G. Setting Your GPS for Success: Developing a Strategic Plan for Your Learning Center
Wendy L. Wilson, PhD
Assistant Director, University Counseling Center
Director, Learning Assistance Service
University of Maryland
- Do you want to be able to communicate your goals and objectives to administrators and others on campus?
- Are you being called upon to identify the most effective use of the institution’s resources and your center’s key priorities?
- Is everyone in your office going in different directions and you need to develop a common vision to move the center forward?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have a need for strategic planning. This process allows center Directors and leaders to align their goals and objectives to the institution’s priorities and the best practices in learning assistance. With budget shortfalls and increasing accountability, participants in this interactive workshop will gain the necessary tools to help them demonstrate the center’s centrality to the campus community. Attendees will learn about a 10-step strategic planning process and will focus specifically on identifying the key issues facing the center in the next 1-3 years and how to develop a plan to address those needs. Examples will be provided from a successful strategic planning process.