Operational Planning

SVC has established an integrated planning system that ensures alignment from the college mission down to unit-level planning. This approach ensures that all planning at the college is integrated, clearly defined, systemic, and focused on achieving the objective outcomes of the Strategic Plan. The planning pyramid (below), adopted in 2022 illustrates the hierarchy of planning elements, their respective purposes, and the alignment of all planning at the institution with mission fulfilment. 

Operational Planning at Skagit Valley College

SVC operates on an annual operational planning time period. Evey year the President's Cabinet begins the process of deciding upon strategies, interventions, resource allocation, and activities that will help to achieve the College's strategic priorities. In turn, each VIce President works with their division to creat divisional plans that address these approaches more specificially. Units and Departments then create their own plans. Each level of planning is focused on achieving one or more strategtic priority target and driven by the College's stated focus on continuous program improvement; each level also incorportates the results of program review into their planning process. This cycle is illustrated in the figure below.