Operational Goals for 2006-2007

1.0 Enrollment Management: Continue to refine the district-wide enrollment strategy through research, collaborative planning and evaluation. The areas of marketing, class scheduling, recruitment, enrollment target goals, student persistence, new student transition and student outcomes will be incorporated in a strtegic plan that is assessed annually and is connected to the institutional program review and budget allocation processes. Completion Date: June 2007

2.0 Improved Planning and Budgeting Linkage: In 2006-2007, the college will implement on a test basis, new policies and processes with the goal of better linking, planning, and budgeting. Completion Date: TBD

3.0 Petaluma Education Plan: Complete the Petaluma Campus Educational Plan to reflect the current and future instructinal and service needs of the students and community with full recognition of both the regional nature and destination focus of the campus. The plan will require a department by department analysis of the curricular and staffing needs for the Petaluma Campus as well as a strategy to respond to these needs. The stragety will address how to provide additional courses, programs, faculty and staff through a range of options incuding the potential for a shifting of resources to Petaluma from other sites. The strategy must also address the need for instructional program coordination whether it is through a re-definition of Department Chair duties, creation of co-chairs or other method that will insure effective leadership at the program level in Petaluma. Completion Date: Throughout 2006/07

4.0 In preparation for an accreditation team visit during the Spring '09 semester, the college will begin the formal process of initiating activities leading to the development of a Self-Study Report during the 2007-2008 academic year. Completion Date: June 2007