2016_SUNY_Optometry_PRR

o 1 UEC faculty member nominated by Clinic Council  1 student member nominated by Student Council (the student must be in good academic standing).  3 members of the College’s staff as appointed by the president Strategic Planning On a five ‐ year cycle, the entire College community participates in a year ‐ long strategic planning process that uses faculty meetings and a faculty retreat and culminates with a published five ‐ year strategic plan that is informed by internal and external trends and guided by a core set of values. Organizational priorities and allocation of resources are driven by the mission, goals and objectives included in this plan. In fall 2011, as A Shared Vision ( Appendix 5.2 ), the College’s 2008 – 2013 strategic plan, was coming to a close, President Heath charged IRPC with coordinating the development of a new strategic plan. This process commenced in spring 2012 with the Committee’s review of the strategic plans of comparable institutions, including schools and colleges of dentistry, medicine, optometry and pharmacy. Over the summer of 2012, a subcommittee comprised of members of IRPC and other faculty and staff members appointed by the president and director of institutional research and planning conducted an environmental scan and SWOT (strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis. An additional subcommittee articulated institutional values statements. After review and revision by IRPC, the vice presidents and president in fall 2012, these documents were adopted as foundational material for the development of the new strategic plan. As a first step in the development of institutional goals and objectives, IRPC asked the vice presidents of academic, clinical and student affairs to work with members of their governing councils and others to draft goals and objectives that reflected the environmental scan, SWOT analysis and institutional values statements. In addition, the vice presidents were asked to develop outcome measures that could be used to track implementation. The director of institutional research and planning provided assistance as needed to ensure an appropriate uniformity of style and rigor. The draft goals and objectives were reviewed by IRPC over a series of meetings, with comments and suggestions for improvement and clarification made to the vice presidents. Each of the vice presidents was also provided with opportunities to comment on the goals and objectives of fellow vice presidents. A draft strategic plan constituted of the revised goals and objectives was subsequently distributed to the faculty in preparation for the College’s annual faculty retreat. The draft strategic plan was the primary discussion topic at the 2013 March 3 ‐ 4 annual faculty retreat. An overview of the strategic planning process was provided by the director of institutional research and planning. This was followed by individual reports by the vice presidents of academic, clinical and student affairs that highlighted accomplishments under A Shared Vision and discussed the proposed goals and objectives of the new plan. Subsequent to these talks, the draft plan was discussed in break out groups and a plenary discussion. Members of IRPC helped to facilitate these discussions.

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