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The Keys toEducational Strategic Planning
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Training Overview
Higher Education Today
Defining Strategic Planning
Professional Action Plan Exercise
Strategic Planning Process
Develop Plan
Implement Plan
Assess Performance
Identify Data Sources Exercise
Disseminate Results Develop Improvement Plan
Strategic Improvement Exercise
Issues that Might Arise
Ongoing Support of Faculty & Staff
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Higher Education Today
As Higher Education continues to expand anddiversify, international leaders need to apply themost efficient instruments to achieve theirstrategic goals and to ensure institutional and
student success.
With increased globalization, a greater relianceon technology, and more competition amongeducation providers, Higher Education systems
must embrace a culture of continuous innovationand improvement
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Higher Education Today
In order for the global Higher Education systemto become a viable, global leaders inpostsecondary education must:
Continuously conduct Institutional Assessments
Continuously conduct Institutional andDepartmental Improvement Planning
Demand internal continuous PerformanceImprovement on all levels
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Defining Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning requires Institutional Assessment
Institutional Assessment is an instrument formonitoring the effectiveness of the institution in
serving its mission and purpose by collecting andmeasuring data to answer the question, ―are wemeeting our goals?‖
Institutional Assessment identifies both theefficient and successful operations and the areas
of improvement across the entire institution. Assessment is an ongoing, dynamic process of self
evaluation that is of equal import as the ever-growing need for information and performanceimprovement within the institution.
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Defining Strategic Planning
Assessing the viability of an educationalinstitution requires an thorough understanding of the enrolling demographics and employmentneeds of the market served.
The integral concerns of an initial educationalstrategy must include these considerations:
Will your institution produce a skilled workforcethat meets the needs of the community?
Will the rate of student retention within theprogram meet or exceed that of similar institutionsin the country/region?
Is the institution conducting the most efficient andeffective activities to support the educationalprocess?
How can you substantiate these responses?
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Professional Action Plan Exercise
1. What is the institution’s mission?
2. What is the institution attempting to accomplish?
3. What value does the institution bring to thecommunity?
4. How is the institution currently meeting itsmission?
5. Does the institution utilize the newest and mostadvanced teaching methodologies andtechnology?
6. What are the institution’s values? Do theyconsider:
a) Advanced teaching methods and technology,
b) Meeting community and employer needs,
c) Satisfying the skilled needs of the community?
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Strategic Planning Process
Develop Plan
Implement Plan
Assess Performance
Disseminate Results
Develop Improvement Plan
Provide ongoing Faculty Support
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Develop Plan
Step 2…
Appoint a key leader to coordinate the Plan.
Having a single point of coordination for yourefforts will allow for focused responsibilities in
encouraging critical personnel to complete theirtasks.
This individual may also monitor the quality of theprocess. The coordinator does not have to hold aparticular title or position; however, the person
selected must have enough time to focus on theassessment and planning efforts and have enoughinfluence with others to get the job done.
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Develop Plan
Step 3…
Establish a Team or Task Force to work with theappointed Coordinator.
The role of the Task Force is to support the
assessment and improvement efforts that havereal implications across the institution.
These team members can help educate and assistthe entire institution throughout the process.
For efforts more limited in scope — for example,the assessment and improvement of a singlecourse or departmental process — form a smallerteam to assess that particular issue under theguidance and encouragement of the coordinatorand task force.
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Develop Plan
Step 4…
Develop incentives designed to reduce theresistance to change and to encourageparticipation in the process, which may be
created for Faculty and Staff. The incentives may be faculty course releases,
individual and departmental rewards, orpreferential treatment, such as placing aparticipating department first in line for newequipment.
Another incentive might be to publicize the effortsof participating programs, departments, andindividuals. Recognition and reward typicallygarner continued effort and support.
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Develop Plan
Step 5…
Plan to Educate Stakeholders.
Participants and stakeholders must be involved inthe process and understand what it means, why it
is important, and how they should prioritize thetasks involved.
Use the team or appoint staff members to help keypersonnel understanding the process and itsimportance.
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Develop Plan
Step 6…
Disseminate Results to all Stakeholders.
Disseminating the assessment results andimprovement efforts enables interested parties to
participate in the discussion on how to improve. Transparency fosters an environment of trust and
belief in the improvement efforts.
Identifies all areas of improvement
Acknowledge institutional and operationalefficiencies and strengths
Communicate what each stakeholder can do to assistin the overall improvement of the institution.
Announce to all stakeholders that assessment is anongoing and continuous process, not a one-timeoccurrence.
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Develop Plan
Step 7…
Take results-based action.
If publishing results sends a positive message tostakeholders, then acting on the results proves
your commitment to the ongoing process. Following through on the commitment by assisting
programs and departments make improvements.
Dedicate appropriate and reasonable time, effort,and resources to support all improvements.
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Develop Plan
Step 8…
Align the Institutional Assessment andImprovement plan with the Institution’s MissionStatement.
Data collection must be integral and continuous. Include Institutional Assessment and Improvement
in all long-term strategic planning sessions.
Integrate data collection into regular processesensuring that participation becomes a routine jobresponsibility.
Achieving buy-in from your stakeholders is acritical element of this process.
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Develop Plan
Step 9…
Get Started!
Do not allow fear or hesitancy prevent the processfrom beginning.
Without adequately institution preparations,success is less likely.
Commitment and preparation are the mostsignificant elements to implementing a continuouscycle of Institutional Assessment andImprovement.
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Implement Plan
The Primary Elements of Plan Implementation:
Performing to meet plan goals.
Staff members of the institution perform theirregular responsibilities and conduct action plan
activities, and designated staff participate inassessment and data collection activities.
While ―performance‖ is occurring, the team workswith the departments and programs to ensure thatthey are conducting the necessary activities thatallow the plan to be effective.
The team must communicate with each departmentabout the process and expectations, educate themin needed areas, obtain their active involvement,and provide assistance when required.
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Implement Plan
The Primary Elements of Plan Implementation:
The team should schedule and conduct regularreviews of the progress to the plan. The specifictimeframe depends on the organization but a good
guideline is to utilize a quarterly review. If the team finds that parts of the organization are
not implementing the plan appropriately, the teamshould intervene.
Areas that are found to be doing well could benefitfrom additional encouragement, recognition, orreward from the leadership team at the college.
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Implement Plan
Conduct Pilot Projects
If the college has a more immediate or critical needfor particular data, focus on those assessmentsfirst.
Start where you can be more successful. Some groups will be more amenable to your
efforts.
Some areas have readily available assessmentresources.
Certain projects and results will be more visible inthe institution.
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Assess Performance
Review Assessment Methods
When analyzing assessment data, the assessmentteam must keep in mind that not all variables in theenvironment can be controlled.
External variables affect the assessment results andmust be explained in the analysis
Unexplainable results may require further study
If inexplicable data are part of a cycle of ongoingdata collection, the assessment plan should be
altered to yield more meaningful results in thefuture.
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Assess Performance
Analyze data
Look for patterns of outcomes that should occur butdo not.
Identify focal points for process improvement.
The assessment team/ focuses mainly on theorganization level goals and high level departmentor program goals may also be their responsibility.
Lower level objectives and job/performer –levelaction plans should be reviewed within the
appropriate departments in much the same manneras the team review.
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Disseminate Results
Results should be communicated to:
The organization at large;
The departments and program as owners of thegoals/objectives;
The students and alumni; and
All other stakeholders
The assessment team should make a presentationof results to any organization leaders who may notbe involved on the team.
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Disseminate Results
Disseminate Results
Assign tasks to department heads who areresponsible for making changes.
Feedback should be available in a concise,
summary format as well as detailed availableresults to those groups who need them.
The leadership should prepare reports for, orcommunicate in whatever way appropriate with,students, alumni, employers, the community, theboard of directors, and any government agencies,and accrediting commissions.
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Develop Improvement Plan
Moving forward
The specific actions or changes to be implementedbased on assessment findings target continuousimprovement.
Examples of changes that could occur include: revising curricula
improving departmental processes
implementing new processes
reallocating resources.
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Develop Improvement Plan
Moving forward
Assessment and planning may have been doneperfectly, but the actual changes needed forimprovement must be implemented for the whole
cycle of activity to be worthwhile. The assessment team should work with all groups
to implement the improvement plan.
Key elements of good implementation managementinclude:
Establish a timeline for implementing the activities.
Communicate the benefits of change.
Follow-up on progress to the plan.
Report on your progress.
Complete and repeat.
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Issues that Might Arise
Issues may include:
Goals are difficult to clarify
Data collection systems are poor
Decisions about the major function of teaching are
basically delegated without supervisory review
Departments are independent and cooperation islow
Higher education professionals are trained foreducation, but not for strategic planning
Academics have difficulty reaching consensus Work groups and committees often function poorly
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