Design Principles

The following design principles serve the purpose of guiding the work of the planning committee for each annual Learning Day at Valencia Community College.

• Honor the philosophy for Learning Day developed by academic leadership.
• Provide appropriate balance among these purposes: communication, community
• building, wellness, critical learning, unit level team planning and development, and cross functional process work and learning.
• Everyone attending should receive a full day of value that supports their work at Valencia.
• Provide depth and breadth of programming to meet different levels of needs.
• Include a focus on critical issues/opportunities facing the college in the year ahead (such as the evolving state college system and Valencia’s role).
• Encourage engagement and active involvement in each session.
• Design the program using tracks that relate to the needs we want to meet, providing a clearer means of selecting a learning path through the day.