Institutional Excellence and Community Enrichment

 

Strategic Initiative: Restructure our operating budget and systems to promote long-term viability, sustainability, and equity.

• Continue to develop strategies to increase employee satisfaction and engagement and reduce turnover.
• Create new professional development opportunities for faculty and staff for budget management, resources, and support.
• Continue to develop strategies to recruit and retain Early Childhood professionals in ELC and Head Start.
• Continue to expand recruitment efforts and assess hiring practices to ensure compliance with our non-discrimination policies and state and federal non-discrimination laws.
• Support the implementation of all strategic plans and other campus initiatives and comply with our non-discrimination policies and state and federal non-discrimination laws.
• Continue to analyze and reform the scholarship process to ensure compliance with non-discrimination policies.
• Continue to increase visual representation through artwork across campus.
• Complete baseball field lighting improvements, softball batting cage, and grandstand design for the baseball field.
• Evaluate the space needs of the Head Start/ECEAP and Early Learning Center programs and explore the expansion of child care capacity for students, including pre-design evaluation of facilities.
• Maintain and promote sufficient revenues and reserves to sustain LCC and continue monitoring revenues and expenses.
• Continue developing a system and on-demand reporting for budget managers to track and monitor budgets, including federal grants. Work with similar institutions to identify successful examples and model their best practices.
• Analyze student emergency funding needs and determine potential goals and timelines for expanding the Student Success Fund.
• Follow the annual calendar for safety activities for compliance and employee education.
• Continue to expand our level of cybersecurity preparedness.
• Simplify technology access for students by expanding our single sign-on capabilities.
• Incorporate a sustainable technology funding plan correlated to the 2025 Legislative/LCC Priorities.
• Continue to address audio/visual equipment issues in classrooms.
• Incorporate a sustainable technology plan that supports the needs of students and the campus (including faculty and staff).
• Plan for future sustainability for any federal or state funded programs.