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Strategic Plan 2025-2028: Reclaim Your Momentum

Reclaim Your Momentum: 2025-2028 Strategic Plan

We are thrilled to announce the kick-off for the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan: Reclaim Your Momentum, launching October of 2023. Our plan will articulate the college’s focus on equitable student success, and guide our future steps as we work to deliver access to quality education in a collaborative culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This endeavor will help shape the direction of PCC for the coming years, ensuring that we continue to serve our students, faculty, and community with excellence.

PCC Students at Graduation

Letter from the PresidentPhoto of Dr. Adrien Bennings, PCC President

Dear Portland Community College,

As President of Portland Community College, I must lead the charge to:

  1. Ensure equitable access, opportunity, affordability, and successful outcomes for all students;
  2. Balance commitment to quality learning experiences, economic and workforce development, performance outcomes, and strategic priorities;
  3. Preserve the authenticity of our reputation and articulate the value of our institution throughout the community, region, and state;
  4. Cultivate an environment where the tenets of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are intentional, consistent, evident, and effective. Ultimately, all that we do must align and directly correlate with our Mission.

 

 

 

Join the Journey

Your enthusiasm and dedication are what make PCC the extraordinary institution it is today, and I look forward to embarking on this exciting journey with you. Your voice and insights are invaluable and there will be multiple opportunities for collaborative engagement during the input sessions listed below. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to Portland Community College, and here’s to a future filled with renewed momentum and endless possibilities, and boundless opportunities. Together, we will chart a path forward, grounded in our collective vision and purpose.

Faculty & Staff Input Sessions

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Note: Due to space issues at the Cascade Campus, the input sessions for Cascade faculty and staff are scheduled at the Opportunity Center at 42nd Ave. Two sessions have been added for employees at the Cascade Campus who are unable to travel to the Opportunity Center at 42nd Ave.

Sylvania

  • Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session

Southeast

  • Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session

Rock Creek

  • Monday, February 19th, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Monday, February 19th, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Thursday, March 7th, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session

Cascade

  • Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:30pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session

Opportunity Center (42nd Ave)

  • Friday, February 9th, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Friday, February 9th, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session

Remote

  • Monday, February 26th, 2024 from 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Faculty and Staff Input Session—Full; No longer accepting registration
  • Monday, March 4th, 2024 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session
  • Monday, March 4th, 2024 from 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Input Session
Student Focus Group Sessions

We received an overwhelming response from students who are eager to contribute to shaping the future of PCC. However, due to limited seats available, we are unable to accommodate everyone this time. To share your feedback via email, please contact Sarah Rose Evans at sarah.roseevans@pcc.edu. 

Southeast

  • Thursday, January 25th, 2024 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Student Focus Group

Cascade

  • Tuesday, February 6th from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Student Focus Group

Rock Creek

  • Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Student Focus Group

Sylvania

  • Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Student Focus Group
External Community Partner Sessions

 

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Rock Creek

  • March 6th, 2024 from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: External Community Session

Southeast

  • February 20th, 2024 from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm: External Community Session
Questions?

For more information, please contact the Strategic Planning Manager, Sarah Rose Evans, at sarah.roseevans@pcc.edu.

Reclaim Your Momentum: Why is it Important?

“Reclaim Your Momentum” signifies our collective mission, passion, and purpose to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Reclaiming Momentum is not just a plan; it’s a promise to revitalize and reenergize our commitment to excellence.

2025-2028 Strategic Planning Process

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2023:

  • The 2025-2028 Strategic Planning Process Begins. Strategic Themes Established

2024:

  • College Divisions (Academic Affairs, Finance, etc.) brainstorm Strategic Objectives related to themes.
  • PCC Community Poll on which Strategic Objectives to ratify
  • Strategic Objectives finalized and approved by the board

2025:

  • Proposal process opens for projects to achieve Strategic Objectives
  • Projects Approved and Implementation Begins

The Seven Phases of Strategic Planning

Click here to see a description of the seven phases of the 2025-2028 Strategic Planning Process

Phase One: Preliminary planning and dialogue to outline the process, plan, and development of the College’s strategic plan. This phase primarily involves collaboration and partnership between the Office of the President and Strategy, Policy, and Integrated Planning.

Phase Two: Establish platforms and forums to promote intentional and productive open communication, transparency, and dialogue with internal and external stakeholders. The College prioritizes various methods and structured (but flexible) scheduling to create a collaborative environment for stakeholder engagement.

Phase Three: Utilize a data-driven approach to assess the landscape, evaluate, and ideate. This will encompass both internal and external factors in the current environment.

Phase Four: Review and Prioritization Work sessions will focus on reviewing the draft report (summarizing key themes identified through the stakeholder engagement process), providing feedback, identifying high-level strategic themes, and facilitating engagement within their respective divisions/departments

Phase Five: The Board will approve the Strategic Themes and Objectives for the College.

Phase Six: The SPIP division is primarily responsible for the institutional implementation of the approved plan. This will include Proposal Development; Proposal Prioritization and Approval; Project Development; and Project Implementation.

Phase Seven: A cycle of regularly collecting, reviewing, reporting and acting on information about Project Implementation. Throughout the lifecycle of a project, objectives will be defined, measured, and evaluated through SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound) metrics.

 

Strategic Plan 2020-2025: Discovering New Possibilities

Looking for information about the previous strategic plan? See the 2020-2025 Strategic Plan: Discovering New Possibilities.

Strategy, Policy, and Integrated Planning

Learn more about the Strategy, Policy, and Integrated Planning Division.