Gather yourselves

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• Gather yourselves!
• Banish the word "struggle" from your attitude and
  your vocabulary.
• All that we do now must be done in a sacred
  manner
• and in celebration.
• We are the one's we've been waiting for.
• Oraibi, Arizona Hopi Nation Elders. Joshua
  Canter
• Nothing we can do will change the past
• but everything we do
• will change our future.
• Ashleigh Brilliant

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Mission of Prescott College

• The mission of Prescott College is to educate
  students of diverse ages and backgrounds to
  understand, thrive in, and enhance our world
  community and environment. We regard learning as
  a continuing process and strive to provide an
  education that will enable students to live
  productive lives of self-fulfillment and service
  to others. Students are encouraged to think
  critically and act ethically with sensitivity to
  both the human community and the biosphere. Our
  philosophy stresses experiential learning and
  self-direction within an interdisciplinary
  curriculum.

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The Destiny of the College

• Everybody at Prescott College is trying to do
  something that will make things just a little
  better.
• --Robyn Bryers
• Developing learned, ethically engaged community
  members creating change for social justice and
  environmental sustainability.
• --Paul B.

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Strategic Planning Process

• What are the three most important goals/changes
  your group would like to see achieved within your
  area during the next five years?
• What are the three most important changes youd
  like to see in the College, outside your
  particular area?
• What ongoing process do/will you use to insure
  the activities of your group are achieving your
  intended goals?

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Timeline

• Introduce planning process at Community Meeting
  in October.
• Steven, Gret, Paul, and Dan meet with groups to
  set-up a process to accomplish the task and
  report back to Advisory Council by March 15.
• Advisory Council, or task group, review and
  prioritize plan by April 15.
• Presidents Circle author two page white paper by
  the end of April.

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A Few Assumptionsbased on 2001 Strategic Plan

• Goals changes must be financially sustainable
  necessary enrollment growth must be achieved any
  needs must demonstrably improve the
  sustainability of the College.
• Increase the diversity of our community and
  promote increased access to the College.
• Support excellence in learning and scholarship
  and be known for our academic programs.
• Improve and support physical and technological
  infrastructure to help create positive learning
  environments and healthy communities that meet
  the technology challenges of the future.

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ADGP Fall 05 Planning Retreat

• Core Values Identity Our Shared Beliefs
• Visioning Creating Our Shared Futures
• Todays Strengths? Tomorrows Opportunities?
• Our Planning Processes Common Trajectories

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ADGP Core Values Identity Our Shared Beliefs

• ADGP Integration
• Brainstorming ADGP core values
• Identifying exploring themes

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ADGP Visioning Our Shared Futures

• Playful Creativity
• Shared visioning
• Specific portraits of possible futures
• Foundation for continued visioning

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ADGP Todays Strengths? Tomorrows
Opportunities?

• Identifying existing Strengths and Weaknesses
  (2005)
• Anticipating future Opportunities and Threats (5
  year)
• Prioritizing and exploring themes

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Strategic Planning Process

• What are the three most important goals/changes
  your group would like to see achieved within your
  area during the next five years?
• What are the three most important changes youd
  like to see in the College, outside your area?
• What ongoing processes do/will you use to insure
  the activities of your group are achieving your
  intended goals?

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A Few Assumptionsbased on 2001 Strategic Plan

• Goals changes must be financially sustainable
  necessary enrollment growth must be achieved any
  needs must demonstrably improve the
  sustainability of the College.
• Increase the diversity of our community and
  promote increased access to the College.
• Support excellence in learning and scholarship
  and be known for our academic programs.
• Improve and support physical and technological
  infrastructure to help create positive learning
  environments and healthy communities that meet
  the technology challenges of the future.

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ADGP Planning Processes Our Common
Trajectories

• Timeline (Feb. drafts retreat)
• Integrity of ongoing site/program process
• Including key constituencies (students, mentors,
  faculty, staff)
• Communications (Shared docs, Web, Moodle,
  liaison, spider phone)
• ADGP Strategic Planning Task Force
• Communications with RDP, etc.

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Wrap up, Reflection, Process Evaluation

• What have you learned?
• What was most effective, most important?
• What would you like to see done differently at
  the next retreat?
• What questions do you have about ADGP planning
  processes?
• What suggestions can you offer the Task Force?