Faculty Staff In-Service LEARNING AND LIVING A CULTURE OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: ONE STORY AT A TIME

Faculty Staff In-Service LEARNING AND LIVING A CULTURE OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: ONE STORY AT A TIME

First, we reviewed the strategic planning process... SCC SOARS! INVENTING THE FUTURE TOGETHER

Learner Partnerships & Collaboration...and the outcomes. Quality Education Marketing and Branding AI Culture Holistic Learner Services With Integrated Strategies for: Embedded Technology Optimizing Facilities Revenue Generation Employee Success Maximizing Inclusion

We learned about Appreciative Inquiry.

We experienced AI, starting with one-onone interviews.

In small groups, we discovered our stories of living our desired culture and identified our core strengths for an AI Culture.

We mapped our positive core for living an AI culture!

OUR POSITIVE CORE IS POWERFUL! Attitudes & Practices Research-based practices Organization Strong work ethic, hard work Bottom-up vs. top-down Ownership Integrity Professionalism Expertise, skills and talent Creativity Empower people to realize results Commitment Insight Persistence Passion Common goals and visions Attitude: positivity, happy

OUR POSITIVE CORE UNITES US! Relationships Intra-connectedness Inter-connectedness Support and friendship Inclusiveness Harmony Care for others Appreciating and using one another s strengths Strength in synergy Collaborative Mutual respect

OUR POSITIVE CORE IS COMMITTED! Student Centered Student-focused Life long learners Create multi-craft student Soft skills Opportunities for students within SCC community Customer service Communication Positive interactions Positive communication Open, honest communication Real listening Faculty and staff input on administrative initiatives Communicate and innovate FREELY

OUR POSITIVE CORE IS SKILLED! Collaboration Teamwork Unselfishness to help our colleagues succeed Mentoring Mutual support Collaborative decisions Networking Business partners Business relationships Effective collaboration Trusting, non-threatening and empowered environment

OUR POSITIVE CORE IS PREPARED! Adaptability Adaptive Strength in the spectrum of diversity Flexibility Leadership Modeling Grounded leadership Supportive leadership Actively engaged leaders Seeing value in all members Visible results Funding

We learned about maximizing our own and one another s potential. Mirror Neurons Barbara Fredrickson s Positivity Ratio 3:1 Our Story is Fateful!

We envisioned our future in 2015 when we are living more and more as an AI culture

and created a roadmap to get there!

We practiced reframing Attracting Passionate People WLOIRFKE - Flex, Choice, Desire

We crafted Appreciative and Disruptive questions Tell me about a time when you used a classroom and it worked well for the class. What did the class look like? What about the room was valuable for teaching and learning. Tell me a story about a grant approval process you ve been involved in [that was highly successful]. What did you value about that experience; what made it successful Using these stories, what might that new process look like here?

We heard stories affirming we have many examples of already living an AI culture.

We worked in teams to develop high level plans that will initiate our strategic efforts.

We aligned our strategy design for impact Shining through the Prism of... Mission Goals Strategies AI Culture Leverage Strategy Design

and stress tested it with other teams.

We learned about engagement strategies & identifed stakeholders. Page 48-53

We identified a core team to champion each strategy!

We heard from the cabinet and the president Go make it happen and tell us how we can support you! We will commit to our part. NEXT STEPS: Core Team s meet (ideally before March 15) Shared images for each goal created by Core Team members for each goal (ideally before PM training) Project charters written Project Management Training Get Involved!

Check out our living strategic plan as it grows and evolves! You are invited to tell the Coordinators for any strategy what you like and offer any suggestions you have! 1. AI Culture 2. Holistic Learner Services 3. Quality Education 4. Partnerships & Collaboration 5. Marketing & Branding 6. Integrated Strategies (Click on the Goal to read the strategic plans)

PLANS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WHOLE! See most of those who worked on each of these plans!

AI Culture

Holistic Learner Services #5 Address diverse needs of learners and support genuine inclusion.

Holistic Learner Services #6 Our advising model involves faculty, staff and students.

Holistic Learner Services #7 Collaborative and innovative programs to meet non-academic needs of learners.

Quality Education Goal #8 Faculty excels in the assessment of student learning and development

Quality Education Goal #9 We provide educational options that prepare learners for entry into the workforce or transfer.

Quality Education Goal #10 Expedite curriculum development

Quality Education Goal #11 SCC leads the state in new, innovative and quality online and blended learning.

Partnerships and Collaboration #12 Collaborative partnerships with K12

Partnerships and Collaboration #13 Collaborative partnerships with business and industry

Marketing and Branding #14 Comprehensive marketing and communication plan.

Integrated Goal #15 Faculty and staff develop a comprehensive employee personal & professional plan for success.

Integrated Goals #16 Technology is embedded in the fabric of SCC to support strategic goals.

Integrated Goal #17 Education and professional development leading to cultural competence

Integrated Goal #18 Facilities are optimized supporting strategic goals