College of the Great Smoky Mountains - Southwestern Community College, serving Jackson, Macon,  and Swain Counties and Cherokee/ Qually Boundary


 

 

 


"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
  Henry Brooks Adams

 

 

 

 
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SCC's Values for Teaching Excellence

Each faculty member at Southwestern Community College . .
Inspires students to become independent learners.
Promotes the development of critical-thinking skills.
Respects each student as an individual.
Fosters a sense of cooperation and community in and out of the classroom.
Recognizes the use of technology to enhance the teaching-learning process.
Engages students in learning for practical use and personal growth.
Provides an innovative and accessible educational experience.
Demonstrates an excitement about teaching and learning.
   


LEARNING COLLEGE - Placing Learning First
Learning Colleges embed learning in the institutional culture as the highest priority.
As decisions are made, two basic questions are asked.
These questions are:
1. Does this action improve and/or expand learning?
2. How do we know this action improves and/or expands learning?

From: Creating More Learning-Centered Community Colleges by Terry O’Banion


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Dr. Gene Couch, VP of Instruction and Student Services
"We feel that something unique happens between the student and the instructor at Southwestern Community College. As we honor our past and look to the future, this seemed like a good point in our college's history to describe that distinctive relationship between faculty members and students."

Gene Couch, Vice President for Instruction and Student Services
 

 

 
Last updated 5/27/08


   
   
 
 
 
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