Strategic Plan

The College Effectiveness Council (CEC) welcomes you to its website on strategic planning. This site is intended to keep you informed about strategic planning at Rogue Community College. If you have questions about the work, are interested in getting involved, or have comments to offer, please contact Mary O'Kief, Grants and Planning Coordinator.

CEC's strategic planning responsibilities include designing and conducting:

• A collaborative strategic planning process; and
• A collaborative budgeting process that links the annual budget to the strategic plan.

The 2008-2012 Strategic Plan was approved by the Board of Education on June 17, 2008, and has been updated annually. The 2008-12 Strategic Plan, annual plan updates, and a short history of the initial process may be accessed at the lefthand side of this page. The purpose of a strategic plan is to help the college address its most pressing challenges over a realistic time frame to better serve students and the community. To that end, a wide range of faculty, staff, students, and community representatives worked collaboratively to update the college mission, vision, and values, and create a four-year plan. The 7 core elements of the strategic planning process include the following:

1. Design the planning process and form groups to do the work;
2. Analyze the major strategic challenges facing RCC in the coming four years;
3. Review and modify the mission, vision, and value statements as needed;
4. Develop institutional priorities (goals and measurable objectives) to address the strategic challenges;
5. Develop annual institutional and departmental action plans with benchmarks (outcomes);
6. Implement and/or pilot annual action plan activities; and
7. Assess and institutionalize as appropriate.

To implement the plan, champions were selected for each objective. These champions develop action plans, budgets, and communication plans for each objective.  Champions provide quarterly updates to the RCC Board of Education and the CEC, which culminate in an annual summative report. Once a year, the CEC hosts an annual assessment retreat where each college goal and objective is carefully evaluated by a broad representative group. A written assessment report is prepared, including major accomplishments, unmet benchmarks, and unexpected outcomes. The assessment team scores each objective and then averages these scores to provide an overall score for the goal. Recommendations from the assessment team and champions are used to recommend modifications of the institutional goals and objectives to the Board of Education, and to develop annual action plans for the following year. Departments develop their annual objectives and action plans based on the approved institutional goals and objectives. Departmental assessments are incorporated in the annual assessment process.

For more information about the College Budget, which is the fiscal expression of our plans, visit the Budget Process site.