Critical Resources Work Group

Work Group Members

ROLE AND PURPOSE:

Identify strategically critical resources needed to achieve our vision and the goals of the strategic plan. At a minimum, the following resources should be addressed:

• Human Resource
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Graduate Assistants
  • Other
• Financial Resources
  • State
  • Private
  • Tuition
  • Grants/External
• Technology
  • Classroom
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Student
• Facilities (see charge to sub-work group)
• Other Resource Needs

Using the supplied format, recommend to the Strategic Planning Task Force one statement of “strategic direction” (i.e., one goal), and three to five strategic initiatives and action steps (for each initiative) that should be pursued in order to make progress toward the recommended strategic direction.

Determine the mechanisms and criteria to monitor, assess, and validate our progress in achieving outreach/lifelong learning goals.

PROCESS GUIDELINES:

The work group should collect data from a variety of sources including available documents and should invite expert witnesses to present relevant information.

The Sub-Work Group on Facilities should work simultaneously with this task force and provide recommendations on facilities critical to strategic advancement of ESU.

The work group should sponsor open forums and/or focus groups as a means of collecting additional data and advice regarding their charge.

The work group should communicate and coordinate its deliberations with other task forces so as to promote constructive “cross fertilization” of ideas and recommendations.

The work group should maintain appropriate records of its proceedings and communicate widely with the University’s various constituencies.

OUTCOMES:

• Progress reports delivered at bi-weekly Steering Committee Meetings
• Preliminary report due February 1, 2008
• Revised Report due March 3, 2008

Please use the following format for reporting

Last Updated January 14, 2008