Our Mission

Prepare and inspire education and mental health leaders to have a profound impact in fostering student opportunity, achievement and success in urban and diverse communities.

Vision

Our commitment to diversity and social justice throughout Colorado.

SEHD goals and priorities 2018-2023

<font 18pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Goal 1: Grow our deep engagement with diverse local, state and national communities for joint programs, policy development and partnered research</font>

Strategy 1: Use SEHD infrastructures to support and promote engagement

Strategy 2: Refine policies and practices that support external engagement

Strategy 3: Expand resources that support faculty and staff engagement

Strategy 4: Develop strong CPE “leadership academy” programs

Strategy 5: Expand D2/3 partnerships

Goal 2: Enhance our visible leadership in local, state and national communities and our reputation for preparing and developing educators and strong leaders who have an equity and diversity commitment

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 1: Support, reward and communicate more about faculty leadership roles of professional organizations, local and state task forces, campus committees, government sponsored initiatives</font>

Strategy 2: Lead rural partnerships in developing inclusive solutions for education and mental health challenges in diverse communities

Strategy 3: Lead the diversity and social justice dialogue in communities through scholarship, instruction and the support of our alum

Goal 3: Continue to refine programs at all degree levels in education and human development programs, as well as in continuing professional education, so that they are high quality, innovative, well-enrolled, relevant, accessible, and inclusive

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 1: Support programs with strong enrollment growth</font>

Strategy 2: Strengthen our Advanced Education programs

Strategy 3: Achieve new accreditations to create new pathways in human development

Strategy 4: Develop the online initiative

Strategy 5: Assure all of our courses and programs have strong themes related to diversity, inclusion and social justice for all children, all families and all communities

Strategy 6: Refresh D1 programs with chronic low or declining enrollment

Goal 4: Serve as a campus leader in digital and innovative pedagogies, to include expansion of SEHD online programs and student services

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 1: Partner with Thinqstudio, ODE and CU Online in campus leadership of digital education</font>

Strategy 2: Refine policies and practices that support digital development

Strategy 3: Expand online and hybrid program offerings and insure their quality

Strategy 4: Refine and expand internal supports for digital program development and innovation.

Goal 5: Grow as a strong research and scholarship community with high productivity and strong visibility across all research paradigms and creative activities

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 1: Increase number of faculty with external funds for research</font>

Strategy 2: Enhance our culture of faculty development

Strategy 3: Increase resources for faculty development (e.g., travel funds, matching funds for campus seed grants, a well-run office of grants and contracts

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 4: Increase effective ways to share our research with diverse audiences</font>

Goal 6: Grow as an inclusive, positive faculty, staff and student community, dedicated to access, equity social justice

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 1: Further develop our community life</font>

Strategy 2: Build a more diverse faculty, staff and student body

Strategy 3: Increase our capacity to be responsive to the diversity of our community

Goal 7: Increase student retention and success

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 1: Build the infrastructures that support students</font>

Expand the NxtGen success center

Strategy 2: Engage a strong and well-utilized assessment office

Strategy 3: Build strong networks of adjuncts who are student-centered, responsive to diversity and inclusive and aligned with our programs

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 4: Expand real-world experiences for students (e.g., para-educators, student agency, Right to Learn, research and teaching opportunities for doc students)</font>

Goal 8: Under the new budget paradigm, increase financial resources and contribute to campus financial stability and sustainability

Strategy 1: Revenue Growth in D1, D2 and D3

Strategy 2: Achieve cost containment through cost studies and more intentional spending by faculty and staff

<font 14pt/inherit;;inherit;;inherit>Strategy 3: Increase fund raising and development activity and success</font>