MODEL III – VALUES, COMMITMENTS, GOALS Value #1: Be Learners
Commitment : Central Washington University is committed to being an engaged learning community of equity and belonging to adapt to the challenges of our time and to elevate the educational empowerment of our students, staff, faculty, and community members. We will interrogate with a critical lens our old patterns of thinking, remain curious and open to new ideas, and identify and execute processes and systems, to transform our ways of doing and being. Goal 1 : We will interrogate the inequities inherent in our academic programs and services to identify and execute more just, fair, legitimate, and humane approaches to our work together. Goal 2: We will provide a pathway to high impact practices in intentional and strategic ways, closely aligned to our curriculum, so that every student participates in at least three HIPs. Goal 3: We will learn, mentor, and employ culturally sustaining practices throughout our daily activities. Value #2: Grow Relationships from Trust and Reciprocity Commitment : Central Washington University will forge and maintain authentic relationships with our internal and external communities built on mutual respect, responsibility, reciprocity and sustained through trust. We will create a culture of inclusion and belonging where every individual is affirmed for the person they are in their journey through learning, work, and life. Goal 1: We will realize the opportunities and value of higher education for our region through diversity of our students and professionals and by providing access and agency, and civic literacy, engagement, and service to our communities. Goal 2: We will foster a culture of inclusion and belonging that affirms every student, staff, and faculty to be the person they are and nurtures the person they are becoming. Goal 3: We will deepen our commitment to shared governance through fostering engaged leadership across the university. Goal 4: We will complement our planning and activities with those of the City of Ellensburg, the local school districts, the Kittitas County, the Yakama Nation, and the state of Washington. Value #3: Equity, Resilience, and Capacity Commitment : Central Washington University will embody equity as a foundational value in all we do, focusing on developing fair, just, and humane policies, practices, and systems. We will elevate our willingness and capacity to be adaptable, seeking new approaches to old problems and fresh perspectives on our current programs and operations. We will emphasize institutional thinking and effectiveness in all we do in order to ensure the future thriving of the university.
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