Meeting Minutes on the Strategic Plan December 14, 2007

Staff Advisory Council Meeting with Dean Moser

Re:  CFAES Strategic Plan

December 14, 2007

Suggest a section which cross-cuts all functions on staff, i.e. one goal for having the kind of staff we need going forward.  If we do this, SAC recommends the following be included:

• Support educational opportunities for staff at OSU and at other institutions
• Professional development of staff (given time to take advantage of the educational opportunities)
• Staff recognition – increase opportunities for recognition of staff and increase the number of staff members recognized throughout the college
• Promotion/advancement plan for staff
• Promote staff activities which encourage leadership, elevate knowledge, and college profile to enhance the quest for excellence
• Allocate money for professional staff development (included in ATI plan)
• Encourage and support development of supervisors (included in ATI plan)
• Encourage all supervisors to attend training/workshops related to staff supervision (this would include faculty members being trained)
• Establish a staff mentoring program for new staff hires

They feel strongly that we must get faculty who are supervisors to attend workshops OSU offers for improving supervision.

They feel we need more awards to recognize staff.  They suggest we push each department to also create meaningful recognitions.

They suggest a staff appreciation dinner in Columbus as is done in Wooster.

They want more of an organized system to mentor new staff.  They are willing to assist.

On Page 7 of the current draft, last line, they (at least one of them) questions why ONLY one new international partnership in five years.

On Page 8, they suggest we put more front and center cultivating collaborations with ATI and the regional campuses.  Move commitment to seamless transitions.

Page 9, metrics – is exceeding university averages for freshmen graduating in the top 10% realistic.  Under strategy three, they feel we need more explicit commitment to creating degree opportunities between universities in the U.S. and abroad.

Page 13 – we need to emphasize doing a better job of selling ourselves to commissioners.

• We cannot keep doing everything
• We must focus
• They do  not see how county educators can possibly do what is outlined given how full their plates are – unless we drop some lower priority activities
• Need more focus on training volunteers to help county educators

Page 17 – cost increases are a rapidly growing issue to our aspirations to have more students having an experience abroad.

Page 18 – Do we not know the baseline metrics?   We are advocating goals that are likely less than the current level of participation.

Page 21 – We need to include action steps that call for climate assessment at the department level.