EIU'S Strategic plan: PLAN 2028

Welcome to Strategic Planning at EIU! We want to make EIU’s next cycle of Strategic Planning as inclusive and meaningful as possible for all University stakeholders — students, faculty, staff, and community partners alike.

Plan 2028 Tracking

On June 23, 2023 the Board of Trustees endorsed EIU’s new strategic plan, Plan 2028, at its most recent meeting. As you will see, Plan 2028 aligns with the IBHE’s “A Thriving Illinois” framework and advances EIU’s mission, the region, and state by focusing on four interconnected themes:

Achieve: Achieve Success for All Learners

ACHIEVE priorities align and invest in policies, practices, and resources that ensure every learner at EIU thrives. The ACHIEVE activities comprise a broad collection of strategic investments and student success supports. For Eastern Illinois University, ACHIEVE focuses on retention, learning outcomes, creating and maintaining active learning environments, adequate financial assistance, degree completion, career preparedness, and student wellness. ACHIEVE priorities leverage EIU’s commitment to student success using a holistic array of academic and other organizational supports.

Engage: Engage the Community, Region, State, & World

ENGAGE priorities are intended to build bridges between and amongst its internal and external stakeholders to expand and enhance the everyday worlds of EIU’s students, faculty, staff, alumni, and communities at all scales. ENGAGE seeks to build collaborative opportunities for inclusive economic development, regional prosperity, and personal growth. ENGAGE deepens EIU’s connection and commitment to the region, State, and world.

Create: Create a 21st Century Campus & Culture

CREATE priorities evidence a sustained commitment to all employees and students by cultivating belonging and creating a culture of care for all. CREATE accelerates efforts to innovate, invigorate, and reaffirm EIU’s unique institutional identity. Echoing the IBHE’s strategic plan, Plan 2028 advances EIU’s shared values of diversity, equity, and inclusion for all students, employees, and community members. CREATE activities focus on investing in employee and learner wellness, knowledge creation, creativity, and belonging.

Resource: Encourage Innovation, Diversify Revenue, & Grow Enrollments

RESROURCE priorities focus on overall institutional sustainability, staffing, and enhanced business practices. The theme of RESOURCE will ensure that EIU’s budgeting process, operations, and enrollment management efforts focus on sustained financial stability and invests in the strategic priorities of Plan 2028. This priority also ensures compliance with federal and State regulations, as well as financial benchmarks established by Eastern's regional accreditation body, the Higher Learning Commission.

Implementation

EIU is driven by its mission and vision, placing deliberate emphasis on fostering student success, bolstering the economy of the State of Illinois, and serving regional, state, and national stakeholders. Plan 2028, aligned with the Illinois Board of Higher Education's strategic plan, "A Thriving Illinois," is an extension and complement to it. The IBHE plan specifically focuses on harnessing the potential of higher education to promote equity, sustainability, and inclusive economic growth.

Plan 2028 at EIU revolves around four interconnected themes: Achieve, Engage, Create, and Resource. This comprehensive approach encompasses 14 strategic initiatives identified by the campus community, supported by 35 target activities that will be evaluated annually using designated performance metrics or key performance indicators. Each theme of Plan 2028 will be overseen by dedicated "Champions" and responsible lead offices or divisions.

To ensure continuous progress, Theme Champions and members of the implementation teams for each theme will convene at least once a year. During these meetings, they will assess overall performance, review and revise goals, and present a summary of the strategic plan's progress in a public town hall. The valuable feedback obtained from these annual updates will provide Plan 2028 with the necessary flexibility to be revised and updated as required to remain effective and relevant.

The Taskforce

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Dr. Kathryn A. Havercroft

Chairperson & Associate Professor Phone: 217-581-5315
Email: kahavercroft2@eiu.edu
Email: kahavercroft2@eiu.edu

Education & Training

B.S. in Special Education with Elementary Education, Eastern Illinois University, 2000
M. Ed. in Special Education, Eastern Illinois University, 2005
Ph.D. in Special Education and Family Studies, Indiana University, 2012

Conference Presentations

Havercroft, K. A. & Howland, A. (February 2014). Changing Perceptions of Key Stakeholders in the Training and Implementation for School Wide Positive
                        Behavior Supports. Presented at 26th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Havercroft, K. A. & Howland, A. (February, 2014). Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports Mixed-Method Case Study. Presented at 17th Annual American
                        Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Havercroft, K. A. (February, 2014). Changing Perceptions of Key Stakeholders in the Training and Implementation for School Wide Positive
                 Behavior Supports. Presented at 17th Annual Eastern Illinois University College of Education and Professional Studies Research Fair,
Charleston, IL.

Havercroft, K. A. (March, 2014). Team member Perceptions of Early Intervention and Sustainability Efforts in SWPBS. 11th International Conference on
                        Positive Behavior Support, Chicago, IL.

Havercroft, K. A. (July 2014). Proactively Addressing Bullying through School-wide Positive Behavior Supports. 45th Autism Society National Conference,
                        Indianapolis, Indiana.

Havercroft, K. A. (November 2014). Evaluation of an Initial School wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS) Program in Indiana. Teacher Education Division
of Council for Exceptional Children, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Havercroft, K. A. (November 2014). Enhancing SW-PBIS through Training and Skill Development of Internal Coaches and Agency Representatives. Teacher
                        Education Division of Council for Exceptional Children, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Woodley, S., Havercroft. K., Edmonds-Behrend, C., Stringfellow, J. (November, 2014). The Marriage of Classroom and Community: Fostering Teachers for
   Tomorrow. Teacher Education Division of Council for Exceptional Children, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Havercroft, K. A. (March, 2015). Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports in The ’Rural’ World. 12th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support,
                      Boston, MA.

Havercroft, K., Woodley, S., Edmonds-Behrend, C., & Stringfellow, J. (March, 2015). Analyzing Integrative Learning Experiences to Better Prepare Future
                        Teachers. 29th Annual Midwest ATE Conference, Lafayette, Indiana.

Havercroft, K., Woodley, S., Edmonds-Behrend, C., & Stringfellow, J. (February, 2016). Preparing Future Teachers: Accountability to the Profession through
                          Analysis of Integrative Learning Experiences. 96th Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher Educators, Chicago, IL.

Havercroft, K., Woodley, S., Jones-Bromenshenkel, M., Edmonds-Behrend, C., Stringfellow, J, Li, M., Rosentstein, A. & Cook, R. (February, 2016). Systematic                           Approach to Ensuring Teacher Preparation for Common Core Supported Standards. 96th Annual Conference of the Association of Teacher
                          Educators, Chicago, IL.

Havercroft, K. (September, 2013). Unique Lessons Learned from Single Secondary Level SWPBS Programming. Poster presented at 2013 Council for
                         Children with Behavior Disorders International Conference, Chicago, IL.

Havercroft, K. (September, 2015). A Case Study of a Rural District Implementating a Tiered Framework of Intervention for Behavior. Poster presented at 2015
                        Council for Children with Behavior Disorders International Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Havercroft, K. (October, 2015). District-wide Implementation of SWPBS in a Rural Community. Poster presented at 2015 National PBIS Leadership Forum,
                      Chicago, Illinois.

Havercroft, K., Stringfellow, J., Yeck, S. & Weber, J. (October, 2015). Franklin Flames: SWPBS in an Alternative Educational Setting for Children with Severe
                       or Profound Developmental Delays or Medical Fragility. Poster presented at 2015 National PBIS Leadership Forum, Chicago, Illinois.

Community

YMHFA Trainer
Special Olympics
SWPBS Trainer Indiana/Illinois

Publications

Havercroft, K. A. (2013, Fall). New approaches to coaching: Coaches Academy. Advances in SEL Research (AERA), 7(1), 15.

Hampshire, P. K.,Havercroft, K., Luy, M. & Call, J. (in press). Confronting assumptions:    Service learning as a medium for preparing early childhood special                education teachers to work with families. Teacher Education Quarterly.

Havercroft, K.A., Anderson, J. A., Howland, A., Miller, T. & Eaken, G. (in press). A schoolwide positive behavior supports pilot study: Success of implementation
                        and benefits of programming. Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Hampshire, P. K., Havercroft, K. A., Luy, M. & Call, J. (in press). A shift in perspective: Training pre-service early childhood special education students to
                        work with families. Teacher Education & Practice.

Funding & Grants

Havercroft, K. A. (2013). Changing perceptions of key stakeholders in the training
                        and implementation for school wide positive behavior supports. CEPS
                        Development Grant for Faculty Research or Creative Activities. Awarded
                        $1,000.00 on November 14, 2013.

Pearson, M. & Havercroft, K. A. (2013). Bridging Voices in Our Community (BVC)
                        Bullying Project: A Time for Prevention and Intervention: Renewing Hope in
                        Education. FY14 Faculty Development Partnership Grant. Awarded $350.00 on
                        November 20, 2013.

Havercroft, K. A. (2014). Bridging Voices in Our Community (BVC)
                        Bullying Project. FY15 Redden Fund Grant. August 20, 2014. *Combined award
                        with two other submissions.

Havercroft, K. A. (2014). Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports in a ‘Rural’ World.
                        CEPS Development Grant for Faculty Research or Creative Activities. Awarded
                        $1,000.00 on November 20, 2014.

Frequently Taught Courses

SPE 4525
SPE 4730
SPE 4800
SPE 4901
SPE 5133D
SPE 5675
SPE 5870

Research & Creative Interests

CURRENT STUDIES

            Havercroft, K. A. (2014). Coaches academy: A new approach to coaching for school
                        wide positive behavior supports. IRB Approval # 14-096.

            Havercroft, K. A. (2015). Qualitative Study of the Benefits and Barriers Associated with
                        Implementing Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports in a Rural District. IRB
                        Approval #15-022.

Professional Affiliations

Special Olympics
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Association of Positive Behavior Supports (APBS)
American Education Research Association (AERA)
Teacher Education Division of CEC (TED)
Council for Children with Behavior Disorders (CCBD)
Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Women Educators

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