Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative
Presented by:
Ronnie Slimp, Institutional Effectiveness, CCCCO
June 20, 2016
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About IEPI
• Student Success Task Force
Recommendation 7.1 and 7.2 identified
need for a stronger State Chancellor’s
Office.
– Coordinates development of indicator and
goal-setting framework for colleges
– Identifies effective practices
– Provides technical assistance and professional
development to help colleges achieve success
goals
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IEPI is:
• A new initiative funded by the Legislature
$2.5 million for Year One (2014-15)
$17.5 million for Year Two (2015-16)
$27.5 million anticipated for Year Three (2016-17)
• Administered by the CCC Chancellor’s Office
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The Desired IEPI Outcomes:
• Help California Community Colleges become the
most effective system of higher education in the
world
• Eliminate accreditation sanctions and audit
findings at colleges
• Enhance access, success, and equity for our
students
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IEPI Structure
• Executive Committee
Chancellor’s Office
College of the Canyons
Chabot-Las Positas CCD
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
Success Center
Advisory Committee
66 members from 22 statewide organizations
Workgroups provide input to Executive Committee on
the initiative’s four major components
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IEPI Major Components
• Indicators
• Partnership Resource Teams
• Professional Development
• Policy, Procedures, and Practice
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What are the Indicators?
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Recommended Metrics: Year 3
• Approved by Indicators Workgroup / Pending
Adoption by BOG
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Participation Rate
Median Time to Complete Degrees
Low Unit Certificates
Short-Term Remedial Rates
1. % completing transfer-level English in 1 year
2. % completing transfer-level English in 2 years
3. %completing transfer-level Math in 1 year
4. % completing transfer-level Math in 2 years
 Non-credit:
1. Non-credit course success
2. Number of CDCP Awards
3. Non-credit, other optional metrics
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Partnership Resource Teams
• Team visits started in May and June 2015.
• 46 institutions were selected to receive technical
assistance and have been assigned PRTs (either
visited or scheduled to be visited next year).
 Spring 2015: 8 institutions;
 Fall 2015: 15 colleges, 1 center, and 1 district;
 Spring 2016: 10 institutions;
 Fall 2016: 11 institutions in the queue (to date).
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Partnership Resource Teams
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Institution’s CEO or District Chancellor completes a short letter of interest.
Expertise is matched to an institution’s Areas of Focus from pool of more
than 350 experts.
Each team commits to 3 visits or more as needed.
The visits are designed to:
1. Understand issues and identify scope of support;
2. Develop ideas for institution’s Innovation and Effectiveness Plan to
address Areas of Focus;
3. Provide follow up support as needed.
Grants of up to $150,000 as seed money to expedite implementation of
institution’s Innovation and Effectiveness Plan.
Communities of Practice will be formed around Areas of Focus.
Micro PRTs, on single narrow Areas of Focus, as needed.
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Examples of Areas of Focus
Identified by Institutions
• Integrated planning.
• Enrollment management.
• Using data for improved decision-making
and institutional effectiveness.
• Selecting and effective deployment of
Learning Management Systems.
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Professional Development Goals
• Provide regional workshops
• Provide access to an online Clearinghouse
of effective practices, trainings, and other
resources
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Professional Development
Events
• To date, almost 4,000 attendees have
participated in IEPI-sponsored workshops
• The “IEPI Approach” to Workshops:
Held at colleges, whenever possible.
Sessions are interactive.
Institutions attend in teams.
Develop steps to implement concepts learned.
Follow Up.
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Examples of Professional
Development Events…
• What is IEPI/Indicators (6)
• Student Success (Re)Defined (9)
• Enrollment Management (2)
• EEO / Diversity in Faculty Hiring (8)
• Inmate Education Summit (1)
• Inmate Education Workshop (1)
• California Conservation Corps (1)
• Integrated Planning (2)
• Basic Skills Transformation (4)
• Audit & Compliance (1)
• CTE Data Unlocked (7)
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Professional Development
Online Clearinghouse
• Professional Learning Network
Pulls together hundreds of resources by topic (e.g.
basic skills, SLO assessment, integrated planning,
CTE, data, etc.), highlighting exemplary practices
System-wide calendar
Create your own personal professional
development plan
Submission of new, effective practices to share
Officially launched April 25, 2016: pln.cccco.edu
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Professional Development
Online Clearinghouse
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How to Participate:
• Volunteer for a PRT:
– Current non-faculty survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IEPI-PRTExpertiseInventory2015-2
– Current faculty survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Faculty_PRT_team_survey
• The Professional Learning Network: pln.cccco.edu
- Register / benefit from the resources
- Submit content / effective practices
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Helpful Resources
Subscribing to the IEPI Listserv
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How to Subscribe to IEPI Listserv
– Go to
http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/InstitutionalEffectiveness.aspx
– Click on “IEPI Listserv” link
– Read instructions
– Click on link to IEPI Listserv
– Fill out subscriber information
– Submit
– Confirmation email will be sent to your inbox