Goals

1. Increase student success and maximize the student experience through andragogy, curriculum, and well-aligned student services programs designed to enhance student learning and completion by 2023.

• Increase by at least 20 percent the number of students annually who acquire associate’s degrees, credentials, certificates, or specific skill sets that prepare them for an in-demand job;
• Increase by 35 percent the number of students transferring annually to a UC or CSU;
• Decrease the average number of units accumulated by students earning associate’s degrees to 79 units;
• Increase to 76 percent the percentage of CTE students who report being employed in their field of study;
• Reduce by 40 percent the equity gaps across all the above measures through faster improvements among traditionally underrepresented student groups; fully closing those achievement gaps within 10 years;
• Over five years, reduce achievement gaps across all of the above measures through faster improvements in our service area, focused on campuses with the lowest educational attainment for adult learners.

2. We will foster diversity, equity, and inclusion by providing support structures, and access, as well as reviewing our current processes to ensure equitable outcomes.

• Ensuring all students have access to technology to be successful in their studies.
  • Including being competitive in an online environment.
  • Providing equitable access for students in all circumstances.
• Create opportunities for professional development that promotes anti-racism, equity, and the elimination of bias.*
• Adopt practices that focus on improving the diversity of faculty and staff to better reflect the students and communities we serve.

3. Continuously improve integrated planning and institutional effectiveness processes within a collaborative culture of evidence.

• Analyze internal and external data to inform decision-making.
• Enhance collaborative planning and programming between the colleges to improve outcomes for students and our communities.
• Increase professional development opportunities to better utilize available data tools.
• Improve enrollment management through accountability and use of resources, available tools and strategic foresight.
• Ensure that the colleges meet or exceed all accreditation standards.

4. Refine standards, processes, roles and responsibilities to be a more collaborative and efficient multi-college district while allowing individual colleges to embrace their unique places in our diverse communities.

• Develop a resource allocation model that is equitable and reflects the needs of a multi-college district.
• Create and/or refine service level agreements to better define the relationships between Colleges and all district service’s departments.
• Become an employer of choice in our region by developing practices to recruit and retain employees by offering professional development, fostering employee innovation, and competitive compensation.

5. Integrate strategic foresight into our planning to better anticipate the future needs of our students and communities through innovation and technology.

• Embrace innovation and provide the latest technology that increases student learning, enrollment, retention, persistence, graduation and transfer rates.
• Provide facility spaces that are adaptable to the changing needs of instruction and student services.
• Provide technology solutions to ensure accessibility and equity for everyone.

6. Offer safe, reliable, and welcoming environments and provide services that contribute to a safety net for students and the college communities.

• Address the basic needs of students through partnerships and advocacy in regard to health services and food and housing insecurities.
• Provide modern and safe facilities that are conducive to learning and working.
• Update and maintain on-campus emergency action plans that include inter-jurisdictional agency collaboration and are inclusive of natural disasters.
• Provide regular training and drills on emergency action plans for employees at all district locations.