focus on quality and the academic quality improvement program
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Focus on Quality and the Academic Quality Improvement Program. At Cuyahoga Community College. Historical Context. National NCA Accreditation Federal reporting requirements Baldrige in Education State OBOR reporting requirements Service Expectations - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Focus on Quality and the Academic Quality
Improvement Program
At Cuyahoga Community College
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Historical Context National
NCA Accreditation Federal reporting requirements Baldrige in Education
State OBOR reporting requirements Service Expectations OBOR Performance Reporthttp://www.regents.state.oh.us/perfrpt/2003index.html
Ohio Award for Excellence (OAE)
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College History College planning Budgeting Special studies Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Knowledge Management Ohio Award for Excellence (OAE)
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AQIP
Academic Quality Improvement Program
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Accreditation Background Purpose Institutional vs. Programmatic Traditional process
Event orientationLimited value-added
Alternative CQI-based approach (AQIP)
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CQI
Continuous Quality Improvement
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Concepts
Focus on process Collaborative decision-making Environment that empowers employees Employees serve as change agents Measurable performance
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Basic CQI Principle/Process
PLAN
DO
CHECK
ACT
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Cultural Changes Anticipating needs Preventing rather than correcting
problems
Data-based decision-making Process re-engineering Long and short term plans/goals
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Challenges of Quality Initiatives
Data integrity User friendly data and information
access Communication Benchmarking, trend analysis Closing the Loop
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AQIP
PROCESSES & CRITERIA
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AQIP’s Processes
Initial Interest Exploration and Self-Assessment
Four-year cycle, consisting of Strategy Forum and Systems Appraisal
Annual Update on Action Projects Formal Reaffirmation of Accreditation
every seven years, based on pattern of participation
SystemsAppraisal
StrategyStrategyForumForum
SystemsPortfolio
AnnualUpdate
ActionProjects
Re-affirmAccreditation
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AQIP CRITERIA
Overall, the AQIP Criteria ask: Are you doing the right things — the
things that are most important in order to achieve your institution’s goals?
Are you doing things right — effectively, efficiently, in ways that truly satisfy the needs of those you serve?
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Each AQIP Criterion Should Address CQI Process
How stable, well-designed, and robust are your systems and processes?
How consistently do you employ and deploy your systems and processes?
How satisfying and good are the results your systems and processes achieve?
How do you use your performance data to drive improvement?
Measuring Effectiveness
UnderstandingStudents’and other
Stakeholders’Needs
Building CollaborativeRelationships
Planning ContinuousImprovement
AccomplishingOther Distinctive
Objectives
Leading andCommunicating
ValuingPeople
HelpingStudents Learn
SupportingInstitutional Operations
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Criterion: Helping Students Learn
Student outcomes assessment Curriculum development Remedial/developmental education Support services
How do we know what curriculum and support services are needed?
How do we assess learning and improve learning outcomes?
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Criterion: Understanding Students’ and other Stakeholders’ Needs
Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory
Community Assessment Who are your stakeholders? How do you know what they need?
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Criterion: Leading and Communicating
College Goals Succession Planning Leadership Development Decision-making Communication
How do we know what is needed?How do we measure success or progress?
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Criterion: Valuing People
Hiring Processes Training and Development Performance Management Health and Well-being Recognition and Rewards
How do we measure performance or progress?
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Criterion: Building Collaborative Relationships Internally
Much via Valuing People Criterion Externally
K-12, Universities Businesses Vendors Economic and social development
How do we know what is needed?How do we measure success or progress?
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Criterion: Planning for Continuous Improvement
Mission/Vision Strategic Planning Resource Allocation Alignment of Initiatives
What is the process for each?How do we know it is effective?
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Criterion: Supporting Institutional Operations
Finance and Business Services Administrative offices/functions
Student services (Admissions and records, Financial Aid, Bookstores, Food Service)
How does each support our mission?How do we measure efficiency and
effectiveness?
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Criterion: Accomplishing Other Distinctive Objectives
Might include: Corporate College WEDD Cultural arts
How does each complement processes for helping students learn and how do they enhance relationships?
How do we measure success?
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Criterion: Measuring Effectiveness
Collection, storage, management, and use of information and data
Access and Analysis of data
Within each criterion Collegewide via Balanced Scorecard
How do we set measures and targets?How do we ensure improvement?
Alignment of College InitiativesTri-C Initiative
Balanced Scorecard------ Noel-Levitz & CCSSE---
FBS Baldrige (BEST)----
Corporate College--------
Alliance for Teaching ---and Learning
Wellness Program--------
AQIP Criterion Measuring Effectiveness Understanding Students’
Needs Supporting Institutional
Operations Accomplishing Distinctive
Objectives and Helping Students Learn
Helping Students Learn and Measuring Effectiveness
Valuing People
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Status Report
Action TimelineBoard resolution January, 2004 Planning Committee In progress Application Submitted
March 3, 2004
Communication Plan Launch
In progress
“Examiner” self assessment
Week of April 19, 2004
Strategy Forum October, 2004
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Summary AQIP is not an event or series of activities It is a way of doing our business to make
us better in all arenas of the organization: Classroom (both teaching and learning) Administration Internal and external relationships
It is a way of keeping ourselves accountable to ourselves and to others
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Resources Institutional Planning and Evaluation
folder on K:drive Data and Special Studies Reports Guidelines
www.quality.nist.gov/ www.aqip.org
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Next Steps Please share information about AQIP at all
levels on the campus Public forums will be held for additional
information Please encourage all full-time and part-
time employees to participate in the College on-line self assessment survey during the week of April 19.