End of Year Report - Richland College
End of Year Report - Richland College
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