Below are the first year objectives of the the five year strategic plan for Montgomery Community College.
| Strategic Goal | Objective | Responsible Positions |
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| # 1 -Montgomery Community College employees will promote the College's services and programs through targeted marketing, increased community presence and effective public communications. (MARKETING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNITY COMMUNICATION) | Prepare employees to be college ambassadors by developing an internal communication tool. | President, Director of Marketing, Director of Human Resources |
| Identify local organizations where college employees can share updates and successes of the institution. | President, VP of Instruction, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Continuing Education Directors, Foundational Studies Director, Director of Educational Partnerships, and Coordinator of Prison Programming |
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| Schedule specific (observable) promotion events/activities based on the local organizations identified, and share updates and successes of the institution. | President, VP of Instruction, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Continuing Education Directors, Foundational Studies Director, Director of Educational Partnerships, and Coordinator of Prison Programming, Director of Learning Resources |
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| Work with the Director of Marketing to assess current marketing efforts and identify ways to expand reach within Montgomery County; report out on assessment findings and implement the new ways to expand reach. | President, VP of Instruction, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Continuing Education Directors, Foundational Studies Director, Director of Educational Partnerships, and Coordinator of Prison Programming |
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| # 2 - Montgomery Community College employees will develop a comprehensive approach to provide state of the art recruitment and retention services to students. (STUDENT & STUDENT RECRUITMENT & RETENTION) | Assess current student recruitment and retention practices to identify areas of possible improvement, and/or expansion. | VP of Instruction, VP of Student Services, Coordinator of Student Life & Recruitment, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Con Ed Directors, Foundational Studies Director, Director of Educational Partnerships, Coordinator of Prison Programming, and Student Success & Retention Specialist |
| Examine recruitment and retention practices at other higher education institutions to identify best practices. | VP of Instruction, VP of Student Services, Coordinator of Student Life & Recruitment, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Con Ed Directors, Foundational Studies Director, Director of Educational Partnerships, Coordinator of Prison Programming, and Student Success & Retention Specialist |
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| Develop specific goals and measurements for recruiting students and retaining them after enrollment. | VP of Instruction, VP of Student Services, Coordinator of Student Life & Recruitment, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Con Ed Directors, Foundational Studies Director, Director of Educational Partnerships, Coordinator of Prison Programming, and Student Success & Retention Specialist |
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| Improve enrollment of underrepresented populations at the institution. * | VP of Instruction, VP of Student Services, Coordinator of Student Life & Recruitment, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Con Ed Directors, Foundational Studies Director, Director of Educational Partnerships, Coordinator of Prison Programming, and Student Success & Retention Specialist |
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| # 3 – Montgomery Community College employees will integrate the College’s instructional disciplines to effectively and continually train individuals for existing and emerging careers and prepare them to be leaders within their communities. (COURSES/PROGRAMMING) | Identify areas where continuing education, curriculum, and business/industry training already integrate to train for existing and emerging skills and document best practices from those efforts. | VP of Instruction, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Con Ed Directors, Coordinator of Prison Programming, and Director of IE |
| Identify cross-programmatic skillsets needed by graduates to be successful after graduation/course completion. Integrate training for those skillsets across all disciplines. | VP of Instruction, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Con Ed Directors, Coordinator of Prison Programming, and Director of IE |
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| Develop mechanisms for tracking graduates/completers after employment to gauge their success in their chosen field. | VP of Instruction, Dean of Continuing Education, Curriculum Deans, Curriculum Program Chairs, Curriculum FT Faculty, Con Ed Directors, Coordinator of Prison Programming, and Director of IE |
*Program Review Data provides unduplicated enrollment data by gender and ethnicity. (a google drive folder that can be shared with
individuals by Director of Institutional Effectiveness.
NCCCS 2019 Equity Report provides data on 25+ year old enrollment: https://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/analytics/equity-report