In July 1997, the first LACOROP Strategic Plan is initiated by a group of stakeholders.

March 1998 Strategic Plan developed and approved by the LACOROP Steering Committee. Plan contains five major initiatives, with supporting strategies, action steps, and success indicators for each one. Initiatives are over laid into one of the four LACOROP Standing Committees. Each initiative is assigned a "lead" who is responsible for reporting out. The 5 initiatives:

Organizational Structure; Teaching, Learning and Curriculum; Career Guidance and Counseling Service; Technology in the Workplace, and Marketing

Summer 1998 LACOROP Retreat is held to review strategies, activities accomplished through June, 1998. Leadership is added as a sixth initiative with supporting strategies, action steps, and success indicators. Two task forces are formed to address technology and leadership goals.

Fall 1998 Steering Committee votes to pursue second period of accreditation, selects district and LACOE co-chairs. Planning for self study begins.

Summer 1999 LACOROP Retreat is held to review strategies, activities accomplished; revision of Strategic Plan. Decision is made to not "artificially" fit the self study and resulting FOL Action Plan into the current Strategic Plan, but to use 2000 retreat period to accomplish that work. Task forces are made permanent sub-committees of Operating Procedures Standing Committee.

March 2000 Official Accreditation visit occurs. Review of program components and self-review, and visits to/ interviews with district staff are conducted.

May 2000 Western Association of Schools and Colleges grants LACOROP a 6 year term of accreditation. Report notes LACOROP’s "stellar" process.

July 2000 LACOROP Retreat. Analysis to determine where the duplications, gaps, and overlays between Strategic Plan and FOL Action Plan fit. Initial formal effort at merging the two documents occurs. All FOL Action Items are identified as logically falling under one of the six major Strategic Plan initiatives. Lead staff members are identified for each FOL action item.

October and December 2000  Updates on the "merged" strategic action plan are delivered at the two Fall Steering Committee meetings. Uniformity of format and reporting out is not consistent.

April 2001 Co-chairs for each of the standing committees and the six initiative leads meet to further define the format and reporting out process. The standing committee co-chairs will report on their respective initiative items. Each standing committee will also plan short-term goals for the remaining 2001-2001 year (as appropriate) and 2001-2002 year. Consolidation is completed.