SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Faculty Teaching | |
| Faculty will have a teaching rating/score at or above the College of Education average. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | IDEA Teaching Score BS Sports Medicine students and the Department Chair will annually evaluate the teaching effectiveness of each faculty member. |
| Criteria | Teaching Effectiveness 80% of the faculty teaching courses in the BS Sports Medicine program will have a teaching score at or above the College of Education average. |
| Finding | Teaching Effectiveness All faculty teaching courses in the BS Sports Medicine program obtained a teaching score at or above the College of Education average (FES data). |
| Action | Teaching Effectiveness Identify and implement creative mechanisms in an effort to assist faculty with sustaining teacher effectiveness. |
| Objective | Hiring New Faculty | |
| Recruit and hire qualified faculty to teach in BS Sports Medicine program. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Increased Faculty Size Successful negotiations of contracts with new full-time faculty. |
| Criteria | Increase Faculty Size Successfully recruited and hired two highly qualified full-time faculty to teach in kinesiology. |
| Finding | Increase Faculty Size Successfully recruited and hired two highly qualified full-time faculty to teach Kinesiology department. Target met. |
| Action | Increase Faculty Size Continue to recruit and maintain highly qualified faculty to teach in the Kinesiology Department. |
| Objective | Instructional Resources | |
| Purchase additional equipment and supplies support instruction in the BS Sports Medicine program. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Instructional Support Bids and purchased orders processed for the selected equipment and instructional supplies to the purchased. |
| Criteria | Equipment/Supplies Purchased Purchased the following equipment to support instruction in the BS Sport Medicine program: Bod Pod, four manikins replacement parts, one complete skeleton, five joint models. |
| Finding | Equipment/Supplies Purchased Purchased major equipment and supplies to support in structure in the BS Sports Medicine program. |
| Action | Resources Support Purchase additional equipment and supplies support instruction in the BS Sports Medicine program. |
| Objective | Reduction In Degree Requirement | |
| Reduce BS Sports Medicine degree requirements. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Refine Curriculum Reduced BS Sports Medicine degree requirements to 120 Hour Degree Plan. |
| Criteria | 120 Hour Degree Plan BS Sports Medicine is a 120 Hour Degree Plan, per state mandate. |
| Finding | 120 Hour Degree Plan BS Sports Medicine curriculum meets the 120 Hour Degree Plan state mandate. |
| Action | 120 Hour Degree Plan BS Sports Medicine curriculum will continue to be reviewed and modified to keep content relevant and current. |
| Action | Reduction In Degree Requirement Kinesiology faculty will advise students of the new 120 hour degree plan for a B.S in Sports Medicine. |
| Objective | Visibility | |
| Revise and update BS Sports Medicine web-page. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Heighten Visibility Redesign and update kinesiology web-page to heighten visibility and recruitment efforts for the BS Sports Medicine program. |
| Criteria | Enhanced Visibility Kinesiology web-page has been updated and promotes enhanced visibility of the BS Sports Medicine program. |
| Finding | Enhanced Visibility Kinesiology web-page has been revised and promotes a greater visibility of the BS Sports Medicine program. |
| Action | Enhance Visibility Continue to monitor and update all Kinesiology academic program via department web-page. |