College Assessment
Durham Tech started its strategic planning process in fall 2020 by asking the Aspen Institute, Achieving the Dream, and the Belk Center (“the Collaborative”) to conduct an assessment of the College. From the assessment, we wanted to learn where we have succeeded and where we have fallen short in our efforts to close equity gaps and improve student success outcomes.
The Collaborative summarized its findings and made its recommendations in a report, Accelerating Student Success and Community Prosperity: Durham Tech at the Crossroads. Please contact strategicplan@durhamtech.edu to request a copy of the report.
Strategic Planning Process
The Strategic Planning Committee’s charge is to ensure that the strategic plan is:
- Rooted within a relevant mission, aspirational vision, and appropriate core values for guiding decision-making;
- Responsive to the framework, identified within the Collaborative’s assessment, by engaging the College in the development of measurable goals and strategic initiatives;
- Advancing the College’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion by ensuring that our action plan is integrated within the strategic goals and initiatives; and
- Instrumental in developing an equity-minded educational ecosystem (K-12, community partners, economic development) that supports sustainable, livable wages and economic mobility opportunities.
Durham Tech employees are invited to participate in six Town Hall meetings; recordings will be posted as they are available (see below). The Committee will also be sending out regular email up-dates, posting to this blog, and keeping the SharePoint channel updated with important documents.
The Strategic Planning Committee cannot do this work alone. We invite all of you to take part in not only drawing the map but also building the roads to where we want to go.
Strategic Planning Blog
View updates on the Strategic Planning blog
Town Hall Sessions
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Session 1 – Assessment, Recommendations, and Next Steps |
Monday, March 22 |
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Session 2 – College-Wide Reflections on Collaborative’s Findings and Recommendations |
Thursday, April 8 @ 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
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Session 3 – Mission, Vision, Core Values |
Tuesday, April 20 @ 3 – 4 p.m. |
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Session 4 – Priorities and Goals |
Wednesday, May 5 @ 3 – 4 p.m. |
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Session 5 – Strategies and Accountability |
Thursday, May 13 @ 3 p.m. |
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Wednesday, June 9 @ 3 p.m. |
2021 Strategic Planning Committee
| Dr. Kurt Laudicina LaDelta Williams Dr. Marguerita Best Dr. Oluwunmi Adekola Ariyo Beth Payne Victoria Deaton Andrew Jones Ben Lock Dr. Greg Nash Dr. Courtnea Rainey Jaclyn Krohn Heidi White Justin Long Stephen Brooks Dr. Johanna Brown Liza Nordstrom Drew Scarborough Tina Ruff Charmaine Grafton |
Advising/Student Support Services Center Academic Exec./Student Support Services College and Career Readiness College Recruitment/High School Programs Corporate Services (Chesterfield) Institutional Equity & Inclusion/Compliance Institutional Advancement/Foundation Instruction/Building & Skilled Trades Instruction/Business & Entrepreneurship Instruction/College Success/Teaching Learning Ctr Instruction/Student Services (Orange County) Center for Global Learner/Student Services Instructor/Human Services & Public Safety (NDC) Library Student Records/Student Support Services Finance and Administrative Services ITS/Finance and Administrative Services Office of the President Student and 2020 - 2021 SGA president |