CHHS Beach 2030 Strategic Planning

Student Success

Prior Goal #1 (Student success): Increase three and four year persistence rates for CHHS FTFY  

and one and two year persistence rates for transfer students (>75%) 

Prior Goal #2 (Student success): Increase by 25% the numbers of under-represented 

minorities FTFY students within CHHS by Fall 2028. 

Prior Goal #3 (Student success): Increase students' feelings of connection to departments 

Continue with existing programs/events (e.g. Beach XP, Day at the Beach, middle/HS outreach events) 

Expand AY plan based on initial  meeting (8/21) and regular bimonthly meetings with AD and Co-Directors for Student Success and Access.  

Tiffanye 

Co-Directors for Student Success and Access 

1. Educate faculty on minimum teaching workload, equity, and RTP Requirements. 

2. Townhall meetings by FC on CHHS RTP policies. 

3. Departments revise RTP documents and integrate them into department’s RTP policy. 

4. Create FAQs for the website.

Faculty Retreat group

Chris Campbell 

Virginia Gray 

Grace Reynolds-Fisher 

Janaki Santhiveeran

1. Share equity document with all faculty. 

2. Department chairs create draft with policies on AT allocation. 

3. All chairs present department policies at council of chairs. 

4. Incorporate principles of equity into college constitution and bye laws. 

5. Chairs produce matrix of AT for distribution to all faculty each semester. 

6. Dean’s office publishes all AT’s with process. 

7. Post all AT work accomplished forms online.  

8. Integrate DEIA component to AT plan. 

Michael 

Jonathan 

• Hire an ASM by Sept 15 

• Bring in all staff hired in last 24 months to get their experiences (for feedback?). Put everyone in one room – Oct 15 

Committee to take that input to ASM to finalize a plan an onboarding before winter break; implementing plan by April 1. 

1. Get area supervisors together by Sept 1 And have them develop a schedule to hold huddles for every other month and develop topics for first three staff huddles by Sept 15.  

1. Facilities Tech 

2. Advising 

3. Administration 

Schedule a CPACE Open House before Oct. 15 to be held for various work areas to run alongside HHS/CPaCE growth model  

AP & Purchasing by Dec 15 

Create an online anonymous mechanism for staff to recommend trainings they are interested in by Sept. 30. Responses would go:   

1. ASM 
2. DOD 

1. Staff Committee 

Set up CPACE trainings  

1. Email training 

2. AI 

3. Leadership 

CHHS Trainings  

1. Data Warehouse 

2. Reconciliation 
3. Staff could request to take a specific training by Jan. 30th

1.Restart reconciliation lab by end of Sept.  

2.Come up with other ideas for group activities (staff committee) by Nov 15.   

At the end of (year) 80% of upper division courses will include student learning objective that requires students to apply info they have learned to new situations. 

Establish and/or promote recognition of academic and professional excellence (e.g. rankings, competitions, info distribution [newsletter, websites, social media], create marketing plans) 

Fall 2024: Review UD courses for each dept. to determine baseline compliance 

Revise courses to meet criteria (Spring 2024)  

At least once per semester:  

• Create tabs on websites that point to achievements 

• Have depts establish or maintain PR/outreach efforts 

Dept chairs/directors and dept curriculum committee (Fall 2024) 

CHHS PR, CPACE, Dept. chairs/dir., faculty/staff 

Monica 

Chris Swarat/CPaCE team 

Dept Chairs/Directors 

Erlyana Erlyana 

Department Chairs/Directors 

Erly  

Dept. Chairs/Directors 

Nancy  

Jen Moore 

Jonathan 

Sharon 

Nancy 

Nora 

Dean’s office leadership 

Department chairs/directors 

Jen M. to assist as needed  

Goal 4:  

Expand and create mutually beneficial partnerships that support student recruitment and retention, enhance student training and practice/application, and supply the workforce. 

1. Meet with relevant community organizations and LBUSD contacts to informally gather information on perceived benefits of working with CHHS. Completed in the fall of 2024.  

2. Create a list of important individuals and organizations that should be invited to CHHS pathway to access discussions. Completed in the fall of 2024.   

3. Formalize goals, meeting schedules and benefits for CHHS pathway and access discussion groups. To be completed in the spring of 2025

1. Create faculty affiliation opportunities (Council of Center Directors) – fall 2024 - CHHS promote center affiliation – spring 2025 

2. AD for FAR will commission at least one interdisciplinary research team to submit a large-scale federal grant 

A. Explore funding priority areas of research that are also a research focus of CHHS interdisciplinary faculty (e.g., HIV/AIDS related research (alcohol, drugs, co-occurring diseases); autism; chronic disease prevention (obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart health)  

B. Reach out to department chairs to plan a series of small priority area meetings with related externally funded faculty to explore collaborations– fall 2024  

Kamiar Alaei 

Melawhy Garcia 

Monica Lounsbery 

Melissa Dyo 

Jason Aurand 

1.1 Request faculty publications or presentations related to diversity, equity, inclusion, & accessibility (DEIA) from AY 23-24 through AY 24-25 (with progress summary report to be shared at end of Spring ‘25  

1.2 Integrate DEIA language and include a specific section on the college RTP/Lecturer Evaluation document and a submission link for DEIA materials within the categories of teaching, service, and RSCA on the Interfolio platform by Spring 2025. 

1.3 Offer awards for faculty (including lecturers) who excel in integrating DEIA into their teaching, service, and RSCA. 

1.4 Create promotional material (i.e. video/photos) that highlight the commitment to DEIA work among faculty (e.g., clips of interactive class activities, student interviews, and lectures). 

1. Examine current metrics being used in higher education and identify those that have been effective. 

2. Look at our current university dashboards to ensure that metrics chosen can be monitored and measured for outcomes related to DEIA initiatives. 

1. Once metrics are identified, draft a 1-year and 3-year plan of implementation. 

2. Co-Chairs will obtain training, mentorship and networking specific to DEIA efforts in higher education  

1. Participate in university-level discussions related to DEIA as part of the CSULB DEIA Collaborative 

2. Serve in a consultative role for Faculty Council and/or CHHS RTP processes, as needed 

1. Collaborate with CSULB Outreach Office to support DEIA efforts at community recruitment events. 

2. Collaborate with CHHS Co-Chairs of Student Success to support DEIA efforts for transfer students. 

3. Collaborate with the Pathways Program to support DEIA efforts in primary and secondary education.

Health/Wellness, Belonging/Connectedness 

Gwen Bates 

Nancy Espinosa 

Nancy Meyer-Adams 

Terry Robertson 

Lucy Van Otterloo 

Establish practices that support health, wellness, and belonging by regularly scheduling activities in the college and department that become the norm.  

Identify staff/faculty level of connectedness by completing climate survey.  

Make campus resources more accessible to staff/faculty. 

Revised Goal to -  

Identify cultural norms and establish regularly ongoing activities that promote belonging, connectedness, health and wellness. 

1. Ask Health and Wellness Advisory Board to develop, distribute and analyze data/ outcomes. (early September)  

2. Survey faculty/ staff on feelings of connectedness/ belonging and morale. (September)  

3. Develop a college event schedule. (Summer/ early Fall)  

4. Establish and promote fall wellness event at the college level. (Launch first week of October)  

5. Reestablish wellness Wednesday via email. (Eventually Life Fit Director would oversee this)   

Health and Wellness Advisory Board 

College Event Staff 

Jonathan/ LifeFit Director  

LifeFit Director