Piedmont Technical College
envisions a future in which the college’s
educational programs and services are flexible
and accessible to diverse and non-traditional
student populations. The teaching and learning
processes are learner-centered, facilitative,
interactive and self-directed. Within the
institution, technology supports a learning
environment that reaches any resident of its
service region at any place, and any time.
Educational
Mission:
Worthy
institutions of higher education have
educational missions that characterize
excellence in their academic programs. At
Piedmont Technical College, our mission is to
provide the educational and instructional
experiences necessary for students to attain
general and technical competencies in their
respective curricula. These competencies
are reflected in the skills necessary for
student to enter the workplace, to participate
in continuous lifelong learning and to adapt to
a changing world.
The achievement
of these educational competencies is a
collaborative effort among the college, the
students and the workplace. The
competencies serve as the linkage in this effort
by providing structure for the college's
curricula and instructional processes, an
academic "roadmap" for active student
participation in educational experiences and the
criteria for assessing the quality of the
educational preparation received by the
college's graduates.
The
"General Competencies" for graduates
of all college curricula are to:
- Communicate
effectively through reading, writing,
speaking and listening.
- Apply those
mathematical skills appropriate to the
occupations.
- Employ
effective processes for resolving problems
and making decisions.
- Apply
knowledge of technology on a level compatible
with job demands.
- Deal
effectively and appropriately with
others.
- Exhibit
professionalism through observance of a code
pf ethics, a sense of responsibility, good
habits and a positive attitude.
- Demonstrate
ability to function as an independent
lifelong learner in appropriate career
situations.
|