Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Business & Financial Affairs
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Sep 24, 2026·StrategicPlan
Board
Strategic Plan 2030
This strategic plan, culminating in 2030, outlines performance metrics across five key pillars: strengthening the non-transfer ecosystem, expanding transfer and bachelor's degree attainment, advancing equitable achievement and learning, adapting to demographic change and modalities, and building institutional infrastructure and sustainability. It focuses on improving student outcomes, closing equity gaps, enhancing institutional responsiveness, and ensuring long-term effectiveness through workforce-aligned pathways, clear academic routes, inclusive teaching, adaptive services, and strong fiscal and technological capacity.
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Educational Vision Plan Performance Metrics 2020-2025
This document outlines performance metrics for an Educational Vision Plan, focusing on five key goals. The plan aims to increase enrollment, learning, skill attainment, and completion in the non-transfer ecosystem, as well as enhance student transfer and access to bachelor's degree attainment in the South Bay. It also seeks to expand equitable student achievement and access through teaching interventions and program development, be responsive to changes in student and population demographics, and bolster the district's infrastructure.
Jan 1, 2025·StrategicPlan
Board
2025-2030
This strategic component focuses on advancing equitable achievement and learning by cultivating a collaborative culture that supports inclusive teaching, high-quality instruction, and evidence-based practices to close equity gaps and improve learning outcomes. Key objectives include strengthening inter-departmental collaboration, promoting digital equity, improving outcomes for students facing barriers, expanding Open Educational Resources and Zero Textbook Cost courses, enhancing culturally responsive instruction, and broadening academic and green career pathways.
Jan 1, 2025·StrategicPlan
Board
Southwestern College Student Equity Plan 2025-2028
The Southwestern College 2025-2028 Student Equity Plan articulates a renewed commitment to advancing equity, eliminating disproportionate impact (DI), and ensuring all students achieve their educational goals. Building on its predecessor, this plan introduces innovative initiatives and scales proven strategies to address persistent equity gaps. It targets disproportionately impacted student populations across five equity metrics: successful enrollment, transfer-level math and English completion, persistence rates, completion rates, and transfer outcomes. Key initiatives include strengthening special population support programs, implementing cross-functional student success teams, fostering culturally responsive professional development, enhancing holistic onboarding and outreach, expanding academic support, and promoting career exploration and work-based learning. The plan aims to accelerate equity-focused transformation, dismantle systemic barriers, and empower every student to thrive.
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