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Director of Institutional Effectiveness In response to a formal Warning, 8/2012 from the accrediting regional body for higher education, the Middle States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE), CCNY created the position of Director of Institutional Effectiveness and appointed me to this position on February 7,2013. The purpose of this appointment was to address Concordia’s failure to demonstrate compliance with MSCHE Standard VII, Institutional Assessment, specifically the use of assessment data as a basis for decision-making and resource allocation and Standard XIV, Assessment of Student Learning, specifically assessment of Direct Student Data. February, 2013 MSCHE Standard VII Institutional Assessment With regard to Standard VII, I consulted with the Academic VP of Concordia and a Middle States Consulting VP assigned to the college suggesting that a new Committee for “Continuing Quality Improvement” (CQIC) be created and select leadership representatives from academic and key support non-academic areas be appointed to this committee for a 3 year term to assure sustainability. The purpose and Function of the CQIC follows: Purpose: The purpose of this committee is to establish, inform and support a transparent continuing quality improvement assessment communication and planning network to include critical non- academic and academic areas as a basis for achieving the college’s strategic goals through recommendations for resource allocation and program planning. Membership: Individual Representatives of select critical non-academic and academic areas will be appointed to this committee for a three year term in a formal written Letter of Appointment by President Viji George. Critical area regular representation will include, but not be limited to: Admissions, Advancement & Development, Alumni & Church Relations, Co-Curricular Student Life, Facilities, Finance, Faculty-At-Large, Human Resources, and Institutional Technology. Consultants to this committee may be requested at any time on an as needed basis from faculty, staff and students Structure: This committee will meet regularly once monthly and on an as needed basis as deemed relevant by the respective members or the chair of the committee. The Director for Institutional Effectiveness will assume responsibility for chairing this committee. Roles and Responsibilities: Individual members, representing critical non- academic and Academic areas appointed to The Continual Quality Improvement Committee (CQIC) are charged with responsibility for developing, implementing and evaluating continuing quality improvement assessment activities in their respective administrative and related areas, communicating findings to this committee, collaboratively providing assessment data to inform decision making, resource allocation and program planning that support the President’s strategic objectives, Identity, Quality and Viability. Procedure: Written assessment data will be compiled, analyzed and presented with recommendations at least once annually prior to the budgetary allocation of resources college-wide. At the request of the President, the President’s Council and or the Board of Regents focused, assessment data will be provided. The CQIC was created by President Viji George as described above in late February, 2013 and I was appointed as the Chair. We met for the fist time in February and subsequently every two weeks in order to orient the members to their roles and to transition in prior progress institutional assessment processes and data from the previous Institutional Assessment Committee (IAC) which disbanded in December, 2012 at the suggestion of the visiting Middle States Consultant to the new CQIC. Members of the CQIC, then used in process assessment data to make an annual summary for each academic and non- academic support area. I synthesized all of the annual reports related them to the individual Strategic Goals of the college and included them in a written, Transitional Report to the President’s Council. This transitional report also included recommendations from the new CQIC regarding plans to open up a dialogue with the Concordia Community to explore members issues and concerns and recommendations for improvement. June, 2013, each area representative on the CQIC developed and submitted an assessment plan for his/her respective area reflecting one or more of Concordia College’s Strategic Goals and relating to specific select MSCHE Standards. Depending on the area, updates to the plans will be made in keeping with the calendar of needs for the area. A CQIC website has been created where these individual area planning documents are housed and available for CQIC members to update as needed. All plans will be finalized and presented to CQIC in early March, 2014, for timely presentation to the President’s Council prior to the onset of budget planning and decision making, actually providing a forum where all College-wide assessment data is available to the president’s Council for consideration prior to budgetary planning for resource allocation . September, 2013 In Progress… CQIC members have already sent out blast e-mails and flyers to returning students, staff and faculty in the Concordia Community requesting themes for discussion at the first “Community Chat” at 3:00 - 4:30pm on October 2nd. There is a designated CQIC Email address for an Electronic Suggestion Box manned by 2-3 members of the committee. Soft People Skills are embedded in a person’s personality, training, experience, expertise and reputation within the community. Over five + years at Concordia I have come to be a respected member of the faculty by students, at least some staff and colleagues because I am a person who works hard together with you to achieve the desired goal, whatever that may be. I am a trained communicator in one-to-one and group situations, who does not believe I have all the answers and struggles to remain open to new ideas recognizing humor is often grounding for unexpected realities. I can think on my feet, laugh at myself and admit my mistakes. I believe that I am often able to do the impossible in a very short period of time because I am knowledgeable, analytical, a goal directed problem solver and a respected leader.

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