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.

Nursing LS2K Project
Kirkwood Web Day
Iowa Nurse Aid Certification
Perception Surg Tech Project
Chef Food Sanitation Certification

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


 
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