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The South Piedmont Foundation

Strategic Plan

In 2022, South Piedmont Community College engaged in a strategic planning process, which was characterized by widespread engagement across the college, a commitment to the core values of quality, stewardship, service, respect, and innovation, and a resolute focus on the needs of our stakeholders. What resulted was a comprehensive strategic plan that will guide our actions for the next three years to further distinguish South Piedmont as a nationally recognized college of excellence.

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Goal 1: Equitable Student Outcomes

Students successfully learn and achieve educational outcomes regardless of their background.
Objectives
  • Successfully obtain the skills to achieve transfer and workforce success.
  • Promote excellence in teaching and address the academic needs of learners.
  • Successfully Complete an English and math course within three years of their first fall term of enrollment.
  • Successfully progress along their educational pathway.
  • Achieve educational outcomes by completing their program or pathway within four years.
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
  • Student success in credit English courses
  • Student success in credit math courses
  • Basic Skills course progress
  • First-year progression
  • Curriculum completion
  • Licensure pass rates
  • Transfer student performance
  • Program learning outcomes

Male instructor helping a female student to use machining equipment at South Piedmont.
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Goal 2: Economic and Workforce Development

South Piedmont provides education, training, and credentials to develop a robust and skilled workforce, meet local industry’s current and future talent needs, and increase the economic mobility of service-area residents.
Objectives
  • South Piedmont fosters community partnerships with regional employers that facilitate economic mobility for families in the service area.
  • South Piedmont integrates a “career ready” culture in the campus ecosystem through early and meaningful student-employer connections.
  • Programs and training catalog align with forecasted labor market needs and industry demands.
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
  • Graduate employment
  • Business and industry partnerships
  • Work-based learning participation

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Goal 3: Focused Student Recruitment and Enrollment

South Piedmont attracts and enrolls a diverse student body, representative of the service area, to meet labor market needs. 
Objectives
  • Increase conversion of applications to enrollment for non-traditional and underrepresented populations.
  • Increase enrollment in programs under capacity to create a robust pipeline of skilled workers.
  • Effectively engage in comprehensive marketing and outreach efforts that clarify paths to student education and career goals.
  • Employ strategies that increase access for non-traditional and underrepresented populations to move from initial interest to the application phase.
KPIs(Key Performance Indicators)
  • Requests for information
  • Applicants from underrepresented populations
  • Enrollment from underrepresented populations
  • Enrollment in targeted programs
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Goal 4: Employee Recruitment and Retention

South Piedmont attracts top talent to accomplish its mission and uses innovative strategies and best practices to support and retain a high-quality workforce.
Objectives
  • Retain a dedicated workforce to meet the needs of the College.
  • Promote diverse and inclusive practices that lead to innovation, productivity, retention, and overall employee engagement.
  • Recruit a highly qualified and diverse workforce that reflects the needs of the service area and all areas of the College.
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
  • Qualified applicants per position posting
  • Employee retention rate
  • Climate Survey: Institutional Culture
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Goal 5: Organizational Strengthening

South Piedmont demonstrates performance excellence.
Objectives
  • Deliberately grow and maximize the use of physical facilities.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to excellence through ongoing innovation and evaluation.
  • Maximizes resources through state revenue generation, grants, private donor giving, and other revenue streams.
  • Strengthen the data and technology infrastructure to optimize business practices.
  • Strengthen effective communication and collaborative business practices to improve efficiencies.
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
  • Alternative Funding
  • Climate Survey: Technology Infrastructure
  • Climate Survey: Communication and Collaboration
  • Room utilization rate
  • Climate Survey: Innovation and Evaluation

View South Piedmont’s progress toward each of its five strategic goals by visiting our Strategic Planning dashboards. Data are updated regularly, so check back often.