Northland Pioneer College
creates, supports and promotes lifelong learning.
PILLAR 1: Advance high quality and accessible learning opportunities
Priority 1: Establish a "Culture of Success" via student support systems including a student-centered service ethic.
- Emphasize advisement and course selection based on placement testing
- Provide incentives for professional development activities
- Improve pedagogical strategies and techniques
- Continue improvements of distance education delivery systems
- Establish job position to support faculty development of web-based learning objects
- Improve tutoring services
- Explore moving class cancellation day to the first week of classes
- Improve student discussion skills
- Promote greater enrollment in the college success strategies course and expand NAVIT central programs orientation
- Expand summer programs for children modeled on the Kids Summer Music/Theatre camp
- Assess the "early college" pilot program and expand, if warranted
Priority 2: Expand curriculum (programs) and course offerings in response to community and workforce needs and student interests
- Emphasize Certificate of Applied Science (C.A.S.)and Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) programs
- Develop new courses in conjunction with the S-STEM grant
- Expand internship opportunities
- Explore development of behavioral health A.A.S.
- Plan the introduction of new vocational programs in conjunction with NAVIT
- Work with tribal governments and Diné College to provide more offerings in Native American communities
Priority 3: Documented learning in all courses and programs
- Participate in the Higher Learning Commission's Assessment Academy
- Revise and improve program review
- Work more extensively with advisory committees on documenting learning outcomes
- Continue departmental assessment of student learning
- Promote faculty journaling to document teaching innovations and learning outcomes