College and Department Goals
Mission Statement
ELAC empowers students to achieve their educational goals, to expand their individual potential, and to successfully pursue their aspirations for a better future for themselves, their community and the world.
East Los Angeles College Goals
- Goal 1: Increasing student success and academic excellence through student-centered instruction, student-centered support services, and dynamic technologies.
- Goal 2: Increasing equity in successful outcomes by analyzing gaps in student achievement and using this to identify and implement effective models and programming to remedy these gaps.
- Goal 3: Sustaining community-centered access, participation, and preparation that improves the college's presence in the local and global community, maximizes access to higher education and opportunities for adult learners, and provides outlets for artistic, civic, cultural, scientific, and social expression as well as environmental awareness.
- Goal 3: Ensuring institutional effectiveness and accountability through data-driven decision-making as well as evaluation and improvement of all college programs and ;governance structures.
In collaboration with the LACCD Mission, ELAC is committed to advancement in student learning and achievement that prepares students to transfer to 4-year institutions, successfully complete workforce development programs, earn associate degrees, and pursue opportunities for lifelong learning and civic engagement.
Respiratory Therapy Department Goal
To prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the cognitive (knowledge), psycho-motor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists (RRTs) (CoARC Standard 3.01). The program utilizes standards established by COARC to provide students with the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to be outstanding patient care providers.