SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Customer Satisfaction | |
| Measure customer satisfaction in all EDLC masters and doctoral level programs and specializations. Associated Goals: Customer Satisfaction |
| Indicator | Assess Employer Satisfaction At Year 3 At the end of the third year, survey employers of graduates from the EDLC masters and doctoral programs to determine their level of satisfaction with the professional performance of graduates. |
| Criteria | Employer Satisfaction measure Survey measurement of employer''s satisfaction with graduates and preparation programs. Needed for SACS, CACREP and other accreditations |
| Finding | Customer Satisfaction Surveys of employers are will be conducted next year. |
| Indicator | IDEA Evaluations Of Faculty Students complete the IDEA Evaluation during fall and spring semesters to assess faculty. |
| Criteria | IDEA scores of faculty IDEA assessments completed by students, evaluating the effectiveness of instruction in class at both the master''s and doctoral level. |
| Finding | IDEA Evaluations of Faculty All full-time faculty in the EDLC Department meet or exceed the University''s average IDEA Evaluation score. |
| Indicator | Student Intern Evaluation Of Supervisor |
| Criteria | Student evaluation of supervisors Students in master''s and doctoral level internships, for both counseling and educational leadership, evaluate their field supervisors |
| Finding | Student Intern Evaluation of Supervisor Students in the master''s and doctoral internships respond to a site supervisor evaluation. |
| Indicator | Student Satisfaction, Exit And 3 Year To determine student satisfaction with the EDLC programs, students complete an assessment when they complete the program and at 3 years after graduation. |
| Criteria | Student satisfaction measure Between 30% to 50% of all students completing a master''s or doctoral degree will complete a survey assessing their satisfaction with the EDLC program and department. |
| Finding | Student Satisfaction, Exit and 3 Year All students graduating from the programs in the EDLC Department receive a program satisfaction survey. Students express satisfaction with the programs and believe the programs prepared them for their current positions. |
| Indicator | Survey Advisory Committee Members Survey members of the advisory committee for all master's and doctoral level programs concerning their satisfaction with the EDLC programs and specializations. |
| Criteria | Program effectiveness and customer satisfaction Advisory committees of master''s and doctoral programs provide feedback on program effectiveness and customer satisfaction |
| Finding | Survey Advisory Committee Members All of the programs in the EDLC Department meet annually with their advisory committee and receive feedback about the program content, the field, and offer suggestions for modifications. |
| Action | Create an online Employer Satisfaction Survey Create an online Employer Satisfaction Survey to encourage employers to conplete the survey. |
| Action | Customer Satisfaction Employers of graduates will be surveyed every 3 years. |
| Objective | Enhance Academic Program Quality | |
| Students will pass certification exams with 100% level for all programs. Associated Goals: Enhance Academic Program Quality, Plan And Promote Quality |
| Indicator | Successful Completion Of Certification Exams EDLC students will pass the certification exams with 100% level for all programs. |
| Criteria | Certification Exams for EDLC Students All EDLC students will successfully complete the certification examination at the 100% level. |
| Finding | Pass Rates for Certificaton Exams During 2007, the pass rate for EDLC students taking certification exams was between 96% and 100%. |
| Action | Alignment of curriculum EDLC faculty in all programs will continue to monitor, evaluation, and align curriculum with performance standards of the certification exams. |
| Action | Monitor Pass Rates Counseling program faculty will monitor results of LPC and LMFT state exams and monitor program to maintain 90% pass rate on both exams. |
| Objective | FES | |
| All faculty will meet or exceed expectations in each FES area: research, teaching, and service. Associated Goals: Excellence In Teaching, Research, And Service |
| Indicator | Clearinghouse Website Clearinghouse for faculty research and published articles on dept. website: The Center for Research in Counselor Education and the Center for Research and Doctoral Studies in Educational Leadership |
| Criteria | Clearinghouse A clearinghouse for each doctoral program area should have been developed for the website by September, 2007. |
| Finding | Clearinghourse Website A website was developed for the Center for Research and Doctoral Studies in Education. |
| Indicator | Mentor Assignments Mentors were assigned to new faculty members during 2006-2007. |
| Criteria | Mentor Assignment One mentor per new faculty member should be assigned. |
| Finding | Mentor Assignments Each new faculty member in the department are assigned a mentor. |
| Action | Clearinghouse Website Continue to maintain and monitor the clearinghouse for the Education Leadership program. |
| Action | Mentor Assignments Mentors will receive training about responsibilities and expectations of mentors. |
| Objective | Increase Enrollment | |
| To increase enrollment via recruitment and retention of qualified and motivated students by 3%. Associated Goals: Increase Enrollment |
| Indicator | Enrollment And Retention Enrollment numbers and retention rates and persistence. |
| Criteria | Content Analysis A content analysis of websites is complete by September, 2007. |
| Criteria | Enrollment and Retention Growth Increase enrollment by 3%and maintain current retention rate (99%) |
| Finding | Content Analysis A content analysis of the Educational Leadership program website was completed. |
| Finding | Enrollment and Retention Growth Enrollment in the EDLC Department has dropped in some program area and increased in other areas. |
| Criteria | Promotional DVD Promotional DVDs (3) are made for various programs within the department for recruitment to use in recruitment and to air on television. |
| Finding | Promotional DVD Promotional DVDs for some of the EDLC programs have been made and are available to be used for recruitment. |
| Criteria | Travel Packets Travel packets are developed by the travel assistants and professors take these packets to all conferences to recruit. |
| Indicator | Promotional Materials Promotional videos and glossy professionally designed brochures will be developed. |
| Criteria | Promotional Brochures A glossy professionally designed brochure will be developed for each EDLC master''s and doctoral program. |
| Finding | Professional Brochures Professional Brochures have been made and are available for recruitment and advertisement of the EDLC programs. |
| Indicator | Travel Packets For Recruitment Faculty will consistently carry travel packets to professional conferences and site visits. |
| Criteria | Faculty carry Travel Packets Faculty in the EDLC Department will carry Travel Packets to 100% of the conferences attended. |
| Finding | Travel Packets for Recruitment Travel packets have been made and are available to faculty for recruitment. |
| Action | Promotional DVDs DVDs will be made for the remaining programs with input from the Marketing Department. |
| Action | Travel Packets Monitoring of travel packets will be assigned to an office assistant to ensure that packets for all programs are complete and ready to be used by faculty. |
| Objective | Increase Visibility | |
| Implement strategies to increase visibility Associated Goals: Increase Visibility |
| Indicator | Collaborate With Professors Collaborate across campus, across programs, and/or outside the university on writing and grant projects. |
| Criteria | Collaborate on Publications To have faculty collaborate with other faculty across campus and programs. |
| Finding | Increase Visibility-Publications Collected data from faculty in Ed. Leadership and Counseling in order to review general research interests in hopes of pooling faculty interests. |
| Indicator | Committee Membership Via determination of important committees and roles in the university and college, faculty members will serve in important and influential positions. |
| Criteria | EDLC Faculty Committee Membership All full-time EDLC faculty serve on various departmental, college, and unviersity committees. |
| Finding | Increase Visibility-Committees Collected information regarding committee positions and compiled the information into a notebook. A notebook was placed in a central location in both programs, Ed Leadership & counseling. Faculty my reference the notebook as needed. |
| Indicator | Design A Marketing Program Design and implement a marketing program to increase visibility and enrollment |
| Criteria | Marketing Plan Design and implement a marketing plan. |
| Finding | Marketing Plan A committee has been formed and consulted with a marketing agent to develop a marketing plan to provide increase visibility of the EDLC programs. |
| Indicator | Design Website Design, implement, and maintain an effective website to support program development |
| Criteria | Design a website Design and maintain a website for EDLC |
| Finding | Design Website A website was designed and launched May, 2007. |
| Indicator | Increase Departmental Credibility Increase departmental credibility among the university programs to sustain and increase resources, staffing, and support. |
| Criteria | Assignment of EDLC Faculty Place EDLC faculty in strategic positions and influential committees across the university and in the College. |
| Finding | Committee Membership All full-time faculty in the EDLC Department serve on committees across the university. The president of the Faculty Senate in faculty in the EDLC Department. |
| Criteria | Increase deparmental credibility Increase departmental credibility in order to increase and sustain resources, staffing, and support |
| Finding | Collaborate with Professors Many EDLC faculty collaborate with faculty members within and outside the university and have published articles, textbooks, presented at conferences and served on professional local, state, and national committees. |
| Action | Increasing Visibility-Publications Meet with goals committee and strategize a way to pair up faculty who have similar interests based on the findings. |
| Action | Increasing Visibility-committees Discuss with goals committee whether we need to take this further or stop here. |
| Objective | Enhance Academic Program Quality | |
| Students will pass certification exams with 100% level for all programs. Associated Goals: Enhance Academic Program Quality, Plan And Promote Quality |
| Indicator | Successful Completion Of Certification Exams EDLC students will pass the certification exams with 100% level for all programs. |
| Criteria | Certification Exams for EDLC Students All EDLC students will successfully complete the certification examination at the 100% level. |
| Finding | Pass Rates for Certificaton Exams During 2007, the pass rate for EDLC students taking certification exams was between 96% and 100%. |
| Action | Alignment of curriculum EDLC faculty in all programs will continue to monitor, evaluation, and align curriculum with performance standards of the certification exams. |
| Action | Monitor Pass Rates Counseling program faculty will monitor results of LPC and LMFT state exams and monitor program to maintain 90% pass rate on both exams. |
| Objective | Plan And Promote Quality | |
| Plan and promote quality by offering faculty professional sessions based on identified needs. Associated Goals: Plan And Promote Quality |
| Indicator | Professional Development Seminars EDLC Department will offer professional development seminars throughout the year to support scholarly effector of faculty. |
| Criteria | Schedule of Professional Develoment Seminars Professional development seminars as "brownbag" lunch sessions will be planned throughout the year for faculty and doctoral students. All faculty and doctoral students in the COE will be invited. |
| Finding | Brownbag Professional Development Seminars Brownbag Professional Development Seminars have been scheduled monthly with two seminars offered during some of the months. |
| Action | Faculty Credibility Faculty efforts for research, grant writing, publications, presentations, and professional development will continue to be supported. |