Master Planning Calendar:

The Columbia College Master Planning Calendar helps to coordinate and document ongoing cycles of institutional planning.
     • Columbia College Master Planning Calendar (Link to Master Planning Calendar)

Annual Planning Cycle:

The Columbia College Annual PLaning Cycle shows the relative timing for program review, unit planing, budget adoption and resource allocation.
     • Columbia College Annual Planning Cycle
     • Integrated Annual and Strategic Planning Cycles

This figure shows the connections between the college's Annual Planning Cycle and the Strategic Planning Cycle. Annual planning (short-term) and Strategic Planning (long-term) also need to be functionally and conceptually integrated.

Strategic Planning at Columbia College

The Strategic Planning Process Cycle illustrates all components of the college's planning cycles. It demonstrates how both internal and external data flow in to inform various college plans. These plans lead to evidenced based projects that are prioritized within the Unit Plan, and then resources are allocated using the Integrated Plan for Resource Allocation.
 • Columbia College Strategic Planning Process Cycle

Mission, Vision and Core Values

 • Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Core Values

Educational Master Plan and Facilities Master Plan

Two documents lie at the core of Columbia College’s strategic planning: The Educational Master Plan and the Facilities Master Plan. These institutional planning documents help to shape long-term planning for the college and support the college Mission and Goals.

Columbia College Goals

Columbia College has 5 College Goals that support the Mission and Educational Master Plan. These mission-based goals are central to college planning, in that resource allocations are brought forward as Unit Plan activities and are directly linked to one of these goals. This keeps college planning and resource allocation focused on Mission-based activities.

On October 5, 2012, the College Council approved a new set of College Goals that provided an increased focus on the College Mission, and are aligned with measurable objectives. 

The following College Goal Reports were part of an ongoing process to improve our ability to evaluate how effectively we are achieving our College Mission. These reports represented general alignments between college planning and College Goals. The College Council determined that the 10 goals represented below were not truly measurable and took action to approve a new set of 5 College Goals and Measurable Objectives.

The reports below are historic, and have been replaced by annual planning assessment retreats which are focused on assessing progress toward the achievement of the 5 College Goals through the evaluation of measurable objectives. The first of these retreats will occur on November 6, 2012. 

• Columbia College Primary College Goal Progress Report (Updated 08-14-11)
• Columbia College Secondary College Goal Progress Report (Updated 08-14-11)

Columbia College Program Review

Columbia College Unit Planning

The Integrated Planning System (IPS) is the gateway used to enter departmental information into Unit Plans.  Information from the IPS database generates 3 Unit Plan Reports (below), as well as the College Goal Progress Reports and Staffing Report.

The IPS is also the gateway to access Student Learning Outcome (SLO) management and tracking information. Columbia College is in the process of adding a Program Review component to the IPS, which will provide a one-stop-shop for Program Review, SLO, and Unit Planning operations and reporting.