SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Articulations And Partnerships | |
| Network with community colleges to increase Health and Kinesiology programs awareness and partnerships development Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Partnerships Completed Health and Kinesiology programs articulation agreement placed on the SHSU official articulation web page. |
| Criteria | Networking Health and Kinesiology articulation agreements finalized and published on SHSU articulation web page. |
| Finding | Networking Published department''s articulation of academic programs on the SHSU Articulation Web page. |
| Action | Recruitment Activities Continue to foster and build multi-level collaborative partnerships for the purposes of recruiting students and faculty. |
| Objective | Increase Faculty Size | |
| Increase the number of tenured track faculty members to teach in the Health academic programs. Associated Goals: Faculty Excellence |
| Indicator | Hiring New Faculty Successful negotiation of contracts with new full-time faculty members. |
| Criteria | Faculty Hiring New full-time faculty members are successfully hired in the department of Health and Kinesiology. |
| Finding | Faculty Hiring One new highly qualified full-time tenured track Health faculty was hired for the 2007-2008 academic year. |
| Action | Expanding Faculty To continue to recruit and hire highly qualified faculty to teach in the Health & Kinesiology Department. |
| Objective | Faculty Scholarship | |
| Increase activity by Health and Kinesiology faculty in presentations, publications, grants submitted, and dollars awarded. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Faculty Presentations Support and encourage Health and Kinesiology faculty to increase number of presentations and increase funds for travel to professional conferences. |
| Criteria | Presentations 80% of the Health and Kinesiology faculty will make at least one professional presentation during the 2007-2008 academic year. Travel funds will be increased from previous year. |
| Finding | Presentations All tenured and tenure- track faculty in the department are making an average of two or more professional presentations annually. |
| Indicator | Faculty Publications Support and encourage Health and Kinesiology faculty to increase number of faculty publications. |
| Criteria | Publications 80% of the Health and Kinesiology faculty will have at least one (1) published publication during the 2007-2008 academic year. |
| Finding | Publications All tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Department of Health and Kinesiology are actively engaged in producing scholarly products in their sub-disciplines. |
| Indicator | Faculty Service Increased numbers of Health and Kinesiology faculty are serving and seeking to serve as leaders and committee members in professional organizations. |
| Criteria | Professional Service 70% of Health and Kinesiology faculty will have service engagement in one or more professional organizations. |
| Finding | Professional Service 100% of faculty are assigned to numerous professional committees at the local and state levels. |
| Action | Presentation Continue to support faculty presentations. Seek additional funds to support faculty travel to present their research. Department increased faculty travel from $1000.00 per faculty, to 1500.00 per faculty for 2008-2009. Presentation data will be used for annual FES and merit consideration. |
| Action | Publications Continue to support faculty research and publications. Encourage faculty to seek out more Tier I and II journals to have their work published. Data will be used for annual FES, promotions and tenure, and merit consideration. |
| Objective | Student Knowledge | |
| Students will enhance skills and increase knowledge to achieve a successful internship experience. Associated Goals: Quality And Effectiveness |
| Indicator | Student Internship Students perform successfully at an approved internship site. |
| Criteria | Field Experience Required hours of the field experience are: health major - 400 hours, health minor - 200 hours, graduate health major - 300 hours, kinesiology (exercise science) - 480 hours, graduate sport management - 6 credit hours. |
| Finding | Internship All interns received a rating of "above average" or "excellent" from the agency internship supervisors. |
| Action | Internship Continue to monitor the successful internship experience of students and modify if needed. |
| Objective | Degree Programs | |
| Examine and modify degree programs in the department to comply with state requirements. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Undergraduate Degree Program Reduction in undergraduate degree requirements for graduation as a result of state mandate. |
| Criteria | Degree Plans Reduction Undergraduate degree programs meet the 120 hours state mandate. |
| Finding | Degree Plans Reduction All degree plan options in the Department of Health and Kinesiology are reduced to the 120 hour state mandate. |
| Action | Degree Plans Reduction Inform students of this change. Include 120 degree plans in the 2008-2010 undergraduate catalog. Adjust the articulation agreement to reflect 120 degree plans. Continue to update course content in each of the 120 degree plans as needed. |
| Objective | Increase Enrollments | |
| Implement recruitment plan to increase enrollment in undergraduate and graduate Health and Kinesiology programs. Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Recruitment Of Students Log all recruitment activities and numbers of brochures used to recruit undergraduate and graduate students. |
| Criteria | Recruitment Activities Department will participate in at least five recruitment events during 2007-2008. |
| Finding | Recruitment Activities The Department had visibility at the following recruitment events: SHSU Destination Graduation – Spring 07, Fall 07, Spring 08, Fall 08 Saturday @ SAM – Spring 07, Fall 07, Spring 08, Fall 08 Five;(5) off-campus visits - Spring 07, Fall 07, Spring 08, Fall 08 [(2) Off campus visits were in Harris and Leon counties.] |
| Action | Student Recruitment Department faculty will be encouraged to participate in numerous events on campus for the purpose of recruiting undergraduate and graduate students to the various program tracks in the Department of Health and Kinesiology Academic programs. |
| Objective | Professional Service | |
| Increased numbers of Health and Kinesiology faculty serving and seeking to serve as leaders and committee members in professional organizations Associated Goals: Visibility And Impact |
| Indicator | Professional Service Count the number of committee assignments reported on FES and compare to previous year. |
| Criteria | Professional Service 70% of faculty will have service activity in one or more professional organizations. |
| Finding | Professional Service 100% of full-time faculty were engaged in one or more professional organizations during the 2007-2008 academic year. (Source: FES) |
| Action | Professional Service To continue to seek support for faculty who provide external scholarly service. |