League Reaffirmation - Johnson County Community College

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Sustainability This spring Terry Calaway, president, JCCC, will sign the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, demonstrating the college’s commitment to sustainability by becoming climate neutral. The college is already using green energy sources on this allelectric campus, as well as higherefficiency lighting, modern computerbased HVAC systems, and Energy Starcompliant computer hardware and printers that reduce the energy consumption of equipment in labs and classrooms. Global warming and sustainability are two of the defining issues of the 21st century; JCCC intends to be a leader in addressing climate change through practice and education. “We believe colleges and universities must exercise leadership in their communities and throughout society by modeling ways to minimize global warming emissions, and by providing the knowledge and the educated graduates to achieve climate neutrality. Campuses that address the climate challenge by reducing global warming emissions and by integrating sustainability into their curriculum will better serve their students and meet their social mandate to help create a thriving, ethical and civil society. These colleges and universities will be providing students with the knowledge and skills needed to address the critical, systemic challenges faced by the world in this new century and enable them to benefit from the economic opportunities that will arise as a result of solutions they develop.” – from the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment Entrepreneurship The more educated small business owners are, the more likely their businesses are to succeed. Entrepreneurs don’t fail because they don’t know how to create original designs, install an air conditioner or cook a restaurant meal. They fail because they don’t know how to keep books, work with employees or market their product or service. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, a major factor in a small company’s survival is the education level of the owner. JCCC is already weaving entrepreneurship education throughout its curriculum, be it with credit or noncredit classes, and is working to take that education into the local high schools and to other community colleges throughout the state (see chapters 4 and 5). With such education, small business owners – in Kansas and nationwide – improve their chances of success. 68
A new operational philosophy While JCCC has always been deeply committed to the practices of collegiality, the institution is taking its methods of operation to a new level. Shared governance Most educational institutions practice shared governance. JCCC is exercising shared governance more than it ever has. Faculty in particular are given more opportunities for input into college decisionmaking. A crosssection of faculty has been working with administrators to engineer a major restructuring of the instructional area. In addition, facultychair positions (not existent before at JCCC) will be established and a faculty senate created. For the college as a whole, all students and employees can offer open and frank comments at the president’s regular Town Hall meetings. Continual Quality Improvement (CQI) JCCC committed to the principle of CQI in its operations in 2004 when it joined the Higher Learning Commission’s Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP). In November 2007, JCCC completed an institutionwide systems portfolio, which revealed not only areas of strength where CQI is practiced but also areas where operations demand improvement. Because of this reenergized commitment to CQI, the college is benchmarking activities across campus to ascertain how student learning may be improved in the future. Institutional planning Beginning March 2007, JCCC mapped out a new way of institutional planning, calling for the construction and maintenance of both an annual operational plan, built by the college’s operational units, and a multiyear strategic plan developed by crossfunctional teams from across the campus. More than 100 volunteers sit on six strategic initiative teams addressing college priorities: • Increasing graduation rates • Increasing the percentage of Johnson County high school graduates who attend JCCC • Increasing civic engagement activities • Increasing the percentage of minority students • Increasing the percentage of minority JCCC faculty and staff • Increasing general education learning outcomes assessment activities Both the strategic and operational plans flow into the institutional plan, which then informs the budget process, ensuring that planning does indeed precede budgeting. Data and evidence Underscoring this new operational philosophy at JCCC is the notion that data and evidence must be intimately involved in decisionmaking at all levels. Data and evidence are necessary to monitor planning initiatives and to establish the internal benchmarks that are necessary for CQI. And for shared governance to be worthwhile, evidence is needed to support and test new ideas and opinions. Always highly regarded, JCCC’s Institutional Research department produces and interprets data for all these efforts and groups. With these and other initiatives, JCCC intends to serve as a national model for other community colleges. 69
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Johnson County Community College Le
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Chapter 1 Commitment to the League
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Dear League Board Members, I began
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League activities JCCC has particip
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Chapter 2 Institutional Excellence
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“Johnson County is justifiably pr
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History of JCCC In the 1960s, resid
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“Johnson County Community College
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Page 25 and 26: Five students from JCCC traveled to
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Page 30 and 31: Entrepreneurship JCCC’s business
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Page 35 and 36: ArtsEducation The Carlsen Center’
Page 37 and 38: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art R
Page 39 and 40: Information Services JCCC’s Infor
Page 41 and 42: Second Life In 2007, JCCC bought an
Page 43 and 44: “The National Community College B
Page 45 and 46: Adjunct Certification Training JCCC
Page 47 and 48: ”For many students, the adventure
Page 49 and 50: Las Pintas project wins national aw
Page 51 and 52: Counseling is an exemplary practice
Page 53 and 54: Faculty and staff awards Lindy Robi
Page 55 and 56: JCCC faculty members have received
Page 57 and 58: Student awards Interior design In 2
Page 59 and 60: Debate team In fall 2007, JCCC’s
Page 61 and 62: The Pepsi Cup For 20062007, JCCC
Page 63 and 64: Finance For fiscal year 20062007,
Page 65: Fund raising At the conclusion of i
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