What Did We Learn About Our
Future?
Getting Ready for Strategic
Planning Spring 2012
 Listening Tour
 Presidential
Advisories
 Visioning Sessions
 Santa Clara Community Feedback
 Student Feedback and Surveys
 Data Review
 Brain Trust Responses
 Design
some institutional projects to
begin in the top three strategic focus
areas (Fall 2011)
 Prepare for our College/Community
Strategic Plan Workshop Spring 2011
(this will be our educational master plan
for the next four years 2011-2015)
 Prepare our Program Review Planning
and Committee Planning from our four
year Strategic Plan
 This
was the highest priority agreed
upon by all feedback groups (no
question of the need and importance)
 This
focus area has been given three
projects to begin this spring, summer
and into fall 2011: interested faculty and
staff have met to discuss these projects
 Three
projects will be assigned to
technology teams (faculty, administrators,
staff) interested in developing,
completing and evaluating the projects)
 Technology
Committee will be asked to
support these projects through planning
and goal integration
 Technology
will be integrated into
everything we do as a college: programs,
infrastructure, community partnerships,
professional development, planning,
resource allocation and continuous
college improvement (21st century skills
and modeling)
 Partnerships
from our community will
support our Technology Institute (the
jewel of Mission College and one of the
noted projects)
 We will drive our technology through
advisories, trends analysis and cutting
edge needs noted by our partners and
community
 The
college will model its commitment
to technology through:
• Providing technology to ease job responsibilities
and provide efficiencies and ease for staff
• Provide technology training and development
for all Mission College staff
• Provide continued technology support through
infrastructure, systems and software as
appropriate or necessary for instruction,
planning, data/effectiveness and job support
 The
college will provide continued
opportunities for transfer to all students:
this includes increased availability of
degrees, general education courses that
meet degree transfer, and services that
provide students the ability to transfer to
a four year institution
 Promote
STEM across the college:
• Computer Science engineering development and
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support
Science support including traditional science
courses and healthcare industry courses
Provide burgeoning technologies within STEM to
students
Provide stackable certificates to degree
opportunities for students in appropriate disciplines
Provide partnerships and internships in STEM
related businesses and higher education transfer
 Plan
for Scholastic Focus throughout the
college: Veteran’s Program; Honors
Program; Transfer Programs; High School
Outreach and Communication
 Partnerships with businesses and higher
education in STEM
 Create new transfer programs
 Develop
and Provide Stackable Certificates
to Degrees lines (certificates must be state
approved )
 Develop partnerships with Santa Clara small
and large business to create programs,
internships, resource allocations and future
planning
 Research, Develop and Acquire new grants
for Career Technology in partnership with
community business and regional
educational institutions
 Research, develop
and partner for a
Technology Institute or Technology
Incubator program
 Create a model “InnovaHIT” opportunity if
appropriate (Brain Trust)
 Create regional opportunities for
partnerships with regional community
college partners
 Create education to work marketing for all
departments (both online and paper
marketing)
 Research
and evaluate all current
programs for “sustainability” themes
within the program curriculum
 Research and market college based
sustainability practices and potential,
including grants for continued and
improved practice
 Provide sustainable facilities through
bond projects and current college facility
planning
 Create
partnerships with Santa Clara City
and Business for sustainable practice,
resources, and collaborative
opportunities
 Create and implement sustainable
revenue generation through grants,
partnerships, marketing and other
opportunities for leveraging of resources
 Develop
and implement a
comprehensive marketing plan based on
synthesized feedback: develop a
marketing committee for fall 2011 to
support continued marketing planning
 Develop a list of community needs
(based on President’s interaction) and
determine what college can assist with in
the next year
 Develop
and Invite Community Members to
an Institutional Strategic Planning Session in
Spring 2012
 Work with our k-12 partners on increased
transfer of high school seniors to Mission
College
 Work with k-12 partners on increased
faculty to faculty curriculum discussions
 Continue with Presidential Advisories;
integrate program advisories into
synthesized planning
Increase transfer AA degrees (1440 applications)
Increase number of online courses/sections
offered (in tandem with faculty professional
development)
 Design curriculum appropriate to career
technology needs and partnerships
 Create opportunities for faculty to learn about
program/curriculum development for enhanced
program review planning
 Review and revise curriculum to be credit
appropriate, accelerated and seamless (120 units
or less)
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 Focus
on getting Santa Clara High School
Graduates to Mission College
 Create partnerships with other community
colleges for a regional presence
 Work on increased articulation with Cal
States and UC’s for STEM and stackable
certificate to degree programs
 Create effective marketing communication,
procedures and approaches to increase
articulation k-12 and higher education
 Review
and revise curriculum to be credit
appropriate, accelerated and seamless (120
units or less)
 Provide and communicate educational
pathways, transfer and career opportunities
for all students
 Provide affordable, centralized and
seamless outside classroom support and
services for students
 Provide group counseling/advisement for
students to create efficiencies and reach
more students
 Create
an environment that provides for
necessary professional development for
all college employees
 Create a college leadership professional
development opportunity
 Create incentives and hiring criteria for
potential Mission College staffing: why
would they come to Mission? What are
our core skills sets? Why will they be
happy at Mission College?
 Provide
a comprehensive plan for college
professional development (Professional
Development Committee)
 Provide for student centered leadership that
actively participates in the college planning
and dialogue
 Provide leadership within the community to
showcase Mission College
 Provide support for change, continuous
improvement and learning, active
participation and opportunity within the
college family
 Data
driven decisions in all planning and
budget processes
 Develop and achieve reasonable
efficiencies
 Commit to accreditation standards across
the college via college committees for
accreditation planning and evaluation
 Work with future trends and community
data for innovation, program
development, partnerships and grants