• February 16 at 1PM, Trustees Pavilion: Boldly Ascending Overview and Reveal of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • All were welcome to attend this forum to take a deep dive into Boldly Ascending, explore how we can mobilize our teams to actualize the plan, and learn about how, through a series of College-wide KPIs, we will track our progress at a broad level. Attendees brought with them their existing unit purpose/mission statements. Small group activities focused on articulating unit/department purpose statements and brainstorming unit/departmental effectiveness plans with a focus on mapping Boldly Ascending’s 13 objectives to eventual unit outcomes. 

• February 27 at 1PM, Alumni Lounges: Envisioning our Environment through Campus Facilities Master Planning
  • All were welcome to attend this forum to learn more about what a master plan includes, to discuss what we’ve learned thus far about our campus, and to explore how our environment can play a crucial role in propelling us forward and upward. Small group activities focused on brainstorming elements of our physical plant and infrastructure in ways that help us move the needle on Boldly Ascending’s Key Performance Indicators.   

• March 20 at 1PM, Alumni Lounges: Integrating our Unit Outcomes for Optimal Ascension
  • All were welcome to attend this forum during which time teams were invited to present highlights of their revised purpose statements and to workhop their unit outcomes. Attendees should bring one or two of their draft unit outcomes to workshop. Attendees were encouraged to consider the range of efforts shared and to work together to identify and remove potential obstacles, discover alignments and address misalignments, and optimize complementary efforts.

• April 17 at 1PM, Alumni Lounges: Unit Effectiveness Planning as Continuous Learning
  • All are welcome to attend this forum during which time teams will rewind and refresh their understanding of the overall unit effectiveness planning process. We will review what we mean by: KPIs, Outcomes, Tasks, Targets, and Measures by walking through examples. Participants will then work in facilitated small groups based on their interest in working on their Outcomes & Tasks or their Measures & Targets.

• Ramapo College’s Strategic Posture Statement was largely informed by our community’s contributions to The Future Series summits delivered during Academic Year 2021-2022, survey input, data, and roundtable discussions.
• The posture statement identifies what we have learned about ourselves and where we are headed– our story, strengths, context, opportunity, and trajectory. The posture statement served as foundational to the Strategic Plan Writing Team’s efforts.

• Monday, November 15, 2021 | 1:00PM-2:15PM | Trustees Pavilion
  

  U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Laura Potter, Deputy Chief of Staff G-2, poses for her official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va, Sept. 15, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

• Keynote Speaker: Lieutenant General Laura Potter, US Army. LTG Potter is the highest ranking military officer in the US Army.
• Program:
  • I. Welcome; II. Fireside Chat with Keynote Speaker and President Jebb; III. Question & Answer; IV. Small Group Facilitated Activity and Report Out; V. Closing Remarks
• Pre-readings/Resources:
  • Good to Great for the Social Sector by Jim Collins (get pdf)  
  • Courtney, H. Kirkland, J., Viguerie, P. (2005) Strategy Under Uncertainty. Harvard Business Review. (get article)
• Small Group Facilitated Activity (get activity)
• Pre-registration was required by November 12.

Leslie T. Fenwick, Ph.D.

• Thursday, December 2, 2021 |1:00PM-2:15PM | Trustees Pavilion
• Keynote Speakers: Leslie T. Fenwick, Ph.D., Dean Emerita of the Howard University School of Education and Professor of Education Policy; and H. Patrick Swygert, J.D., President Emeritus of Howard University and Professor of Law
• Program:
  • I. Welcome; II. Fireside Chat with Dr. Fenwick, Mr. Swygert, and President Jebb; III. Question & Answer; IV. Small Group Facilitated Activity and Report Out; V. Closing Remarks
• Pre-readings/Resources:
  • Good to Great for the Social Sector by Jim Collins (get pdf) 
    

    H. Patrick Swygert, J.D.

  • Gallagher, T. (2021). The Democratic Imperative for Higher Education: Empowering Students to Become Active Citizens. AAC&U. Liberal Education Magazine. (get article)
  • Interview with Yuval Noah Harari: The Power of Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Human Race. (Oct.31, 2021) 60 Minutes. (get interview)
  • The Importance of Character in Education featuring Lorraine Abbott. (July 2016). TEDxPutneyHighSchool. (get talk) 
  • Cultural Competence: An Important Skillset for the 21st Century (Feb. 2016). NebGuide. (get article)
• Small Group Facilitated Activity (get activity)

• Wednesday, December 8, 2021 |12:00PM-1:00PM | Trustees Pavilion 1

• Thursday, February 17, 2022 | 1:00PM-2:30 PM | Trustees Pavilion
• This summit focused on:
  • Arriving at a better understanding of the experiences and needs of New Jersey’s K-12 students and K-12 districts
  • Identifying strategies the College may deploy to support students’ academic pursuits and well-being
  • Learning more about ways in which Ramapo College and K12 school districts may partner for the mutual benefit of our students, our institutions, and the teaching profession
• Panelists:
  • Ms. Melanie Alston-Balaputra, Vice Principal, Bergen County Technical School, Paramus
  • Dr. Rui Dionisio, Superintendent of Schools, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District
  • Mr. Antonio Garcia, Principal, Passaic County Technical Institute
  • Dr. Thomas Gorman, Superintendent, Ridgewood Public Schools
  • Ms. Eileen Shafer, M.Ed., Superintendent of Schools, Paterson Public Schools
• Pre-readings/Resources:
  • Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins; 2005 (get pdf)
  • Accelerate Recovery: Stop the College Readiness COVID Slide by Ryan Reyna, Education Strategy Group; May 2020 (get article)
  • COVID Harmed Kids’ Mental Health and Schools are Feeling It by Christine Vestal, Pew Charitable Trusts; November 2021 (get article)
  • Impact of COVID19 on the K-12 Education Workforce: One Year Later, Mission Square Research Institute,;August 2021 (get infographic)
  • Leadershift 2020: Reinventing our Schools for Extraordinary and Uncertain Times (excerpted) by Brian Chinni, Glenn Nowosad, Nicky Mohan, Ian Jukes; 2020 (get excerpt); full text available at books.friesenpress.com
  • History and Evolution of Public Education in the US, Center on Education Policy at George Washington University; 2020 (get article)
• Small Group Activity (get pdf)

• Monday, March 7, 2022 | 1:00PM-2:45PM | Trustees Pavilion
• Keynote Speaker(s): Pat Wadors ’87, Chief Talent Officer, Procore
  

  Pat Wadors ’87
  Chief Talent Officer, Procore

• This summit focused on change management and explored the factors favoring change at Ramapo and in the workforce at large. It also discussed “integrated understanding” as a strategy to develop “work readiness.”
•  Pre-readings/Resources:
  • Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins; 2005 (get pdf)
  • AACU Getting Ready: Liberal Arts & Sciences in Post-Pandemic World (get excerpt)
  • Future Work Skills 2020: Drivers and Key Shifts (get infographic)
  • Talent on Tap | Why We Need to Rethink Hiring for Cultural Fit (get video)
  • Future(s) of Work and Learning (get excerpt)
  • Top 10 Job Skills/How Long it Takes to Learn Them (get article)
  • The Five Minds for the Future (get article)
• Small Group Facilitated Activity (get pdf)

• Thursday, March 24, 2022 |1:00PM-2:15PM | SC 157-158

• Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 1:00PM-2:15PM | SC 156-8
• Program:
  • This summit reflected on the learnings from the previous four Future Series programs and moved us towards the establishment of a strategic posture statement to shape the future of Ramapo.
  • What is a strategic posture statement? “Fundamentally, posture defines the intent of the strategy relative to the current and future state of an industry…A posture is not a complete strategy. It clarifies strategic intent but not the actions required to fulfill that intent.” (Courtney, Kirkland, and Viguerie, 1997).
  • The summit involved primarily group work aimed at generating the essential components of the statement.
• Pre-readings/Resources:
  • Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins; 2005 (get pdf)
• Small Group Facilitated Activity (get pdf)

Faculty, staff, students, and friends attended these sessions in person and virtually to provide input on a draft strategic posture statement. The posture statement served as the foundation from which the Strategic Plan Writing Team developed the draft Plan.

• • Session 1: Monday, May 2, 2022 | 1:00PM-2:15PM | Trustees Pavilion & WebEx
  • Session 2: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM | York Room, Birch Mansion

• Program:
  • Welcome by President Jebb
  • Presentation of greenlit Needs Statement Proposals
  • Reflection and input on the draft posture statement
  • Next Steps