Linda J. HLC Assessment Coordinator/AQIP Liaison

 Describe in 3-4 short phrases  Choose the top 3/main parts of your role.

 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.

 Welcoming environment  Positive customer experience  Attracting students to programs  Accurate records

 Mission: Educate for employment  Vision: Workforce Excellence

 Technical knowledge, skills & competencies  “Soft skills” professionalism, communication

 Effective support & resources

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

 What is my personal mission/vision?

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

 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

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

 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.

 What in your personal mission could become a mission at STI?  Your role?  For whom?  With what result?

 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.

 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?

 Student Success  Leverage Resources  Collaborative Relationships

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

 Clear mission that publicly states college’s commitments.  Understanding & support for mission  STI “upholds and protects its integrity.”

 Realistically prepares for future shaped but societal & economic trends  Planning aligns with mission  Decisions about planning a& budget are based on evidence

 STI creates effective learning environments.  Resources support student learning and effective teaching.

 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)

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 )

 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.