Strategic Plan
The 2021-2026 Division of Student Affairs Strategic Plan supports Appalachian State Universitys strategic directions through the mission and expertise of our division. This plan identifies four divisional priorities with goals and objectives to achieve over the next five years.
Divisional Priorities
The Division of Student Affairs will provide facilities that support our mission and address the needs of our campus community.
Goal: Enhance facilities that address the needs of our growing campus community
Objective:
Build a larger west campus housing community with more green space
Objective:
Build a Career Development Center that is easily accessible to students on central campus
Objective:
Build a Child Development Center that expands access to high-quality childcare for the campus community
Objective:
Develop a strategic facilities plan to improve the physical spaces for Student Health, Wellness, and Recreation
Goal: Create processes that optimize the use of current space and identify future needs
Objective:
Implement a divisional space management process
Objective:
Implement a capital improvement plan
The Division of Student Affairs will work to improve the efficiencies and effectiveness of departmental and divisional operations.
Goal: Strategically lead the work of departments and the division
Objective:
Implement shared leadership practices that leverage the divisional leadership structure
Objective:
Implement a divisional strategic financial and staffing plan
Objective:
Engage in regular, systematic planning and quality improvement efforts that inform budgetary decisions
Goal: Improve efficiencies across the division
Objective:
Develop centralized support for administrative and personnel operations across the division
Objective:
Utilize consistent and transparent operational policies, practices, and resources
Objective:
Utilize consistent, transparent, and inclusive hiring policies, practices, and resources
Objective:
Implement software applications that will improve efficiency, effectiveness, and data collection across the division
Goal: Improve our communication and engagement with external stakeholders
Objective:
Implement a strategic communications plan to share how the division fulfills its mission to care, engage, and transform students
Objective:
Increase the number of communication strategies used to tell our story
Objective:
Implement a strategic engagement plan, including policies and practices, for fundraising and sponsorship
The Division of Student Affairs will support an environment that allows employees to grow professionally and optimize their occupational wellbeing.
Goal: Provide and support professional development opportunities for staff
Objective:
Implement a strategic professional development plan for the division
Objective:
Utilize consistent training and resources for onboarding new employees
Objective:
Increase the self-efficacy of staff to engage in the leadership process within the context of their jobs
Goal: Enhance the occupational wellness of staff
Objective:
Strengthen professional relationships across the Division
Objective:
Optimize employee engagement and workplace quality improvement efforts
Objective:
Increase employees sense of doing meaningful work
The Division of Student Affairs commits to facilitating students learning and development with career readiness, inclusive communities, personal development, and wellbeing, and their ultimate success to persist and graduate from Appalachian.
Goal: All educational and support strategies are intentionally designed to enhance student learning, development, and success
Objective:
Articulate the divisions educational priorities, goals, and intended outcomes
Objective:
Create a divisional cocurricular map of educational and support interventions
Objective:
Strengthen the orientation of students, and parents and families joining the Appalachian community
Goal: Improve data-informed decision making and planning efforts to improve student learning, development, and success
Objective:
Establish systematic ways to collect and integrate data across the division about student engagement opportunities and participation so that it can be disaggregated
Objective:
Implement a strategic measurement plan for student learning, development, and success
Objective:
Make relevant data readily accessible to division and department leaders