Brewton-Parker College Strategic Plan

Maximizing the Mission

Assessment

Annual Assessment Calendar

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

☐ 1. Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☐ 2. Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☐ 3. Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4. Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Facilitate the development or deepening of students’ relationships with God, engagement in service, and integration of aspects of the Christian calling into their everyday lives.	Mentoring, counseling, discipleship opportunities, provision of service opportunities, chapel Track the number of faith decisions (developing relationship = new believers, deepened relationships = rededications); track the number of students engaged in community and Christian service; subjective observation of Christian impact on those students noted above	Minimum 5 Bible studies, either student or staff led, available for students to participate in 5% increase in student decisions as a percentage of student body as compared to last year
Provide quality on-campus housing for students	Improve the timeliness of the housing assignment process and the registration and retention of current residential students through the Residence Hall Student Self-Selection process.	Room assignments completed by July 1 each year for returning students and new students who have completed all paperwork. 10% decrease in room change requests each year (due to students self-selecting their rooms and roommates)
Maintain a culture of safety and responsibility for students, faculty, and staff on the Mt. Vernon campus.	Campus security will monitor camera feeds for safety concerns and facilitate safety training for students and staff.	Complete 100% of required fire drills on time Decrease safety and security incidents year-over-year
Provide a variety of recreational activities for students on the Mt. Vernon campus in order to connect students in social settings and promote the mission of the college.	This objective will be assessed based on the number and types of games and activities provided in the student center and throughout campus. Lastly, the Student Activities Department will track the number of students using and participating in the recreational activities.	Increase the number of activities each year Increase student participation by 10% year-over-year

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

☐ 1. Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2. Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☒ 3. Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☐ 4. Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Student Enrichment Center The Student Enrichment Center seeks to increase fall-to-fall retention rate of all degree-seeking students and to increase six-year completion rate of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students by providing support to students through intrusive advising, tutoring services, student success coaching, and mental health counseling.	Provide intrusive advising Track the following: - % of students misadvised who took courses outside of their degree plan (EPICC Initiative KPI 13) - % of students participating in one-on-one advising sessions (EPICC Initiative KPI 14)	- Decrease percentage of students misadvised from 3.5% to 2.0% - Increase percentage of student advising sessions from 31% to 50%
	Provide student success coaching Track the following: - % of students tracked via EAB Navigate (EPICC Initiative KPI 12) - % of faculty trained on new retention-related technology (EPICC Initiative KPI 18) - % of faculty (per semester) using the early warning system (EPICC Initiative KPI 19)	- Increase percentage of students tracked from 0% to 25% - Increase percentage of faculty trained from 0% to 50% - Increase the percentage of faculty from 0% to 25%
	Provide tutoring services Track the following: - % of all non-dual-enrolled, non-external students who successfully pass courses each year (EPICC Initiative KPI 15) - % of all non-dual-enrolled, non-external students designated as academically underprepared who successfully pass courses each year (EPICC Initiative KPI 16) - % of requesting students who receive uninhibited access to tutoring (EPICC Initiative KPI 17)	- Maintain current rate of 77% (may compare percentages to those of dual-enrollment students and distance education students) - Maintain current rate of 65% (may compare percentages to those of dual-enrolled students and distance education students) - Increase percentage of requesting students from 22% to 50%
	Provide mental health counseling Track the following: - % of students needing mental health/wellness services served by the counseling capacity (EPICC Initiative KPI 11)	- Increase percentage of students from 65% to 75%

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

☐ 1. Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2. Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☒ 3. Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4. Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
The Office of the Registrar seeks to provide timely and accurate service for students in the areas of registration and scheduling management, academic records maintenance, transcript production, student verification letter, and graduation audits.	Processing registration changes (change of major, change of schedule) upon request	within the next 2 business days of receiving request
	Processing the closing of a term and providing necessary departmental data	within the next 2 business days of the end of the semester (after the last date to post grades)
	Processing transcript requests	within the next 2 business days
	Timely submission of National Student Clearinghouse error resolution reports	Within the next 2 business days
	Completion of graduation audits	within 30 days of receiving student’s Application for Graduation
	Processing verification letter requests (enrollment, non-attendance, degree completion, etc.)	within the next 2 business days
	Processing transient permission requests	within the next 3 business days

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
In order to serve our students and allow them to be successful in the classroom, the Office of the Provost seeks to provide reasonable accommodations to all students with disabilities or impairments within an efficient time frame. This will be accomplished through the SEC Director as part of our student success initiative.	Each semester, pull all accommodated students’ class schedules and inform each student’s current instructors of the student’s learning accommodations via email	E-mail all accommodation notices within 24-hours of drop/add
Increase awareness and training for faculty on best practices for creating an inclusive learning environment for students with disabilities.	Measurement 1: Track the percentage of faculty who complete disability training each year. Measurement 2: Track the percentage of faculty requesting additional training, resources, or support regarding disability services throughout the year.	All faculty will be trained regarding disability services and campus support resources.

DESIRED OUTCOME

MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT

CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS

In order to serve our students and allow them to be successful in the classroom, the Office of the Provost seeks to provide reasonable accommodations to all students with disabilities or impairments within an efficient time frame. This will be accomplished through the SEC Director as part of our student success initiative.

Each semester, pull all accommodated students’ class schedules and inform each student’s current instructors of the student’s learning accommodations via email

E-mail all accommodation notices within 24-hours of drop/add

Increase awareness and training for faculty on best practices for creating an inclusive learning environment for students with disabilities.

Measurement 1: Track the percentage of faculty who complete disability training each year.

Measurement 2: Track the percentage of faculty requesting additional training, resources, or support regarding disability services throughout the year.

All faculty will be trained regarding disability services and campus support resources.

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

☐ 1. Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2. Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☐ 3. Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4. Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Provide fast and effective technological assistance to faculty, students, and staff by responding to technological concerns	Respond to technology support ticket requests in a timely manner and implement timely and effective solutions	Ticket responses must occur within 5-8 business hours of receipt Customer satisfaction ratings – minimum 80% rating 4 or higher
Provide adequate academic computer centers for class use and student use.	Increase and maintain the number of computers in computer labs and classrooms on campus.	Satisfaction rating for available technological resources of 80% rating 4 or higher Year-over-year increase in faculty use of the computer labs on campus to host classes (integrating technology with learning)
Support faculty so that they may create high-quality student learning experiences in both the classroom and online.	Provide training opportunities and technology upgrades and purchases to assist faculty in their teaching pursuits Maintain and continually upgrade faculty classroom technology based on availability of resources and new trends	Facilitate a minimum of 2 faculty training events each year Faculty satisfaction with classroom computer and non-computer technology – minimum 50% rating a 4 or higher

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

☐ 1. Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☒ 2. Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☐ 3. Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☒ 4. Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Provide effective campus visit opportunities for prospective students and successfully inform students of all pertinent information during those visits.	At the completion of each student visit, whether one-on-one tours, athletic team tours, or preview days, have prospective students and parents to complete a satisfaction survey.	95% of campus visits will be rated four or better
Award and package all student financial aid within an efficient time frame.	Run a report from our systems database, Collegix, which discloses the receipt of a student’s FAFSA, as well as the financial aid award package date.	Complete and send award package information within 30 days of receiving a student’s FAFSA

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

☐ 1. Integrate spiritual development into all aspects of the college experience.
☐ 2. Increase enrollment and retention for Christian impact in the community and culture.
☒ 3. Expand and enhance academic services to support student achievement.
☐ 4. Manage all college resources with integrity, prudence, accountability, and continued improvement.

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT & ASSESSMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
The Fountain-New Library seeks to track and increase student usage of the library and library resources to increase and improve student learning.	Student usage will be tracked based on three criteria: the number of students who enter the library, the number of circulation checkouts, ebook usage, and database usage.	Year-over-year increases in students utilizing the library, ebooks, database usage, and the number of circulation checkouts.

INSTITUTIONAL GOALS SUPPORTED:

DESIRED OUTCOME	MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT	CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Maintain a comprehensive institutional assessment cycle.	Create an assessment calendar for all areas requiring data submission, review, and improvement. Provide updates and reminders to employees, as well as work with administration to obtain timely submission of requested data and reports.	Complete all 5 components of institutional planning on time

Student Achievement

Description of Measures

National Student Clearinghouse Completion Rate
The NSC Completion Rate tracks the six-year graduation rate of the fall semester cohort of degree-seeking, first-time college students enrolled either part-time or full-time for more than 21 days. The rate includes former dual enrollment students, as well as students who first entered college the summer prior to the fall semester. This rate differs from the IPEDS graduation rate below, because it tracks students’ degree completion from any college or university in the country (provided that the school participates in the National Student Clearinghouse data sharing program).

Student Retention Rate
This rate measures fall-to-fall retention of Mount Vernon day students. Students who graduated are excluded.

Course Completion Rate
This measures the rate at which students successfully complete their courses with grades of D or higher each semester (fall/spring). This rate excludes students in the Georgia Baptist, Corrections, and Dual Enrollment programs.

IPEDS 150% Graduation Rate
The IPEDS graduation rate tracks the rate at which the cohort of first-time, full-time students who entered Brewton-Parker College 6 years ago remained at and graduated from Brewton-Parker College. Thus, students who transfer into Brewton-Parker College are not included, nor are students who transfer out of Brewton-Parker College.

Writing Proficiency Rate
This rate tracks the percentage of students who took and successfully passed ENG 101 with a C or higher the first time they take it. This rate does not include students who take ENG 101 as dually-enrolled students or those who took ENG 101 at a different college or university. It also excludes students who did not complete the course (withdrawals or removals).

Community & Christian Involvement
This measure tracks the number of students involved in community service or Christian services on campus or in the surrounding area. Examples of service include but are not limited to Baptist Christian Ministries, Ministerial Association, campus chapel services, mission trips, Lions’ Den conferences, apologetics and other workshops, and any type of community service work whether for class, sport, or personal transformation.