Strategic Plan Priority 2 - Engagement
The Vision of Delaware County Community College focuses on the success of our students.
The most common way to measure student success at a college is examining the retention and completion rates of our students. As a result, identifying ways to increase our students’ satisfactory academic results is critical for our strategic planning. The College commits to using a student-centered approach to examine what success means to students and eliminating barriers to their success. We will increase the retention and completion rates by learning from our students, implementing high impact practices, and using data to identify insufficient resources to strengthen successful support systems. This work will be designed and implemented with a commitment to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Goal 1
Develop meaningful engagement Opportunities and Experiences for students.
Strategies:
- Establish traditions that will be student-focused, memorable, fun, and engaging.
- Design and implement student strategic interactions to strengthen community on campus.
- Strategically outreach to subsets of the unregistered student population.
- Establish campus-wide calendar of events strategically addressing timely student needs and foster intentional and consistent communication.
Goal 2
Develop more robust First Year Experience (FYE) and Orientation programming.
Strategies:
- Redesign the orientation process for students to increase their understanding of our services prior to arriving on campus.
- Establish a committee to review and plan for strategic enrollment opportunities through Fall and Spring semesters that can be interconnected into the student success course.
- Assemble a diverse committee of campus partners to review the current INT 100 program and the former ACE program to improve student transitions to college.
Goal 3
Space Utilization Task Force: more intentional, strategic use of space for students.
Strategies:
- Establish a purpose statement for the Space Utilization Task Force (SUTF).
- Identify core membership for who will serve on SUTF to determine how space is allocated.
- Establish a method for the campus community to provide suggestions for future changes and feedback to decisions made before implementation.
- Provide reasoning for decisions made to ensure transparent communication.
Goal 4
Foster greater engagement with the communities of Delaware and Chester Counties.
Strategies:
- Establish ongoing conversations to foster relationships with external groups regarding similar initiatives or mutually beneficial projects.
- Establish our institution as a partner within our neighboring communities that surround our campuses.
- Improve avenues of communication with our local communities.
Goal 5
Develop meaningful engagement programming for Faculty and Staff.
Strategies:
- Review how we communicate important information between our faculty and staff.
- Improve communication around our practices of supporting students.
- Design and implement Strategic Interactions to strengthen Community on campus.
- Examine what subgroups have not been engaged or supported.
- Examine what policies are impacting faculty and staff from supporting and engaging students and the overall experience and engagement of our employees.
