SCUP Planning Institute
An intensive, three-step program on integrated planning in higher education
Step I—Foundations of Planning Within the Context of Higher Education
Step II—Focused Knowledge for Integrated Planning Processes
Step III—Strategic Application of Integrated Planning Processes
The SCUP Planning Institute is designed to develop the following competencies in participants who attend all three steps:
- People—the ability to understand and identify the players who are or should be part of the planning process and their roles
- Language—the ability to use a common planning vocabulary to interpret and translate the ideas of all players
- Process/Plan
- Process—learn how to create and facilitate an integrated planning process; provide guidance and leadership through all stages of planning, including managing change
- The Plan—the ability to recognize and produce the elements of an integrated plan that can be implemented and evaluated
- Planning Context—the ability to collect and filter relevant information of the internal and external environment
- Outcomes
- Undertake realistic internal and external environmental scan
- Determine the most relevant data and information that supports the planning process
- Present the data and information in a manner that will inform the stakeholders
- Resources—the ability to identify alternative and realistic resource strategies and align them to stated plan priorities
- Identify alternative resource support strategies
- Align the resource strategies to stated plan priorities
- Ground the plan in fiscal reality
The three steps of the institute build on one another to develop the knowledge and skills needed to advance the practice of integrated planning on campuses. Whether you are new to the field or are an experienced professional, you will find the institute is a concrete way to create an effective network of planning colleagues, learn best practices, and grow in your career.
The SCUP Planning Institute represents a unique merging of the knowledge of experts in planning with a dedication to using assessment to continuously enhance the workshop’s outcomes for participants. Institute faculty members are drawn from across the country and world and from all types of institutions. They facilitate learning through engaging exercises, small group work, and analysis of the SCUP Walnut College case study.
Beginning in July 2009, the steps of the planning institute must be taken in sequence. Each step is prerequisite for the following step.
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Step I: Foundations of Planning Within the Context of Higher Education
Target Audiences:
Individuals and teams who want to build an integrated planning process that addresses the complexities of meeting multiple stakeholders’ needs.
More Information on Step I
Step II: Focused Knowledge for Integrated Planning Processes
Target Audiences:
Planners who have become proficient in their main area of responsibility and need to learn the language and practices of other planning specialties to advance integrated planning on their campuses. Starting in July 2009, completing Step I will be a requirement to register for Step II.
Next Offering:
January 16–18, 2009
Tempe, AZ (USA)
More Information on Step II
Step III: Integrated Planning: Working with Relationship RealitiesTarget Audiences:
Senior administrators and advanced planners who have completed Step II and wish to advance their understanding of the group tools that support successful integrated planning.
Prerequisite: Individuals must have taken Step II.
Next Offering:
January 16–17, 2009
Tempe, AZ (USA)
More Information on Step III |
