SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Faculty Scholarship | |
| Increase activity by Health faculty in presentations, publication, grants submitted, and dollars awarded.
Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Presentations Count number of presentations and grant applications reported on 2006 FES and compare to FES 2005 presentations/grants data. |
| Criteria | Presentations 80% of the Health faculty will make at least one professional presentation during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
| Finding | Presentations Target met. All of the faculty made at least two or more professional presentations during the 2006-2007 academic year. Travel funds were increased from $600.00 to $1000.00 per faculty member. |
| Indicator | Faculty Publications Count the number of publications reported on 2006 FES and compare to 2005 publications reported on FES. |
| Criteria | Publications 80% of the Health faculty will have at least one professional publication during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
| Finding | Publications All tenure and tenure-track faculty are actively engaged in producing scholarly products in their sub-disciplines. |
| Action | Presentations Continue to support faculty presentations. Seek additional funds to support faculty travel to present their research. Department increased faculty from $1000.00 to $1500.00 per faculty member for 2007-2008. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Action | Publications Continue to support faculty research and publications. Encourage health faculty to seek out more tier I and II journals for their work to be published. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion and tenure and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Professional Service | |
| Increased number of Health faculty servicing and seeking to serve as leaders and committee member in professional organizations.
Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Service Count the number of committee assignments reported on FES by Health faculty and compare to previous year. |
| Criteria | Professional Service 70% of Health faculty will have service engagement in one or more professional organizations. |
| Finding | Professional Service Target met. All Health faculty members are assigned to several University and professional committees. |
| Action | Professional Service Continue to support and encourage service contributions from all faculty. Seek meaningful incentives for faculty that are highly engaged in service activities. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Teaching Effectiveness | |
| Full-time tenure-track faculty will score above the national average on the IDEA teacher evaluation instrument. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Teaching Scores Teaching scores obtained from IDEA Evaluation Instrument. |
| Criteria | IDEA Scores 80% of full-time faculty will score at or above the national average on the IDEA teacher evaluation instrument. |
| Finding | IDEA Scores Target met. All of the full-time tenure-track scored at or above the national average on the IDEA Evaluation Instrument. |
| Action | IDEA Scores Continue to support and provide resources to sustain teaching effectiveness for all health faculty. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion and tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Employment Opportunities | |
| Offer appropriate courses in the curriculum(core, degree specific, major, and minor) which adequately prepare students to work in the fitness setting. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Measurement And Assessment The following will be collected for measurement and assessment: student’s overall grade point average, student’s major grade point average, student’s minor grade point average, and passing rate for any health or fitness related certification exam. |
| Criteria | Evaluation Success will be represented by: overall, major, and minor grade point average of 2.0 or greater, and seventy percent passing rate on health or fitness certification exams. |
| Finding | Evaluation Health BA (Fitness) students with a grade point average of 2.0 or greater in their major and minor successfully met the target and was approved for graduation. None of the Health BA (Fitness) students took the health or fitness certification exams during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
| Action | Evaluation Continue to assist students with their academic studies by providing instructional support, resources, and information. |
| Objective | Internship | |
| Provide quality internship experience for all Health fitness students. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Internship Evaluation Evaluation provided by internship supervisor. |
| Criteria | Internship Performance 80% of health interns will receive a rating of satisfactory or better by internship supervisor. |
| Finding | Internship Performance Agency supervisors rated the interns'' work performance, and professional qualities as above average or exceptional. |
| Action | Internship Performance Continue to foster and build multi-level collaborative partnerships for the health internship program. Data will be used to make program adjustments and improvements as needed. |
| Objective | Collaborative Partnerships | |
| Network with community colleges to increase awareness of health programs and cultivate multi-leave collaborative partnerships.
Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Partnerships Finalized Health articulation agreements are published on SHSU web-site. |
| Criteria | Networking Health articulation agreements are finalized and published on SHSU articulation web site. |
| Finding | Community Colleges Community college partners reported positive and favorable remarks regarding the published articulation agreements. |
| Action | Partnership Network with community colleges to increase awareness of health programs and cultivate multi-leave collaborative partnerships. |
| Objective | Program Growth | |
| Implement recruitment plan to increase enrollment in undergraduate Health BS Fitness programs.
Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Recruitment Of Students Log all recruitment activities and number of brochures used to recruit undergraduate and graduated students. View enrollment numbers for all Health academic programs (undergraduate and graduate). |
| Criteria | Recruitment of Students Department of Health will participate in at least five recruitment events during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
| Finding | Recruitment of Students The department of Health faculty attended a total of thirteen (13) events during 2006-2007 for the purpose of student recruitment. |
| Action | Recruitment of Students Continue to foster and build multi-level collaborative partnerships for the purpose of recruiting students and faculty. |