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LIFE BALANCE 

 
Objective 1:  Establish Life Balance working committee  responsible for research, analysis, and development of strategies to address goal. 
ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY INITIATION DATE COMPLETION DATE COSTS/RESOURCES TARGET:      MEASURES OF  SUCCESS APPRAISER
1. Invite community members to serve on working committee Steering committee co-chairs Dec-04 Jan-05   committee in place  
2. Sub-committee co-chairs transition working committee co-chairs and committee co-chairs Jan-05 Feb-05      
Objective 2:  Working committee researches all aspects of life balance
ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY INITIATION DATE COMPLETION DATE COSTS/     RESOURCES TARGET:      MEASURES OF  SUCCESS APPRAISER
1. Collect information from community via focus groups working committee Spring 2005 TBD TBD   debriefing
2. Collect information on how other organizations handle this topic working committee Spring 2005 TBD TBD relevant information  
3. Collect information from community via surveys working committee Spring 2005 TBD TBD completed survey  
4. Collect information via other venues-TBD by working committee working committee Spring 2005 TBD TBD    
Objective 3:  Working committee conducts analysis of collected information
ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY INITIATION DATE COMPLETION DATE COSTS/RESOURCES TARGET:      MEASURES OF  SUCCESS APPRAISAL
1. Pull trends and ideas from surveys, focus groups and research working committee spring 2005        
Objective 4:  Working committee develops strategies for addressing research results
ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY INITIATION DATE COMPLETION DATE COSTS/RESOURCES TARGET:      MEASURES OF  SUCCESS APPRAISAL
1. Strategies consider all community members             
2. Strategies will emerge in different ways on different scales            
Implementation:
ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY INITIATION DATE COMPLETION DATE COSTS/RESOURCES TARGET: MEASURES OF SUCCESS APPRAISER
Hire a consultant to review the recruitment process.  Dean of Faculty 9/15/2005 11/15/2005 $1,500 A report on recruitment and suggested actions   
           
Objective 2:  Track and Improve Faculty Culture and Retention
Implementation:
ACTION ITEM RESPONSIBILITY INITIATION DATE COMPLETION DATE COSTS/RESOURCES TARGET: MEASURES OF SUCCESS APPRAISER
             
Hire a consultant to review faculty culture and retention and provide us with an ongoing instrument for tracking and improvement.   Dean of Faculty 10/1/2005 10/31/2005 $6,000 A tri-annual faculty culture survey and suggested actions; an attrition avg.of 8%-10%   
Hire a consultant to review exit interviews  Dean of Faculty 10/1/2005 10/31/2005 $1,200  
Hire a consultant to assess the experience of teachers in their first year at Cary Academy.  Dean of Faculty 10/1/2005 10/31/2005 $1,200 Revised Orientation and Mentoring Process  
Results from consultants be shared with employees and then forwarded to LT team            
Track the cost of studying problem vs. the cost of hiring new faculty            

 

 

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