What Matters Most, according to faculty and staff
A total of 74 Post It Notes were collected from the approximate
25 tables with groups of 6 people. The specific comments on the "Post It Notes" are available here.
Each line represents a different post it note.
They were summarized according to the following themes,
which emerged as they were grouped on the wall:
| Number | Percent | |||
| 1. | Serving/Working as an Employee Community (15) as a Ministry (9) |
24 |
32% |
|
| 2. | Developing a Supportive Community (8) that is Christ Centered (6) |
14 |
19% |
|
| 3. | Relationships among all groups on and off campus |
14 |
19% |
|
| 4. | Student Success, Growth and Change | 10 |
13.5% |
|
| 5. | Striving for Excellence | 7 |
9.5% |
|
| 6. | Embracing Emotional, Intellectual, and Cultural Differences |
5 |
6.7% |
|
Total |
74 |
100% |
Observations:
The themes "That Matter Most" seemed
to emerge clearly and fit together. There were not comments from groups that did not
connect to these topics, which suggests employees generally have similar values at the
institution.
The themes are ordered according to the
number of comments related to each theme. These seem to reflect what faculty and staff
value highly at HC. The themes 5 and 6 are also valued but represent less than 10% as
the "Post it Notes".
Another way of analyzing the data is to
group the Student Success, Growth, and Change (13.5%) with the Striving for Excellence
(9.5%) theme making 17 notes (23%) in this regard to student educational growth and
academic excellence.
Summary:
"What Matters Most" to the Faculty and Staff is serving and working together in a ministry to develop a supportive Christ-centered community that develops relationships among all groups on and off campus. (70% notes) The student growth and change combined with the academic excellence theme represented (23% notes). Embracing emotional, intellectual and cultural differences represented (7% of notes).