Strategic & Academic Planning with EMSI

1. Strategic & Academic Planning with EMSI Montgomery College’s Roadmap to 2020

2. About Montgomery College • 2-year college located in Montgomery County, MD (suburban D.C.) • Multi-campus (Rockville, Germantown, Takoma Park/Silver Spring) • Multiple WD&CE locations throughout the County • Current Enrollment = 26,996 (credit) & 23,624 (noncredit)

4. Analyst Projects • Ad Hoc Requests • Previous Strategic Plans • MC 2020 Strategic Plan • Career Advisory Boards • Student Learning Outcomes • Grants • Academic Program Review • Career Coach Integration

5. Previous Strategic Plan

6. Montgomery College 2020 • Far more robust analysis • Targeted Demographics • County & Regional Occupational Projections • Programmatic trends and skills gaps • Accessible and updated data along with special reports

7. Targeted Demographics

8. Educational Attainment & Occupational Demand

11. Occupational Growth

12. Occupational Demand

13. Education and Occupations

14. Analysis • Ran same reports for DC-VA-WV-MD Metropolitan Area • Identified “overages” and gaps in degree, certificate, & WD&CE offerings (ongoing) • Mapped to State and County Economic Development plans (STEM) • Used gap analysis to identify current/future KSAs

15. Career Cluster Advisory Boards • Pilot program with the County’s Bioscience and Biomedical Advisory Board • Historic programmatic, occupational, and industry trends • Projected growth (occupations, skills, industry needs, regional completers) • Gap analysis • Plan to expand to all CCAB’s in cooperation with Montgomery County Govt.

16. Student Learning Outcomes • Grew out of previous year’s Mission and Vision Review Project • Identified industry-specific skills • Plan is to map to General Education Program competencies • Assessment matrices for all GenEd courses and programs mapped to KSAs

17. Grants • Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAACCCT) • Used occupational transitioning to target specific occupations for retraining based on skills gap • Identified key credit and non-credit programs for re-tooling based on gap assessment (focus on HIT/HIM) • Used extensively by Office of Grants and Business Development

18. Academic Program Review • Started with Health Information Technology • Expanding to all Workforce Development & Continuing Education offerings • Plan to include key data for next version of the College’s Academic Master Plan • Academic Area Review Process (required part of discipline SWOT)

19. Career Coach Integration • Recently launched Career Coach • Using Career Coach data settings to supplement Analyst Reports • Local and regional demand • Site statistics and popular searches • KSAs and Curriculum review • Targeted industry partner joint environmental scanning projects • Career/Academic Counseling (FYE)

20. Upcoming Projects • Response to City of Rockville proposal for 4-year research college development • MHEC Curriculum Actions (Diagnostic Medical Sonography) • Middle Skills Jobs analysis (gap between completers and openings) • Targeted industry environmental scans (part of MC 2020 Strategic Plan)

21. Lessons Learned • Make it public and well-defined • County + Regional for all data types • Growth v. Replacements v. Openings • Data organization – tell the story (example – Hotel Motel Management, Fairfax County v. Montgomery County) • Multiple growth models (best/worst case) • Demonstrate alignment/explain differences