President's Welcome, Fall 2019

Nurture a culture Culture
of diversity,
equity and
inclusion for
employees and
students.



Provide exemplary Student Success
teaching and
service by taking
personal
ownership for the
student
experience.











2019-2020 Strategic Priorities













“EXCELLENT”

RESULTS

ACTIONS
BELIEFS
EXPERIENCES

Community Learning

Life-Ready Graduate

Connection Leadership

1st Student-Ready 2nd College-Ready
College Student

ENVIRONMENT INDIVIDUAL INPUT OUTCOMES

Student-Ready
College

ENVIRONMENT

Compassion Commitment Proficiency

ENVIRONMENT

Compassion Commitment Proficiency

Access Emotional Commitment Organizational &
Equity Attachment To Personal
Empathy
Support Identification With Effectiveness
Involvement In



Are you all in
or is this just a job?

How well does Do you take
LSC-Tomball personal
operate as an
organization? ownership for
your own

effectiveness?

College-Ready
Student

INDIVIDUAL INPUT

Competence Beliefs Mindset

INPUT

Competence Beliefs Mindset

Knowledge Self Growth
Skills College Resilience
Success in College
Abilities Instinct
Tenacity

What you accept
as true or real.





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SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?



RESULTS

ACTIONS
BELIEFS
EXPERIENCES

Connections Classrooms Care

High quality GROWTH beliefs:

• Look at problems from
different perspectives

• Consider new solutions
• Think bigger
• Embrace challenges
• Accept feedback as essential
• Open to different viewpoints
• Adopt new approaches

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High quality RESILIENCE beliefs:

• Diligence makes a difference
• Commitment confirms
• Fortitude finds the way
• Leaders must face hard facts and take action
• Do not give up easily

High quality INSTINCT beliefs:

• Take risks to accomplish higher aims, but are smart about the actions taken
• Pursue the right goals in the right ways for the right reasons
• Adjust strategies if needed
• Seek out and make adjustments based on feedback

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High quality TENACITY beliefs:

• Pursue, Pursue, Adjust, Pursue
• In for the long haul, even when it gets tough
• My worthy goal is worthy of my pursuit
• I don’t have to take the journey alone
• It is OK to become weary and to wonder

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Self Success in College

Growth • I can learn. • Seeking help is a sign of strength.
• Intelligence can be developed. • Constructive feedback is useful.
• Struggling to understand means learning is • It is OK to stop doing something that is not

occurring. working and try a different approach.

• Learning is a process. Sometimes is it difficult. • Pursuing a goal takes time & effort.
• Challenges are normal in college.
Resilience • Past experiences and current circumstances do • Challenges can be overcome.
not dictate my future potential.
• How I pursue my goals should have a
• I can achieve when I put forth the effort. positive impact on myself and others.

Instinct • I belong in college. • Purposeful, quality time spent learning is
• I am responsible for my own learning. more important than quantity of time on
• Others want me to be successful. task.

Tenacity • With hard work and effort, my potential is • Hard work matters more than talent.
unlimited. • Passion for a worthy goal affects success

• When I cannot give my best effort, I can still more than intelligence.
give my all.



Self/Role Students

Growth • Always improving matters to me. • Students are capable of learning.
• I believe I can be more effective than I am • Traditional instruction is best for students.

today.

Resilience • Being a {job title] can be difficult at times. • Students give up too easily.
• Being a {job title} is worth it. • When facing a challenge, students quit.

Instinct • I must try to teach/reach all students. • All students belong in college.
• When I recognize fear and uncertainty in • Students are responsible for their own

students I address it with them. learning.

Tenacity • My job is to create hurdles for students. • All students can achieve if they will stick
• Creating ways for students to struggle is with it.

important.