Strategic Planning

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Strategic Planning

• Bergen Community College
• General Faculty Conference
• January 18, 2005

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BackgroundFall 2004

• Launch Strategic Planning initiative
• Research on strategic planning
• Link with MS study group on planning
• Align Middle States Self Study, Institutional
  Assessment Committee, and Strategic Planning
  Committee
• Form of Strategic Planning Committee
• Develop charges for the SP Committee

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What is Strategic Planning?

• It is not tactical planning.
• It is not operational planning.
• Based on our values, mission, and vision, our
  strategic plan contains the over-arching
  initiatives that will drive the goals and
  objectives of all departments in the institution.

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Planning levels
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Strategic GoalsExamples

• Evaluate programs and initiatives to ensure best
  practices
• Develop programs that respond to the needs of the
  community
• Improve campus capacity to respond to the needs
  of increasing enrollment
• Design and implement a comprehensive planning
  process
• All employees will contribute to student success

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Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Planning
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Committee Charges

• The committee will design a strategic planning
  process for Bergen Community College that will
• invite participation from stakeholders
• drive college improvement efforts
• use data to inform planning decisions
• link planning initiatives to assessment
• tie planning to budget
• embed the planning process in all areas of the
  institution
• communicate planning to the college community

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Committee Charges

• The committee will create a strategic plan to
  direct the college for a period of three to five
  years. The committee will want to consider the
  following
• Revision of mission and vision in light of Bergen
  Values Dialogue workshop
• An environmental scan of external community
• An environmental scan of internal community
• Middle States Self-Study recommendations
• Previous Strategic Planning efforts
• Previous five-year plan
• NJ Commission on Higher Education Long Range Plan

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Committee Members

• Paul Almonte Dean, Arts and Humanities
• Philip Ciarco Member, Board of Trustees
• Judith Rae Davis Faculty, Strategic Planning
  Committee Chair
• Peter Dlugos Faculty, Middle States Steering
  Committee Chair
• Barbara Erdsneker Director, Research and Planning
• Khairia Fazal Supervisor, Tutoring Center
• Laurie Francis Director, BCC Foundation
• Christine Henkel Faculty, Allied Health
• Ilene Kleinmen Director, Continuing Education
• Bill Madden Faculty, Business Technology
• Amy Montagnino Support Staff, Library
• Eliot Pruzan Director, Office of Assessment and
  Testing
• Jerome Prescod Student
• Michael Redmond VP of Technology and Information
  Services
• Sandra Silverberg Department Head, Math and
  Computer Science
• Deborah Sousa Budget Manager

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Timetable

• Jan - April, 2005--Develop Strategic Planning
  Process
• May - July, 2005--Development of BCC Strategic
  Plan

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Bergen Values Dialogue

• Building a Foundation for Planning

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Background

• Dr. Winns call for values statement in 2003
• Middle State Self Study
• Strategic Planning Initiative
• November, 2004 12 Focus Groups
• December 3, 2004 Two-hour Values Dialogue
  session moderated by Dr. Stephen Littlejohn

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Focus Groups

• 12 Focus groups of 12-15 persons each were
  randomly selected from the various constituencies
  of the college.
• Discussion of four key questions
• What do you appreciate about BCC?
• What disappoints you about BCC?
• What values do you think influence decision
  making?
• What values would you like to see influence
  decision making?

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Focus Groups

• Questions were also sent via e-mail to the
  college community.
• 100 people participated in focus groups 100
  others submitted ideas by e-mail.
• All opinions were categorized, coded and tallied
  on a spreadsheet.
• Issues that came up repeatedly, from a variety of
  sectors were used in the next phase of the
  projectthe Bergen Values Dialogue.

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Dialogue Session

• An opportunity for administrators, faculty,
  staff, and students to discuss the college
  community, desired institutional values, and
  possible actions for future planning, moderated
  by Dr. Stephen Littlejohn.
• The two-hour dialogue, attended by about 60
  people was divided into three parts
• Exploring our present experiences of BCC
• Imagining BCC of the Future Looking at values
  to guide institutional planning
• Generating ideas for change

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What we see today

• Bergen Community College is an institution that
  greatly appreciates the open access given to
  students, the resulting diversity in the student
  body, and the cultural opportunities available.
  It is also a college that employs a level of
  technology useful to many.

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What we see today

• The BCC system seems to have frustrating
  roadblocks, and many of our respondents find
  implementing change difficult. Many worry, too,
  about poor communication, the lack of written
  policies and procedures, and the inadequacy of
  planning.

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What we see today

• Many stakeholders see the College as driven by
  enrollments, such that quantity is most valued
  yet, faculty and staff feel the burden of heavy
  workloads necessitated by inadequately allocated
  resources, and students feel that their needs are
  secondary.

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What we see today

• Members of the BCC community sometimes experience
  the institution differently. Some find their
  relationships cooperative and collegial, while
  others see apathy, cynicism, lack of unity,
  incivility, and disrespect. Some appreciate the
  opportunities that the College provides for
  professional development and personal growth, but
  others feel unappreciated and do not believe they
  have adequate opportunities for training and
  advancement.

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Values we want to guide planning

• BCC is a community of integrity.
• The quality of teaching and learning is highly
  valued.
• The College encourages and supports innovation
  and creativity.

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Values we want to guide planning

• Listening, good communication, trust, and respect
  are engendered and practiced.
• Everyone is treated fairly, and merit is valued.
• Human resources are developed fully and are
  adequate to achieve excellence.

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Whats Next?

• These values will be sent to all members of the
  college community to ascertain consensus or lack
  there of.
• Mission and vision statement will be revisited in
  light of the community wide response to these
  values.
• Strategic planning committee will use these
  values to shape the process and the new strategic
  plan.

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Contact Information

• Dr. Judith Rae Davis
• 201-612-5335
• L 230
• jdavis_at_bergen.edu