Strategic Planning, a key component of institutional effectiveness at RCC, is facilitated by the President’s Planning Advisory Council (PPAC).  PPAC reports to the president, and its members are chosen from the staff, faculty, administration, and students.  It meets at least once a month and is open to all members of the college community.  Minutes of the meetings are posted in iRCC, the college’s intranet.

RCC’s Strategic Priorities result from wide input from the college community, as described in the president’s letter.  After reviewing college-wide data in Summer 2010, the college, through PPAC, developed a Strategic Planning timeline and began to articulate its Assumptions and SWOT.  By October, PPAC had assimilated comments and suggestions from the SWOT in Strategic Priorities, which were finalized by November.  In mid-November an Ad Hoc Committee of PPAC devised action plans and measures for the Strategic Priorities.  These Priorities and action plans were posted for comments and finalized in mid-December.

During May and June, the college operational leaders—the president’s executive staff members—will complete annual unit plans derived from the Strategic Priorities and the president’s 2011-2012 goals.  Governance Committee charges for 2011-2012 from the president will reflect action on the Strategic Priorities.

Throughout the Strategic Planning process, and continuing into its implementation, input from the college community was generated from PPAC meeting attendance, email, and iRCC, the college intranet site.  The plan was composed based on consensus of participants.

The Strategic Planning timeline and documents that follow illustrate the content of the discussions and plans for action on the college’s Strategic Priorities.