1. Office of Institutional Effectiveness November 4, 2014
Review of College Vision, Mission, Values, and Goals for College Council
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
November 4, 2014

2. Today’s Discussion Guidelines
It’s about ideas and concepts
Wording, phrasing and strategies are not the focus (we’ll put them in the parking lot)
Where do we want to focus our efforts over the next three - six years?
What fits OCC’s culture?
What is missing from these broad goals?

3. Planning Terminology College Vision Mission College Core values (5)
A realistic, credible, attractive future for the college
Mission
Declaration of an organization’s purpose
College Core values (5)
Enduring beliefs or principles that the college’s individuals hold in common and endeavor to put into action.
For OCC, C-L-A-S-S
College Strategic Goals (5)
Fundamental issues the college must address; they give direction for accomplishing the mission and moving towards the vision
Informed by CCCD areas of focus & parallel to OCC values
College Strategic Objectives
Means of achieving or moving toward a goal. Measurable and quantifiable.
Supported by progress measures (SMART) through college-level core indicators/key performance indicators (KPIs)
Each objective has a Wing steward(s) for oversight
Department/Division
Strategies
Broadly stated means of deploying resources to achieve goals/objectives
Come from Program Review or other specific focus college plan
Supported by department KPIs or outcomes assessment
Consolidation of strategies leads to revision of or additional college level objectives

4. OCC Look Out Results Vision Statement – Fine as is?

5. Vision Statement
Current Vision Statement To be the standard of excellence in transforming lives through education

6. Vision Statement Majority responded indicated no revision needed
Of those responding a revision is needed
Conceptual changes
Include encouragement, focus on success
Align with OCC mission statement

7. OCC Look Out Results Mission – Fine as is?

8. Mission Statement
Current Mission Statement Orange Coast College serves the educational needs of its diverse local and global community. The college empowers students to achieve their educational goals by providing high quality and innovative programs and services leading to academic degrees, college transfer, certificates in career and technical education, basic skills, and workforce development to enable lifelong learning. The college promotes student learning and development by fostering a respectful, supportive and participatory campus climate of student engagement and academic inquiry.

9. Mission Statement Slight majority (53%) in favor of revision
Several suggested revisions were submitted
Practical feedback
More concise
Should be inspiring

10. Mission Statement Slight majority (53%) in favor of revision
Conceptual feedback
Include diversity/equity in mission
Better define community
Emphasize lifelong learning
Reconsider use of certain words

11. IE Goal Review Process Terminology District goals College values
College goals
Evaluation data
Planning assumptions
Integration of wing plans; progress towards wing plans
Comprehensive evaluation findings (spring 2014)

12. Review of District goals
Recommendation not to duplicate framework for OCC
Organization does not align with C-L-A-S-S
Goals focused from a district-wide perspective
Does not include unique campus-based perspective
OCC should build on goals and integrate into our own framework

13. Review of College VALUES: C-L-A-S-S
Easy to remember, still viable
Recommendation to use C-L-A-S-S framework for college goals
One college goal per value
Restructuring needed to meet OCC’s future needs

14. Restructuring C-L-A-S-S
OLD
Community
Learning
Access
Stewardship
Sustainability
NEW
Community
Learning
Access
Stewardship (encompasses sustainability)
Student & Employee Engagement

15. Values to Goals COMMUNITY
Foster a culture that serves, engages and connects the campus to the local and global community.
Focused on external community
Local and global communities, including business, labor market, etc
Campus community (internal) moves to Student & Employee Engagement goal

16. Values to Goals LEARNING
Assure students receive a quality education with academic support to become self-directed and successful lifelong learners.
Focused on instruction, curriculum, academic support and student achievement/learning outcomes

17. Values to Goals ACCESS
Create equitable access through effective and innovative pathways and programs.
Focused on student support services, pathways (high schools, summer bridge), basic skills, enrollment management
Initiatives from Student Equity Plan and SSSP

18. Values to Goals STEWARDSHIP
Sustain and improve programs, physical and human resources, and infrastructure though processes that ensure accountability, continuous improvement and long-term viability.
Expanded definition; now encompasses environmental sustainability
Focuses on the intersection between economic, environment and equity (shared governance)

19. Values to Goals STUDENT & EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Promote active and collaborative participation leading to meaningful connections among people, places and ideas within the college.
New area that places a deliberate focus on engagement and the internal community
Focused on student engagement concepts (student effort, active/collaborative learning, academic challenge) and employee engagement (teamwork, student focus, campus climate, professional development)

20. Goal Recap
COMMUNITY Foster a culture that serves, engages and connects the campus to the local and global community.
LEARNING Assure students receive a quality education with academic support to become self-directed and successful lifelong learners.
ACCESS Create equitable access through effective and innovative pathways and programs.
STEWARDSHIP Sustain and improve programs, physical and human resources, and infrastructure though processes that ensure accountability, continuous improvement and long-term viability.
STUDENT & EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Promote active and collaborative participation leading to meaningful connections among people, places and ideas.