Roadmap for the Future: Excellence in Action
Strategic Initiatives 2008 - 2013
Goal 2: Enhance the Culture of Staff Excellence
Strategy: Attract, develop, and retain excellent staff through improvements in resources, shared governance, and competitive compensation and benefits.
Objective 2.1:
Elevate unclassified staff salaries to national, position-specific standards such as those provided by the SREB or CUPA-HR peer averages by 2013.
a. Improve programmatic and administrative efficiencies that will allow the reallocation of resources toward staff salaries.
b. Continue to reallocate new institutional resources toward elevating staff salaries.
c. Develop and communicate a master plan for unclassified staff that outlines a method for determining merit and equity salary increases.
Objective 2.2:
Increase the number of unclassified staff in leadership roles in professional organizations 50% by 2013.
a. Recognize/reward/show appreciation for exceptional professional activities.
b. Divisions are directed to review and establish specific criteria within their merit raise process to ensure that professional activities are rewarded.
c. Offices will institute an annual performance evaluation contract to promote continuous quality improvement.
Objective 2.3:
Increase the number of staff participating in professional enhancement activities 20% by 2013.
a. Allocate funds to departments for the professional development of unclassified staff.
b. Develop a master faculty and staff training plan that outlines mandatory and optional training needs.
c. Recognize/reward/show appreciation for exceptional professional activities.
d. Divisions are directed to review and establish specific criteria within their merit raise process to ensure that professional activities are rewarded.
e. Offices will institute an annual performance evaluation contract to promote continuous quality improvement.
Objective 2.4:
Increase participation in shared governance 50% by 2013.
a. Create and implement an internal communication plan for the university.
b. Implement a plan for shared governance that includes a forum for staff representation.
c. Communicate the need for staff to participate in shared governance.