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Services for Students with Disabilities - 2005-2006

 

Strategic Goal #1 Tracking

  • Objective
    1. Increase and support full participation of students with disabilities in campus activities, programs and classes.
    2. Provide information for campus resource planning purposes

    • Measures
      1. # of students in academic classes
      2. # of classes per student
      3. # SWD's who participate in campus events, clubs, etc.
    • Beginning Date
      December yearly semester
      start date
    • Ending Date
      May yearly at semester
      close date
    • Outcomes & Action Items
      1. Increase SWD's participation in both
      academic & co curricular activities/allocate
      & project SWD academic supports.
    • Feedback
      student comments, resource projections, trends analysis

  • Objective
    2. Provide information for campus resource planning purposes

    • Measures
    • Beginning Date
      Annual report FY periods
    • Ending Date
      Jun-05
    • Outcomes & Action Items
      2. Increase % retention & graduation of
      SWD's/co-sponsor events/activities per
      optimal student benefit.
    • Feedback
      student comments, resource projections, trends analysis

Strategic Goal #2 Self-study & Tracking

  • Objective
    • Measures
    • Beginning Date
    • Ending Date
    • Outcomes & Action Items
    • Feedback

Strategic Goal #2 Self-study & Tracking

  • Objective
    Sponsorship of disability-related events and host/co host disability awareness events and activities for improved campus education
    • Measures
    • Beginning Date
    • Ending Date
    • Outcomes & Action Items
    • Feedback

Strategic Goal #2 Self-study & Tracking

  • Objective
    • Measures
      1) # events per year by semester
      2) # SWDs who attend
      3) # attendees/participants - June (annual)
    • Beginning Date
      Yearly in December
    • Ending Date
      Yearly in May
    • Outcomes & Action Items
      1. quality events renewed/identify and arrange high quality educational events.
      2. # of activities increase/attract new external disability organizations in community to campus for events/activities
      3. new campus sponsors become involved.
      4. increased % multi-departmental events.
      5. Optimal SSD staffing/model for this campus is identified
    • Feedback
      student and campus comments/ # of participants

Strategic Goal # 3 Self Study & Comparable institutions assessment

  • Objective
    1) Evaluate SSD model for best efficiency
    2) to improve effective services to SWDs,
    3) provide information for campus resource planning purposes
    • Measures
      1) staff/student ratios
      2) types of services offered
      3)student profile comparisons
      4) campus resource analyses
    • Beginning Date
      Summer 2006
    • Ending Date
    • 1. quality events renewed/identify and arrange high quality educational events.
      2. # of activities increase/attract new external disability organizations in community to campus for events/activities
      3. new campus sponsors become involved.
      4. increased % multi-departmental events.
      5. Optimal SSD staffing/model for this campus is identified
    • Feedback
      student and campus comments/ # of participants

Strategic Goal #4 Tracking

  • Objective
    Understand client demographics and ensure program effectiveness/services for all SWDs
    • Measures
      1)student demographics % to SWD demographics %
    • Beginning Date
      Yearly in December at semester close date June (annual) Jun-05
    • Ending Date
      Yearly in May at close of semester
    • Outcomes & Action Items
      1. SWD's registered with SSD are similar to demographics of campus as a whole/change outreach/informational methods if warranted by results
    • Feedback
      % per year/changes

Strategic Goal #5 Student Needs Assessment

  • Objective
    1) Identify new access needs
    2) configure SSD hours and services to peak student demand times
    3) improve support services to SWDs
    • Measures
      1) student ratings of service quality
      2) access issues/time analysis
    • Beginning Date
      Spring 2006
    • Ending Date
      June annual report for FY
      FY period
      End of Summer 2006
    • Outcomes & Action Items
      1. SWD's registered with SSD are similar to demographics of campus as a whole/change outreach/informational methods if warranted by results
    • Feedback
      % per year/changes

Strategic Goal #6 Campus climate for PWD assessment
Strategic Goal #7 External program review

  • Objective
    1)Identify faculty/staff disability support needs and preferences.
    2)Improve SSD program supports for campus community.
    3) Improve liaisons with disability agencies in local area
    4) Expand customer service hours for SWD's at main campus site, intakes and exam center hours of operation, email resources.
    5) Increase SSD collaborations with academic depts/ classes for instructional and experiential disability focus/service learning.
    6) Survey SSD's perceptions of campus climate and SSD supports.
    • Measures
      1)SSD email or paper survey
      2)Campus climate survey for staff/faculty responses
      3) focus group of faculty
      4) informal feedback
      5) Number of students who schedule expanded hours exam appts or intakes with director.
      6) # classes using SSD resource materials, # classes with SSD guest lectures, # students who visit SSD for class assignments
      7) # SSD, SWD's who take campus survey in Spring 2005, data from same, SSD customer services card reports from SA or departmental postcards.
    • Beginning Date
      1) each semester, effective Fall 2004 M-H 8-8 hours
      2) each semester, per year First Eng/Com FYE access project- Fall 2004-05
      3) Spring 2005 baseline customer survey cards per semester/per year reports
    • Ending Date
      Spring 2007 - Ongoing
    • Outcomes & Action Items
      1. Access needs identified by student priority increased participation of faculty for SSD issues.
      2. Increased participation of faculty for SSD issues
      3.Identify/focus needs
    • Feedback
      1. survey results/info
      2. campus survey info