status
sheets in order to
align all courses and
students
Advised/Counseled
all 216 students on
the importance of
taking only their
classes on their
status sheets.
Completed a
course track
sheet. Need to
modify the
track sheet for
accessibility
needs.
Survey
Courses
100% of all students
Surveyed.
Surveyed all 216
students’ course
needs and offered
classes to complete
their status sheets
Develop a
calendar of
scheduled
courses.
Sign in Sheets
Mentorship for all
students.
Fall 2014 – We held
20 tutor Labs along
with 20
individualized tutor
sessions.
Spring 2015 we
increased the 91
individualized tutor
sessions. And 14
held 14 tutor labs.
We develop a
set weekly
schedule for
tutor labs. Our
weekly
schedule had to
be adjust to
student needs.
Fall 2014- We had
Held a meeting
Develop a schedule
for tutoring and labs.
Mentorship
Freshman students
out of 34 for the Fall
2014 semester.
Retained 37
Freshman student
out of 43 for the
Spring 2015
semester.
Early Alerts
Schedule student
Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
8
Con’t
Enumeration
meetings.
31 early alerts: 26
due to attendance
and 5 general
concern.
Spring 2015- Total
of 40 early alerts: 30
due to attendance, 4
general concern, 1
grades and 1 other.
with students
to talk over
with them our
alert and ask if
we could help
and reminded
them how
important their
education is
and emphasis
we are here to
help them.
Increase
Completion
by 2%.
Enumeration
of currently
enrolled
students.
100% Completed
Student Status
Sheets.
100 % Completed
Evaluation for 216
students.
Offer math and
reading review
labs along with
academic
workshops.
Student Count
Fall 2014 and Spring
2014 Enrollment
was 216 with 18
potential graduates.
Graduated 9
students in the
Spring 2014
semester. Giving us
a graduation rate of
1%.
Strategies to
improve
graduation
rate. Ongoing
improvements
to increase
graduation
rate.
OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE
PAHIN SINTE COLLEGE CENTER YEARLY ACTION PLAN:
AY 2014-2015
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
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: Pahin Sinte College Center will develop and maintain
partnership for student wellness and development.
Strategies
Provides
students the
opportunity to
participate in
the governance
system.
Measuring
Tools
Expected
Results
Actual Results
Sign in Sheet
Hold four
monthly student
organization
meeting per
semester.
Fall 2014 –Held 4
monthly student
organization
meetings.
Spring 2015 –
Held 4 monthly
student
organization
meetings.
Sign in Sheet
Attend two
Student Senate
Meetings per
semester.
Sign in Sheet
Attend two
Student
Representatives
Meetings per
semester.
Improvements
to Strategy
Met our goal
with a 100%
attendance. We
need to
encourage
students to
become more
activity
involved with
student
Fall 2014 – Spring organization.
2015 Attended 2
Emphasis to all
Student Senate
students that
meetings per
this college is
semester.
their college
and they do
Fall 2014 – Spring have a vested
2015 Attended
interest.
two Student
Decimate all
Representative
governance
meeting per
information.
semester.
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.
Sign in Sheets
Hold 1 Alcohol
and Drug Free
Walk
Sign in Sheets
Start a walking
club for students
and staff.
Do to time
constraints we
did not
Bring in an
implement these
Acupuncture for activities.
a wellness.
Sign in Sheets
Held 1 Alcohol
and Drug Free
Walk .Partner
with Porcupine
Day School and
Rockyford
Elementary
School. Had a
total of 13
elementary
students along
with 5 student
organization
members and 3
staff members.
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We cherish all
our partnership
with all entities
with the Oglala
Oyate. We are
grateful to all of
them and their
participation,
time and
donations.
We scheduled
the walking club
and the
acupuncture for
the Fall 20152016 year.
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Oglala Lakota College
College Center Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP)
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
College Center
Pahin Sinte
2014-15 Budget
244,628.00
PERSONNEL
Projected
Requested
Modification
Total
Director
52.455.00
52,455.00
Counselor
35,031.00
35,031.00
GED Tutor
30,608.00
30,608.00
Janitor
19,867.00
19,867.00
Vehicle
34,000.00
34,000.00
Fringe
41,388.00
41,388.00
Travel – Staff
2,450.00
2,450.00
Travel – Adjunct
7,500.00
27.04
7,527.40
Supplies
3,300.00
161.25
3,461.25
Workshops
400.00
Repair &
Maintenance
1,100.00
Phone
2,700.00
2,700.00
Electric
3,200.00
3,200.00
Propane
2,000.00
2,000.00
Water & Sewer
1,400.00
1,400.00
Local Board
Stipends
Textbooks
4,500.00
4,500.00
200.00
200.00
Student
Organization
Student Cost
2,229.00
2,229.00
300.00
300.00
Total
244,628.00
244,841.29
400.00
25.00
1,125.00
Justification