Developing Developing Goals and Goals and

CommitmentCommitments to Action s to Action

Living our Strategic Living our Strategic InitiativesInitiatives

Defining our TermsDefining our Terms

What is a Goal?What is a Goal?

A specific, A specific, measurable measurable outcome that outcome that we would like we would like to achieve in to achieve in the future.the future.

What is an Activity?What is an Activity?

The specific The specific things we do to things we do to get us there . . . get us there . . . ..

Developing Commitments to Action

•Simply put, our Commitments to Action are the specific activities we say we will do to achieve our goals

Commitments to Action Are What We Pledge To Do

Strategic Initiatives Are a Series of Related Goals

Outcomes are the Results of our Action

•The first step will be to think of the larger goals that promote the Strategic Initiative

•Outcomes are the specific changes that result from an activity and lead to the successful implementation of a goal

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Goal #1 Outcomes(Results)

Commitments to Action(Activities)

Strategic Initiative

Goal #2Commitments

to Action(Activities)

Goal #3Commitments

to Action(Activities)

Outcomes(Results)

Outcomes(Results)

Simple Commitments to Action Plan Model

Commitments to Action1. Conduct Focus Groups w/Students

2. Increase Outreach Visits 3. Create New Literature in Spanish

4. Solicit Funding for New Scholarship

Impact1. Access which more

fully representsour community

2. Increase in opportunities leading to

Student success

Outcomes1. Increase in total # of Hispanic Students

2. % of Hispanic Studentsis closer to larger

community percentages3. Hispanic students rate

campus climate at a higher rate

Goal 1: Increase Proportion of Hispanic Students

A Specific Example

Inputs% of Hispanic Students at

Foothill versus larger Community and graduating HS

ResourcesOpportunities: Learn from CurrentStudents; Community Connections

Constraints: Funding

Outputs1. # of Focus Groups2. # of new outreach

3. New Media andWebsite in Spanish

4. # of new Scholarships

Measures (inform on effects)

PUTTING ACCESS INTO ACTION

Putting it all togetherPutting it all togetherWe’ve talked about the why (strategic initiative), what (goals), and the We’ve talked about the why (strategic initiative), what (goals), and the

how (commitments to action), now we just need to add in the when and how (commitments to action), now we just need to add in the when and the who!the who!

GoalCommitment

to ActionMeasurable

OutputsMeasurable Outcomes

Measurable Impact on

GoalTimeline

Responsible Parties

Increase proportion of Hispanic Students

Conduct focus groups to learn from existing students about best practices

Count of focus groups

Report of focus group findings

Increase count in student response to outreach visits due to lessons learned

Ultimately, increase in # and % of Hispanic students

1 Year Specialized Taskforce, including Outreach and others

Increase outreach visits to strategic locations to improve awareness of Foothill College

Development of Hispanic Outreach Taskforce

# of visits, places, and students outreached

Surveys of Hispanic population show increased awareness of Foothill and understanding that access is open

Ultimately, increase in # and % of Hispanic students

1 Year Specialized Taskforce, including Outreach and others

Goal: Goal: Increase the Increase the number of degrees, number of degrees, certificates and certificates and transfers by 2012transfers by 2012

Activities:Activities:Require students to Require students to take developmental take developmental courses in their first courses in their first year.year.

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