Vision, Mission & Values
Vision: To deliver a liberatory education that inspires individual achievement and generational impacts.
Mission: We are the community’s college. College of San Mateo creates access and inclusion, fosters academic excellence, and ensures equitable outcomes so students can realize their full potential.
Values:
- Accountability: We value continuous improvement as a way to demonstrate our commitment to high-quality programs and services.
- Authentic Care: We value love as praxis.
- Celebration: We value celebrating both personal and professional accomplishments, milestones, and achievements.
- Critical Reflection: We value critical self-analysis of our deeply held assumptions.
- Empowerment: We value empowerment as a means to liberation.
- Excellence: We value and maintain CSM’s legacy of excellence in education.
- Growth (Personal & Professional): We value personal and professional enrichment for all members of our campus community.
- Inspiration & Innovation: We value inspiration and innovation as a means to improvement.
- Integrity: We value acting with integrity in thought and deed.
- Solidarity: We value cross-collaboration and working to “yes.”
The work of these leadership commitments is shaped by our Institutional Priorities (Management Council 3/14/2022). Our priorities are:
- Antiracism/Equity
- Community Partnerships
- Effective Communication
- Strategic Planning
- Student-Focused Support
- Teaching and Learning
These in turn align with our District’s Strategic Priorities, as outlined below.
| District Strategic Priorities | CSM Institutional Priorities |
| Develop and strengthen educational offerings, interventions, and support programs that increase student access & success. | CSM focuses on teaching and learning, and prioritizes student-focused support, especially relating to antiracism/ equity work that supports access and success for students most in need. |
| Establish and expand relationships with school districts, 4-year college partners, and community-based organizations to increase higher education attainment in San Mateo County. | CSM calls for community partnerships to support stronger teaching and learning. This also aligns with the emphasis on effective internal and external communications. |
| Increase program delivery options, including the expanded use of instructional technology, to support student learning and success. | CSM’s teaching and learning make innovative use of new technology; strategic planning is required to develop delivery options that speak to student need, as well as student-focused support to ensure students are well served in different modalities. |
| Ensure necessary resources are available to implement this strategic plan through sound fiscal planning and management of allocations. | Strategic planning supports sound allocation of CSM’s resources. Planning also calls for effective communication, both internal and external. |
These define our commitment to the practices that will bring our vision and values to fruition.
- Be Great for Our Students
College of San Mateo is committed to being a campus that is antiracist, equity-advancing, and focused on academic excellence. - Engage in Thoughtful Inquiry
We are committed to critically examining our policies and practices, utilizing self-reflective inquiry, critical reflection, and data-informed decision making - Inspire & Innovate
Foster an environment where we can be brave and open to create ways educate, engage, and support students, employees, and the community - Reflect & Connect
We commit to honoring one another in our practice by allocating time to support one another with humility, trust, and respect - Commit to Continuous Improvement
As members of the CSM community, we strive to improve individually and collectively as we deliberately and continuously assess/evaluate our practices, policies, and procedures to promote accountability to CSM students.
Approved by Institutional Planning Committee, November 2, 2022
Approved by Board of Trustees, November 30, 2022
December 10-16, 2024
December 24 - January 1
January 13, 2025