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Strategic Planning Process ACUHO-I 2016 Joanne Goldwater Derek Young St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Agenda • Intros • Learning outcomes • Background leading up to the need for a new strategic plan • Description of the Student Affairs Division strategic planning process • Implementation of the divisional strategic plan • Institutional strategic planning process • River stories themes exercises

Learning Outcomes As a result of attending this session, participants will: • Explore a creative way of crafting a strategic plan. • Obtain buy-in from constituents. • Connect a strategic plan with divisional goals and assessment.

Leadership Changes -> New Strategic Planning Process • Significant leadership changes: 2010- 2014 • No institutional or divisional strategic plan • New President and new Dean hired: 2014

Divisional Strategic Planning Process • Charge and timeline from the Dean of Students • Examples of River Stories • https://docs.google.com/document/d/18E0 R6A5IAoNjyHX6F2EwEnUaY9zIXkCHcHhp gM0nJXs/edit • https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/ 0B1SrEyHL1GJLaUJyZ2FBOF9YSEk

Example of Student Perceptions Positive Negative Indifferent Helpful (9) “The man:” strict rule enforcers Sometimes students think of us as omnipotent; always available, no life, with the only purpose of serving them. Supportive (5) Sometimes working against what students want Good resource (2) “Recess” Hard working Useful for a small group of students Knowledgeable/informative (2) An arm of the upper administration Friendly

Divisional Strategic Planning Process • Strategic Plan Committee responsibilities • Creation of themes based on the River Stories • Development of strategic initiatives and tactics • Getting buy-in from the division, senior administration • Reaffirmation of Divisional Plan with the

Implementation • Assessment plan – Divisional Goals inform ORL Goals – https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/ 0B1SrEyHL1GJLcWJYNnFLMk5pMmM • Development of divisional goals – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wb OIwZ2pBRkJyTs251Laj_PnrblJzSV6sRuJ

ORL Assessment Example Leadership Students who partner with Engagement our division will be able to: The ORL will: Identify personal strengths that contribute to their leadership Engage student staff in Strengths style Quest training. Jan 2016 Define characteristics of a Provide a 60-minute training on the good leader characteristics of good leaders Jan 2016 Work with the CDC on providing a list Identify on- and off-campus of on- and off-campus jobs for student leadership opportunities leaders Oct 2015 Develop a reflective component for our Describe how leadership student leaders based on their impacts the community as a leadership and service experiences whole (Learning Outcomes Portfolio) May 2016

Institutional Strategic Planning Process • Creating a unified mission, values and themes to build our plan • S.W.O.T Analysis • Developing Strategic goals • Funding and Assessment – Creating goals without funding sources

Small Group Activity • Create your River Story • Pull out strategic themes • Large group sharing • Develop at least one strategic initiative and some tactics for one of the themes

Contact Info Joanne Goldwater Derek Young Associate Dean for Director Residence Retention and Student Life Success dmyoung@smcm.edu jagoldwater@smcm.ed 240-895-4207 u 240-895-4270