Director of Institutional Effectiveness

• Administers a comprehensive institutional research agenda that includes the completion of state and federal reports needed for decision-making related to student success and retention, policy formation, the assessment of student learning, accreditation, enrollment management and institutional planning and effectiveness.

• Supports and facilitates the college’s strategic planning processes.

• Compiles a data warehouse, analyzes, evaluates, and maintains statistical and other data for reports related to institutional effectiveness including enrollment, demographics, student success, student equity, retention, persistence, and transfer rates, and provide reports as assigned.

• Coordinates timely responses to surveys and reports required by external agencies and other ongoing efforts of the college to measure its effectiveness.

• Monitors internal and external data trends and keeps the campus current concerning demographic and community information and adequacy and effectiveness of college services.

• Participates in and provides leadership for all accreditation initiatives and institutional reports.

• Provides direction for the accreditation process through direct studies and data compilation in preparation for accreditation reviews.

• Collaborates with college planning councils and administrative units on the alignment of institutional effectiveness functions with the mission and vision of the college.

• Oversees and provides support to grant project directors related to fiscal management and external reporting.

• Leads the development and implementation of strategies and processes to improve the effectiveness of all instructional, service, and operational areas of the college through the college’s program review and planning processes.

• Provides leadership for the coordination, design, and implementation of specific research studies and surveying efforts in collaboration with appropriate college staff.

• Ensures that meaningful, appropriate data and information are available to meet the decision-making needs of the college.

• Works in consultation with the President, Vice-Presidents and Deans to promote and coordinate college planning activities.

• Ensures that strategic planning is integrated with college budgeting and assessment cycles.

• Plans, implements, and evaluates short- and long-range strategies, goals, and objectives for college strategic planning.

• Provides leadership and oversight to the development of grant proposals.

• Supports and facilitates the college’s strategic planning processes.

• Maintains current knowledge of laws, codes, ordinances, regulations, and pending legislation related to institutional assessment, research, planning, and accreditation. Modifies projects, studies, functions, and procedures to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal requirements as appropriate.

• Reviews and evaluates work to assure compliance with established standards, requirements, and procedures.

• Performs other related duties as assigned to support the objective of the position.

• Evaluation of Student learning and achievement data to advance equitable outcomes.

• Analysis of assessment results supports institutional and curricular improvements that promote equitable attainment of outcomes.

• Disaggregates data to engage stakeholders to ensure that the mission reflects its unique character and identifies its broad educational purpose.