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Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning

Institutional effectiveness involves systematic and ongoing planning, evaluation, and assessment related to the goals and outcomes developed to support the college mission.

Mission

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness serves to advance the mission of Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) through ongoing planning, evaluation, and assessment. The Office works closely with College leadership to ensure goals are linked to the 2006-10 Strategic Plan, strategies are set annually, and the results of evaluation and assessment are used to facilitate improvement and resource investment decisions.

Institutional Effectiveness 2007-08 Goals

1. Continue to implement and maintain BCTC's Strategic Plan.

  • Integrate BCTC’s Strategic Plan with the Council for Postsecondary Education’s Strategic Plan Indicators.
  • Integrate BCTC's Strategic Plan with Kentucky Community and Technical College's Goals and Core Indicators.
  • Develop a Strategic Plan Progress Report.
  • Monitor the annual plan process.
  • Coordinate the strategic plan retreat to establish 2008-09 annual priorities.
  • Develop a 2008-09 timeline for a SWOT analysis, review of Trends & Forces, and evaluation of the Strategic Plan.


2. Continue to implement and maintain BCTC’s Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IEP).

  • Complete the Institutional Effectiveness Program Plan written procedure.
  • Implement a web-based institutional effectiveness model.
  • Assist in the development of a budget and planning calendar.
  • Establish a Team for Institutional Effectiveness (TIE).
  • Maintain the Institutional Effectiveness website.
  • Review benchmark institutions for best practices in institutional effectiveness.


3. Use assessment and evaluation results for continuous quality improvement across the College.

  • Assist in the development of periodic review processes for academic units.
  • Assist in the development of periodic review processes for academic support units.
  • Monitor the use of assessment results to "close the loop", improving college practices.
  • Provide support and assist in meeting internal and external needs.