Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan Rubric 2022-2025

Goals, Objectives, & Implementation Plan

WSU Strategic Goal 1 Alignment

Inclusive Excellence; Student Centeredness

SPA Goal 1

Increase every student's understanding of inclusion and social justice in the performing arts.

Objective 1

Create and implement core course "Inclusion in the Performing Arts"  for 1 credit hour

Create Certificate - Performing Arts & Social Justice

Research and Scholarship; Inclusive Excellence; Student Centeredness

SPA Goal 2

Improve diversity, inclusion, and equity in all course content and materials.

Objective 1

Create rubric/grid to evaluate courses for culturally relevant curriculum/inclusive curriculum utilizing exisiting resources and considering SPA needs

Student Centeredness; Research and Scholarship; Inclusive Excellence

SPA Goal 3

Ensure degree concentration learning outcomes are inclusive and reflect the current field.

Objective 1

Update Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for degree concentration areas to reflect & align with WSU and SPA strategic plan and research current practices in the field.

Student Centeredness

SPA Goal 4

Identify overlapping course content, sequencing, and innovate new curricular approaches/courses.

Objective 1

Review and map courses to clarify overlapping materials & to evaluate "introduced, developed, advanced" and high impact experiences (curricular and co-curricular).

Campus Culture; Inclusive Excellence; Partnerships & Engagement

SPA Goal 5

Recruit a more diverse and representative student community

Objective 1

Create community partnerships and opportunities beginning with youth

Recruit a more diverse student population

Bring community youth on campus to participate and/or observe existing classes

Create free community events focused on Shocker Neighborhood & low income areas

Student Centeredness; Inclusive Excellence

SPA Goal 6

Create inclusive and equitable audition and jury processes/assessments

Objective 1

Create new rubrics/assessments for audition processes, juries, and portfolio review

Campus Culture; Inclusive Excellence

SPA Goal 7

Prioritize hiring diverse faculty, staff, guest artists, and students (BIPOC artists, LGBTQIA+, PA forms/approaches not offered by full-time faculty/staff that expand global perspectives, nuerodiverse artists, differently able-bodied artists)

Objective 1

Consider New Position: Assistant Professor of PA and Social Justice (with ability to teach courses in at least 2 of the 4 program areas)

Hire diverse guest artists

Hire diverse and workstudy eligible student employees in shops and for other student positions

Student Centeredness; Campus Culture; Inclusive Excellence; Partnerships & Engagement

SPA Goal 8

Decrease siloing of program areas through community-building events and more transdisciplinary curriculum/co-curriculum 

Objective 1

Implement a consistent all-school community gathering and facilitate critical dialogue (with diversity in mind) - Friday SPA Day

Utilize SPA IDEA 

Student Council (SPACO) Reorganization

Implement more courses/co-curriculum that crosses over in program areas and increase opportunities for collaboration

Student Centeredness; Campus Culture; Inclusive Excellence 

SPA Goal 9

Improve communication (accountability, transparency and collegialty/professionalism among faculty, staff, and students)

Objective 1

Create faculty/staff handbook to clarify expectations and roles

Improve communication and culture for the entire School

Improve communication & culture within the Production Leadership Team/Specific Production Teams

Student handbook updates to clarify expectations including section for production