professional development day october 2009 data matters! finding and accessing information at spc
TRANSCRIPT
Professional Development Day
October 2009
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
Data Matters!
Presenter Maggie Tymms, Assessment Coordinator
for Academic Programs
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 2
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
Data Matters!
Institutional Research and EffectivenessInstitutional Research and Planning
Lisa Charest, Institutional Research and Planning Coordinator
Academic Effectiveness
Maggie Tymms, Assessment Coordinator for Academic Programs
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 3
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
Purpose
SPC collects data on everything from institutional characteristics to student outcomes.
Why is this data important and how is this information helpful to the institution?
Learn how to access the wealth of information about the institution and how to use this information to become better informed.
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 4
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 5
Performance Improvement
From Compliance to Performance Improvement
Data Information ImprovementKnowledge
Improved OutcomesSPCReportsAssessment Data
CommunityCollege LeadershipProgram Directors
FacultyStudents
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
http://www.spcollege.edu/Central/Ir/Index.htm
Institutional Research and Effectiveness
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 6
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 7
Fact Book
The Fact Book provides information about the college to support sound planning and decision-making, as well as provide an historical perspective of the institution. It is designed to be used as a reference for documenting data to support academic and administrative decisions.
It also functions as a handbook for faculty wishing to gain a college-wide perspective. Topics include a brief college history, a description of the service area, and data related to the College's student body academics, personnel, financial position, facilities, and outcomes indicators. Data are provided for multiple years with graphs and charts for at-a-glance comparisons.
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
Fact Book
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 8
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 9
Research Briefs
Research Briefs are research based reports that compare trends across time. Subjects are varied and relate to the needs of St. Petersburg College.
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 10
Research Briefs
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 11
MISATFOR
Management Information Systems Advisory Task Force (MISATFOR) is a task force that has representatives from each of the community colleges. The purpose is to assure useful, consistent, and accurate data collection while at the same time working to reduce the reporting burden by avoiding duplication of data.
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 12
Institutional Survey Reports
Students are surveyed periodically during their tenure at the College.
Institutional Survey Reports include the results of Entering Student Survey, Enrolled Student Survey, Graduating Student Survey, Recent Alumni Survey, Employer Survey, and Community College Survey of Student Engagement.
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 13
Student Assessment Points
Students surveyed multiple times
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 14
Institutional Survey Reports
The Enrolled Student Survey (ENSS) was developed at St. Petersburg College (SPC) as one component of a college-wide assessment system to ensure the delivery of quality academic and student support services.
The specific purposes of this annual survey is to ascertain how our enrolled students perceive the College and determine both the importance and level of satisfaction of enrolled students with the College's academic and student support services. Subsequently, this information is to be used by the faculty and administration to establish quality improvement initiatives that benefit our students.
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
Institutional Survey Reports
The Entering Student Survey (ESS) developed by St. Petersburg College is part of a comprehensive college-wide assessment program to ensure that the College delivers quality academic and support services to students.
The primary purpose of the ESS is to develop a demographic profile of the students entering the College, discover what factors influence their decision to apply to the College, discern how they learned about the College, and measure their perception of the importance of various academic, student support services and tutoring areas provided to them by the College.
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 15
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
Institutional Survey Reports
The Graduating Student Survey (GSS) is part of a comprehensive college-wide assessment program developed to examine the demographic profile of the responding graduates, assess their perceptions of the educational experience at the College and determine how the educational process at the College has changed their behavior and/or their knowledge as it relates to some specific areas of inquiry (educational outcomes).
The GSS is available to students applying for graduation on-line during all three terms of each academic year.
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 16
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 17
Institutional Survey Reports
Recent Alumni Survey was designed to:
Gain insight into alumni’s perceptions of the quality of general education and career preparation
Determine the current activities of former students such as employment information and educational status
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 18
Institutional Survey Reports
First email Second email Third email
First mailing Second mailing
2 weeks
2 weeks
2 weeksRecent Alumni Survey Multiple Points of Contact
2 weeks
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 19
Institutional Survey Reports
Employer Survey was designed to:Gain insight into an employer’s perceptions
of hired SPC graduates in the areas of key general education competencies and foundational skills
Provide the employee’s major job responsibilities and wage information, as well as employer’s willingness to hire another SPC graduate
Identify employer’s willingness to support various college activities
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
http://www.spcollege.edu/Central/Surveys/SurveyList.htm
Institutional Survey Reports
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 20
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 21
Ed Outcomes Online
To provide a medium for completing the draft educational assessment reports as well as establishing a repository for program specific information, SPC developed an Educational Assessment Web site (https://it.spcollege.edu/edoutcomes/)
College administration and instructional staff are provided access to “completed” assessment reports including the APAR (Program & Gen Ed) and the CAPR
Online access further encourages the use of assessment data as well as highlighting “best practices” across the college
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 22
College Access
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 23
Program Administrator Access
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 24
Academic Program Viability Review
Academic Program Viability Review (APVR)Published yearly Included measures:
Program GraduatesCourse EnrollmentStudent Semester Hour
(SSH) productivityRelative Profitability Index
(RPI-T)Economic Trend Data
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
End of Program Assessment Reports
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 25
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
Comprehensive Academic Program Review
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 26
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC October 2009
October 23, 2009 Institutional Research and Effectiveness 27
Questions/Next Steps
Professional Development Day
October 2009
Data Matters! Finding and Accessing Information at SPC