The responsibility of Strategy Planning 2008 was to examine the current status of the school, reaffirm/set the future goals/objectives for the school, and develop strategies to best enable the school to attain its goals/objectives. The committee included two components, an outcomes component and a planning component.
Strategy Planning Committee Membership:
Dr. Butch Gilbert (Chair)
Dr. Scott Gatewood (ex-officio)
Outcomes Component:
Dr.Cheryl Serio, Dr. Jim Fitchie, Dr. Lubna Fawad, Dr. Richard O'Callaghan, Dr. Denise Krause, Ms. Denita Wells, Mrs. Marla Martin
Planning Component:
Dr. Bill Buchanan, Dr. David Duncan, Dr. Gary Reeves, Dr. Jason Griggs, Dr. Frank Serio
Strategy Planning:
The school's vision, mission, and core values statements were reviewed to ensure the statements expressed the school's current focus, endeavors and planned future efforts. The school's goals were reaffirmed/set and used as the center point for planning, developing and implementing Strategy Planning 2008. Resources for the committee included the following documents: Strategic Plan 2004 Implementation, Think Tank, Annual Report 2006-2007, and ADA Accreditation Standards.
At present and as a result of Strategic Plan 2004, the school's commitment to excellence as stated in its vision and mission statements is in four identified areas: educations, clinical practice, research, and service. Goals were se for each area as follows: education - 4 goals, clinical practice - 3 goals, research - 3 goals, and service - 4 goals for a total of 14 school goals.
In review of the school's goals, the following was determined the goals in each area:
- The intent of the goal remains an important part of what we desire to accomplish at our school.
- The goal is clearly stated as to what we desire to accomplish and is easily understood stated.
- The goal is tatted in a way to allow measurable objectives to be developed.
- The goal is stated in a way to allow new ideas and new approaches to be developed toward its accomplishment.