We had a full day Management Forum session on May 25. The focus of this session was related to the current budget situation and what we can do to thrive and grow in this environment.
One of the presentations in the morning discussed the following four areas and used the analogy of each one being located in a swimming lane, where they all progress simultaneously. This provides some context as we plan for the next few years.
- Programming (General Program Assessment (GPA), DL Strategy . . .)
- Partnerships ( and external relationships)
- People (succession, recruitment . . .)
- Processes (challenge, change, look for efficiencies)
Few other quotes from my notes . . .
- Will what made us successful yesterday make us successful tomorrow?
- We need to be agile and nimble - ready to respond
- The collective intelligence is greater than the individual
- Play the same game better
- Redesign and make it easier to do business with
- Transform and change the rules
- Make money
- Develop sustainable practices and programs
- Scrutinize programming (by leveraging core strengths / leveraging and expanding our career-based programming)
- Look for efficiencies
So what are the implications for us in EET? This is the main question I left this session with, and this led to our EET "start, change, stop" activity at our EET meeting. How do we continue to thrive in a very tight budget situation?
We continue to see staff transitioning out and new staff coming in.
- Our new curriculum consultant, Nancy Russell, starts on August 15.
- We're also in the process right now of hiring two FT instructional designers (replacements for Jackie and for Chris A). We had strong applicants for these two positions and HR is conducting reference checks now. We anticipate decisions will be made this coming week, and we'll have new ID's in place for mid-August.
- The DL / Online Learning Coordinator position is still in limbo. We had unanticipated news last week related to budget for this position and we'll know more this week. The position is ready to be advertised, if approved.
In preparation for these new people starting in August we are updating our EET Orientation manual. You will be asked for input on this document when a more complete draft is ready for review.
