DATE: September 22, 1999

TO: College Community

FROM: Dr. Brenda Collins/Dr. Curt Groninga IPC Co-chairs

RE: 2000/2001 Institutional Goals

Following the annual institutional planning process, the Institutional Planning Council is seeking college community input as to the development of the 2000/2001 Santa Rosa Junior College goals. All college community members and specific shared governance committees and groups (EPCC, BAC, DFPC, College Council, Academic Senate, Classified Senate and Management Team) are requested to review the 1999/00 Institutional Goals and make their thoughtful responses to IPC by October 11th.

An institutional goal is a statement which sets forth a long-term, generalized direction toward which the institution should move, in some cases specific targets may be adopted. Institutional goals, though long-term in nature, will be reviewed annually and, if necessary, revised. One can view the college's institutional plan as consisting of the following: institutional vision (developed by the Board of Trustees and the President), institutional goals, institutional mission (revised every five years) and the component operational goals. Whereas the institutional goal is long-term and more generalized, the component operational goals is a planned path to activate the institutional mission and goals. The component administrator's operational goals establishes a desired outcome for a specific component area (Academic Affairs, Administrative Services, Business Services, Petaluma Campus, President's Office and Student Services) and delineates an operational relationship to adopted institutional goals.

IPC's role is to ensure: a) effective planning; b) effective participation in planning by all who are affected by the plans; c) the college community is informed and educated about major plans and goals; d) college community suggested institutional planning issues are considered, and; establish an institutional planning theme or priority of goals each year.

1. Instructional Quality: To maintain, improve and emphasize quality instruction in an environment of academic freedom and high academic standards in both departmental and student services programs.

2. * Student Success: To help students improve in setting education and career goals, and in accomplishing these goals, by providing comprehensive instructional and student support services.

3. Program Development: To explore and develop new modes of delivering educational services and new substantive offerings which better serve the evolving diversity of our student body and the evolving intellectual, economic and technical needs of our community.

4. * Student Retention: To identify and implement activities designed to increase student retention at the course level and at the program level until each student's educational goals have been met.

5. Continuous Learning: To provide class offerings and activities that assist students of all ages and varying levels of academic preparedness in adapting to ever-changing conditions.

6. Outreach and Recruitment: To develop additional methods of recruiting faculty and students of both genders and different ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.

7. Staff Development: To improve the quality of programs and services through staff development activities that are designed to secure and maintain a faculty and staff who are knowledgeable and current in their fields and who demonstrate an appropriate level of technological competence.

8. College Governance: To maintain and enhance the governance of the institution through a well-defined participatory process which includes significant communication to, from and between all constituent groups.

9. * Research: To design and implement a comprehensive research plan for developing and maintaining an institutional database.

10. Institutional Quality: To improve the accountability and cost-effectiveness of all programs and services, while maintaining an environment that is supportive of a high quality educational experience.

11. Community Relations: To improve the two-way flow of information about the College vision, mission, and goals to and from the total community and to establish a wide range of positive relationships within and outside the college.

12. Resource Development: To design and implement a comprehensive resource development plan for increasing revenues and acquiring external funds.

Please provide your comments and thoughts about the 2000/01 institutional goals. Please forward this form to Curt Groninga, c/o Administrative Services, 1344 Bailey Hall by Monday, October 11^th. Should you so choose, you can

e-mail them to curt_groninga@garfield.santarosa.edu.

1. Are the existing goals acceptable to be carried over into 2000/01?

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2. If not, which goals would you modify and in what manner?

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3. Are there any goals you would add? delete?

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4. Further suggestions?

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Please note that the Institutional Planning Council agendas and minutes as well as institutional documents are posted on the college's web site.