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Howard Community CollegeColumbia, Maryland
Zoe Irvin
Growth of the Campus since 1969
Other Instructional Sites:
High SchoolsGateway Business ParkLaurel College Center-
Regional Higher Education CenterBelmont Inn and Conference Center
Enrollments
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HCC Noncredit Enrollment(Unduplicated headcount)
Source of Funds
County30%
State15%
Tuition/fees37%
Auxiliary10%
Other8%
Student Body Household Income
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Percent of credit
students
Under$20k
$20k-$39k
$40k-$59k
$60k-$79k
$80k-$99k
$100kandover
Total household income
Credit Student Goals (%)
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Quality Journey
Why?
Present Condition
Started Small- Single Process
CQIN Trailblazer – <1999-2001> State Reporting Process IT Disaster Recovery Process Graduation Application Process Crisis Communication Process
A way to train staff on the language and framework of the Baldrige Criteria
Moved up to CQIN Pacesetter
2002
Whole organization – used the current Baldrige Criteria - only 25 pages
State and National Quality Award Applications
2003 and 2004- Maryland Bronze Level
2005- First Baldrige Application- Consensus Round
2006- Maryland Silver Level
HCC’s Assessment PlanHCC’s Assessment Planand the Dragon’s Vital Signsand the Dragon’s Vital Signs
Institutional Effectiveness
Howard Community College is an agile, purposeful organization that nurtures innovation and inquiry, and evaluates results against valid and ambitious criteria.
Assessment at Howard Community College is everyone's responsibility.
To monitor its effectiveness, all levels of the organization have created meaningful measures to track.
Levels of Assessment
The Board of Trustees reviews selected indicators addressing the institutional-level goals monthly, and that information is posted for public review. ”Core Ends”
Each college unit has identified measures called "Vital Signs."
Student learning outcomes assessment plans are in place for divisions, programs (in and out of the classroom), and courses.
Great Assets for Continuous Quality Improvement!
A Faculty that has pioneered deliberate instructional design since day #1
Identify student learning outcomes Create multiple ways for students to learn Collect evidence (quantitative, qualitative) Analyze Refine
A Staff devoted to great service Self-directed learner initiative, Step-Up
A Board that leads by example Search for best practice, Analysis of trend data, Creation of a
safe-reporting environment
Resources…
To encourage more assessment projects Funds to use external exams and
expert panels Faculty stipends Dedicated research expertise and
supportFor professional development
funds so employees can participate in their affinity groups/explore best practices against which to benchmark their operations.
Learning Outcomes Assessment Projects (Course , Program, Division)
3 years in length Faculty leader Every academic division, every
year
Academic Affairs Support System
Carie Mellies Dr. Nidhi Srivastava Kathy Rigby, research support assistant
Linda Heinbauch, Teaching & Learning Services Office (TLS), office manager
Angela Phillips,TLS Carolyn Cain, Math & Distance/Alternative
Learning Office, office manager
Dragon’s Vital Signs
Board of Trustees Core Ends (Internet)
Functional Areas Vital Signs
Core Work Units Vital Signs
President’s Team Vital Signs (Intranet)
The Board of Trustees Core Ends
Aligned to Baldrige Educational Excellence Criteria/MHEC Indicators
LeadershipStrategic Planning
Student and Stakeholder FocusInformation and Analysis Faculty and Staff Focus
Educational and Support Process Management
Vital Signs Presentations to
the College Community Augmented Team (monthly) -
HCC’s President’s Team and the Leaders of all Constituency Groups, Diversity Representative
Entire College invited to attend
Supervisor makes a few opening comments. Unit leader presents organizational chart and
introduces team members. Unit leader presents measures and progress
towards benchmarks.
Process
The audience engages in a conversation with that unit leader to discuss the reliability, validity of those measures, and review the external comparisons that are or could be made.
Presenters and the audience are given the opportunity to comment on the format and comfort level of this event.
This is part of our formal Performance Management System…
Each spring the individual and core work unit review the progress on the vital sign measures.
That supervisor then provides an update to their supervisor so that eventually the VPs/President have a summary of the success of all the core, strategic, and teamwork produced by their area for the year.
Summaries are shared with the Board of Trustees each August.
Let’s examine some of the details
Support System
Barbara Livieratos Jean Frank Dr. Shirin Nazma Susan Hellenbrand Betsy See Rosemarie Presley Dalia Shata
Looking to the Future Design and conduct assessment projects
for all the programs and courses Host public Vital Signs presentations by
all units Refine measures Facilitate more external benchmarking Design and implement simple displays to
showcase this effort to any site visitors.
Assessment at HCC contributes to the creation of a sustainable organization by tracking progress on the real work…
To ensure the best use of our finite resources we need to continuously …
Engage in structured listening to determine stakeholder requirements,
Gather evidence to facilitate consensus around what activities to stop and which to keep doing, and
Look for best practices and develop frameworks to test if a new idea works for our students and
employees…
Questions?