APPENDIX C STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE PROCESS
SURVEY RESULTS – GATHERING AND ANALYZING DATA
The first role of the Strategic Planning Committee was to review the data that had been gathered through the survey and analyze it. To do so, committee members began the process of:
The data was gathered after the survey window closed, and the results were impressive. Of the 4,000 invitations sent, 869 responses were gathered representing a response rate of approximately 22%. A response rate of over 13% is typically considered exceptional in research.
◼ determining and confirming the
This level of response was more than sufficient to move forward in collating the results by:
suitability of the themes presented,
◼ developing word outcomes items -
general statements indicating what would be done through the Strategic Plan mandate,
◼ editing, recommending changes,
and confirming/agreeing that the directions, objectives, outcomes, and metrics were innovative, impactful, attainable, measurable and within the capacity of Northern College.
◼ reading each response ◼ determining commonalities ◼ collating the responses such that the analysis identified
patterns and themes.
The responses were assembled according to their commonalities to eliminate duplication and to synthesize the information so that it allowed for the determination of suggested themes and patterns in the responses that would then inform the strategic directions and objectives.
The Committee met on several successive dates in virtual meetings to do this work, collaborating as a whole as well as within smaller groups of 3-5 members in online break-out rooms to examine the data, create the main tenets of the Strategic Plan and refine the documentation through discussion.
Once results were collated, several themes emerged in the data. These included:
The working documents the committee created underwent several revisions based on input from the different members of the group. Each smaller group of the planning committee focused on each key strategic objective and outcomes related to it then they discussed, amended, and agreed with the newly revised documentation.
◼ Health and Wellness
◼ The Learner and The Learning Environment ◼ Responsive/Reactive Change ◼ Social Justice ◼ The Environment ◼ The Economy ◼ Student Success ◼ Innovation ◼ Internal Change
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