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Core Requirement 2.5 (Institutional Effectiveness)

Judgment of Compliance: Compliance

Narrative:

SVCC engages in continuous, integrated, and institutional-wide research-based planning and evaluation. College personnel continually review programs in relation to the purpose and needs of the service region through surveys, research, focus groups, and an annual operational planning process. This planning process is cyclical and ongoing and the results of assessment are tied to institutional performance. This process involves college-wide participation, as well as input from a broad range of external constituencies of the college.

The annual planning process begins with the Chancellor of the VCCS communicating system goals to the VCCS colleges. The President of SVCC presents the Chancellor’s goals and the college’s goals to college faculty, staff, and administrators. The goals are also shared with external constituencies of the College, i.e., program advisory committees, educational organizations, local government officials, and the local college board. In May, a group of administrators, key staff and faculty members review and discuss these goals and expand upon them based on perceived educational and other needs of the service region.

Following the initial planning session, the divisions of the college prepare their annual plans which analyze past performance and set goals for the upcoming year. Each division of the college is expected to analyze the challenges facing it, how it seeks to meet those challenges, how it is fulfilling goals it has set, and what improvements need to be made. The college then identifies expected outcomes for all educational programs and administrative units of the college.

All college divisions also prepare budget requests based on strategic priorities set for the upcoming year. The Budget Committee reviews anticipated VCCS funding and establishes budget priorities taking into consideration funding requests from the college divisions. In addition, staffing needs, technology needs, new programs and services are analyzed in relation to the strategic planning process. The Vice President for Instruction also allocates available equipment trust fund resources based on the results of this strategic planning process.

As an example of how this process results in continuous improvement of programs and services, in the last planning cycle, the Management program curriculum was modified based upon industry and student input. In another example, a faculty task force conducted research which resulted in changes to developmental math courses. These and other illustrations are found in the “Examples of Outcome Efforts” document.

This process, as described above, clearly demonstrates that the college is effectively accomplishing its mission.

Supporting Documentation

Documents	Source Location for Further Information
Institutional Effectiveness - Planning Process at SVCC Examples of Outcomes Efforts	Institutional Research Office
VCCS Goals and SVCC Response Chancellor's Dateline 2009 Goals	VCCS Chancellor Dateline 2009 Website
Dateline 2009 Goals - 2004-2005 Response	Institutional Research Office
SVCC Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning Workshop	Instructional VP Office
Planning for Strategic Planning Workshop	Instructional VP Office
Results March 30, 2000 Strategic Planning Workshop: Group A	Instructional VP Office
Results March 30, 2000 Strategic Planning Workshop: Group B	Instructional VP Office
Results March 30, 2000 Strategic Planning Workshop: Group C	Instructional VP Office
Input from March 30 Sessions	Instructional VP Office
Results of Strategic Planning Workshop March 30, 2000	Instructional VP Office
Proposal for the Academic Success Program	Instructional VP Office
Proposed Strategic Planning Priorities August 2000	Instructional VP Office
VCCS Challenges	Instructional VP Office
Proposed Strategic Priorities for 20/20 Vision	Instructional VP Office
Strategic Planning Follow-up November 11, 2000	Instructional VP Office
Environmental Scan and SWOT's Analysis November 17, 2000	Instructional VP Office
SVCC Standing Committees Standing Committees 04-05	Instructional VP Office
Programs/Skills Assessment Writing Assessment Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning	VCCS
SVCC Assessments Assessment Reports 2002, 2003, 2004	Institutional Research Office
SVCC Planning Planning Sessions for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004	Institutional Research Office
Strategic Plan 2003	Institutional Research Office
Program Review	Institutional Research
LRC Building Planning	Dean of Learning Resources Office
Grant Report for Village People-Final	Librarian's Office
TLTR Activities	Humanities Division Office
Title III Final Report	Grants Office
Individual Development Plan Form
Internal Working Documents Annual Reports 03-04 Instruction Business Continuing Education Engineering Evening Administrator Humanities Math, Science & Health Technologies Southwest Virginia Tech Prep Consortium Learning Resources    Distance Education    Learning Assistance Center    Library Finance and Administrative Services Student Services    Admissions    Educational Opportunity Center    Financial Aid    Student Activities    Student Support Services    Talent Search    Upward Bound    VACHE Other Foundation Grants/Alumni Institutional Research Public Relations	President's Office
Technology Documents    VCCS Technology Funding Model   Equipment Trust Fund 2000-2001    Obsolete Equipment Replacement Form 2002    Technology Plan 2002-2003    Equipment Trust Fund 2002-2003    Technology Plan 2003-2004    Technology Budget 2003-2004    Equipment Trust Fund 2003-2004    Technology Plan 2004-2005    Technology Plan Budget 2004-2005    Equipment Trust Fund 2004-2005	Information Services Manager
VCCS Changes in Technology Funding    VCCS Changes A 2004-05    VCCS Changes B 2004-05    VCCS Changes C 2004-05