Taking PVCC into

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Taking PVCC into

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• Preparing for the Future
• Tying it all Together

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• HLC Self-Study Forum
• Friday, November 14, 2003
• Criterion Two
• Preparing for the Future

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• Criterion Two Team
• Judi Anderson, Co-chair
• Casey Durandet, Co-chair
• Pat Boehnlein
• Rick Conchos
• Mike Crimi
• Rod Fensom
• Sandy McDill
• Chris Scinto
• Jane Saldaña-Talley, Administrative Liaison

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Criterion TwoPreparing for the FutureForum
Format

• Overview (5 min.)
• Presentation (20 min.)
• Reflect and Record Comments (10 min.)
• Discussion with Core Component Specialists (20
  min)
• Collection of written comments (5 min.)

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Criterion 2 Preparing for the Future

• Criterion Statement
• The organizations allocation of resources and
  its processes for evaluation and planning
  demonstrate its capacity to fulfill its mission,
  improve the quality of its education, and respond
  to future challenges and opportunities.

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Core Component 2A The organization
realistically prepares for a future shaped by
multiple societal and economic trends.

• PVCCs planning documents --
• reflect an understanding of PVCCs capacity
• demonstrate that attention is being given to
  factors such as technology, demographic shifts,
  and globalization
• show careful attention to functioning in a
  multicultural society.

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Core Component 2AExamples of Evidence /
Documents

• 2000 Census by Ethnic Grouping of PVCCs Primary
  and Secondary Zip Codes
• Automated Planning and Budgeting System
• Technology Coordinating Team Strategic Plan
• Strategic Plan Flow Chart
• Technology Needs Survey, Fall 2000
• Environmental Scans
• Ethnic Distribution Comparisons, August 2003
• PVCC Fast Facts, Fall 2002
• Future Demographic Profile
• Economic Conditions

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Core Component 2A Preliminary Findings

• Strengths
• Strategic Planning Process
• Technology Coordinating Team (TCT) Plan
• Bond Election (if successful)
• Helping employers develop knowledge workers
• Technology Training/Support
• Enrollment Growth
• Learning Connections Consortium
• Employee and Organizational Learning
• History and Heritage

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Core Component 2A Preliminary Findings

• Weaknesses
• Bond Election (if unsuccessful)
• Enrollment Growth

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Core Component 2B The organizations resource
base supports its educational programs and its
plans for maintaining and strengthening their
quality in the future.

• Resources are
• adequate for achievement of PVCCs educational
  quality
• supportive in strengthening the future quality of
  the education provided
• human resources used effectively and can meet
  future changes
• developed in a forward-looking way for ensuring
  educational quality
• Planning processes are flexible enough to respond
  to unanticipated needs for program reallocation,
  downsizing or growth and PVCC has a history of
  achieving its planning goals.

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Core Component 2BExamples of Evidence /
Documents

• Adopted Budgets
  FY 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004
• Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - June 30,
  2002
• Population and Enrollment Projections
• Human Resources at PVCC Flow Chart
• Property Map and Square Footage
• Help Desk Web Page
• Library Services Plan

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Core Component 2BPreliminary Findings

• Strengths
• Maintenance Help Desk
• Decentralized and less complicated HR process
• New Senior Human Resources Analyst position
• Natural Collegiate Partnerships a caring campus
• Financial Resources
• Financial Management Systems
• Occupational Program Development, i.e., Nursing
  Program

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Core Component 2B Preliminary Findings

• Weaknesses
• Lack of plan for infrastructure equipment life
  cycle
• Lack of parking
• Library collection does not meet 1994 standards
• Campus is understaffed
• Perception of inadequate financial resources

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Core Component 2C The organizations
ongoing evaluation and assessment processes
provide reliable evidence of institutional
effectiveness that clearly informs strategies for
continuous improvement.

• PVCC maintains effective systems for collecting,
  analyzing, and using organizational information
• Appropriate data and feedback loops are used
  throughout PVCC to support continuous
  improvement
• Periodic reviews of academic and administrative
  subunits contribute to the improvement of PVCC
• PVCC provides adequate support for its evaluation
  and assessment processes.

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Core Component 2CExamples of Evidence /
Documents

• 2003/2004 Academic Restructuring and Flow Chart
• Academic Program Review
• Assessment Data
• Fall 2001 Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Survey
  Results

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Core Component 2CPreliminary Findings

• Strengths
• Quality of Instruction (Noel-Levitz Student
  Satisfaction Survey)
• Academic Restructuring Plan
• Assessment Initiative

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Core Component 2C Preliminary Findings

• Weaknesses
• Academic Program Review not yet complete
• Assessment concerns no clear definition of what
  it is universal assessment doesnt work across
  all disciplines faculty perceptions outcomes
  unknown

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Core Component 2D All levels of planning align
with the organizations mission, thereby
enhancing its capacity to fulfill that mission.

• Planning processes
• center on mission documents that define vision,
  values, goals, and strategic priorities
• link with budgeting processes
• show that planning implementation is evident in
  PVCCs operations
• allow for reprioritization of goals when
  necessary due to changing environments
• give evidence of PVCCs awareness of the
  relationships among educational quality, student
  learning, and the diverse, complex, and global
  technological world
• involve internal constituents and, where
  appropriate, external constituents.

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Core Component 2DExamples of Evidence /
Documents

• Ten-Year Master Plan
• PVCC Strategic Issues
• Student Services Master Plan, 2001-2006

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Core Component 2D Preliminary Findings

• Strengths
• Planning closely tied to budgeting process (built
  on 7 Strategic Issues)
• APB System
• Technology planning supports educational programs
  
• Teacher Preparation Program
• Learning Support Services
• External constituent input through community
  listening sessions, town halls, etc.
• Occupational Advisory Councils

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Core Component 2D Preliminary Findings

• Weaknesses
• Strategic Plan for the college is not yet
  complete
• Planning to keep up with rapid growth

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Reflect and Record Comments (10 minutes)

• Refer to the yellow stapled document that
  contains the Compelling Questions and the Core
  Component Questions (5 pages).
• Spend the next 10 minutes addressing the
  questions by providing us with your feedback -
  answers, questions, concerns, suggestions, etc.

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Discussion with Core Component Specialists (20
min.)

• Pat Boehnlein
• Decision Making
• Environment Scanning
• History and Heritage
• Human Resources
• Academic Div./Admin. Depts.
• Budget Process
• Constituent Involvement in Planning
• Long-range Strategic Planning
• Rick Conchos
• Economics
• Globalization
• Organizational Information Systems
• Mike Crimi
• Physical Resources

• Rod Fensom
• Demographics
• Political Processes
• Data and Feedback Loops
• Planning
• Sandy McDill
• Financial Resources
• Chris Scinto
• Innovation
• Planning Resources
• Technology
• Institutional Effectiveness Processes

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Thank you for your participation!