Mission/Purpose Statement

The Institutional Effectiveness Committee (IEC) reports to the College Planning Committee (CPC) and serves as an Accreditation Steering Committee. The committee improves program planning and resource allocation processes to support student learning by:

• Ensuring program planning processes are documented
• Providing technical assistance to units developing program plans including establishing baseline data, designing measurable outcomes connected to college strategic plans and utilizing findings from evaluation efforts
• Reviewing and analyzing goals to identify institutional themes to aid the integration of planning and resource allocation efforts
• Recommending improvements to processes to ensure efficacy in fulfilling the college mission and that the campus meets accreditation standards
• Communicating trends and findings with the campus community and visiting accreditation teams

Goals

2020-21 Goals:

Goal One: Implement plans to document and assess institutional effectiveness with a focus on communication strategies by:

• emphasizing the development and dissemination of communication strategies to promote the results of Goal 1 across the college;
• ensuring the systematic use of relevant data and high-quality evidence in decision-making;
• and evaluating college planning and decision-making processes including timely updates and enhancements to the governance handbook​​​​.

Goal Two: Develop action items from KPI review

Goal Three: Evaluate and improve program planning processes for the second year of eLumen.

Who They Report To

College Planning Committee (CPC)

Meetings

2nd Thursday 9:00 am - 10:30 am in SAC E 225

Link to Agendas and Minutes

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Chair and Member Listing

• Ashley Carniglia, Guided Pathways Liaison, ex-officio
• Steve Schlesser, Guided Pathways
• Emily Burton, Classified Staff
• Michelle Donohue, Dean of Student Services
• Anna Zagorska, Faculty/Academic Senate President
• Aidan Brekka, Student Trustee, Student Senate
• John Govsky, Faculty
• Rory O'Brien, Faculty
• Rachel Mitchell, Faculty
• Diane Putnam, Interim Outcomes Assessment Review Committee Chair, ex-officio
• Karen Reyes, Administrator/Manager
• Jennifah Chard, Classified Staff
• Tatiana Bachuretz, Confidential Classified Staff
• Eduardo Cervantes, Watsonville Center, ex-officio
• Rebecca Morgan, Outcomes Assessment Review Committee Chair, ex-officio
• Amy Lehman, interim Vice-President, Student Services, ex-officio
• Bradley Olin, Vice-President, Administrative Services, ex-officio
• Kathie Welch, Vice-President, Instruction, Accreditation Liaison Officer, ex-officio
• Terrence Willett, Dean of Research, Planning, & Institutional Effectiveness, IEC Chair, ex-officio

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