1. DECONSTRUCTING YOUR MISSION STATEMENT Lloyd Thomas, West LA Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica

2. Determining your college’s mission statement: Ed Code 66010.4 ACCJC Standard I.A.

3. Components of your mission statement: Look at Ed Code 66010.4 and Standard I.A. ▫Similarities? ▫Differences? How does a college create a mission statement that is unique?

4. Time for deconstruction Look at your college’s mission statement and circle the five words that you like. Feedback

5. Time to construct What five words do you think are missing from your statement? Feedback

6. What else has your college added? Examples: Mission, Vision, and Goals Values Institutional Learning Outcomes

7. How often does your college examine its Mission Statement? Only for accreditation? Through a strategic planning process? Annual part of the college planning process?

8. Who does it? College-wide dialogue? Planning body? In a secret cabal?

9. Example: West Los Angeles College

10. Questions?