Mission Objective: Access and Success
Goals
Actions/Strategies
Indicators of Success
GoalAS 1: Increase enrollment and persistence of first-year students
Actions/Strategies
- Enhance student admission and onboarding processes to reduce barriers.
- Develop a communication strategy to support first-year students.
Indicators of Success
- First-year student persistence
GoalAS 2: Increase outreach to Flathead Reservation K–12 and adult students
Actions/Strategies
- Increase collaboration and engagement with Reservation K–12 school districts.
- Increase communication and outreach to K–12 students and families.
- Develop a written strategy for communication with potential students from recruitment to admissions to onboarding.
Indicators of Success
- Number of new students from Reservation K–12 schools
- Number of returning adult students from Reservation
GoalAS 3: Increase overall student persistence rate
(Persistence is defined as the student remaining enrolled until meets the goal for enrollment.)
Actions/Strategies
- Define and implement effective, holistic advising processes to include early career counseling.
- Improve the effectiveness of student services through the use of data and ongoing assessment.
Indicators of Success
- Student persistence rates
- New Student Satisfaction Survey
- CCSSE Data and Student Satisfaction Survey
- Annual review of the Student Services Department’s Planning/Assessment Reports
GoalAS 4: Increase educational opportunities for Flathead Reservation residents
Actions/Strategies
- Increase the number of Early College offerings.
- Increase the number of short-term Career and Technical Education (CTE) training courses, including credit-bearing and CEU CTE courses.
- Embed stackable and industry-recognized certificates across CTE programs.
Indicators of Success
- Number of Early College students
- Number of students enrolled in CTE training and number of short-term CTE courses/programs
GoalAS 5: Utilize strategic funding, planning, and assessment to meet the holistic needs of the campus community
Actions/Strategies
- Implement assessment processes and utilize data to meet student needs, including but not limited to food and housing insecurities, mental health, child care, and cultural integration into the campus environment.
Indicators of Success
- Assessment data of student needs and student use of services
Mission Objective: Quality Education
Goals
Actions/Strategies
Indicators of Success
GoalQE 1: Ensure quality education across all modes of course and program delivery
Actions/Strategies
- Implement course review processes.
Indicators of Success
- Results of Academic Program Reviews
- Aggregated course evaluation data
- Results of annual course review
GoalQE 2: Enhance faculty teaching, assessment, and management capacities
Actions/Strategies
- Develop a Faculty Development Plan that integrates quality teaching, assessment of student learning, and department management.
- Develop a structured orientation process for part-time and adjunct faculty.
Indicators of Success
- Faculty satisfaction with professional development offerings
- Adjunct participation in orientation
- Review of Student Learning Outcome Reports
GoalQE 3: Increase meaningful community engagement with academic administration and all academic programs
Actions/Strategies
- Enhance the use of Program Advisory Committees (PACs) to discuss current skills for employability or transfer and review curricula and program outcomes.
- Increase communication with CSKT Departments to provide ongoing professional development and discuss workforce needs.
Indicators of Success
- Program Advisory Committee ratings
- Minutes of meetings with CSKT Departments and/or department participation in PACs
GoalQE 4: Increase institutional capacity to offer quality online academic programs
Actions/Strategies
- Evaluate the need for and capacity to deliver existing academic programs online.
- Formalize communication and delivery of student support for online students.
Indicators of Success
- Results of evaluation of online courses
- Satisfaction Survey of Online Students
Mission Objective: Cultural Perpetuation
Goals
Actions/Strategies
Indicators of Success
GoalCP 1: Create meaningful opportunities for college employees to increase their understanding of CSKT cultures and worldviews
Actions/Strategies
- Create self-paced professional development related to cultural perpetuation and pathways to recognition of employees who participate in such development.
- Provide cultural onboarding for all new employees.
Indicators of Success
- Number of employees who participate in professional development related to CSKT cultures and worldview
- New employee survey
GoalCP 2: Define and integrate SKC values based on CSKT cultural values into the campus environment
Actions/Strategies
- Define SKC’s cultural values.
- Provide employee development related to SKC cultural values and integration into the campus environment.
Indicators of Success
- Definition of SKC cultural values
GoalCP 3: Enhance college outreach and partnerships with CSKT entities and the Flathead Indian Reservation community
Actions/Strategies
- Implement regular meetings with CSKT entities including culture committees, CSKT Council, and CSKT departments to discuss needs and potential partnerships.
- Increase SKC employee knowledge of and participation in community cultural events.
Indicators of Success
- Documentation of SKC outreach and partnerships with CSKT entities and the community
Mission Objective: Research and Service
Goals
Actions/Strategies
Indicators of Success
GoalRS 1: Foster and recognize student and employee citizenship through service to the community
Actions/Strategies
- Define learning outcomes and expectations for high-quality service learning across academic programs.
- Develop a strategy to collect and communicate student and employee service and community-based research.
Indicators of Success
- Records of student and employee service and community-based research
- Student evaluations from service-learning courses
GoalRS 2: Increase institutional capacity for research and grants
Actions/Strategies
- Enhance systems for research and grant capacity, including professional development and coordinated grant strategies for institutional support.
- Review policies, procedures, job descriptions, and other processes to ensure support of research and grants.
Indicators of Success
- Number and outcomes of professional development related to grants and research
- Developed procedures that provide for coordinated grant strategies
Institutional Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Advancement
Goals
Actions/Strategies
Indicators of Success
GoalIS 1: Enhance community engagement and institutional reputation
Actions/Strategies
- Focus initiatives on enhancing SKC’s reputation and telling our story effectively through community engagement, outreach, and a collective narrative.
- Create a Community and Cultural Relations Director or a similar position.
Indicators of Success
- Results of community focus groups
GoalIS 2: Increase employee satisfaction
Actions/Strategies
- Review and consider initiatives to address themes from employee surveys and feedback.
Indicators of Success
- Results of Faculty and Staff Satisfaction Surveys
GoalIS 3: Increase employee capacity
Actions/Strategies
- Provide ongoing strategic and intentional professional development, including evolving technologies and pedagogy.
Indicators of Success
- Results of employee surveys related to capacities for evolving technologies and pedagogy
GoalIS 4: Provide leadership and succession training
Actions/Strategies
- Develop plans for succession and cross-training.
- Increase leadership opportunities for SKC students and employees.
Indicators of Success
- Written plan for succession and cross-training
- Number/percentage of SKC students and employees in leadership activities
GoalIS 5: Enhance effective communication and marketing strategies
Actions/Strategies
- Develop and staff a Marketing and Communications Office.
- Develop a strategic marketing plan for internal communication, student recruitment, and community awareness of SKC’s programs, activities, and outcomes.
Indicators of Success
- New student survey that includes survey items re: recruitment and marketing
- Results of Community Conversations
GoalIS 6: Enhance new employee onboarding and mentoring
Actions/Strategies
- Implement a structured onboarding and mentoring process for all new employees.
Indicators of Success
- New employee satisfaction survey
GoalIS 7: Improve alignment of budgeting and fiscal planning with institutional priorities
Actions/Strategies
- Review planning to better align organizational structures, processes, and priorities with current and planned resources.
Indicators of Success
- Workplace environmental scan