|
South Texas College’s
Strategic Directions for 2007-2012
Creation
The 6 Strategic Directions that will provide a road map
for South Texas College’s planning for the next 5 to 10
years were developed from faculty, staff and student
discussions that began during the Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT) exercises held as
part of Professional Development Day Fall 2006. From
these discussions, many common themes arose. These were
presented to the faculty and staff in an online survey
in which over 400 employees selected the top 10 items
crucial to STC’s future over the next 5 to 10 years.
A smaller SWOT subcommittee, the President’s Cabinet,
and later all the administrators spent the spring
semester and into the summer of 2007 articulating STC’s
shared vision of where the College should be in 5 to 10
years based on these selected 10 items. The final
results from this year-long dialogue by faculty, staff
and students are STC’s 6 Strategic Directions,
each with 7 to 9 Strategic Outcomes.
Link to Strategic Directions and Outcomes
Once these Strategic Directions and Outcomes were
developed, discussions were held among planning groups
(i.e., President’s Cabinet, Planning & Development
Council, and Administrative Staff) 2 Divisions, and
approximately 60% of STC’s departments. These
discussions explored how the Strategic Directions
affected each unit as well as how each unit could
contribute to move STC toward these desired directions.
Activities/Strategies Developed by 6 Task Forces
Concurrently, 6 task forces were created to identify
activities and/or strategies that would advance the
College toward the visions expressed in each of the 6
Strategic Directions. These task forces, composed
of a cross-section of STC employees (faculty, classified
and professional/technical staff, and administrators),
spent several months brainstorming each of the
Outcomes and created a copious list of possible
activities/strategies.
To view the results of the task forces’ efforts, please
follow the links below. You will find a varied and
plentiful list of activities and strategies with
suggested unit responsibilities designated. Please note
that these designations are only possibilities—they are
not prescriptive, nor are they conclusive. Your
department may want to consider undertaking some of
these activities or possibly even those where you
weren’t designated as a responsible unit. These
strategies/activities are provided to promote ideas and
possibilities as we create our Institutional
Effectiveness Plans that will support the Strategic
Directions over the next few years.
To View Activities and Strategies Developed by the
Strategic Directions Task Forces, click on the following
link:
http://www.southtexascollege.edu/~research/Strategic.htm
|
.gif)