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03 Message from the Vice President, Academic
04 Our guiding educational principles
06 Student-fi rst culture
10 Engaging students
14 Eff ective teaching methods
20 Focused applied education programs
24 Relationships
28 Next steps
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Our work is about preparing our students for theirs
In 2015, SAIT launched its Strategic Plan, Think Big, Think Applied Education, with a vision to take us into our next century. Key to that vision is student success, so SAIT’s community came together to create our fi rst Education Plan.
After countless passionate discussions, I am proud to share with you that vision for 2017-2020, titled Big Thinking, Applied. It is not happenstance that the subtext reads, “Our work is about preparing our students for theirs.” It is a refl ection of our shared singular commitment to the success of our students. Our plan grows from SAIT’s solid academic foundations built up over the past 100 years by our dedicated faculty and staff who have served more than 220,000 graduates.
Big Thinking, Applied represents a three-year plan to advance the success of our students by focusing on fi ve key areas:
1. Student-fi rst culture
2. Engaging students
3. Eff ective teaching methods
4. Focused applied education programs
5. Relationships
The rapid economic and societal changes spurred on by technological advancements present both challenges and opportunities for our students and graduates. Change has become a constant, and we will leverage action-based learning opportunities in service of our students. With deliberate progress in our fi ve key focus areas, our students will be able to realize their goals.
Big Thinking, Applied was developed in alignment with SAIT’s institutional Strategic Plan, Think Big, Think Applied Education, and to highlight how our institution will realize these broader institutional goals through our academic mandate.
I look forward to working with each of you to realize the objectives set out in our bold Education Plan, Big Thinking, Applied.
Brad Donaldson Vice President, Academic
Student success is at the core of everything we do. Each member of the SAIT community has a role to play in realizing that success. Whether it’s an instructor teaching new skills or a talent management co-ordinator bringing the best employees to campus, we are all vital to creating makers, shapers and originals.
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Our guiding educational principles
• Students come fi rst in everything we do
• Learning takes a community with engaged students
and dedicated faculty and staff
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SAIT’s VISION IS TO BEA global leader in applied education
To realize this vision, SAIT’s Education Plan will focus
on the mission to deliver extraordinary applied learning
experiences for exceptional student success.
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Big Thinking, Applied
SAIT’s 2017-2020 Education Plan, Big Thinking, Applied,
centres on fi ve key focus areas that align to, and reinforce,
the strategic priorities in SAIT’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan,
Think Big, Think Applied Education.
Education Plan focus areas
Student-first cultureEngaging students
Effective teaching methodsFocused applied education
programsRelationships
Strategic Plan strategic priorities
Sustainable growthStudent success
Employee successApplied education innovation
Partnerships
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Student-fi rst All of us have an integral part in creating
a strong student-fi rst culture
We encourage and support every member of the global
SAIT community to engage in the achievement of student
success in our innovative applied education environment
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Desired outcome: An engaged institution focused on student success as measured by increasing completion rates.
Anchoring goals:
• Enable all students to successfully complete their area of study from individual courses through to degrees
• Mobilize all campus community members in the shared goal of student success
• Focus institutional planning and decision-making on student-fi rst priorities
• Ensure system design and data analytics are used to support evidence-informed decision-making
• Foster global citizenship through internationalized learning opportunities — bringing the world to SAIT and SAIT to the world
• Ensure SAIT continues to be a safe, healthy and welcoming environment for all members of our community
• Ensure continual quality enhancement of services to students.
Focus area: Student-fi rst culture
student-first prioritiesPlacing student success at the core of all of SAIT’s planning, initiatives and activities.
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Student-fi rst culture
We will:
• Increase systems thinking and collaborative working between SAIT schools and departments
• Defi ne accountability framework — including organizational structure, governance, operating model and processes — for SAIT to enable collaboration and highly eff ective teams
• Ensure labs, shops, instructional development and enhancement areas (IDEA) rooms, and student computer facilities enable academic success
• Create a student employment and career support centre for students and alumni
• Launch an integrated student recruitment and retention program to:
o Provide students with access to services needed regardless of when, how and/or where they study
o Mobilize advisors for students and programs to maximize student recruitment, program fi t and retention
o Engage with students before they begin their studies to provide opportunities that include social, cultural, personal mentorship and other support systems
o Equip each student with a program and institutional handbook so expectations are transparent
• Create opportunities to bring the world to SAIT and to bring SAIT to the world by:
o Globalizing curriculum content
o Increasing study abroad/semester exchange opportunities for students and faculty
o Strengthening support systems for students and faculty that enable them to succeed globally.
Focus Area: Student-fi rst culture
systemsthinking
Recognizing SAIT as a complex organization made up of many
interconnected parts, and that an action in one part of SAIT affects many other parts of SAIT.
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Engaging students
Engaging students
We engage and support students and graduates in the
acquisition of applied knowledge, skills and competencies for
the future and the attitudes and behaviours as lifelong learners
Graduates are engaged, global citizens who are ready to shape
the world as contributors, entrepreneurs
leaders and community builders
SAIT is where originals are made
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Desired outcome: Highly engaged students who are positioned for success in their life’s work as measured by student engagement and graduate satisfaction survey results.
Anchoring goals:
• Create experiences that inspire students to engage in all aspects of their learning, including in the classroom and campus life
• Create a lifelong learning atmosphere for students so they feel connected to SAIT throughout their lives
• Engage students in all aspects of wellness, from healthy minds to healthy bodies
• Recognize and validate that learning and development also occur beyond the classroom
• Foster entrepreneurship and innovation skills to build students’ competitive edge and develop the resilience needed for the evolving economy
• Create an inclusive learning community that recognizes students’ diverse learning needs and improves success by providing services when and where they are needed.
Focus area: Engaging students
providingservicesGiving students access to the resources and help they need to succeed at SAIT.
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Engaging students
We will:
• Establish a campus life offi ce to enrich students’ learning experiences, both inside and outside the classroom
• Embed engagement opportunities through expanded student clubs, community initiatives, networking and mentorship programs
• Implement a co-curricular record system that recognizes and validates learning and development beyond the classroom
• Implement a wellness strategy
• Develop personalized learning approaches that respond to the varying needs of SAIT’s diverse student body and support lifelong learning
• Engage youth through various pathways that enable them to achieve their academic and career objectives, including:
o Increasing camp off erings beyond the summer, such as weekend and evening deliveries throughout the academic year
o Increasing dual-credit off erings
o Offi cially launching the Career Exploration Centre.
co-curricularrecord
An official document that acknowledges and gives learning validation to a student’s out-of-
classroom experiences.
Effective teaching methods
SAIT Education Plan 2017-2020
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and demonstrate skills and competencies that have
value in all aspects of their lives
We do this through action-based learning opportunities enabled
by our exceptional faculty. We are committed to innovation in
teaching and learning so our students are successful. Our skilled
faculty make the diff erence in our students’ lives
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Desired outcome: Action-based teaching that contributes to a learning community and increases student success as measured by completion rates.
Anchoring goals:
• Attract faculty and staff who embrace SAIT’s diverse culture, which fosters student success
• Invest in professional development opportunities for faculty, academic leaders and staff to enable student success
• Ensure SAIT’s learning management system (LMS) is eff ectively leveraged to enable access for students and the use of data analytics to further student success
• Foster scholarly activity in teaching, learning and applied research.
Focus area: Effective teaching methods
learning managementsystemA software application that supports the administration, creation, delivery and reporting of courses and student performance.
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• Implement a faculty development and competency model that:
o Allows faculty to connect with industry needs and trends to ensure their ongoing knowledge relevance
o Continues to grow pedagogical skill sets for an engaged learner- centred environment
o Supports faculty in adopting, adapting and creating open education resources that increase access to relevant, fl exible learning content
o Ensures faculty — all full-time, part-time and online — are continuously engaged in development of teaching practices to maintain best-in-class teaching and relevancy
o Provides support for faculty and students to foster learning in a global environment
o Provides faculty with tools for increasing student engagement
o Supports faculty in identifying and guiding students at risk
• Establish a SAIT-relevant professional development framework for academic leaders and staff
• Assess each program to establish an appropriate online presence
• Implement a learning management system (LMS) strategy that:
o Provides a consistent learning platform
o Leverages LMS insights and analytics to improve student success
o Mobilizes the LMS champions in SAIT schools
o Includes LMS training for eff ective usage and application to support learning
Effective teaching methods
open educationresources
Learning materials and resources in the public domain or that have an open licence, so anyone can
freely use and share them.
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research chairsPositions focused exclusively on carrying out scholarly activity and achieving research excellence in a specific field of study.
• Evolve the education technology strategy to deliver more capable and fl exible learning options for students, and support inclusive learning environments. This includes digital evolution.
• Develop opportunities to share SAIT’s pedagogical approach with the institutional community
• Develop an institutional repository to preserve scholarly activity knowledge and enhance the visibility of SAIT research
• Establish research chairs in applied education and student success
• Support applied and scholarly research endeavours by enhancing information resources available to the SAIT community.
Focused applied education programs
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Focused applied
programseducation
We believe in the power of action-based learning to transform lives
Each learning experience is crafted with industry and instructional
experts to prepare our graduates for their life’s work
We respond to global market needs, advances in technology and
employers’ expectations by seizing opportunities for applied
research and professional development in our program design
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Desired outcomes: SAIT graduates achieve market-sought skills and competencies as measured by employer satisfaction with the quality of a SAIT education.
Programs are always relevant, current and continuously responsive to changing market demands as measured by employer satisfaction with the quality of SAIT’s graduates.
Anchoring goals:
• Increase access for students through fl exible programming and learning options, including blended, online and distance learning
• Collaborate across all SAIT schools to develop common courses and share curriculum and instructors
• Ensure students achieve market-sought skills and competencies through rigorous program development and evaluation
• Improve responsiveness to market demand through more agile and effi cient course and program development
• Provide students with lifelong learning pathways by developing new programs and credentials in employer-sought fi elds
• Challenge students to be critical information consumers and creators
• Deliver inclusive learning experiences that meet the needs of our diverse student population
• Ensure ongoing quality enhancement of programs.
Focus area: Focused applied education programs
inclusive learningexperiencesA teaching approach to enable success across the broad range of learning styles and diverse backgrounds of students.
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Focused applied education programs
We will:
• Increase off erings and pathways for students as part of creating an annual three- year rolling program development plan. First programs in this plan would include:
o Degree in Hospitality Management
o Post-diploma in Culinary Entrepreneurship at a new downtown location
o Suite of off erings in unmanned aerial vehicles
o Options in cybersecurity
• Expand and utilize the strategic product mix framework and tools to support evidence-informed decision-making
• Renew centres of excellence to ensure programs align with industry’s evolving needs
• Expand applied learning opportunities through living labs and classrooms
• Enhance processes for development of market-focused programs
• Improve the agility and cost of course and program development processes in response to industry need
• Implement work-integrated learning opportunities in all full-time programs
• Invest in learning environments to support students, including:
o Opening a new facility for Crane and Hoisting Equipment Operator program
o Renovating the John Ware building and consolidating the location of hospitality programs
• Continue to enhance program quality through the Program Quality Assessment process, including implementing action plans and engaging faculty in regular program reviews
• Establish guidelines for integration of applied research into programs – including resources and quality indicators, and the role for Applied Research and Innovation Services.
Focus Area: Student-fi rst culture
work-integrated
learningWork-integrated learning is the
process through which students apply their learning and experience
to relevant real-world situations, problems and projects.
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success. We will collaborate across campus and with industry
academic institutions, alumni, government and the community
for strategic, sustainable and integrated relationships
Relationships
Relationships
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Desired outcome: Collaborative relationships that support student success as measured by SAIT’s employee engagement survey and the employer satisfaction survey, which gauges the satisfaction of those who employ SAIT graduates.
Anchoring goals:
• Create eff ective relationships across a broader network of partners to enable more student success, including innovation in applied learning and work-integrated learning opportunities
• Foster and develop more internal relationships to leverage the capacity and capability of SAIT’s educational system
• Ensure continual quality enhancement of services to students.
We will:
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to drive and support SAIT’s Global Strategy
• Create strategic advisory councils for all schools to learn about/understand industry needs and inform new opportunities for students
• Strengthen program advisory committees by:
o Sharing advisory feedback within SAIT schools and across campus
o Co-ordinating guest speakers
o Engaging industry on new technologies
o Creating advisory committees for key non-credit programs
Focus area: Relationships
SAIT’s educational systemThe deliberate alignment of programming to market requirements to provide graduates with the skills and competencies for career success.
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Relationships
• Establish a committee of school board superintendents to exchange innovations on student pathways, pedagogical approaches and high school graduate expectations and competencies
• Seek and promote purposeful articulation pathways into, within and from SAIT to expand learning opportunities
• Engage proactively with the provincial government to enable an eff ective model for student success
• Advocate with Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training to refresh curriculum and develop pedagogical standards in the classroom for apprentices
• Enhance industry relationships to broaden scope for work-integrated learning opportunities for students
• Support the development of SAIT’s community by working with not-for-profi t partners on community initiatives
• Strengthen partnerships with the SAIT Students’ Association, SAIT Academic Faculty Association and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees to realize shared goals for student success
• Engage alumni as integral contributors to SAIT’s community
• Evolve international education partnerships to a larger community of global institutions of applied education.
Focus Area: Student-fi rst culture
articulationpathways
Transfer credit agreements between post-secondary
institutions that recognize student learning and allow
students to easily move between institutions.
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Next steps
Making this plan a reality: A lot of great thinking and work has gone into creating this document. Now, we need to make this plan a reality. Putting students fi rst at SAIT is what we do. It is important to us. Seeing students succeed motivates us.
It will take all of us to implement this Education Plan.
This is a guide toward a student-fi rst environment across campus. We have set goals for student success and laid out the groundwork for achieving results that count. Consult it, work with it, write notes in the margins.
Your role:
• Read this plan thoroughly and examine how you can contribute
• Talk with your supervisor about your role in implementing the plan
• Speak up. Share your ideas or requests. You might have skills apart from those you use in your current role you’d like to contribute.
Next steps
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• Hold workshops where we can further examine the implementation of this plan
• Organize next steps and action items brought forward from across campus
• Allocate resources as appropriate
• Set up an email to allow everyone to share ideas and/or requests — education.plan@sait.ca
• Commit to ongoing communication.
Ongoing progress:
Each year, we will undergo a comprehensive review of our progress. The result of these reviews will be annual update reports, which can be conveniently inserted into the back of this printed plan.
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