I have an Assignment/Questionnaire to complete:
1) Reflect for a moment, recall from experience a high point story about ASA College and its programs and services. Describe the situation. What happened? How were you involved? How were others involved? What conditions or factors were present in making this a high point story?
Hint: I was a President of Peers for Careers club, Worked in Career service department where I helped College students to get in to Federal Study Program as part time and get paid with their studies.
2) In reflecting on your story and thinking expansively about ASA College and all that it does, academically and or non-academically, what would you say is its core strength or strengths?
Hint; I graduated as a Certified Medical Assistant.
3) What do you value most about ASA College? What would others associated with the college say they value?
4) What do you believe are the three most significant opportunities available to the college over the next 3 to 5 years?
5)What three wishes do you have for elevating/strengthening ASA Colleges mission over the next five years? Think about possible new services, programs, processes, teaching and learning strategies, and/or new ways of meeting the unmet needs of the college community.
6) From your perspective, academically, what is the highest priority unmet need that must be addressed by the college over the next 3 to 5 years?
7) What do you see that is NEW, DIFFERENT, CHANGED, BETTER (think expansively in any or all of the following areas but feel free to extend beyond them: Student success and achievement; teaching and learning strategies; academically oriented technologies; new academic programs and services; workforce development and preparation programs; organizational changes and transformations; new strategic partnerships)?
8) What strategic initiatives (projects, programs, services, and/or processes) support the attainment of these aspirations?
9)What is the single most compelling thing that ASA College did to achieve recognition as a national model?
10) What results or measures would indicate that ASA College has been successful in accomplishing your vision of the future?
11)The Academic Mission of ASA College:
The mission of ASA College is to educate a diverse and qualified student population to become responsible professionals committed to lifelong learning by equipping them with a firm academic foundation and career-specific competencies. ASA offers high-quality degree and certificate programs that respond to the needs of students and employers in a global economy. The ASA faculty and staff are dedicated to maintaining professionalism and institutional integrity in a student-centered environment.
Think about ASA Colleges core mission. What other themes, if any, should be emphasized in its mission statement? You may determine that the statement is fine as is?
12)Current Vision Statement:
The vision of ASA College is to be a premier provider of quality career- oriented professional education to a diverse population of learners.
Consider your vision for the college over the next five years. What one word describes that vision?
13)Current Values Statement:
The faculty, administrators, and staff of ASA operate with allegiance to the following core values:
Student Centeredness: To value and respect all students as unique individuals. We assist students in realizing their educational goals and provide them with a positive educational experience.
Accountability: To understand and value our individual opinions and work together to create a mutually supportive environment. We treat each other with dignity and appreciate individual contributions regardless of position within the College.
What would you say the ASA College community values most and wishes to infuse in all it does in fulfillment of its mission? (For example: Student success; academic excellence; quality teaching and support services; integrity, ethical behavior, respect for others, respecting diversity and differences, social equity, spirit of innovation, inquiry and evidence-based focus, just to name some).
Please answer all this question, as I need help to present in from of the entire college.
Thank you.
