Strategic Plan 2009-2013

Goal I: Quality

Sustain and continuously improve the quality of Idaho’s public education, training, rehabilitation, and information/research programs and services.

Objectives for quality:

1. Continue developing a career continuum and compensation system for all teachers, faculty, and staff that rewards knowledge, skills and productivity; and promotes recruiting, hiring, and retention.
• Performance Measure:
• Board governed agency and institution personnel total compensation as a percent of peer organizations.
• Benchmark:
• Teachers, faculty, and staff should enjoy good working conditions and be compensated at levels comparable (90-100 percent) to peer public and private organizations (normalized by the Consumer Price Index and location).
2. Strive for continuous improvement and increased level of public confidence in the education system through performance-based assessments and accountability, and monitoring of accreditation processes.
• Performance Measure
• The number of schools and districts meeting or exceeding Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) each year.
• Benchmark
• Number of schools and districts meeting or exceeding AYP each year to 100% by 2013.
• Performance Measure
• Schools, institutions, and agencies accreditation results.
• Benchmark
• Schools, institutions, and agencies meet or exceed accreditation standards.
3. Increase the availability of highly qualified teachers, especially in high need areas.
• Performance Measure
• Number of Idaho teachers who are certified each year by specialty.
• Benchmark
• Numbers of certified teachers are adequate to meet demand.
4. Enhance the State’s infrastructure and capacity for biomedical research through collaborative efforts between our three public universities and the Veterans Affair Medical Center (VAMC) Biomedical Research Expansion Initiative.
• Performance Measure:
• Total dollar amount of grants for biomedical research (funded externally from state resources).
• Number of biomedical researchers being trained and number of researchers engaged in biomedical research at the VAMC facility.
• Benchmark:
• Total dollar value of biomedical research grant funding (external of state resources) increases.
5. Improve the service delivery model for infants, toddlers, children, and youth who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing, including those with additional disabilities or deafblindness.
• Performance Measure:
• Satisfaction of parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing, including those with additional disabilities or deafblindness.
• Benchmark:
• The number of parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth satisfied with services in the state will be at least 90%.
6. Continuously evaluate and make additions as necessary to service delivery models for transition age youth and adults with disabilities.
• Performance Measure:
• The number of eligible transitioning youth and adults who have become successfully employed.
• Benchmark:
• The number of youth and adults successfully employed will be equal to or greater than the preceding year.
7. Support and enhance the state’s infrastructure and capacity for advanced energy studies through collaborative efforts between our three public universities and the Idaho National Laboratory at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies.
• Performance Measure:
• Total dollar amount of grants for advanced energy studies (funded externally from state resources).
• Benchmark:
• Total dollar value of advanced energy studies grant funding (external of state resources) increases.
8. Foster an academic environment that encourages and enables cooperative (public/private partnerships) efforts to engage in relevant research.
• Performance Measure:
• External funding for research per faculty FTE.
• Benchmark:
• External funding for research per faculty FTE is equivalent to peer institutions.

Goal II: Access