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Strategic Planning for Mercy Vocational
posted on 02/18/08 @ 10:48am
During the last two months Stategic Planning has been a strong focus at Mercy Vocational High School. Strategic plans grow out of vision and mission. The mission is what the organization exists to do. The mission of Mercy Vocational High School is clear: Mercy Vocational High School provides a Catholic education to those students whose educational and career goals are best served by a quality, comprehensive academic/vocational secondary school program . Students acquire marketable skills to enter immediately into their career vacation or to pursue post-secondary education.
Vision is who you are as an organization, and when it is shared, the vision “compels courage” to do what you need to do in pursuit of the vision. Vision establishes an overarching goal and should reflect something people truly want to accomplish. Strategic plans identify what you will do to fulfill your mission and achieve your vision.
Our facilitator, Mary Payne from Payne Associates, has attended a Board of Trustees meeting and has held individual interviews with administration, members of the Board of Trustees, Advancement Committee members and selected faulty members. Throughout the next two months Mary will attend meetings of the Administrative Council, Academic Board and the Vocational Education department, will observe academic and shop classes and meet with focus groups of students, alumni and parents/guardians.
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Sr. Rosemary Herron, RSM
Email: rherron@mercyvhs.org
Biography:
In the spring of 2007, the Board of Trustees recommended the appointment of Sister Rosemary Herron to the position of President of Mercy Vocational High School, and this appointment was affirmed by the Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, MidAtlantic Community, effective July 1. 2007. Sister Rosemary had been the Principal of Mercy Vocational High School since 1997.
In this two-tired model of administration, the President takes on the overall leadership of the school as well as the non-academic responsibilities of institutional finances, management and advancement, maintenance of the facilities, recruitment, communications and public relations. Mercy Vocational High School moved to a governance structure of a Board of Trustees in 1997, and Sister Rosemary is directly accountable to the Board for the advancement of the school’s mission. Mercy Vocational High School became separately incorporated in 2000.
During her ten years as principal, Sister Rosemary restructured the administrative team of Mercy Vocational High School and collaborated with them to provide for recruitment of students, more effective supervision and guidance, enhancement of school ministry, and an ever-growing development program. Also during these years the McAuley Program for students needing learning support, and additional vocational shops including the Certified Nursing Assistant Program, HVAC and Computer Technology were added to the education offerings. In collaboration with the Board of Trustees, Sister Rosemary implemented the first five-year Strategic Plan in 1999. Mercy Vocational received Middle States accreditation in 1999 and was fully re-accredited in May, 2007. Mercy Vocational is now in the midst of a new strategic planning process.
Sister Rosemary was born in South Philadelphia and is the oldest of eight children. She grew up in Southwest Philadelphia, attended Most Blessed Sacrament School, West Philadelphia Catholic High School and is a graduate of Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill. She received a B.A in History from Gwynedd Mercy College and an M.A. in Theology from the University of Dayton. She is permanently certified in both elementary and secondary education, and also holds a citation and certificate from the Catholic Healthcare Administrative Personnel Program.
Additional experiences include teaching middle school and junior high in the Archdioceses of Philadelphia and Miami as well as in the Diocese of Allentown. Sister Rosemary has been an evaluator and reader for Middle States, a member of the Screening Committee for Mercy Volunteer Corps, a member of the Advisory Board of Gwynedd Mercy High School and a Trustee of Grey Nun Academy. Presently she is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Advisory Board of St. Malachy School.
Prior to her ministry at Mercy Vocational High School Sister Rosemary was the principal of St. Elizabeth School, Whitehall, PA for four years and the principal of Gwynedd Mercy Academy for thirteen years. Sister Rosemary enjoys spending her free time with her siblings and eighteen nieces and nephews, reading, and traveling with her family and friends. Most of all, she loves her ministry at Mercy Vocational!
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