STI’s Mission/Vision & HLC—We’re all part of educating our students for employment

•Linda J. HLC Assessment Coordinator/AQIP Liaison

Southeast Technical Institute

What is your role at STI?

Describe in 3-4 short phrases

Choose the top 3/main parts of your role.

Role at STI example

Work with faculty/staff on accreditation

Write reports. To help ensure that STI follows

Higher Learning Commission and Dept. of Ed. requirements.

Help with quality improvement processes.

Your role at STI

Welcoming environmentPositive customer experience Attracting students to programsAccurate records

Mission: Educate for employment

Vision: Workforce Excellence

2009-2010 FTE: 2,223 46 AAS, diploma, & certificate

STI learning experiences Technical

knowledge, skills & competencies

“Soft skills” professionalism, communication

STI learning experiences

Effective support & resources

In what ways do you contribute to the total experience which students have at STI?

Brainstorm ways

Writing a personal mission

What is my personal mission/vision?

What hobbies/activities do you enjoy?

What traits do others admire in you?

Hard-working Analytical Passionate Industrious Creative Problem-Solver Decision-maker Friendly

Where do you want to make a difference?

How do you want to create a result?

Mission/vision statement:

What do I want to do?

For whom?

To create what result?

Encourage, improve, organize, analyze, inspire, befriend, empower, nurture, promote, spread, share, understand, teach, write

Example

"To educate, motivate and enable myself and those who know me to become everything that God destined us to be."

"To educate, motivate and enable myself and those who know me to become everything that God destined us to be." "To educate, motivate and enable myself and those who know me to become everything that God destined us to be." "To educate, motivate and enable myself and those who know me to become everything that God destined us to be."

Example

To be known by my family as a someone who loved and cared; by my friends as someone who was always there; by my employers as a fair, honest, responsible and hardworking individual.

Translate personal mission to STI mission

What in your personal mission could become a mission at STI?

Your role?

For whom?

With what result?

A word to capture your mission

Look over both mission statements.

Think of one word (or phrase) which captures your mission/vision.

Write it on the construction paper.

Share with others.

Connections to STI mission/vision

What is your dept./team mission? How do you know you meet your

mission? (surveys, interviews, focus groups)

In what ways are your “results” connected to STI’s mission/vision?

STI Strategic Goals

Student Success

Leverage Resources

Collaborative Relationships

What is the mission for your dept.?

Have conversations with your team

Higher Learning Commission

Evaluates us on five criteria and our evidence that we meet these

I. Mission & integrity

Clear mission that publicly states college’s commitments.

Understanding & support for mission

STI “upholds and protects its integrity.”

II. Preparing for the future

Realistically prepares for future shaped but societal & economic trends

Planning aligns with mission

Decisions about planning a& budget are based on evidence

III. Student learning & effective teaching

STI creates effective learning environments.

Resources support student

learning and effective teaching. 

IV. Acquisition, discovery, & application of knowledge

STI demonstrates that it values a life of learning

Measures the “usefulness of curricula to students who will live and work in a global, diverse, and technological society.”

Provides support so knowledge is applied responsibly (policies & ethics)

V. Engagement & Service

STI learns from the constituencies it

serves and analyzes its capacity to serve their needs (surveys).

demonstrates responsiveness to

constituencies (programs where there is a need )

HLC Criteria --your role

Understanding and support for the mission pervade STI

All levels of planning align with STI’s mission,…enhancing our capacity to fulfill that mission.

STI creates effective learning environments

STI’s learning resources support student learning and effective teaching.

Thanks!