Queensborough Community College
DEPARTMENT:
Non-teaching Department
Articulation, Transfer and Educational Partnerships
July 2013
2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR
MISSION
INSTRUCTIONS:
Your mission statement should be no more than 80 words in length.
AidingintheCollege’smissiontoincreasethecompletionratesofundergraduatestudents,the
department’smissionistoprovidegreateroptionsforstudentstoseamlesslytransferto
baccalaureateinstitutionsinSUNY,CUNYandatprivatecollegesanduniversities.
Informationprovidedbythedepartmentincreasesthelikelihoodthatstudentswillhaveaclearer
understandingofthetangibleoutcomes
A. DEPARTMENT CORE ACTIVITIES AND PERFORMANCE
Core Activities
Key Performance Indicators
Indicators to Be
Assessed
Briefly list the major
activities conducted or
performed to support the
mission of the department.
Briefly list the corresponding Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) that measure the effectiveness of
the department’s activity. Key performance
indicators are not outcomes—for example, a KPI
might be “volume of service,” whereas an outcome
might be “increase volume of service by 5
percent”).
Yes or no. Indicators
to be assessed should
come from the
previous year’s
report, part F,
column 4.
Maintainandupdate
relationaldatabase. Provideadministrativesupportand
Yes
maintenancefortherelationaldatabase;
maintenanceandupdatesforcourse
designationchangesunderPathways.
Workcloselywithprivatecollegesto
Yes
developinroadstoincludericher
experiencesandbetterscholarshipfor
students;bringSUNYschoolsonboard
usingIRdatawhichshowcasesthecollege
thatourstudentsaretransferringto;find
inroadswithintheCUNYsystemtodevelop
newdual/jointprograms.
Maintenanceoftherelationaldatabaseled
Yes
tothere‐creationofCareerCentral;arrange
regularmeetingwithfaculty,academy
advisorsandstafftodiscussusage.
Cultivatenew
partnerships. CareerCentralwill
becomeand
educationaland
informationaltool. Queensborough Community College
B.
Non-teaching Department
July 2013
DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES, 2012-2013
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each activity, please indicate
1. the type and topic of activity and name of organizer/presenter if applicable
2. whether department members organized the activities or gave presentations
or both
3. the date (select from the calendar drop-down; if you do not know the exact
date, use the first day of the month when it occurred)
4. the number attending the event
Type of Activity and Topic
Pathways information session
Organized, Presented,
or Both
Presented
Date
4/13
Number
Attending
50
Pathways training (4) sessions
Presented
4/13
80
C. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES/ACHIEVEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT’S
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, 2012-2013
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each administrative staff member with achievements to report:
1.
2.
3.
4.
enter name
select the type of achievement from the menu
enter the citation as it would appear in a publication or formal report
indicate the semester when the achievement was completed
Name
Achievement type (from
menu)
Citation
Semester
Brian A. Kerr
Website Development
Career Central Database
Sp ‘13
Brian A. Kerr
Conference
Attended annual NYSTAA
Conference
Sp ‘13
Brian A. Kerr
Title V Grant (Year 3, 4
& 5) still remains as
funding source.
Title V Grant (Making Transfer
Connections). MtC
Summer
‘13
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
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Book - authored
Book – edited
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Journal Article, other
Journal Article, peer-reviewed
Book, Chapter
Conference Presentation, other
Conference Presentation - published as proceedings
Book, introduction, preface, etc.
Lecture (Invited)
Art Exhibit Curated
Art Exhibited (juried show)
Service to department, College, University,
community, and/or professional society
Web Site Development
Other (scholarly or creative achievements
comparable to previous categories)
Direction/Choreography/Dramaturgy/Design (dance, theater,
film)
Performance (music, dance, theater)
Music Composition Published/Performed
Play Produced/Performed
Review/Commentary (including Blogging)
Awards
Patent
Materials Development
Grants awarded (title, awarding agency, amount and period
of award)
Curriculum or laboratory development, workshop conducted
Works submitted/accepted/in press or in progress; works
reprinted/republished
Service as a reviewer/editor/consultant
Conference, workshop, training attended
Other (please explain)
D. DEPARTMENT CHANGES, 2012-2013
INSTRUCTIONS:
Choose the type of change from the menu below and fill in the other columns.
Type (from menu)
Organizational
Change
Description of
Change
Addition of
departmental
responsibilities.
New role: Office
of Academic
Affairs lead to
the Academies,
liaison between
OAA and OSA,
and the Office of
Academic
Affairs lead to
the new
Academies
protocol.
Reason for
Date/Semester
Change
Restructuring
Spring 13
of the
department of
Academic
Affairs. Also,
in June ’13
Associate
Dean Cuomo
left the college
for a new role.
As a result of
the personnel
change,
additional
responsibilities
were required.
Evaluation of
Change*
Next year
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
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*Please note that, if change has been too recent to evaluate, you may indicate NA.
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Type of change
Personnel or organizational change
Service, program, or project change
Facilities/space
Equipment
Other
Description
New personnel, retirees, resignations, organizational changes, addition of
departmental responsibilities, CCAS (13.3b), reclassification, merit increase,
etc.
Changes to the number, volume, or type of services, programs, or projects
Renovations or development of new facilities (i.e., computer laboratories or
relocation)
Acquisition of new or disposition of old equipment
Other changes affecting the department not included above and including
interactions with other departments
E. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION, 2012-2013
INSTRUCTIONS:
Please fill in the table below according to the assessment you conducted this academic year.
In the column, “recommended action plan,” please indicate the reasons for the
recommended action(s) and any recommended modifications to target outcome(s).
Key Performance
Indicator*
Database
Updates
Partnership
Updates
CareerCentral
Updates
Target outcome(s)
for Key
Performance
Indicator**
Actual
outcome(s)
Worktowards
updating
articulation
agreements;
maintainthe
accuracyofthe
database.
Meetwithatleast
ten(10)partner
collegeseach
semester;workto
getQCClinkageto
partnerweb
pages.
Provideguidance
andsupportfor
CareerCentral.
Conductthree
Completed‐but
continuingona
yearlybasis.
Survey
Continuing
transfer
patternstosee
ifstudentsare
usingthe
database.
Completed
Linkageswillbe
acontinuing
process.
Provide
Continuing
greater
opportunities
tomeetwith
CUNYcolleges.
Notcompleted,
sinceprogram
waslaunchedat
thebeginningof
Developa
surveyto
measurethe
usefulnessof
Recommended
action plan
Recommended
status of Core
Activity and KPI
(see menu)
Continuing
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department
meetingsa
thefall13
semesterwithkey semester.
facultyandstaffto
ensurebuy‐inand
usageoftool.
July 2013
thesite.
Notes:
*The items in this column correspond to “indicators to be assessed” in part A, column 3.
**To be more effective and meaningful, assessment efforts should focus on selected KPIs each academic year; over time, assessments should be
rotated through all the department’s KPIs.
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Completed
Continuing
Modified
Discontinued
Core activity has been completed
Core activity and KPI will continue as before
Core activity and KPI have been modified
Core activity and KPI have been discontinued
F. ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR NEW YEAR, 2013-2014
Core Activity
(New Year)
Key
Performance
Indicator
(New Year)
Target
Outcome(s)*
Plan for Achieving
Target Outcome
Divisional
Head
Approval
(Date)
Maintainand
update
relational
database. Cultivatenew
partnerships.
Provide
administrative
supportand
maintenance
forthe
relational
database;
maintenance
andupdatesfor
course
designation
changesunder
Pathways.
Workclosely
withprivate
collegesto
developinroads
toinclude
richer
experiencesand
better
Maintainintegrity
oftheprocess,
informingand
meetingwith
Senior
Information
Technology
Specialist.
Workwiththe
transfer
coordinator,
academy
advisors,and
otherstudent
affairs
professionalsto
cultivateaculture
ofcompletion.
Launchnew
componentsof
websitethathost
greater
informationon
transferand
assessment.
Colleges who do
not provide data
will not be
referenced in our
on-line database.
Queensborough Community College
scholarshipfor
students;bring
SUNYschools
onboardusing
IRdatawhich
showcasesthe
collegethatour
studentsare
transferringto;
findinroads
withinthe
CUNYsystemto
developnew
dual/joint
programs.
CareerCentral
Maintenanceof
willbecomeand therelational
educationaland databaseledto
informational
there‐creation
ofCareer
tool. Central;arrange
regular
meetingswith
faculty,
academy
advisorsand
stafftodiscuss
usage.
Core Activity
Key
(New Year)
Performance
Indicator
(New Year)
Academies lead
for the Office of
Academic
Affairs.
Academies
Strategic Plan;
Academies
Protocol; OAA
liaison with
OSA.
Non-teaching Department
Increaseusageof
CareerCentral
toolby5%each
semester.
Workwith
campusarea
deanstocreate
collaborative
waysofworking
together.
Naturally,faculty
willbeapartof
thisplan.
Target
Outcome(s)*
Plan for Achieving
Target Outcome
Maintain integrity
of the strategic
planning process.
July 2013
Divisional
Head
Approval
(Date)
Continue to finetune line items to
be more strategic
and measurable.
*Targets indicated here will direct assessment efforts for the following year – see part A, column 3.
Before submitting your year-end report to the Assessment Office, please submit it to your divisional head for
review and approval. The finished version submitted to the Assessment Office will be posted as a pdf
document on the college’s Assessment Web site.