Planning Continuous Improvement examines an institution’s planning processes and how its strategies and action plans are helping it achieve its mission and vision. It examines the institution's processes and systems related to:

·        Institutional vision

·        Planning

·        Strategies and action plans

·        Coordination and alignment of strategies and action plans

·        Measures and performance projections

·        Resource needs

·        Faculty, staff, and administrator capabilities

·        Measures

·        Analysis of performance projections and results

·        Improvement efforts

Planning Continuous Improvement at NTC

Northwest Technical College is committed to the pursuit of quality.   The implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement practices, however, must be done in support of a comprehensive plan that leads the college into the future in such a way that it can continue to fulfill its mission and purposes and sustain its operations.    An effective planning process forms the foundation for success at Northwest Technical College.  The College developed its Master Academic and Strategic Planning System utilizing an approach called New Designs in Master Academic Planning.

Key to the College’s ability to implement its plans effectively is the full integration of the Continuous Learning Cycle in the College’s planning processes.  This means that the College must PLAN what it intends to do, DO what it said it was going to do, CHECK the effectiveness of the action through measurement of impact, and ACT in accordance with what was learned in the Check step.

Category Eight addresses how the College plans for continuous improvement as it carries out its mission and purposes and reaches toward its vision of education in the 21^st Century.

To learn more about how the College plans for continuous improvement, click on the categories below or on the menu at the left.

Processes

Results

Improvements