Mission Commentary: Con/nued. • Fostering achievement: By encouraging and promo/ng the development of good study skills, personal discipline, the ability to leverage technology and other tools, and a love of learning, L&C is posi/oning students for achievement and success. This goes hand in hand with raising aspira/ons and contributes to empowerment. • Dynamic learning experiences: Students learn beaer when the learning environment is charged with energy, s/mula/ng, interes/ng, thought provoking, and even fun or inspiring. There is also a strong connota/on of ac/ve engagement with the students individually and collec/vely in a two-‐way, dynamic exchange. Faculty are encouraged to inject these quali/es into the classroom when appropriate and make considered use of lab equipment, technology, and other learning tools. • Compassionate learning experiences: True compassion recognizes the challenges, struggles, and disadvantages that others face, and seeks to help alleviate the pain and discouragement these struggles cause. The compassionate educator or service provider is beaer able to “connect” and empathize with struggling students than those who are not compassionate by nature. This compassion oven finds expression in a caring and respecwul autude towards these students, a personal interest in their lives, the devo/on of /me and aaen/on to their situa/ons, and a sincere desire to help them where this is prac/cal and possible. Compassion some/mes compels us to think crea/vely about solu/ons to student or employee dilemmas that may require new approaches. Compassion in these forms of expression fosters achievement, and for many students, may be the life changing experience that sets them on the path to success. L&C’s College for Life and Emergency Fund programs are clear ins/tu/onal expressions of compassion. • Responsible learning experiences: In this sense, responsibility applies to both the instructor and the learner. It’s the instructor’s responsibility to set and maintain performance and behavioral standards that will accomplish program and course objec/ves and posi/on the student for success in this par/cular course and beyond. It’s also the instructor’s responsibility to provide dynamic learning experiences as described above. It’s the learner’s responsibility to apply personal discipline in a concerted effort to study hard, aaend all classes, and complete all assignments on /me. For the student, being responsible implies taking responsibility for his / her own ac/ons. L&C Five-‐Year Strategic Plan: FY 2013-‐2017
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