Peralta Community College District

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Peralta Community College District

• Managers Retreat
• August 10-11, 2006

Peralta Community College District Strategic
Planning Process
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Retreat Themes

• Peralta has great opportunity
• Strategic Planning is real
• Strategic Planning Organizational Development
• As a manager, you are key to success

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Peralta Community College District

• Strengths

Peralta Community College District Strategic
Planning Process
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Our Strengths

• Commitment/ Resilience
• People
• Knowledge/Skills
• Support
• Location

• Teamwork
• Resources
• Programs
• Benefits
• Heritage
• Colleges

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Commitment/Resilience

• Managers who work above and beyond
• People who are committed to the organization
• Employees care about the communities we serve
• Willingness to keep trying
• Student commitment
• Passion
• Purpose

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People

• Chancellor can help with key resources for the
  future
• Consistent classified support staff
• Charming administrators
• Dedicated deans
• Diversity
• Talented faculty

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Knowledge/Skills

• Knowledgeable colleagues
• Concentration of talent and resources
• Professionalism
• Creativity

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Support

• Community support!
• Strong support systems
• Community partners
• Organization fulfills community need

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Additional Strengths

• Teamwork
• People work together pretty well
• Willingness to interact and share ideas
• Reasonable communication
• Location
• Well positioned geographically
• Good real estate
• Accessibility

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Additional Strengths

• Resources
• Available funding and budget
• Bond measures passed
• Lots of institutional memory
• Programs
• Strong signature programs
• Outstanding vocational programming
• International program
• Common basic skills curriculum

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Additional Strengths

• Benefits
• Health
• Other
• Heritage
• District history
• Colleges
• Four colleges

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Peralta Community College District

• Strengths

Peralta Community College District Strategic
Planning Process