NSU_Student_Affairs_Strategic_Action_Plan

We invest in our personnel as educators and primary service providers to ensure high quality student success programs and operations. Student A airs team members are creative, exible, and prepared to respond to student needs in an ever-changing environment. From virtual HOWL, a pandemic safe Homecoming, to COVID-19 isolation housing – the Student A airs team is prepared to meet the strategic needs of Northern and our students now and into the future. Northern needs this dynamic team as we chart a course for institutional growth in these unprecedented times. Key Results: 94. Establish a Student A airs Professional Development Committee based upon the ACPA and NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student A airs Educators and South Dakota Board of Counselors and Marriage and Family erapists. 95. Create and implement a professional development framework that encourages and challenges all team members to be life-long learners, engages with national and regional professional associations, and utilizes institutional opportunities (committee assignments, campus and community projects coordination/supervision) to develop team members. 96. Create and implement a Student A airs on-boarding process for all new team members to improve our sta welcome and more quickly acclimate team members. 97. Host intentional monthly All Sta Meetings for all team members with: a. Team building activities b. Showcase highlights 98. Host an intentional annual half-day winter retreat for all team members. 99. Host an intentional annual full-day summer retreat in late July for all team members. OBJECTIVE 8: Support Human Capital. OBJECTIVE 9: Enhance Parent and Family Engagement. Successful engagement of parents and families enhances new student recruitment, supports New Student Programs, and advances student persistence to graduation. 100. Hire a graduate assistant to build and support programs (Aligns with Key Result 49.) 101. Enhance HOWL and Wolf Pack Welcome programming for parents and families. 102. With partners, o er an expanded Family Weekend program beginning Fall 2022. 103. Working with the Northern Foundation, create a Parent’s Fund supported by an annual request. 104. Create a Parents Listserv to facilitate regular communication with families. Student Affairs | Strategic Action Plan 2021-2025 12