League for Innovation in the Community College
Learning College Project
Kirkwood Community College
Vanguard Learning Objectives and Kirkwood Project Plans
Objective 1: Organizational Culture
Each of the 12 colleges will cultivate an organizational culture in which policies, programs, practices, and personnel support learning as the major priority.
Celebrate Learning Fridays Creating a Learning-Centered Syllabus
Student Success Council Learning Environment Statement
Objective 2: Staff Recruitment and Development
Each of the 12 colleges will create or expand (a) recruitment and hiring programs to ensure that new staff and faculty are learning centered and (b) professional development programs that prepare all staff and faculty to become more effective facilitators of learning.
Prospective Employees Mentoring Project Learning Circles
Objective 3: Learning Outcomes
Each of the 12 colleges will agree on learning outcomes for a core program of the college's choice, on strategies to improve learning outcomes, on assessment processes to measure the acquisition of learning outcomes, and on means for documenting achievement of outcomes.
Learning Skills Institute Restructuring of Assessment
Curriculum Instruction
Objective 4: Technology
Each of the 12 colleges will use information technology primarily to improve and expand student learning.
Objective 5: Student Engagement
Each of the 12 colleges will create or expand learning-centered programs and strategies to ensure the success of underprepared students.
Mentoring for Student Success Undetermined Major Project