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INTRODUCTION
As a Learning College, South Piedmont Community College promotes and celebrates learning as the process that changes and improves lives. This applies to our students, our employees, and the college itself. We are an organization in which people continually expand their ability to create desired new results. Learning is our top priority.
Our Strategic Plan highlights this focus on learning through our Vision (what we want to be), our Mission (who we are), our Values (what directs our decisions), and our Strategic Initiatives (what actions we will take to fulfill our Vision and Mission).
Our Vision is:
To be the college of choice
Our Mission is:
Learning, student success, and workforce and community development
We Value:
• Each individual
• Ethical conduct
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Commitment
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Achievement
• Diversity
• Accountability
• Continuous improvement and innovation
• Extraordinary customer service
OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES ARE:
FOCUSED ON LEARNING BY:
• Creating measurable change in individual learners by engaging them as full partners.
• Increasing options for learning as defined by the needs of the learner.
• Documenting with authentic assessments.
ALIGNED WITH OUR MARKET AND WORKFORCE BY:
• Ensuring that student learning outcomes are current, relevant, and based upon the needs of employers.
• Ensuring community input into instructional offerings.
• Participating actively in economic development activities that affect our service area.
• Increasing opportunities to prepare learners to live, learn, work, and prosper in a diverse, global environment.
CONNECTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY BY:
• Being highly involved and visible as active partners within the community.
• Collaborating with area schools to include students, faculty, staff, and parents.
• Enriching lives through multifaceted cultural events and personal growth opportunities.
• Serving communities and individuals to improve their quality of life.
EVIDENCE DRIVEN BY:
• Demonstrating accountability through the attainment of all 12 NCCCS Performance Measures.
• Documenting learning through authentic assessment.
• Obtaining data through a variety of methodologies and sharing results for continuous improvement.
• Documenting SPCC’s business model to ensure accurate procedures and processes for all learners.
• Integrating data analysis into decision making to validate or modify existing practices.
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