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The Way of the Owl

A Theory of Continual Improvement

Our faculty, staff and administration at Foothill College have embraced a theory of change to guide our goals and actions to help our students succeed.  We call it The Way of the Owl.

It’s Comprised of Four Parts

  1. Meet your needs
  2. Remove barriers
  3. Exceed your expectations
  4. Provide heart-forward care

How Are We Doing to Meet Your Needs?

We at Foothill College are commited to you – our students. We want to know what you think and feel about your experiences at the college. How can we do better?

Please Submit Your Confidental Comments Here!

Consider this your opportunity to share your personal and confidential thoughts, whether good, bad or in-between — including the barriers that you have found to meet your goals at Foothill.

Way of the Owl COMMENT FORMNOTE: Your comments will be submitted to our senior leadership administrators, who continually work with their teams to meet your needs.


FOR IMMEDIATE SUPPORT

If you need help with an admissions and records or registration issue, please use our A&R Help Form  for the fastest resolution.

You may also contact the Admissions and Records Office directly.

More About The Four Pillars for Change

To better help you provide feedback for us, you can read more about the four parts to Way of the Owl. These are the four pillars that guide our goals and actions to meet and exceed the needs of our students at Foothill. 

Way of the Owl

 

Ask students what they need and where they get stuck.

When they apply, when they register, when they start and end a course, at service counter, on footpaths or determine need indirectly through staff knowledge or experience.

Provide systems that strive to meet that need or remove the barrier.

Connecting needs assessment during application, counseling sessions, in our syllabi, at times of service–continuously reflect on those needs and make agile changes as needed.

Exceed student expectations.

Aspire to go above and beyond what our students expect from Foothill College.

Wrap those systems in heart-forward care.

Campuswide commitment to inviting, loving, and caring behaviors that become a habit of mind and source of support for students.

Governance at Foothill

Governance Memos

President Kristina Whalen with 5 students

Questions?
Please Contact Us!

Dr. Kristina Whalen, President

650.949.7200


whalenkristina@fhda.edu


Administration Building 1900

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