What are FLCs & Why?

What are SITE FLCs and why are they important?

Focused Learning Communities, or FLCs, are small teams of faculty, counselors, administrators, staff, students, and more who are committed to ongoing, research-based professional learning. These FLCs work year-round to dive into their own subsidiary inquiry question, engage in scholarship, grow as individuals and as a community, and become change agents who share their expertise across campus and beyond.

The FLCs are what allow SITE to exist and thrive.

Without FLCs, SITE could not be.

Why do college campuses need FLCs that are unified by a framework such as SITE?

Focused Learning Communities that are part of a framework such as SITE are more likely to:

1. Undo the inequities in higher education that require substantive change in our institutions and ourselves.

2. Create sustainable transformations where deep and trusting relationships exist.

3. Build strong, cross-curricular relationships through the time and collaboration spent investigating a shared inquiry question.

Over time, as colleges create a culture among faculty and staff of repeated cycles of appreciative inquiry, they can ensure deep and trusting relationships that will allow educators to tackle any change with confidence.