2024 APA FLORIDA CHAPTER STRATEGIC PLAN MISSION STATEMENT The Florida Chapter of APA provides statewide leadership in the development of sustainable communities by advocating excellence in planning, providing professional development for its members, and working to protect and enhance the natural and built environments.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES I.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
Goal:
Expand and diversify opportunities for the development of skills and professional growth for planners at all levels.
Objective 1: Objective 2: Objective 3: Objective 4: Objective 5: Objective 6: Task 1: Task 2: Task 3: Task 4:
Maximize the use of technology to increase affordable access, awareness, and participation in professional development opportunities. Increase the number of AICP certified planners in the Chapter by making sure students understand AICP process Expand professional development opportunities to include the practical application of planning and enhance leadership skills. Add a higher level of advanced learning opportunities to members level. Training for planners that do not have a planning background. Over next 5 years develop at least 2 more staple events at the chapter
Continue an annual statewide webinar on a relevant Florida planning topic. Maintain support resources for AICP exam applicants. Promote and educate membership about the AICP Certification Program. Broaden the scope and level of planning topics at Chapter and section professional development events, including the practical application of planning. Task 5; Identify Florida’s most critical planning issues and develop educational/training programs to address them. Task 6: Research alternative technology to provide both non‐CM and CM professional development. Task 7: Partner with universities to identify CM opportunities based on their research, with keeping opportunities for co‐events with allied professions in mind. Task 8; Develop and distribute a diverse speakers library to ensure a diversity of presenters in the provision of Chapter and section professional development programs. Task 9: Reach out to allied professional organizations to explore joint continuing education opportunities, and offer at least two joint events with allied organizations each year. Task 10: Develop webinars and other tools to assist the Section PDOs in their professional development activities. Task 11: Explore the development of a Chapter sponsored AICP Exam scholarship in addition to the national Chapter Diversity scholarships that are currently awarded. Task12: Develop and evaluate new programs that are a higher level of advanced learning to provide members. Task 13: Evaluate programs that would be best as chapter level programs based on content, need, ability to produce across the state.