Sport and Movement Studies

Strategic Plan

University Core Theme: 1. Teaching and Learning

University Objective 1.1 Enhance Student Success by continually improving the curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular programs.

Unit Outcomes

• Provide opportunities for excellent graduate student learning and teaching. 

Indicators 

• SEOI
• Portfolio performance completion rate
• Faculty “teaching presence” for on-line courses re. design of instruction and implementation.

Expected Performance Level

• SEOI 4.00 and above
• LiveText portfolio review at a 90% satisfactory rate
• Faculty “teaching presence” will increase by 10% as measured by student surveys

Indicator/Performance Reported By

• SEOI – Testing
• Department – Portfolio
• Reviews
• Survey results on teaching presence

Key Strategies/Initiatives

• Enhance the review of courses offered in the department.
• Quarterly review of LiveText portfolio.
• Quarterly survey of students’ perception on teaching presence.

Budget/Resource Analysis 

• $3,000 for support of faculty conference travel for professional development related to instruction
• Faculty development workshop on LiveText

University Core Theme: 2. Inclusiveness and Diversity

• Unit Outcomes
  • Support success and collegiality of diverse tenure and non-tenure faculty, students, and staff through communication, career development opportunities, mentoring and access to supportive infrastructure. 
• Indicators
  • Consider diversity of candidates’ backgrounds in admission or hiring decisions when appropriate.  
  • Improve mentoring and retention of ethnic and minority students and faculty through workshops and seeking support beyond the department
• Expected Performance Level
  • Increase faculty diversity by 10% through hiring.
  • Increase graduate student diversity by 20% through recruitment.
• Indicator/Performance Level Reported By
  • Consult HR for guidelines in recruitment of minority.
  • Dean’s scholarship to be awarded to 30% of our minority students.
• Key  Strategies/ Initiatives
  • Focus on ads in journals that reach diverse candidates.
  • Develop workshops for recruitment of diverse students.
• Budget/Resource Analysis
  • $1,000 Costs of advertising in underrepresented population media. 

• Unit Outcomes
  • Enhance the diversity of curriculum.
• Indicators
  • Assessment of courses that have outcomes related to diversity issues and skills.
• Expected Performance Level
  • Every course in the program includes the most recent outcomes related to diversity issues and skills.
• Indicator/Performance Level Reported By
  • Department yearly review of courses.
• Key  Strategies/ Initiatives
  • Review curricula and syllabi.
  • Survey of online students to measure “Teaching Presence”, “Social Presence, and “Cognitive Presence” as it relates to the diverse needs of our stakeholders.
• Budget/Resource Analysis
  • $2,000 Release time of one to two WLU for a faculty members to determine whether the curriculum is meeting the needs of all stakeholders.

University Core Theme: 3. Scholarship and creative expression

• Unit Outcomes
  • Enhance faculty scholarship by increasing the number of research, projects, publications, and theses completed and disseminated
• Indicators
  • Students and faculty will demonstrate excellence in scholarship and creative expression through regular yearly participation in presentations and/or publications.
• Expected Performance Level
  • 25% of faculty and 15% of students will collaborate on joint research projects that result in publications or presentations.
• Indicator/Performance Level Reported By
  • Chair will consult faculty about research projects.
  • Determine student engagement in faculty research and scholarship
• Key  Strategies/ Initiatives
  • Faculty have 6 WLU to publish two research papers in the academic year.
  • Faculty will collaborate on research projects
  • Students will collaborate with faculty in research activities.
  • Faculty will serve on Students’ theses and projects.
• Budget/Resource Analysis
  • $3,000 for travel to present at conferences.
  • Graduate funds to support summer session theses.

University Objectives 3.2 Increase the external funding received for research, scholarship, and creative expression by faculty, staff, and students.

• Unit Outcomes
• Indicators
• Expected Performance Level
• Indicator/Performance Level Reported By
• Key  Strategies/ Initiatives
• Budget/Resource Analysis