Strategic Planning and Institutional Assessment
About
After the Middle States Report was submitted, the president asked Dr. Stephen Mitchell, Dean of Workforce Development, to begin work on the strategic plan and institutional assessment that were the heart of the combined recommendation by the Middle States Visiting Team for Standards 2 and 7. After reviewing strategic planning processes, plans and associated documents from 16 SUNY community colleges, Dean Mitchell recommended to the Cabinet that the college create a strategic planning steering advisory. Noting that many campuses combined the oversight of strategic planning and institutional assessment, and since the recommendations from the Middles States Visiting Team combined these elements, the president asked that the team formed address both of these issues. Thus was born the Strategic Planning and Institutional Assessment Team.
The SPIA Team was charged with:
- Proposing a strategic planning process
- Facilitating the Implementation of the Strategic Planning Process
- Conducting/overseeing key elements of the “strategic thinking” phase of the planning process
- Conduct an environmental scan
- Review the college’s mission, vision, and values
- Adopt an Appreciative Inquiry process in strategic planning
- Engaging and keeping the campus community informed of progress
Strategic Planning and Institutional Asessment Background
Team Members:
Chaired by the Associate Vice President of Planning, Human Resources, and Facilities
- *Stephen Mitchell
One Faculty delegate elected from each instructional division
- Art Riegal (Business and Culinary)
- Nancy Fraley (Health Sciences)
- Lynne Crockett (Liberal Arts)
- Allen Koton (Science, Technology, and Math)
- Beverly Moore (Social and Sustainability)
- One delegate from Student Personnel
- Vacancy
Two delegates from the campus
- Klu Padu
- Vacancy
One delegate from the student body
- Vacancy
One delegate from the Board of Trustees, who will be an ex-officio member without vote
- Terry Hamlin
One delegate from Student Activities
- Vacancy
One delegate from the VP of Academic and Student Affairs Office
- Vacancy
Three delegates from the Teamsters
- Christina Buckler
- Beth Murray
- Vacancy
The Director of Information Technology
- Cheryl Welch
The Controller/Director of Finance
- Susan Horton
The Director of Institutional Research
- Janet Halprin