Mission, Strategic Plan, and Initiatives
Strategic Plan
North Seattle College’s Institutional Effectiveness Plan, coupled with our District Strategic Plan, provide a roadmap with clear objectives for creating and sustaining a future that keeps student success at its center. This roadmap enables all parts of the campus, from the high-level strategic planning, to unit-level planning, to see themselves in the plan and to integrate core themes and indicators into daily work.
The Institutional Effectiveness plan was formerly a five-year plan, but, in 2016, the college moved to a seven-year plan. The move allowed the college to be strategically aligned with the accreditation cycle and ensure active and scaled annual assessment of institutional effectiveness. The college recently submitted its Mid-Cycle Self-Evaluation Report for the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
Our Mission
North Seattle College is committed to changing lives through education.
We achieve our mission by:
- offering comprehensive educational opportunities.
- creating a highly supportive learning environment.
- engaging in effective and enduring partnerships.
Our Vision
North Seattle College is a progressive educational resource, actively engaged with its community, and known for innovation and responsiveness.
Our Values
In promoting continuous learning and growth, we practice:
- Caring
- Collaboration
- Diversity
- Innovation
- Integrity
- Quality
Our Core Themes
All that we do is focused on three Core Themes.
- Advancing Student Success
- Excelling in Teaching and Learning
- Building a Sustainable Community
Essential Learning Outcomes
North Seattle College serves a diverse student population with a wide variety of educational backgrounds and goals. As a learning community, we foster and promote the following outcomes:
Inquiry based on information accessed through ethical research
Problem Solving using critical and creative thinking, quantitative and qualitative reasoning, information literacy, and disciplinary and cross-disciplinary knowledge.
Communication in oral, written, and artistic modes of expression, individually and in collaboration with others
Responsibility for understanding and integrating intercultural competence, practicing ethical reasoning and conduct, applying sustainability principles, and demonstrating respect for self and others.
Accreditation
North Seattle College is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Accreditation documents including self-study reports, evaluation team reports, and annual updates can be found on this webpage.