Guide to PME Plan Tempate

1. Initial information:  fill out and be specific to your unit.
2. Mission:  fill in your unit’s mission is aligned to your college, division and the university, as applicable.
3. Goals and Objectives: based upon your unit’s environmental scanning and other preparatory analysis (see PME Workbook, pp. 13-19), state your unit’s goals, which are its operating aims.  A goal re-states and specifies the unit’s mission.  Under each goal, state an objective that makes clear what end result will occur from work on the goal.  [Stating your Goals and Objectives should align with the university’s Strategic Plan (which uses this nomenclature).]
4. Student Learning and Program Outcomes:  all units that have a teaching function, academic and non-academic units/departments, should identify student learning outcomes (SLOs) relevant to their operations.  All units should define program outcomes (POs) that state what the unit wants to see occur through its programs and services (e.g. usage, enrollment/graduation/retention, completion of work or services)
5. Assessments and Evaluation Instruments:  How will you assess/evaluate the extent to which your unit has achieved its SLOs and POs?  Consult the list of indicators in the PME Workbook.  Specify the assessments your unit will use to measure performance and a benchmark criterion (target) for achievement.  [Academic units should utilize Form 201B/Assessment Plan for assessing SLOs.] 

   Criteria:  specify for each assessment instrument a threshold of attainment that represents each of these levels (not acceptable; acceptable, target).  Target standards should accomplish/represent excellence in performance that aligns with what the Strategic Plan terms “measures”.

6. Establishing Priorities Identify your Departments three highest priorities representing the objectives and learning outcomes and state the estimated cost.  Explain the reasons for the ranking, taking into account an analysis of areas of potential sustainable advantage and long term demand.  Place the projected budget dollar amounts needed.
7. Budget Implications of Priorities For each priority above (in #7), indicate if you will utilize existing resources or internally re-allocated resources to address the priority.  Indicate if the priority entails a capital request for (FY 2014 and/or 2015) or budget timeline that extends past the next fiscal year (long-term planning priority).
8. Proposed Budget Allocation for FY2014 List your preferred allocation of your department’s budget based on your desire to fund your stated priorities.  If you are basing your reallocation of funds on securing external, non-appropriated funds, these funds should be awarded to the University and allocated to your department already. If you are requesting a reallocation, specify the funds/categories and amounts for the reallocation.