GTCC is pleased to present the following Strategic Plan designed to guide our initiatives through 2025. The institutional goals set forth were developed in order to provide a strong, principled and measurable framework for putting the mission of GTCC into action. With our values as a solid foundation, the strategic steps included for each goal serve as our building blocks for supporting the success of our students, faculty, staff, business partners and communities.
VISION
To be consistently recognized as a national leader in student success and workforce development.
MISSION
People
We empower every student to achieve their educational and/or career goals in a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive environment.
We enable every employee to do great work and engage in a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive environment.
VALUES
Collaboration
Working together with all constituents to fulfill the College’s mission
Learning
Providing quality educational experiences across all programs and services
Pathways
We continuously improve the student experience and success through enhanced guidance, communication, and support.
Accessibility
Identifying and eliminating barriers to successful educational outcomes
Excellence
Striving for distinction in everything we do
Partnerships
We promote economic development by providing a highly skilled workforce for new and existing employers.
We partner with K-12 schools and four-year institutions to increase students’ success and progression towards their educational and career goals.
Integrity
Ensuring that our words and actions work together for the betterment of society
Inclusion
Promoting respect and equity, and recognizing differences as strengths
People. Pathways. Partnerships.GOAL 1:
Improve and measure student access, success, progress, and completion
• Provide clear student pathways that lead to self-sustainability and credentials aligned with workforce and transfer requirements
• Develop and expand strategies to attract, enroll and graduate students in high demand programs that provide a sustainable income and match local and regional workforce needs
• Expand or enhance multiple learning models and academic support strategies to meet the needs of a diverse learning population and reduce achievement gaps
• Simplify college processes to mitigate obstacles to access and completion
• Promote a campus culture of inclusion
• Expand strategies and practices that support student financial stability
GOAL 2: Employ technology effectively to enhance the student, faculty, and staff experience
• Develop and implement a visionary technology planning process that provides for and supports the college’s technology requirements and use of technology by students, faculty, and staff
• Support innovation by providing meaningful professional development that promotes technology integration in classroom and instructional support practices
• Support innovation by providing and leveraging instructional technology that leads to greater student learning and outcomes
Secure additional funding through strategic pursuit of grants, gifts, and entrepreneurial endeavors
• Pursue grant funding that aligns with our strategic plan
• Collaborate with the GTCC Foundation to promote advocacy and financial support from alumni, individuals, and institutional donors
• Expand or develop alternative streams of funding
GOAL 4: Identify and meet employer and community needs in the region
• Provide effective workforce training in support of regional industry clusters
• Provide cultural, personal, and professional enrichment programs for the community
• Expand job opportunities and aspire to ensure job placement meets workforce needs in collaboration with local economic development initiatives
GOAL 5: Provide learning opportunities in a safe, convenient, and inviting atmosphere
• Provide an infrastructure that oversees, supports, sustains, and monitors college regulatory compliance and other needs for emergency preparedness and campus safety
• Assess facility assets to enhance strategic redeployment of existing space, program access, and future growth
• Foster student and employee engagement in sustainable facilities, campus beautification, and college pride
GOAL 6: Cultivate a workplace culture of inclusion that welcomes, develops, supports, and empowers employees
• Foster a college culture that supports employee diversity and inclusion through recruitment and retention
• Provide best-in-class professional development for all employees
• Develop institutional leaders who serve as liaisons with our diverse community
GOAL 7: Enhance a culture of evaluation and continuous improvement using data, proven practices, measurement, and evaluative decision-making
• Improve data fidelity, collection, and analyses
• Provide broad access to student and institutional data through improved inquiry tools and training
• Promote the use of data across the institution to improve policies and practices