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
University Objective 2.2 Increase faculty, staff, and student diversity by active programs of recruitment and retention for members of underrepresented groups.- 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
University Objectives 3.1 Increase the emphasis on and the opportunities for students, faculty and staff to participate in research, scholarship, and creative expression activities.- 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
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