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Strategic Planning

Planning Phases

August 31, 2021, Update
Phase Description

1.a. Reaffirmation of Benchmark Colleges

1.b. Planning to Plan

1.c. Reaffirm the College's Mission

Evaluate current benchmark colleges given College's current position.

Renew the Planning Stewardship Group. Establish communications plans and "brand" the planning cycle.

2.a. Discernment of Strategic Objectives

What are our next aspirations for Rollins?
What are the key questions that will drive
our planning?

2.b. Develop
Consensus for
Strategic
Objectives

Meet with CLA and Crummer faculty governance groups, cabinet, administrative council, student government association, service excellence team, and trustees to gain consensus and affirmation for objectives. Present to full faculty for endorsement, if necessary.

3. Appointment of and Charges to Strategic Task Forces

Staggered over 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years.

4.a. Task Forces Provide
Interim Reports to Campus
(Forums)

4.b. Task Forces Issue
Final Reports

 

5. Identify Strategic
Initiatives

What are we going to do differently to move Rollins from where we are to where we aspire to be? Review Task Force recommendations and identify strategic initiatives. Consider addition of other strategic objectives and task forces.

6.a. Strategic Priorities
Aligned with Resources

Among all the good ideas for strategic initiatives, which are the most promising and feasible? How will we generate or reallocate resources to implement the most promising?

6.b. Develop Consensus for
Strategic Initiatives

Task Force recommendations vetted with
campus community, trustees, and other
stakeholders.

6.c. Draft, Review, and
Endorse Final Plan

Draft plan and circulate for review and feedback; seek trustees' adoption.

7. Implementation

8. Assessment

Assess the extent to which initiatives are being successfully implemented and achieving intended purposes.

9. Strategic Planning as an
Organizational Mindset

In 2025, return to Phase 1 and cycle
through the process again.