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Strategic Planning

Presentation to the Board of Trustees Wharton County Junior College November 17, 2015

Richard A. Voorhees, Ph.D. Principal, Voorhees Group LLC rick@voorheesgroup.org

The Imperative for Community College Planning

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High Hanging Fruit

• Mandatory Student Success
• Block Scheduling
• OER Learning Material
• Hybrid Learning Models
• Competency Based Learning
• Focusing on Students

We No Longer Live in Actual Communities But Digital Ones

Source: Alexia Tsotsis. Retrieved October 10, 2010 athttp://techcrunch.com/2010/10/09/map-of-online-communities/

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Steps in Strategic Planning

• 1. Determine where you are.
• 2. Identify what’s important.
• 3. Define what you must

achieve.

• 4. Determine who is

accountable.

• 5. Resource your strategies
• 6. Review. Review. Review.

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Linking Existing Plans

Strategic Plan

Facilities Planning Operational Planning Financial Planning Academic Planning THECB Plans SACSCOC and QEP Unit Plans T echnology Planning Assessment Plan

Good and Bad Plans

Bad Plans

• Are mostly glossy PR

pieces

• Promise much but

aren’t accountable

• Have too many goals
• Ignore key data and

trends

• Created mainly to

keep accreditors happy

Good Plans

• Reflect hard headed

decisions

• Make appropriate use
• f data
• Goals and strategies

are tied directly to the budget process

• Identify responsible

individuals (not committees), timelines, and costs

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Levels of Planning

Strategic Level

• Institutional Goals
• Implementation

Plan Operational Level

• Division-Level

Plans

• Department-

Level Plans Tactical Level

• Polices
• Procedures

The Board’s Role in Strategic Planning

• A visionary and guiding role
• Honor past and present planning
• Set the tone for data enabled strategic

choices

• Invite wide participation and engagement
• Seize the opportunity to describe what the

District stands for now and in the future

• Expect the new plan to drive budgeting and

performance

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Traditional (and Failed) Planning

Planning Action

Emerging View

Implementation Feedback & Assessment Action Planning Harvesting Discoveries Collective Insights Reflection & Exploration

Source: The World Café. Brown, J. with Issacs, D. (2005)

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Supporting Structure

Goals I II III IV …. .… …. Strategy #1 Strategy #2 Strategy #3

Responsibility for Results

Strategy Description & Success Factor(s) Individual Assigned Responsibility Completion Date Cost (if applicable)

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Courage Is Redlining Strategies for Budgeting

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Separating the shape shifters from the operationally excellent

Key Dates

Week of November 16, planning process and dates finalized. Week of November 23, SWOT survey

• pens

Week of December 7, review and finalization of environmental scan and planning assumptions

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Key Dates

Week of Jaunuary 11, WCJC reviews strategic data. Voorhees presents to Convocation Week of February 1, WCJC reviews strategic goals, strategies, and accountability measures

Key Dates

February 10 and 11, round of strategy sessions to review strategic goals, strategies, and accountability measures February 15, WCJC identifies resources to support plan March 4, draft report delivered

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Key Dates

• March 18, final report delivered
• March 18, WCJC begins tying strategic

planning goals and strategies to identified budget

Discussion