Policies & Procedures

WNC's institutional planning is an in-depth, College-wide process that results in the
College's Strategic Master Plan—a plan that is ongoing, transparent, and evidence based:

• Affirms values, vision and mission (Core Themes)
  
• Creates work plans that achieve goals and objectives strategically now and, in the future
  
• Allocates resources
  
• Provides measures of progress and results
  

The strategic plan is linked to each level of the organization with ongoing evaluations of
alignment to and relevance of:

• Institutional level: vision, mission, values, core themes
  
• Unit Level: purpose statements
  
• Employees: position descriptions
  

To achieve the strategic direction:

Objectives, work plans, and indicators of achievement are developed at each level.

Resources are identified, prioritized, and allocated:

• Budget
  
• Facility and space
  
• Technology
  
• Human Resources (personnel, professional development)
  

The budget for the fiscal year is developed to include the approved budget resource
requests.

• Budget resource requests originate within departments and are processed through
  the directors and vice presidents for submission to the budget committee.
  
• The Budget Committee reviews and prioritizes submitted budget resource
  requests and makes recommendations to the President’s Executive Team.
  
• Prioritized requests are reviewed and evaluated by the President’s Executive
  Team. The final decision on approval of budget requests is contingent on
  legislative funding, other WNC resources and alignment with WNC initiatives.
  
• The Budget Committee updates the departments on the status of their requests.