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Columbia Basin College Plenary II: Core Themes, Objectives, and Achievement Indicators

Columbia Basin College Plenary II: Core Themes, Objectives, and Achievement Indicators. Rich Cummins Curt Freed. Core Theme Development.

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Columbia Basin College Plenary II: Core Themes, Objectives, and Achievement Indicators

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  1. Columbia Basin CollegePlenary II: Core Themes, Objectives, and Achievement Indicators Rich Cummins Curt Freed

  2. Core Theme Development • CBC uses the Carver Policy Governance model which utilizes an institution’s board to determine the outcomes and results expected of the college (“End States”) and then to monitor the End States of the institution while delegating the “Means” to the president. • The CBC Board monitors performance on each of the college’s End States through a detailed set of indicators and measures. • Monitoring Reports on each End State are prepared for the Board at least annually. • The End States were a perfect fit for our core themes.

  3. Mission Statement Our core themes came directly from our mission statement and are also our End States: CBC exists in an environment of diversity, fairness, equity, and sustainability to ensure that the people of Benton and Franklin counties have access to educational programs providing sufficient knowledge for higher educational achievement, meaningful employment, basic skills development, cultural enrichment, physical and emotional well-being.

  4. Core Themes / End States Access: CBC exists to provide people of the service district with access to educational programs. Academic: CBC exists to enable students to complete requirements that would allow them to obtain academic degrees, transfer to upper division colleges and universities, and pursue life-long learning and enrichment. Workforce Development: CBC exists to enable students to complete requirements that would allow them to earn degrees/certificates to assist them to gain employment and pursue life-long learning opportunities. Basic Skills: CBC exists to enable students to prepare for success in college-level skills courses. Cultural Enrichment: CBC will provide the college and the community with diverse and multiculturally rich programs designed to improve our quality of life, life-long learning and enhance educational programs. Physical and Emotional Well-Being: CBC will contribute to the physical and emotional well-being of its students and the community.

  5. Importance of Core Theme Clarity • Provides for meaningful assessment • Supports alignment of core themes and institutional resources • Allows for continuous improvement • Assists in focusing resources

  6. Indicator Selection • The Nichols Model is used as conceptual framework for developing indicators. • A set of goals is identified to provide broad coverage for each core theme. • Indicators are developed to assess performance of each goal.

  7. Indicator Selection (cont.) • Indicators for each goal were developed with the following criteria • Reliable quantitative data • Evaluative rather than descriptive data • Standard of performance through scale development (i.e., 1 to 5) or gathering baseline information • Indicators have been revised through an iterative review and improvement process over the past several years

  8. Nichols Model A modified Nichols 5-Column Model is used to assess core theme (End State) performance Column One: Core Theme (Mission Area) Column Two: Core Theme Goals Column Three: Indicators Column Four: Results Column Five: Improvement Actions

  9. Nichol’s Table Workforce Indicators (1)

  10. Nichol’s Table Workforce Indicators (2) • Out of 11 indicators (22 possible points), 18 points received= 81.8% possible

  11. Performance for Workforce End State A B C D F 2010 Results Performance Points 2009 Results Percentage of Total Possible Points • The pct of possible points, 81.8%, corresponds to 92 performance points= A • For 2009, 75% of total possible points corresponds to 85 Performance Points= 3.1 (B) Performance overall

  12. Benefits / Implications • Increased visibility of the mission and the pilot accreditation process • Work done by Institutional Research is more visible • Continual refinement of goals, objectives, and acceptable indicators • Performance on each Core Theme is evaluated in an objective, quantitative manner • All assumptions and subjective judgments are clearly identified—the process is transparent • Performance on each Core Theme can be compared to that of other Core Themes • Improvement actions can be derived from a consideration of areas of poor performance

  13. Institutional Potential and Mission • Core theme leads and resource leads were identified across the campus • A qualitative interview guide was developed to prompt interviews between all core themes and resources • Summary results and recommendations have been reported in preparation for the Year Five (Standards Three and Four) report

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