Student Affairs Assessment
Strategic Goals and Objectives
Goal #1: Building a welcoming, engaging and inclusive community that creates a sense of belonging for the students.
Objectives:
- Foster school spirit and establish traditions
- Offer curricular and co-curricular activities in conjunction with academic partners, creating a seamless learning environment.
- Create more opportunities for student engagement through portable, personalized and targeted programming
- Integrate themes of leadership and justice and diversity into the core of all student engagement activities.
Goal #2: Ensuring a spectrum of support services and resources that respond to changes in student needs
Objectives:
- Develop a holistic wellness model that engages all aspects of wellbeing--social, mental, physical, and spiritual
- Strengthen, streamline and communicate student policies and procedures
- Attend to the needs of diverse populations
Goal #3: Building on infrastructure that supports excellence in divisional practice
Objectives:
- Invest in the talent and skills of our staff
- Establish clear programmatic outcomes and conduct regular assessments
- Capitalize on entrepreneurial opportunities
- Utilize facilities and spaces to build community
- Develop communication strategies that engage and inform our stakeholders
- Build sustainable systems and practices
Assessment Committee
Chair: Michael Martinez-Sachs
Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students
Division of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs
524 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: 212-237-8211
Fax: 646-557-4508
Essential Skills
The skills we need to be successful as students are the same skills required of successful employees and entrepreneurs in today’s global, digitally-driven workplace. The Division of Student Affairs at John Jay College has identified five Essential Skills, based on national research into employers’ thoughts on college students as well as John Jay College’s mission “Educating for Justice.” These Essential Skills – Communication, Critical Thinking, Leadership & Teamwork, Social Justice & Civility, and Healthy Living – frame the services and programs provided through the Division of Student Affairs. The Essential Skills project in the Division of Student Affairs encompasses three activities: the calibration of all Student Affairs departments’ learning outcomes and activities to the five skill areas, assisting students in recognizing and building their competencies in these five skill areas, and validating and credentialing competency for individual students.
