INSPIRE TRANSFORM CONNECT FOCUS 2015 STRATEGIC PLAN PATHWAYS EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCES COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
FOCUS 2015 is our refreshed strategic pla that builds o ad stregthes Georgia s commitmets. We recetly surpassed the half-way mark of our five-year strategic pla, creatig a ideal opportuity to evaluate ad reaffirm our priorities. This pla is a importat roadmap for our future. Not oly does it outlie where we eed to be, but how we are goig to get there. Itegral to the pla remais strog commuity, idustry ad iteratioal parterships. Georgia s ogoig success will be based o these parterships ad the success of our studets ad graduates will rest with our ability to provide relevat ad iovative programs that meet their eeds ad the eeds of employers. Four key priorities will guide our work over the ext two years: pathways, extraordiary experieces, commuity coectios ad operatioal excellece. We will cotiue to advace studet access, grow pathways through our Uiversity Partership Cetre, expad our ow degree offerigs, champio service ad work-itegrated learig, ad leverage techology across our seve campus locatios. We have also reewed our commitmet to etrepreeurship ad iovatio. Our goal is to produce a ew kid of graduate, oe who is ot just a job seeker, but a job creator. We kow we ca achieve this by expadig Georgia s suite of applied learig experieces, creatig more relevat ad flexible pathways that are resposive to commuity ad employer eeds, hoig our approach to studet services ad studet success, ad ifusig the priciples of etrepreeurship ito each of our programs. We have already begu to itegrate those priciples ito our ow operatios by takig a close look at where we ca be more efficiet ad effective. This is a excitig time at Georgia College, with more growth ad opportuities tha ever before. With the implemetatio of Focus 2015, I am cofidet Georgia will remai a leader i postsecodary educatio cotiuig to ispire ad trasform the commuities we serve. MaryLy West-Moyes, PhD Presidet ad CEO Georgia College
OUR MISSION To ispire iovatio, trasform lives ad coect commuities through the power of educatio. 1
OUR VISION Be the most persoally coected learig orgaizatio i Caada a catalyst for idividual, orgaizatioal ad commuity trasformatio. 2
OUR VALUES Our commitmet to studets ad their success is guided by the followig uwaverig values: Excellece Etrepreeurial spirit Public accoutability Fiscal ad evirometal sustaiability Respect for all Commuity coectios 3
Strategic priority PATHWAYS Our commitmets Our strategies Idividualized studet experiece Ehace studet access, recruitmet ad retetio through strategic erolmet maagemet. Lauch ehaced studet egagemet iitiatives focused o orietatio, first-year experiece, advisemet, early alert ad retetio strategies. Implemet targeted outreach ad egagemet strategies aimed at uderrepreseted studet populatios, icludig first geeratio, studets with disabilities ad Aborigial learers. Ehace recruitmet, oboardig, itegratio ad egagemet of iteratioal studets. Stregthe College ad Career Preparatio services to icrease trasitio to postsecodary programs. Easier access ad more ways to lear Expad flexible ad alterate delivery optios, icludig more choice for studets to study part-time ad olie. Coect all seve campus locatios with video coferecig ad aggressively pursue techology to icrease access ad postsecodary participatio rates. 4
Supportig studet access, egagemet, persistece ad success Our commitmets Our strategies New academic pathways leadig to graduate certificate ad degree completio Create ew college degrees ad expad uiversity parterships withi the Uiversity Partership Cetre to meet the eeds of studets, employers ad the commuities we serve. Create cost-effective ad accelerated pathways for uiversity graduates to access career-focused diploma ad graduate certificate programs that will help them become job-ready. 5
Strategic priority EXTRAORDINARY Our commitmets Our strategies Extraordiary experietial learig Expad our experietial learig model to offer a suite of applied learig optios itegrated with program curriculum, icludig, but ot limited to: commuity service learig; iteratioal study ad/or work abroad; co-operative educatio; applied research; studet-ru eterprises; ad iterdiscipliary studies. Itroduce co-curricular records ad explore iovative optios to package credetials. Recogized Caadia leader i etrepreeurship educatio Embed etrepreeurship as a sigature learig experiece by icorporatig commo etrepreeurship learig outcomes i Georgia programs. Expad specialized etrepreeurship learig ad programs through the Hery Berick Etrepreeurship Cetre. Expad social etrepreeurship opportuities across the college. 6
EXPERIENCES Iovative learig experieces to distiguish our graduates 7
Strategic priority EXTRAORDINARY 8
EXPERIENCES Our commitmets Our strategies Relevat programs of exceptioal quality Develop a market-focused three-year academic pla to address the eeds of appretice-, diploma-, ad degree-boud studets. Cotiue to ivest i the orietatio, egagemet ad developmet of our faculty ad staff to deliver leadig-edge curriculum, iovative teachig practice, experietial ad techology-eabled learig. Work closely with employers, idustry ad other commuity parters to esure we evolve our programs to meet curret ad future eeds. Expad ew pathways ad programs focused o skills shortages i trades ad emergig techologies. 9
Strategic priority COMMUNITY Our commitmets Our strategies Catalyst for commuity, social ad ecoomic developmet Coduct a comprehesive assessmet of the cetral Otario ecoomy to defie postsecodary eeds. Grow o-credit cotiuig educatio opportuities at all campuses ad provide flexible, resposive, professioal ad workforce traiig ad developmet for differet market segmets. Itegrate employmet services ad co-op to provide a oe-widow employmet ad career services approach for cliets, studets ad employers. Commuity, govermet, idustry, employer ad alumi coectios expaded Work with commuity parters at each campus locatio to develop mutually beeficial hubs for etrepreeurship ad iovatio. Parter with the City of Barrie to advace Georgia s dowtow presece. Expad our parterships to support work-itegrated learig, applied research, relevat curriculum, learig supports ad door opportuities. Defie ad commuicate our value propositio ad differetiatio through a refreshed visual idetity ad brad platform. 10 Egage our studets, employees, alumi, goverors, parters, doors, advisory committees ad other stakeholders as ambassadors ad champios.
CONNECTIONS Servig our studets, employers ad commuities through parterships 11
Strategic priority COMMUNITY 12
CONNECTIONS Our commitmets Our strategies Local ad global parterships stregtheed Stregthe ad diversify our global coectios through icreased iteratioal erolmet ad ew iteratioal parterships. Stregthe our coectios with the Aborigial commuity ad our commitmet to Aborigial educatio locally, provicially ad atioally through our partership with the Aishabe Educatio ad Traiig Circle. Ehace professioal developmet ad cotract traiig offerigs through a ew model for cotiuig educatio. Develop a pla that will ehace local parterships to meet the eeds of the commuities we serve. Heighte our academic ad itellectual leadership with iitiatives that egage the broader commuity to grow our reputatio ad stregthe our commuity coectios. 13
Strategic priority OPERATIONAL Our commitmets Our strategies Strategic reivestmet ad fiscal accoutability Implemet key iitiatives to achieve fiacial sustaiability. Implemet a multi-year strategic ivestmet strategy to support orgaizatioal reewal. Develop a multi-year facilities reewal pla. Support itegrated plaig ad evidece-based decisio-makig through a eterprise data ad reportig strategy. Broade our fudraisig activities to support studet success. Service excellece Develop ad embed a customer service philosophy ad service excellece culture. Implemet a right stop approach to service delivery, icludig a uified olie studet services portal that will allow the majority of trasactios with the college remotely ad through mobile devices. 14
EXCELLENCE Esurig our istitutio is efficiet, effective ad resposive 15
Strategic priority OPERATIONAL Our commitmets Our strategies Culture of iovatio ad etrepreeurship through orgaizatioal reewal Streamlie ad improve our busiess processes ad leverage techology. Optimize our teachig ad learig eviromet so it is resposive to the eeds of our studets. Lauch three ew etrepreeurial iitiatives aually. Build orgaizatioal capacity through employee egagemet, diversity ad accessibility, huma resource ad talet maagemet strategies. 16
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Georgia College campus locatios Georgia College fosters a culture of etrepreeurship ad iovatio, preparig studets to become ot oly job seekers, but job creators. Workig together with idustry ad commuity parters, Georgia offers relevat, cuttig-edge curriculum, quality work placemets ad co-op experieces. With more tha 120 career-focused programs across seve locatios i Cetral Otario, Georgia serves 11,000 full-time studets ad 28,000 Cotiuig Educatio registrats aually. Otario, Caada georgiacollege.ca