SCUP Planning Institute

Step III:
Strategic Application of Integrated Planning Processes

Target 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.

Session Overview:

Step III views integrated planning through the lens of change management. An effective planning process, by definition, focuses on moving the campus forward, which means changing. Continuous improvement goals, new leadership, student learning outcomes assessment, all represent broad-scale changes on a campus. This workshop weaves the technical planning for such changes with the realities of the people and relationships that already exist on your campus.

Integrated planning processes require that higher education professional be able to influence those working above and below them and to work successfully with peers in other functional areas. Understanding how the nature of these relationships—up, down, and sideways—affects the planning and change processes can make a significant difference in achieving the institution's goals.

Step III introduces you to the tools and tactics for increasing your effectiveness in working with campus groups through a planning or change process. The learning outcomes of this workshop include:

    * Use group tools and practices in planning to increase support for change.
    * Learn methods of finding creative tension to frame the discussion of change.
    * Understand the high value of a connector network in creating change.
    * Understand how to engage and enable the people "just given to you" during a planning process.
    * Learn why and how people resist change and how that affects planning processes.

Step III is highly interactive with attendees working in small groups throughout. Participants build their knowledge by working with a case from their own institution. A campus–based change is identified and then used to practice tools, to engage in networked consultation with peers, and to provide a foundation for integrating an existing campus’ planning process with an understanding of team building and change management principles.

Prerequisite: Completion of Step II.

Not sure if you have completed Step II? Contact profdev@scup.org.

IMPORTANT: It is NOT POSSIBLE for one person to attend Steps II and III at the same time and location.

Upcoming Workshops

January 16-17,
2009 Tempe, AZ (USA)