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Review of Institutional Effectiveness Plan

First, we reviewed our Institutional Effectiveness Plan. We’ve selected an initiative from objective #1.

OUTCOME / DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES

1. Ensure development of all planning documents for the institution

The Strategic Planning Process

Every year, each department creates an Institutional Effectiveness plan to ensure that their department’s plans support the mission and goals of the college.

How can we create a strategic plan to help us achieve our clearly established and fundamental goals:•Academic and Professional Excellence•Operational Effectiveness•Regional and Global Partnerships•Growth

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Mission: Strengthening through Simplification

As part of the 2011-2012 strategic planning process, members of the college community expressed the need to examine the Mission Statement of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

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Mission: Strengthening through Simplification

Campus consensus suggested that our mission was too long, difficult to remember and possibly nebulous.

Let’s explore how assessment was used to achieve this goal.

The Strategic Planning Process

This year, our discussions presented a serious challenge:

How can we be certain that the work we do each day supports our mission if we cannot remember it?

How might we make our mission more succinct and represent what we believe we are here to accomplish?

The Strategic Planning Process

President Sebolt appointed a committee to review The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Mission Statement. His challenges to the committee:

•Review the current Mission Statement.

•Reflect on the college’s purpose and history; What are we here to do?

•Construct a statement that is: meaningful, exact, memorable & powerful.

•Finally, get feedback from the campus and online communities.

This sounds a little like assessment, doesn’t it?

Evaluating The Mission Statement

February 3, 2012 Senior leadership meets to update the college’s Strategic Plan. It is determined the college’s Mission Statement needs to be re-viewed and a new shorter, more memorable Mission Statement developed. Senior leader-ship assigns a committee of faculty, staff and student representatives to draft a new proposed statement.

February 15, 2012 Mission Statement Committee meets with President Sebolt and is charged with drafting a proposed statement to replace the current one.

February 22, 2012Mission Statement Committee meets and completes a new draft of the Mission State-ment. Proposed statement is submitted to President Sebolt.

February 23, 2012President Sebolt presents proposed Mission Statement to Board of Trustees at quarterly meeting and asks for their input.

THE TIMELINE & PROGRESSION OF OUR PROJECT

Evaluating The Mission Statement

March 1, 2012 Proposed Mission Statement is shared with faculty, staff and students and personal feed-back is requested and encouraged.

March 8, 2012Deadline for feedback ends and all comments are collected and reviewed.

March 21, 2012 Proposed Mission statement goes to senior leadership for review and revision if deter-mined it is needed.

March 27, 2012 New Mission statement is shared with Key Management Team.

March 28, 2012New Mission statement is shared with faculty, staff, and students.

April and May 2012Feedback is evaluated and final draft is constructed.

June, 2012AiP Board of Trustees approves the new Mission Statement.

THE TIMELINE & PROGRESSION OF OUR PROJECT

Examples Of Feedback

The Board questioned the term “creative arts” and suggested that “fields of design” may be a better choice. They encouraged that we “The Art Institute of Pittsburgh” be removed from the statement and suggested that this is implied and the statement should begin with action.

The Board supported the adoption of a Mission Statement that is short and succinct.

Examples Of Feedback

More than 75 responses were received from the college community.

While feedback about wording choices varied dramatically, the college community universally supported the need for a succinct, memorable mission.

Examples Of Feedback

One student’s response:I think that the proposal is a better Mission Statement for a number of reasons.1. The current Mission Statement is too long. 2. The wording in the current Mission Statement is too much.

There are too many “big words” in the current statement. Thus, making it hard to remember and recite.

3. The new proposal is “short and sweet.” Short and sweet makes people want to jump on board.

A Continuous Cycle of Improvement

Working together, everyone has had an opportunity tocontribute to developing a Mission Statement that closely reflects what we want to achieve.

The outcome of our process is a simple, memorable declaration of the purpose we are here to fulfill.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Mission

To provide an education in design, media arts and culinary that prepares students for individual and professional success.

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Mission

OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THE MISSION STATEMENT COMMITTEECyndi FloodJackie Kirshtein Robert PelusoStephanie TaylorTeresa OlivioTyler Kozar

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It’s Your Turn - The Assessment Challenge

SOME TIPS FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT’S ASSESSMENT CHALLENGE SLIDESHOWYes, it is mandatory, but don’t forget: judges will select the department with the best slideshow who will win a gourmet lunch, and the afternoon off!

Deadline: Presentations must be submitted to: aipselfstudy@gmail.com

by Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

It’s Your Turn - The Assessment Challenge

Re-visit your department’s Institutional Effectiveness Plan (I.E. Plan).

Select ONE example that illustrates how your depart-ment made a positive change to impact the mission and/or improve services to the college community at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

It’s Your Turn - The Assessment Challenge

Work backwards to detail the steps your department took to achieve this particular goal. Some possibilities could include:•How did the initiative begin?•Describe how the department evaluated the initiative? What

data was used? Was any research conducted?•What steps were taken to complete the initiative?•What feedback was collected to support the importance of

the initiative?•What feedback was collected to evaluate the implementation

of the initiative?•How was the initiative introduced to the college community?•Summarize the benefits your initiative brings to the campus

community.