Strategic Planning
Goals and Action Steps Worksheet for
Academic Affairs
Planning Unit: College of Education
Person Responsible: Russ Wall
Planning Year: 2007-08
Date Submitted: June 12, 2007
Determining Goals and Action Steps for 2007-08
Step 1: Advancing Institutional Goals
The Murray State University Strategic Planning Council selected the following three institutional goals for advancement during 2007-08.
Goal 1: The University shall continue to provide greater educational access and academic outreach to Kentucky’s population (Institutional Goal 2.10).
Responsible Party: College Dean, Department Chairs, and Faculty
Action Steps:
AS1.1 Implement new IECE program at Madisonville
AS1.2 Develop collaborative partnership with IECE KCTCS faculty and align IECE courses.
AS1.3 IECE faculty develop off-campus program and course sequence
AS1.4 Recruit and meet with interested students.
AS1.5 Initiate program in Madisonville Fall 2007.
AS1.6 Continue to support and enhance technology outreach with elluminate/on-line/ITV courses
for both on and off-campus courses
Resources: New IECE Faculty, Continuing Education support
Calendar: 2007-2008 academic year
Criteria for Success: Enrolling 10 students
Goal 2: The University shall engage in public service programs with business, industry and labor, public and private schools, governmental agencies, and the general public (Institutional Goal 4.6).
Responsible Party: College Dean, Department Chairs, and Faculty
Action Steps:
AS2.1 The College of Education has a long history of community service and will continue that
goal in the 2007-2008 academic year
AS2.2 Complete Memorandum of Agreement for Public Schools/Private Schools/Agencies/
Head Start
AS2.3 Support Alternative Certification/Middle School Extension to meet a high-need area
in public school districts
Resources: Use of Teacher Quality Institute services
Alt-Certification Grant
Faculty Mini-Grants
Calendar: 2007-2008
Criteria for Success: Enroll students in Middle School Extension program and Alternative
Certification program
Complete 30 MOAs for public schools/private schools/agencies/Head Start
Results of the School Services Report
Eight Alternative Certification and 10 Middle School Extension students
will complete certification
Goal 3: The University shall review institutional processes and procedures to encourage effective and efficient operations (Institutional Goal 5.3).
Responsible Party: College Dean, Department Chairs, and Faculty
Action Steps:
AS3.1 Tenure Review Process
AS3.2 Review and update COE Policy Manual
AS3.3 Review and change undergraduate admissions procedures to teacher education services
Resources: Faculty member to review/revise COE Policy Manual
Calendar: 2007-2008
Criteria for Success: Meet with all new faculty members to review tenure process
New admission to Teacher Education policy approved by CAC
A revised COE Policy Manual
Step 2: Advancing Unit Goals
In addition to the goals selected above, determine one to three additional goals for your unit to accomplish (or make progress toward accomplishing) during this planning cycle. Additional goals may be chosen from the remaining list of 29 Institutional Goals, or may be goals of your own that the college chooses from outside that list.
Goals for the Unit:
Goal 4: The College will continue to implement internationalization experiences for faculty and students.
Responsible Party: College Dean, Department Chairs, and Faculty
Action Steps:
AS4.1 Continue to work with Discover Experiences (Korea, China)
AS4.2 Continue the agreements with the Centro Hueta del Rey Center for Gifted Studies in
Valladoid, Spain
AS4.3 Continue Bregenz Environmental Leadership Program in conjunction with the Office of
Future Questions, in Bregenz, Austria, the Voralberg parliament, the Kentucky institute for International Studies
AS4.4 Continue four-week student teaching experience in Belize
AS4.5 Continue Toyama University Agreement with MSU
AS4.6 Continue 3rd year with United States-Japan Foundation: Japanese Language Program
Teacher (Mrs. Nakamura) of Japanese for a three-year program in the Murray and Calloway Schools
AS4.7 Continue Global Luncheon initiative
Resources: Funds for luncheon speakers
Graduate Assistant for Centro Hueta del Rey Center for Gifted Studies program
Grant Funds
Calendar: 2007-2008
Criteria for Success: Encourage and support faculty who wish to attend
Have 12 students and faculty participate in Discover Experiences
Have four luncheons with at least 20 people in attendance
Ten students to complete the Centro Hueta del Rey Center for Gifted
Studies program
Dr. Wall will contact new Dean at Toyama University
Mrs. Nakamura will continue and the program will be supported by
school districts
Have 15 students participate in Bregenz Environmental Leadership
Program