Operations Plan
HCC Vision
Ãå±±½ÒÃØ strives to be the region's educational leader, providing affordable opportunities for academic excellence and workforce development.
HCC Mission
Ãå±±½ÒÃØ's mission is to provide affordable, student-focused education that prepares learners for transfer, technical careers, employability, and the workforce.
Ãå±±½ÒÃØ, a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, is a public associate degree granting institution serving Northwest Kentucky.
HCC Values
The values of Ãå±±½ÒÃØ are:
- Student Success
- Quality Education
- Access and Opportunity
- Accountability and Integrity
- Serving and Caring
Goals, Measures, and Targets
1. Objective 1.1: Maximize student access, retention, and success.
- Key Performance Indicator: Number of individuals educated and trained each year
- Definition: Definition coming
- Target/Objectives: to be determined
Supporting Institutional Priorities:
- Resume food services as a retention strategy.
- Streamline our recruitment processes to integrate academic and workforce opportunities.
- Utilize our early alert approach for identifying retention, using the data to direct students to wraparound services.
2. Objective 1.2: Improve student career pathway completion.
- Key Performance Indicator: Graduation rate ranked amongst the 50 states.
- Definition: Definition coming
- Target/Objectives to be determined
Supporting Institutional Priorities:
- Implement the KCTCS Career Development Model.
- Expand HCC’s current professional advising model to incorporate career development.
- Utilize CTE Pathways and revise as needed.
1. Objective 2.1: Leverage employer engagement to deepen relationships supporting student and program success.
- Key Performance Indicator: Percentage of graduates employed in Kentucky companies
- Definition: Definition coming
- Target/Objectives to be determined
Supporting Institutional Priorities:
- Continue to support work-based learning programs such as HCC FAME and Allied Health clinicals.
- Offer professional development for program coordinators to collaborate effectively with program advisory committees.
2. Objective 2.2: Strengthen alignment between HCC’s programs and the region’s workforce needs.
- Key Performance Indicator: Credentials awarded in key industry sectors
- Definition: Definition coming
- Target/Objectives: to be determined
Supporting Institutional Priorities:
- Utilize Henderson Economic Development, the Perkins Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) process, and Program Advisory Boards to align our programs with regional needs.
- Participate in community-wide planning and collaborations that support new and existing industries.
Objective 2.3: Grow new workforce training programs
- Key Performance Indicator: Engagement with industry, education, and government that aligns training with the state’s workforce and economic priorities
- Definition: Definition coming
- Target/Objectives: to be determined
Supporting Institutional Priorities:
- Leverage corporate giving to strengthen programs, such as the HCC FAME Endowment.
- Implement and grow Electrical Technology program.
- Utilize KCTCS TRAINS funds to develop new business partnerships.
1. Objective 3.1: Optimize institutional efficiency and ensure effective resource use.
- Key Performance Indicator: Annual strategic resource review
- Definition: Definition coming
- Target/Objectives: to be determined
Supporting Institutional Priorities:
- Leverage the Strategic Needs Analysis (SNA) to prioritize proper allocation of resources.
- Review facilities space annually.
2. Objective 3.2: Strengthen employee recruitment and retention.
- Key Performance Indicator: Employee retention
- Definition: Definition coming
- Target/Objectives: to be determined
Supporting Institutional Priorities
- Foster a better understanding of employee benefits as an employee retention tactic.
- Empower new hires to better understand the purpose of the Planning, Performance and Evaluation (PPE) process through first-year feedback.