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Managed Care – Data-driven Planning and Spending. Faculty Leadership Institute 2007 Barbara Illowsky and Wheeler North. Reference. The Faculty Role in Planning and Budgeting Adopted Fall 2001 http://www.asccc.org/Publications/Papers/FacultyRole_Budgeting.htm. What is a plan?. Roadmap
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Managed Care – Data-driven Planning and Spending Faculty Leadership Institute 2007 Barbara Illowsky and Wheeler North
Reference The Faculty Role in Planning and Budgeting Adopted Fall 2001 http://www.asccc.org/Publications/Papers/FacultyRole_Budgeting.htm
What is a plan? • Roadmap • Pathway to accomplish • Guide to both current and future activities • Involves goals & outcomes • An attempt to chart the future based upon some known and potential information
What are the common types of plans? • Strategic • Facilities • Unit • Educational – short term • Academic master plan – long term • Technology • Distance ed plans • Hiring ???? (tough to do!!)
Jargon (plans) • Goals most general, a broad areas of concern • Objectives state the specific things to be accomplished within each general area of concern • Action Plans state exactly how those objectives are to be accomplished
More Jargon • Criteria determine prioritization achieve common denominator what we’re going to do in planningSpecific elements can include things like safety, certification, accreditation, etc. • Standardstechnology, classroom, facilities, etc.
What is a budget? • Financial/money plan • Temporally limited • A budget is a responsible plan for expending resources based upon expectations.
Budget requirements • Required by Education Code • State and federal funding drives both budgeting processes and the calendar • State budget (3 year lead time to Jan. 15th draft) January draft May revise Further revisions Signed budget (theoretically by June 15)
Faculty involvement • Title 5, §53202 (c) (10) Processes for institutional planning and development Clarification: academic senates’ authority extended only to the development of planning and budget PROCESSES, and not to the specifics of the plans and budgets themselves
Local district policies • Will define budgetary processes and faculty participation • Go home and study! Know your campus policies. (Check structure for multi-college districts.)
Jargon (budgets) • General fund apportionment • Restricted/categorical funds • State vs. federal funding • Grants • Foundations • Bonds
Principles • Planning should drive budgeting, never the reverse • Planning should always be for the first-rate, even in the face of second- or third-rate budget allocations • (additional principles: pp. 15 – 17)
Process in brief Program Review creates the information for Program Planning! Dept. Plans Division Plans Master Plans Budget Development
Strategic Plan • Provides mission and values • Provides broad goals and targets • Provides specific actions for completing master plans
Next steps • Study the reference • Read your local budget policies and processes • Get involved on your campus