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End of Year Report - Richland College

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14<br />

Measurement System<br />

<strong>Richland</strong> <strong>College</strong> Measurement System<br />

<strong>Richland</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />

“Excellence comes from inside ourselves, it is our mastery <strong>of</strong> the particular field we have<br />

chosen. It is investing our efforts at our personal maximum level in pursuit <strong>of</strong> our best self,<br />

holding our own selves to the highest standard.”<br />

Mina Samuels<br />

The <strong>Richland</strong> <strong>College</strong> 2010-11 measurement system is composed <strong>of</strong><br />

1) four broad and encompassing Strategic Planning Priority Goals (SPPs) weighted for importance<br />

2) fifteen weighted and organizationally critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)<br />

3) ninety-eight weighted and actionable measures, the number <strong>of</strong> which varies per KPI (from<br />

2 to 16)<br />

4) target ranges for each measure for 1-year, 3-years, and 5-years out<br />

KPIs serve as <strong>Richland</strong>’s vital signs. Each month the expanded college leadership group reviews<br />

the institutional report card, the Thunion (Thunder + Onion) designed to monitor performance to<br />

target for each KPI and measure. Four times each year the entire President’s Cabinet participates<br />

in the formal report card review. If performance falls short <strong>of</strong> target, leadership ‘peels the<br />

onion’ to examine beyond the surface, turning to wonder why rather than rushing to judgment <strong>of</strong>,<br />

reflecting on each layer as it is exposed to find the deeper underlying cause. Those closest to the<br />

issue determine subsequent corrective actions. At the most detailed level, the college evaluates<br />

institutional performance against the target yielding a score for each measure. The scoring scale<br />

is 0 to 10. Leadership adjusts scores that fall outside the scale to either extreme <strong>of</strong> the scale (0<br />

to 10) so as not to mask underperformance in the aggregate. The system is interlocking and rolls<br />

up to an overall monthly score in Figure 1, shown below. Leadership adheres to the discipline <strong>of</strong><br />

the annual planning retreat and monthly monitoring <strong>of</strong> performance to keep the college agile and<br />

responsive to the community and students <strong>Richland</strong> serves. By steadfastly monitoring progress<br />

each month, the college leadership has the opportunity to demonstrate agility by influencing institutional<br />

outcomes through timely and corrective action instead <strong>of</strong> waiting until the end <strong>of</strong> the semester<br />

or year to discover that performance was less than expected. This adherence to discipline<br />

is even more important as <strong>Richland</strong> faces continued declines in state funding and a reduced local<br />

property tax base. Additionally, the loss <strong>of</strong> investment income and the slow economic recovery<br />

also impact <strong>Richland</strong>’s and the DCCCD’s budgets.<br />

(Performance<br />

/Target) x 10 =<br />

Weighted<br />

KPI<br />

Measure<br />

Score<br />

+<br />

Weighted<br />

KPI<br />

Measure<br />

Score<br />

+<br />

Weighted<br />

KPI<br />

Measure<br />

Score<br />

=<br />

Weighted<br />

KPI Score<br />

+<br />

Weighted<br />

KPI Score<br />

+<br />

Weighted<br />

KPI Score<br />

=<br />

Weighted<br />

SPP Score<br />

+<br />

Weighted<br />

SPP Score<br />

+<br />

Weighted<br />

SPP Score<br />

=<br />

Overall<br />

<strong>College</strong><br />

Score<br />

Scores <strong>of</strong>: 98 Measures 15 KPIs 4 SPPs 1 Overall<br />

Figure 1<br />

<strong>End</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2010-11

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