Strategic Initiative 7: Create an environment that stimulates the creativity, innovation, and excellence of our faculty and staff.
The focus of this strategy is to foster a culture and climate that promotes innovation and collaboration in faculty and staff. Several of the results in this strategy can be cross-referenced to results in other strategies, particularly as related to developing a calendar and schedule that will allow time for faculty and staff to engage in innovative pursuits such as curriculum and course content development, and developing new products and services. This strategy also focuses on facilitating the ability of faculty and staff to pursue innovative and creative endeavors that enhance opportunities for students.
Specific Results:
| Starts Year 3 | NCSSM curriculum standards will encourage the freedom to incorporate thoughtful innovation, careful risk-taking, reflective practices, and the promotion of original ideas. |
| Starts Year 2 | Innovation and creativity will be factors considered in hiring and evaluation practices. |
| In Progress | Our school calendar and/or daily/weekly schedule will allocate specific times for creative and innovative pursuits. |
| Starts Year 2 | The work environment at NCSSM will include collegiality, collaboration, recognition of employees’ contributions, and support for balanced lives for employees. |
| In Progress | Administration will clearly communicate expectations and protocols, value and honor innovation and creativity, be transparent in its decision-making, and be responsive to faculty and staff. |
| In Progress | NCSSM financial procedures for faculty and staff projects will be streamlined, flexible, clear, and responsive to instructional needs. |
| Starts Year 3 | Individual faculty and staff work schedules will be negotiable to allow time for innovation. |
| Starts Year 3 | NCSSM will have a professional development program that accounts for individual faculty and staff needs including internal and external collaboration. |