Implementation Plan
| Recommendation | Proposed Follow-up | Responsibility for Leading Follow-up | Timeline for Addressing Recommendation |
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1. The department needs to work with senior leadership at the RMC to develop a long-term HR plan to address the department’s anticipated needs and to smooth the hiring process. |
3 year Dept Business Plan being developed; will be engaging new Principal on way forward; | Dept Head | Dec 2023 |
| 2. The process of engaging sessionals needs to be streamlined in order to reduce the administrative burden on the Department. | Faculty claims clerk will be trained to assist with sessional and TA hiring administration. | Dean of Science | May 2023 |
| 3. The department will need to hire between two and three full-time faculty in computer science to maintain their program. | All UT positions within CS are filled | Dept Head | Complete |
| 4. The department should explore new approaches to recruiting students | Develop marketing/outreach/ recruitment plan. | Dept Head | This is an on going process. |
| 5. The department should hire 2-3 new full-time Computer Science faculty for sustainability | Will be looking to modify the SPQRs to increace possibility of recruitment of CS milfacs. | Dean/Dept Head | Dec 2023 |
| 6. Arrange a public presentation of final student assignments, for instance in image processing, artificial intelligence, and simulation, to showcase what can be achieve in the major | This was done within the Dept. Will expand to include 1st – 3rd years in following year | Dept Head | May 2024 |
| 7. Develop and promote different ‘specialization paths’. | The Department has initiated a syllabus submission for a minor in data analytics. (Sept 23) | Dept Head | May 2024 |