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SCC Faculty Vision and Core
Values Statements
2011
SCC Faculty Educational Vision
Santiago Canyon College Faculty will continue to
champion a respectful, reflective, and responsible
academic environment that encourages personal
accountability and professional growth through a
free and open exchange of independent thoughts
and ideas. We will serve as instructional leaders
who inspire students using dynamic approaches
that challenge them to achieve excellence in their
educational pursuits. Moreover, we will foster a
collaborative climate through our active
involvement in participatory governance utilizing
transparent, honest, and constructive discourse.
SCC Faculty Core Values
Our core values are the guiding principles
upon which our educational vision is founded.
Furthermore, these values direct us in our
decision-making processes and serve to
encourage and support us as we strive to
achieve our vision for the well-being of the
Santiago Canyon College community.
Accountability
• SCC Faculty Members possess a high regard for personal,
relational, and institutional responsibility; in conjunction,
Faculty act with integrity and transparency when confronted
with decisions, conflicts, or results.
• We will
– fulfill contractual obligations and meet community needs.
– encourage student performance that reflects an honest,
diligent, and engaged effort.
– wisely utilize human, physical, and technological resources.
– promote and utilize Student Services.
– take responsibility for our roles in the decision making
processes.
Personal and Professional Growth
• SCC Faculty Members embrace dynamic life-long educational
pursuits; this implies active, constant exploration of diverse
learning opportunities that enhance and emulate whole
professional and personal lives, resulting in a healthy college
community.
• We will
– explore creative and innovative ways to advance the
mission of the college.
– engage in meaningful, respectful and purposeful dialogue
and assessment.
– encourage an environment that promotes enthusiasm for
lifelong learning.
– maintain currency with academic trends and professional
needs.
– investigate “best practices” to enhance student learning.
Excellence in Educational Pursuits
• SCC Faculty Members demonstrate the highest academic
standards, respecting the importance of both theoretical and
applied knowledge; through robust and rigorous curricula and
programs, we encourage and celebrate student voices.
• We will:
– set, communicate, and maintain the highest educational
standards.
– engage in ongoing cycles of effective program and
outcomes assessment.
– foster an environment where students critically analyze
and evaluate information, concepts, and alternative
viewpoints.
– provide students opportunities to apply what they have
learned.
– enthusiastically mentor students to embrace academic
challenges and enjoy the process of growing beyond
perceived limits.
Participatory Governance
• SCC Faculty Members participate in the leadership and
governance of the College; this requires honoring and
dignifying the opinions of others while accepting that
differences will naturally inspire productive debate.
• We will
– allow for all Faculty to fulfill their contractual obligations
by providing the opportunity to serve on committees.
– clearly articulate the channels and processes of
communication within the governance framework.
– communicate with one another in a manner that allows
respectful, open, and productive dialogue in all aspects of
college life.
– make public and transparent the decisions made within
the governance framework.
– welcome and encourage student, staff, and administrative
participation in the governance process.
SCC Mission Statement
Santiago Canyon College is an innovative
learning community dedicated to intellectual
and personal growth. Our purpose is to foster
student success and help students achieve these
core outcomes: to learn, act, communicate, and
think critically. We are committed to
maintaining standards of excellence and
providing an accessible, a transferable, and an
engaging education to a diverse community.
District Vision Statement
The colleges and centers of the Rancho Santiago Community College District
(RSCCD) are learning communities. The RSCCD Board of Trustees is committed to
ensuring access, equity, and success for students by providing comprehensive
educational opportunities throughout our communities. The RSCCD will be a
global leader in many fields, delivering cost-effective, innovative and sustainable
programs and services that are responsive to the diverse needs and interests of
all students. The RSCCD will be exceptionally sensitive and responsive to the
economic and educational needs of our students and communities. The
environment of the RSCCD will be collegial and supportive for students, staff, and
the communities we serve.
The RSCCD will promote and extensively participate in partnerships with other
educational providers, including business, industry, and community groups, to
further the goal of enhancing our communities' cultural, educational, and
economic well-being.
The RSCCD will be a leader in the state in student learning. Students who
complete programs will be prepared for success in business, industry, careers,
and all future educational endeavors. We will prepare students to embrace and
engage the diversity of our global community and to assume leadership roles in
their work and public lives.
EMP Goals
Whom Will We Serve?
• Strengthen outreach and recruitment.
– Identify target populations and implement strategies for recruitment.
What Will We Offer?
• Align the college curriculum to focus on student completion of pathways.
– Evaluate and identify curriculum and programs for complete pathways.
– Adjust curriculum and offerings accordingly.
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Promote an integrated approach to supporting student success.
– Develop and implement strategies to increase awareness of student services and
instructional programs among faculty, classified staff, and students.
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Promote a college identity of high quality, academic excellence, and personalized education.
– Identify signature programs that support achievement of student academic goals.
– Implement and support signature programs and college identity.
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Support faculty in offering high quality instruction to students in the classroom and online.
– Establish a coordinator of teaching and learning and an instructional design center.
– Provide enhanced technology support for faculty and students.
– Increase staff development and technology training for faculty.
How Will We Serve Them?
• Maintain and enhance the college’s technological infrastructure.
– Facilitate the implementation of the SCC Technology Plan, including staffing.
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Maintain the facilities infrastructure.
– Identify and prioritize maintenance needs, including staffing.
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Support and encourage focused green practices on campus.
– Engage the Facilities Committee to explore and implement several specific and sustainable
green practices.
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Develop and support an infrastructure related to web and social media.
– Identify and define communication practices and challenges.
– Redesign the website and coordinate with social media.
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Support faculty development in the areas of innovative pedagogies and curriculum design.
– Dedicate resources for faculty development.
– Reexamine the faculty development model for alternative models of scheduling and topics.
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Increase educational goal completion for university transfer, degrees, and certificates.
– Continue development and deployment of the degree audit.
– Ensure pathway completion by providing customized academic and student support.
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Increase student learning and achievement through a culture of continuous quality improvement.
– Further integrate SLO and other outcomes assessment into the program planning and review process
for all college units.
– Identify and provide data in useful formats.
– Enhance capacity for analytic decision-making through training for faculty, classified staff, and
administrators.
– Establish structural procedures for using data in decision-making processes across the college.
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Strengthen and develop relationships with key partners and stakeholders.
– Identify key partners and stakeholders.
– Devise coordinated strategies to build and enhance relationships with key partners and stakeholders.
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Develop sustainable, alternative revenue streams utilizing existing resources.
– Identify and leverage existing resources to produce alternative, unrestricted revenues (facilities,
community services, foundation).
– Develop processes for acquiring and allocating alternative, unrestricted revenues.
– Develop mechanisms to use initial, alternative unrestricted revenues to fund future development
activities.
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Strengthen capacity to seek and acquire grant funding for the purpose of developing innovative programs
and services that align with the college mission and vision.
– Educate the campus community about the availability and benefits of, as well as the procedures for,
acquiring grant funds.
– Identify subject matter experts to facilitate successful acquisition of grant funds.