This bold and necessary initiative began with an invitation sent out to faculty and staff throughout the Ventura County Community College District to join in a process of mapping out a better future for Ventura County. The Community Colleges of Ventura County (CCVC) are embarking on an exciting,
ambitions Strategic Planning process. Using a
comprehensive collaborative process, one outcome we
envision is the development of Educational and Facilities
Master Plans. Ultimately, our goal is to take the
County's community colleges to the next level in order to
identify and serve our students in the next
millennium.
This page and all the communications
tools used here are part of the process of open and
broad-based consideration, discussion and exchange of
ideas. It is hoped that through such open and
collegial exchanges the futures of the district, its
constituent parts, and most importantly the educational
future of our students, will be enhanced and served.
If you would like to go to a brief "tutorial" on how to use some of the communications tools utilized in these pages, then click HERE.
Perhaps the best way to begin to map the journey Futures Forum
has commenced would be to view the following two Powerpoint presentations. The first was prepared by Burt Peachy,
a consultant to this process and a friend to creative and purposeful
evolution, and was used to inspire the Futures Forum group at their
first meeting. Click HERE for Burt's presentation.
The second one was prepared by Kitty Merrill to help anyone and everyone
understand the purposes and processes of planning. Click HERE and walk yourself through an introduction to Strategic Planning.