Institutional Operational Plan Updates

Find the latest updates on our FY25 Quarter 4 results. This page will be updated regularly as our work continues. View the FY25 Institutional Operational Plan (IOP).

​​​Objective 1 – JEIB Training 

Outcomes 1.1 and 1.2 are completed for FY25.

Five Q1-Q4 tasks are complete or on target: 

• Design college-wide JEIB Day experience for FY25 that promotes Belonging and OneICC for all staff by Q1.  
• Identify key measures of employees’ and students’ perceptions of the ICC climate to be used for ongoing evaluation measures by Q1. 
• Launch FY25 baseline JEIB learning modules for all-employee completion by Q2. 
• Use JEIB survey data to build out Level 2: Reflection and Knowledge-Building content and competencies by Q2. 
• Optional growth opportunities such as Communities of Learning and Levels of Learning designed and available to all ICC employees by Q3. 

Objective 2 – 8-week Scheduling 

Outcomes 2.1 and 2.2 are in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Six Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Complete and vet the exception rules for courses and/or sections that are exempt from 8-week conversion and delivery by Q1. 
• Identify courses previously delivered in 8-week formats and those not by Q1. 
• Identify instructors who have taught in an 8-week format by Q1. 
• Identify and schedule programs with supporting courses who are ready to move to an 8-week format for Fall 2025 by Q3. 
• Deliver professional development for faculty throughout the year. 20% of faculty will complete the PD by Q2 and Q4 for a total of 40% by Q4. 
• Update program sequence maps as required based on 8-week delivery by Q3

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) are still in progress:  

• Market and advise students on 8-week programs available for Fall 2025 throughout Q3-Q4. 
• Devise a 2-year schedule of course offerings by Q4. 

Objective 3 – Stackables and Micros 

Outcome 3.1 is completed for FY25. Outcome 3.2 is in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Establish operating definitions for short-term, stackable credentials, micropathways, and microcredentials by Q1. 
• Inventory existing curricula for microcredentials and potential stackable certifications by Q1. 

Three Q1-Q4 task(s) are still in progress:  

• Work with Education Design Lab to build noncredit-to-credit pathways, stackable certificates, and micro credentials throughout Q1-Q4. 
• Submit new curriculum to the curriculum committee, as appropriate throughout Q2-Q4. 
• Use Lightcast labor market data to align these programs to job market and industry credentials per the labor market analysis SOP (see IOP Obj. #8) by Q4. 

Objective 4 – First Day Readiness 

Outcomes 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 are completed for FY25.

Eleven Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Change from an "Opt-out" to an "Opt-in" model for inclusive access by Q4. 
• Devise a division plan with a timeline for OER and Z-degree growth based on recommendations from FY2024 IOP 2 results by Q2.   
• Textbook adoption timelines are adjusted to work with 8-week terms (SG 2.2) by Q3. 
• Devise a plan that delivers the scope of first-day access to textbooks starting in Fall 2025 and identifies remaining gaps to be addressed in subsequent academic years by Q4. 
• Communication plan developed to address campus closure days and expectations for all class continuation on those days by Q1. 
• Communication plan developed to address computing and internet access expectations for all students starting in January 2025 and beyond by Q1. 
• Communicate the overall computing expectations plan for AY2025 and AY2026 to all faculty and staff at Fall and Spring COL meetings in Q1 and Q3. 
• Inventory course/program technology requirements for on-campus students by Q3. 
• Survey faculty for desired computing expectations for their future classes by Q3. 
• Survey students for their ability and desire to use personal computing while on campus by Q3. 
• Investigate and design computing expectations for students when they are on campus by Q4. 

Objective 5 – Pathways 

Outcomes 5.1 is completed for FY 25.

Six Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Update high school-to-ICC pathways to align with stackable credentials, new state endorsements, and multiple points of entry by Q1. 
• Review and update minimum faculty qualifications for programs offering dual credit based on new HLC standards by Q1. 
• Review and update minimum faculty qualifications for all other programs by Q2. 
• Investigate pathways to include points of entry within CCE and Workforce by Q2. 
• Expand dual credit offerings aligned with Employ Central Illinois initiative by Q4. 
• Load updated pathways to ICC website and develop SOP for ongoing review and update by Q4. 

Objective 6 – Canvas Standards 

Outcomes 6.1 and 6.2 are in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Investigate and produce an executive summary of best practices in Canvas student success initiatives by the end of Q1. 
• Convene cross-functional working group to review executive summary, assess current ICC early alert processes, assess ICC faculty engagement, and determine desired future state through the creation of a white paper by the end of Q2. 

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) is still in progress:   

• Utilize cross-functional working group to design SOPs for ICC employees to follow when using Canvas for early alert processing by the end of Q3. 
• Utilize cross-functional working group to design and conduct training sessions for ICC employees to ensure they can effectively implement new SOPs in preparation for AY 2025-26 by the end of Q4. 

Objective 7 – Facilities Master Plan 

Outcome 7.1 is in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Complete ongoing process confirming existing space utilization/Update Space Utilization Study of Academic year 2024 by Q1. 
• Confirmation of current/future space needs - meetings with faculty and appropriate academic administrator by Q2. 

One Q1-Q4 task(s) is still in progress:   

• Deliver concept development plans and high-level project costs to inform Cabinet-level project prioritization by Q3. 
• Produce final FMP document and preliminary project financing strategy by Q4. 

Objective 8 – Labor Market Analyses 

Outcome 8.1 is in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Three Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Research best practices for using Lightcast data to identify local labor market demands review by Q1. 
• Complete program demand gap analysis to identify high-wage, high-demand jobs by Q2. 
• Create draft SOP by Q3. 

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) is still in progress:   

• Gather stakeholder input and incorporate into SOP by Q3. 
• Develop, approve, and launch SOP including ADKAR plan by Q4. 

Objective 9 – Clarus Market Assessment 

Outcome 9.1 is in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:   

• Convert Clarus Market Assessment Results into Executive Summary by Q1. 
• Engage stakeholders for input, conduct focus groups, synthesize feedback by Q2. 

Three Q1-Q4 task(s) is still in progress:

• Develop recommendations aligned with ICC goals, considering feasibility, resources, and impact by Q3. 
• Develop implementation plan for recommendations, present to Executive Cabinet by Q4. 
• Implement the Dual Enrollment Website, Parent Marketing Campaign, and the Conversion Process Analysis recommendations from the Clarus Report by Q4. 

Objective 10 – Data Governance 

Outcome 10.1 is in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Five Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Prepare and launch Data Governance Change Management plan by Q1. 
• Establish organizational model by convening principal employees who will participate in a working group of data stewards and leverage the IT Governance Council as the policy group for data decision making by Q1.  
• Conduct orientation for data stewards and policy group members by Q1. 
• Determine training curriculum for data stewards in key stewardship capabilities by Q2. 
• Publish the college’s first iteration of a business glossary by Q4. 

Two Q1-Q4 task(s) is still in progress:   

• Conduct and complete FY25 training for data stewards in key stewardship capabilities by Q4. 
• Administer the ICC Data Governance Pulse Survey by Q4

Objective 11 – ERP 

Outcomes 11.1 and 11.2 are completed for FY25.

Three Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Implement Workday Platform for HR, Finance, and Payroll by Q4 (with go-live in Q1 of FY26). 
• Start the planning phase of the implementation of Workday Student by Q4. 
• Implement Fischer Identity as the identity and access management (IAM) solution for ICC by Q3. 

Objective 12 – Professional Development 

Outcome 12.1 is in progress but substantially completed for FY25.

Three Q1-Q4 task(s) are complete or on target:  

• Establish standards for ongoing professional development by Q1. 
• Implement standard program evaluation process for all implemented developmental activities by Q1.   
• Manager Learning Pathway Development by Q1. 

Three Q1-Q4 task(s) are still in progress:    

• Coordinator and Staff level Learning Pathway Development by Q2. 
• Executive Learning Pathway Development by Q3. 
• Administrative Staff Learning Pathway Development by Q4.