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Hebrew College: A Push For Global Excellence

Hebrew College: A Push For Global Excellence. Using a Strategic Planning Exercise to Determine the Course of Our Future: 2001 to 2004 – From Paper to Progress Alan Leifer, Vice President ESC Conference, December 2004. Who We Were. 80 Year Old Boston Institution

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Hebrew College: A Push For Global Excellence

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  1. Hebrew College:A Push For Global Excellence Using a Strategic Planning Exercise to Determine the Course of Our Future: 2001 to 2004 – From Paper to Progress Alan Leifer, Vice President ESC Conference, December 2004

  2. Who We Were • 80 Year Old Boston Institution • Non-Sectarian College of Education, Hebrew Language and Religious Studies • Education Agency of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (CJP) • 20,000 Square Feet of Antiquated Space in Brookline • A $4 Million Budget Supported by $1.2 Million in CJP Allocation and $400K in Annual Fundraising • Member in Good Standing of NEASC

  3. Who We Were • 3000 Graduates – 95% Undergraduate/Community Education Educators Non Profit Managers Youth Workers Professors School Administrators Board Members • Cultural Content – Open to the Public Library Speaker Series • Youth Programming Prozdor Camp Yavneh • Public Policy Initiatives

  4. What We Wanted to Do • Prepare Leaders for Service to Global Jewish Communities • Develop Innovative Solutions to Contemporary Jewish Challenges • Promote Knowledge of Jewish Culture and Civilization Worldwide • Become a “Juilliard for Jewish Civilization”

  5. Laying the Groundwork • Get Alan Steinert as Your Chair • Professional Consultant Team • Wayland Group, Team of 3 • Work Out The Process • 19 Task Forces, 1 Year Time Frame, SPC Responsibility • Recruit the Best, Mixing Existing Leadership With New Blood • 6 month Recruiting Plan

  6. Strategic Planning Process • Alan Steinert, Chair Strategic Planning Committee MIT Chancellor Past HC Chair Facing History Chair Past HC Chair Synagogue President Harvard Faculty Hillel Trustee Mgm’t Consultant Sherrin & Lodgen Partner HC Staff • People, Program and Resources Subcommittees • 19 Task Forces – 100 Members • 5 Measurable Objectives • Mission and Implementation Planning • Adoption and Community Roll Out Plan

  7. Understanding Comparative Advantages • New England Advantages -Academic Jewish Teaching -Higher Education Administration -Leading Edge Web Presence • Hebrew College’s Unique Position • In the Global Conversation • Jewish Renaissance Experience • Trans-Denominational Style • Network of Collaborations

  8. Overall Goals • To Build the Scale Necessary to Attract Thousands of Students in the Next Five Years From Across the Continent to Acquire Hebrew College Degrees and Certificates • Increase Hebrew College’s Visibility, “Brand Awareness,” and Position As a National Leader in Its Field, Among Opinion Leaders, Both Locally and Nationally, and Among Prospective Students

  9. Overall Goals • Increase Dramatically the Technological Capability and Connectedness of the College, Supporting Increased Collaboration and Teaching • To Support and Sustain the Growth of the College Through a Vigorous and Dramatically Increasing Stream of Contributed Support

  10. Business Planning Process • Outline Initiatives (74 in Total) That Define and Achieve the Goals • Provide Cost Estimate and Proposed Implementation Schedule for Each Initiative • Prioritize Needs • Aggregate the Cumulative Incremental Cost of the Plan Versus Current Trends

  11. Where We Are Today • 150,000 Sq Ft New Campus (1/2 Occupied, ½ Underway) • $16 million Budget • $100 Million Fundraising Effort Underway • #1 Grantee of Largest Global Jewish Educational Foundation • 6 Projects on International Scale • Students from 15 Countries and 27 States • 60 of 74 Initiatives Launched – 43 Positions Filled

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