Mission Informed Planning Council
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Meeting Information
The Mission Informed Planning Council meets twice a month on the first and third Fridays from 1-3 p.m. in the Administration Conference Room (1901) during the regular academic year. Council meetings are open to all. Meetings are suspended in summer.
Purpose & Purview
- Advise and consult with the President in college-wide governance issues and overall institutional planning from a mission-focused perspective.
- Assure the College’s Vision, Core Values, Purpose and Mission are embodied in the decision-making process.
- Oversee the College’s strategy and execution of the Educational Equity Master Plan, which embodies the Strategic Vision for Equity.
- Review strategic plans to ensure they align with the college vision and mission.
- Develop and operationalize collegewide guiding principles for strategic and tactical decision-making with respect to allocation of human, physical, and financial resources and measures of success or effectiveness.
How We Operate
The Mission Informed Planning Council (MIP-C) operates with a set of Guiding Principles and Operating Principles. They are as follows:
- Shared leadership: leadership is a collective activity of the entire group
- Mission focused: our focus is on the mission of the college rather than on agendas of particular constituency groups
- The Council and its members embody core values of the college
- The work of the Council is at the mission & strategy levels of decision-making not at the tactical level
- Members will consciously and intentionally deliberate with focus on the following college mission areas with respect to both contributions from and impact on campus constituencies
- The Council’s membership is Inclusive with a commitment to expertise and stakeholder representation
- The work of Council is to ensure all members feel heard
- Because of the potential of power dynamics, the Council will work to foster empowerment and inclusivity of all members
- All members are committed to being a fully functioning member of the group according to their role on the Council
- Assure open communication and fully participatory and consultative dialogue
- Use consensus=based decision-making
- The Council’s activities will be conducted in such a way to foster an open and transparent communication with the campus
- Be accountable for the decisions made
- Onboard all members with an orientation to member responsibilities and background preparation on the College’s Values, Purpose, Mission and understanding of Vision: Strategy: Tactics and their respective objectives and differences
- To assure collegiality, the Council will operate with consensus-based decision-making
- Every member that is a part of the decision making has access to information, space, time that will help them contribute to the discussion
- Agenda setting is an open and transparent process, including public calls for topics, space on every agenda for public (open) comment/hearings
- Agenda items will be limited to those that require decisions or guidance at the mission/strategic level, not the tactical level
- There will be periodic self-reflection and opportunity for community input and accountability to assure the Council is operating as intended (see Guiding Principles)
- The Council’s activities will be conducted in such a way to foster an open and transparent communication with the campus
- Members will practice active listening; the chair will implement a practice to check in with members who have not had an opportunity to contribute to the discussion
- There is a secretary or recorder for minutes
- Document topic, nature of discussion, action
- Full recording and/or notes will be made public
- Guidelines will be developed to assure openness about communication of decisions to the public
- Members shall review the agenda and engage in active participation at each meeting, and uphold their commitments for action items and follow-up, including carrying out assigned tasks
Council Membership (21)
MIP-C membership includes 21 representatives from our campus community, including college president, students, staff and faculty, as listed below. See current members for 2025-2026.
- Associated Students at Foothill College (ASFC): Student Trustee, Student Body President, 1 other elected member, 1 appointed member, 1 affinity group member (5)
- Classified Senate, past and current presidents, and president-elect (3)
- Academic Senate president, vice-president, one part-time faculty rep (3)
- College President (1)
- Unions: FA (1), Teamsters (1), ACE (1), AMA (1) — (4)
- OLA (1)
- AAN (1)
- APAN (1)
- Rainbow Alliance
The recorder is responsible for meeting scheduling, room set up, including Zoom, note-taking, web page development and updates, dissemination of agendas/minutes/other supporting documents.
These duties will be the responsibility of the president’s office, and more specifically, administrative support will be done by the executive assistant, and the note-taking, web updates, and dissemination of all council proceedings through Parliament and other means, will be the responsibility of the associate vice president for communications, marketing, and outreach.
Contact UsAntoinette ChavezPresident's Office, Administration Building 1900650.949.7200 foothillpresident@fhda.edu |
