President’s Goals Summary
July 15th – December 30th
2013
Prepare for October 2013 site visit:
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Review of accreditation standards with Trustees at Board Retreat
Worked with accreditation steering team on creating and disseminating practice questions
before team arrival
Worked on accreditation ‘primer’
Assisted in site visit interviews
Reviewed planning agendas and provided Smartsheet benchmarks for those planning agendas
given to the president – worked with CPC on a consistent planning agenda/site visit
recommendation template for campus use
Reviewed site team report for factual error
Worked with CPC to provide an integrated budget plan using program plans and technology plan
Worked with VPI on setting up a different process for the steering committee moving forward
Set up work teams for self-evaluation planning agendas – President’s items only
Worked with PIO to create accreditation web-link to publicize commission results in January
Informed the community regarding accreditation via all public speaking events this fall
Reviewed best practices at college who have been highlighted with immediate re-accreditation
Accreditation Celebration party for the college
Plan for and help continue to implement board goals 12/13:
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Worked with CPC and the Vice President’s on continuing to pare down the deficit
Continued trustee participation in shared governance events, and retreats
CPC retreat: Creating the Participatory Governance Handbook
Completing all board policy revisions
Created Superintendent’s / President’s Board Report to communicate constituent news and
information
Developed and Communicated Listening Tour Results
Continued the ‘green practice’ for board meetings
Set up community meetings to discuss repeatability changes and consequences to lifelong
learning
Community Building:
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See attached list of speaking engagements and community participation
Kept office hours at Watsonville one morning or afternoon each week (exception for week of
accreditation site visit or Watsonville community engagements)
Created media points for emergency preparedness response – for community forums- created
Cabrillo College Top Ten for all speaking engagements – created Fact Sheet for speaking
engagements and Foundation reports
Attendance at one athletic event per sport – one music/theatre/art event – other events as
available
Attendance and speaker at all Foundation Events
Create and Implement College Listening Tour:
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Held 5 listening tour sessions at different times of the day and evening and different days of the
week
Summarized all tour responses by theme
Created SWOT
Presented SWOT to constituency groups and explained next steps – Visioning
All Listening Tour information posted on the President’s Office website
Understand Administrator Climate:
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Created a survey for interest in professional development
Met individually with most of the administrators to discuss Cabrillo’s past and their challenges
and passions
Started the Strengths Quest professional development with the Vice Presidents
Started professional development with the All Managers group
Met with the administrator bargaining group – discussed the development of an administrator
handbook – possible goal for next year
Create Community Key Learnings:
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Included key learnings in the listening tour results
Will include key learnings from the Foundation Board brainstorm into the visioning results
Created key learnings from the community for three Cabrillo Corner reports to the college
Summarized key learnings from Watsonville Center advisory into Visioning
Created Key learnings regarding lifelong learning from the two community forums
Met with community members separately to understand Cabrillo’s history throughout the
county and included those key learnings in follow up meetings at the college
Meet all k-12 and higher ed leadership:
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Met all superintendents and CEO of UCSC – still have not met the CEO of Monterey State
University
S4C participation and review of future planning
Attended superintendents monthly meeting to discuss high school outreach
Met with UCSC educational personnel to discuss growing partnerships in international students,
science and housing
Met with CEO of San Jose State University on a technology partnership
Review technology plan and provide support:
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Reviewed all budget options to create a technology refresh
Worked with CPC to prioritize technology resources and allocate by priorities
Worked with TLC on board agenda – switch to Board Docs
Working on a major technology initiative for Watsonville Center
Develop the Cabinet Team:
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Held a cabinet retreat and created common goals
Created ground-rules for Cabinet meetings
Started Strengths Quest professional development
Created structured Cabinet meeting agendas and outcomes
Get to know the board and communicate with the board:
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Created board expectations questionnaire
Met with each board member at least once – some not able to meet monthly
Created board blog for communications
Created Board Report
Attended Board community events
Developed president goals for board review, comment and guidance
Reviewed Board webpages at several community colleges for updates – to be completed in
January (this includes Trustee Smith’s recommendation on resource links)
Develop Superintendent Skills:
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Attended League training
Created a CEO network for phone calls; worked with CEO of Santa Barbara City College to
develop community forums and advisory- worked with other college leadership on team
presentations
Developed a link with legal to ask questions specific to needs of the superintendent