PLANNING CALENDAR

Planning Units	JULY	$ Assessment of Goal and Objective accomplishment for immediate past year $ Listing of all accomplishments for past year submitted
Planning Office	SEPTEMBER	$ Develop and administer an Environmental Scan $ Prepare feedback document for each planning unit/division $ Begin collecting and compiling data for the IE Plan, Institutional Fact Book and Fact Sheet
Planning Committee Planning Office Planning Committee Planning Office	NOVEMBER	$ Meet to determine internal/external factors $ Conduct a Planning Retreat $ Develop planning assumptions from internal/external factors $ Determine strategic areas of emphasis and present to the Planning Team $ Complete the IE Plan, Institutional Fact Book and submit to Trustees for approval $ Complete and distribute the Fact Sheet
Planning Committee Planning Office	DECEMBER	$ Review and evaluate follow-up plan for previous un-reached goals $ Provide feedback to departments
Planning Units/Divisions Planning Office	JANUARY	$ Develop goals for next year; these must be linked back to BCC=s Mission/Purpose Statement goals, to NCCCS goals, and to the previous determined planning assumptions $ Mid-term departmental meetings to evaluate progress towards goal accomplishment
Planning Units Planning Units All Bladen	FEBRUARY	$ Immediate needs listing for equipment, personnel, facilities and include a priority list $ Five-year needs projections listing for equipment, personnel, facilities $ Review the Mission/Purpose Statement
Vice Presidents Planning Office	MARCH	$ Budget requests turned into the Business Office
Planning Office Planning Office	APRIL	·Review the (possibly revised) Mission/Purpose Statement to Planning Team · Submit the (possibly revised) Mission/Purpose Statement to the Trustees for approval
Planning Office	MAY	$ Prepare feedback for president and vice presidents (survey response information and other data) $ Conduct feedback meetings with departmental staff (survey response information and other data)

Revised: September 2006