Board Goals and Objectives
BOARD GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Adopted: September 11, 2012 Board of Trustees Meeting
VCCCD Board Strategic Planning is committed to optimal student access and degree and certificate completion through the effective and efficient use, assessment, and improvement of its fiscal, human, and technological resources.
BOARD GOAL ONE: PROVIDE ACCESS AND STUDENT SUCCESS
- Strategic Objective 1-A: Students are served more efficiently by expedited movement through District Programs resulting associate, transfer, and CTE degree and certificate completion. Student learning opportunities are enhanced by implementing system-wide efficiencies. Establish a Districtwide General Education subcommittee to develop ideas and strategies to improve commonality among courses at each college. Responsible Parties: District Council for Academic Affairs (DCAA)
- Strategic Objective 1-B: Review collegiate level English and Science courses to ensure comparability in units and learning objectives with equivalent courses at four-year CSUs or transfer model curriculum. Responsible Parties: District Council for Academic Affairs (DCAA), Local Curriculum Committee, Local English and Science Faculty
- Strategic Objective 1-C: Review English and Mathematics objectives for pre-collegiate courses to ensure comparability among District colleges. Responsible Parties: District Council for Academic Affairs (DCAA), Local Curriculum Committee, Local English and Mathematics Faculty
- Strategic Objective 1-D: Participate in the SB 1440 (TMC - Transfer Model Curriculum) and C-ID (Course Identification Number System) initiative to ensure college courses are comparable District-wide and within the California Community College system. Responsible Parties: District Council for Academic Affairs (DCAA), Local Curriculum Committees
- Strategic Objective 2-A: Technical and vocational college courses and programs are aligned with employer and market needs. Responsible Parties: Local Curriculum Committees, Local Program Review Committees
- Strategic Objective 2-B: Professional development activities for faculty and staff promote organizational best practices and technological activities that empower employees to work smarter allowing greater time to be expended on activities linked to student access, persistence, and success. Responsible Party: Local Professional Development Committees, Human Resources Department
- Strategic Objective 3-A: The link between discretionary budgeting and strategic planning is strengthened. Responsible Parties: District Committee for Accreditation and Planning (DCAP), Consultation Council
- Strategic Objective 3-B: Expenditures linked to District Planning are reviewed on an annual basis. Responsible Party: District Council for Administrative Services (DCAS)
- Strategic Objective 3-C: The effectiveness and efficiency of all District operations, programs, and services are improved and associated cost savings are redirected to student learning and support. Responsible Parties: Program Review Committees, Management, All Constituencies
- Strategic Objective 3-D: District long-term retirement obligations (GASB45) are funded and adequate cash reserves are maintained to handle cash flow requirements, including state funding deferrals and unanticipated expenditures. Responsible Party: District Council for Administrative Services (DCAS)
- Strategic Objective 3-E: Costs in areas such as healthcare, work-related injuries, facilities and operations, etc. are contained or reduced and cost savings are redirected to student learning and support. Responsible Parties: Employee Health Benefits Committees, Risk Management, Human Resources Department
- Strategic Objective 3-F: The state’s financial condition is monitored and assessed to allow for timely budgetary intervention to avoid crises and unanticipated disruptions in District operations and programs. Responsible Parties: Vice Chancellor of Finance, District Council for Administrative Services (DCAS)
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