SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Faculty Scholarship | |
| Increase activity by Health faculty in presentations, publications, grant applications, and dollars awarded.
Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Presentations Count number of presentations and grant applications reported on 2006 FES and compare to 2005 FES presentations/grant 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. The entire Health faculty made two or more professional presentations during the 2006-07 academic year. Travel funds were increased from $600 to $1,000 per faculty member. |
| Indicator | Faculty Publications Count the number of publications reported on 2006 FES and compare to 2005 FES reported publications. |
| Criteria | Publications 80% of the Health faculty will have at least one professional publication during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
| Finding | Publications All full-time tenure track Health faculty are actively engaged in producing scholarly products. 100% of health faculty had at least one publication during the 2006-2007 academic year. |
| Action | Presentations Continue to support faculty presentations and to seek additional funds to support faculty travel to present their research. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/ tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Action | Publications Continue to promote and encourage faculty excellence in scholarships. Encourage faculty to seek publishing in tier 1 & 2 journals. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Professional Service | |
| Increased number of Health faculty service contributions at the University and in the profession.
Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Service Count number of committee assignments reported on 2006 FES and compare to previous year. |
| Criteria | Professional Service 70% of Health faculty will have an increase in their committee assignments. |
| Finding | Professional Service Target met. All Health faculty members are serving on two or more university and/or professional committee. |
| Action | Professional Service Continue to support and encourage service contributions by all Health 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 Health faculty will score at or above the national average on the IDEA teacher evaluation instrument. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Faculty Teaching Faculty teaching scores obtained from IDEA will be evaluated to determine if scores are at or above the national average. |
| Criteria | IDEA Scores 80% of full-time Health faculty will score at or above the national average on the IDEA teacher evaluation instrument. |
| Finding | IDEA Score Target met. All full-time Health tenure-track faculty scored at or above the national average on the IDEA teacher evaluation instrument. |
| Action | IDEA Scores Continue to support faculty excellence in teaching. Data will be used for annual FES, promotion/tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Health Education Course | |
| Students will think critically about their own health perspectives, behaviors, and experiences. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Health Course Students enrolled in HED 166 will develop a personal health narrative. |
| Criteria | Requirements Students will receive a grade of "B" or better or narrative. |
| Finding | Health Narrative Results All students developed a personal health narrative and received a grade of "B" or better. |
| Action | Health Education Course Continue to monitor student success and make modifications as needed. |
| Objective | Collaborative Partnerships | |
| Networking with community colleges and other constituencies to increase Health BS program awareness and cultivate multi-level collaborative partnerships. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Partnerships Finalized Health BS articulation agreements are published on SHSU web-page. |
| Criteria | Networking Health BS articulation agreements are finalized and published on SHSU web-page. |
| Finding | Community Colleges Community college partners reported positive and favorable remarks regarding the published articulation agreement. |
| Action | Collaboration Continue to increase visibility and impact of Health BS program by building multi-level collaborative partnerships. |