Osceola Reflections
Our Principles:
- To focus on the next five years
- To be realistic and to present short range goals.
- To be honest
- To plan and/or reflect on how to make students successful.
Our Legacy:
- Formed a partnership with UCF: The CORE Program.
- Brought the Nursing Program to Osceola Campus.
- Offered more variety and number of courses.
- Expanded facilities and resources: LRC, Smart Classroom, Building Two, Ground Breaking of Building Three, Clock Tower, Entrance to 192, Fitness Center, etc.
- Great faculty involvement: Faculty to Faculty, Destinations, Focus on the Workplace.
- ATLAS, Banner and GroupWise successfully implemented.
- Greater community involvement through boards and other programs.
- Developed a good image in the community.
- Membership in more college wide committees and councils.
Our Mission:
We need to be explicit that our main job is to fulfill Valencia's overall mission but it is also clear that we have a special role in this community. Aspects of that role include:
- To create broader and better educational opportunities
- To help create a better economic environment
- To serve as an important cultural resource for the community
In terms of our distinctive role within the college as a whole, Osceola Campus has an opportunity to serve as:
- A campus which provides diverse learning opportunities to a diverse population.
- A laboratory for testing new ideas and practices.
- A campus that measures its success by how well its students learn.
Our Goals and Objectives:
- Open Building 3
- Design, plan and assist in finding the funding for our future LRC building.
- Do a better forecasting of student enrollment at the campus.
- Explore and enhance our partnerships with higher education entities.
- Expand the A.S. degree programs.
- Expand and enhance the quality of our science labs.
- Expand the Honors Program at the Osceola Campus.
- Expand resources available to faculty, staff and students in the LRC.
- Provide more specific and effective academic leadership at the campus (hire a Dean).
- Provide users with the necessary staff development to maximize the utilization of the technology available at the campus.
- Offer to the community at least one cultural event in the next year.
- Assess the Math exit exam as a predictor of success in the next level of Math.
- Create a better assessment instrument(s) for ENC 1101.
- Develop and assess (direct student learning)mixed-mode learning program.
- Bring courses to make accessible baccalaureate degrees in Osceola County/Campus.
- Expand our offerings within the AA degree.
- Offer faculty development opportunities (F2F).
- Create articulated and accessible programs leading to degrees beyond the AA.
Osceola Campus Members Present:
- Marie Brady
- Stephanie Freuler
- Tim Grogan
- Donna Haskins
- Chris Klinger
- Jenni Campbell
- Linda Swaine
- Silvia Zapico