Planning

Priorities

Plan tracking for the coming year.

Advancing
Equitable Access

☑️ Assess and articulate "new inquiry" and matriculation communication flows into Adult Basic Education programs

☑️ Seek continued funding for STEP coordinator through AY24-25

☑️ Offer additional ESOL class sections to meet student demand

  • Design / implement a more need‐based, equity-minded aid/scholarship strategy
  • Develop / implement comprehensive marketing plan
  • Develop / expand collaboration with Juntos and MEChA programs
  • Investigate a new College Now business model
  • Identify funding for full-time ECE faculty to support instruction
  • Create more streamlined admissions, advising, and onboarding processes
  • Investigate funding to sustain / extend Spanish GED, which was piloted through ARPA grant
Elevating 
Learning Outcomes

☑️ Explore implementation of a degree program audit

☑️ Investigate implementation of early alert system in collaboration with Academic Advising

  • Continue systematic review of disaggregated student achievement data at the program level
  • Strengthen and expand Tutoring and Mentoring Services
  • Continue faculty professional development, particularly centered on DEI best practices (i.e., anti-racist, culturally-responsive) within the delivery of curriculum
  • Reimagine Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) process
Improving 
Student Success
  • Develop and implement strategy to improve student completion and success:
  • Develop strategy to improve: Advising, Student Engagement, and Funding Equity
  • Assess and place new students into math and writing corequisites
  • Eliminate stand-alone developmental math and writing beginning AY25
  • Require 4-credit FYE course for Transfer degrees AY25, and explore embedding outcomes in CTE programs
  • Establish 2-year class schedule
  • Investigate adoption of High Impact Practices
  • Develop and implement IET programming
  • Establish CPL data indicators and update or create related processes
Fostering 
Thriving Community

☑️ Continue to support Early Learning Center project with Columbia Gorge ESD and North Wasco SD

☑️ Explore involvement with Rural Guided Pathways initiative

  • Update / revise CGCC’s hiring process, integrating training to improve diversity in hiring
  • Prioritize / elevate DEI, anti-racism, culturally / trauma / LGBTQ2SIA+ affirming training to all employees and ASG (student leaders)
  • Investigate / adopt a meaningful shared governance body, e.g., College Council
  • Hire full-time Ag Tech faculty to support launch in AY2026-27
  • Investigate need for Behavioral / Mental Health programming
  • Identify / develop space for Multicultural Center
  • Generate support and funding for new hangar / business park at Columbia Gorge Regional Airport
  • Investigate hiring ethnic studies and/or social sciences faculty