Austin Community College engages in continuous improvement to achieve its mission through its Master Plan development process. The Master Plan process:

Involves college-wide participation through the shared governance structure which is a system of councils and committees with representation from all employee groups, full-time and part-time faculty associations, affiliate organizations, and administration

Integrates the college’s various evaluation processes with planning and budget processes

Provides for a 10-year view of planning, including the SACS Strategic Focus and the Facilities Master Plan

Is a three-year “rolling” cycle with annual updates

Provides for an intensive review of benchmark data every five years

	ACC Master Plans: final versions of ACC Master Plans and related supporting documentation for years 2000-01, 2004-06, 2005-07, 2006-08
	Master Planning 2007-09: process description, timeline, documents, manuals, initiatives, priorities, and templates relating to the 2007-09 update
	ACC eMaster Plan: On-line: log-in to access initiatives, priorities, and budget reports, User's Manual FY 2007-09
	Cluster Groups: definition, purpose, members, minutes, reports and meeting materials
	Unit Level Effectiveness Assessment Database (U-LEAD): on-line acess to unit-level summary reports
	Institutional Planning Committee: mission, members and meeting materials
	Reports to Board: IPC rankings, preliminary budgeted expenses, agendas, presentations, master plan summary
	Reference Documents: college mission, strategic priorites, planning documents, survey reports, instructional program review quality improvment plans, Closing the Gaps reports
	On-line access to ACC Budget System

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