THE VISION: BRINGING RESEARCH

AND PRACTICE TOGETHER AT

BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE

Using Data Meaningfully

C R E A T E D B Y T H E D A T A T E A M

The Data Team

Sonya Christian, President

Zav Dadabhoy, Vice President of Student Affairs

Heidi Gilliard, Institutional Research Analyst

Michael McNellis, Department Chair, Philosophy

Emmanuel Mourtzanos, Dean of Instruction

Liz Rozell, Interim Dean of Instruction

Patrick Serpa, Professor of Mathematics

Sue Vaughn, Director of Admissions

The Data Team

Long-term Goals

Make data part of an ongoing cycle of institutional and instructional improvement tied to student success.

Establish a clear vision for institutional and instructional data use.

Foster a “culture of inquiry” and evidence-based culture at BC.

The Data Team

Our 2013-14 Goals

To develop efficient and effective institutional policies and processes to facilitate access to and analysis of appropriate data to help identify areas of improvement or success.

To provide meaningful opportunities for data training, exploration, and analysis to increase data literacy on campus.

To engineer methods for data management.

Your Role Qualifications

To become effective and proficient data users

To help coach colleagues & departments how to use data to improve student success

See Data Coach description

A passion for education and a love of data!

Data Coaches/Ambassadors

Timeline of events

Big Events:Data Summit No. 1., Oct 31, 2013 Data Summit No. 2., March 14, 2013

On-going Events: Monthly Meetings: TBA

Important Dates: Last week of September: Preliminary Data ExerciseSeptember 30, 2013: Establish Data Ambassadors Team

YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:

• THE VISION OF THE DATA TEAM • YOUR RESEARCH INTERESTS• DATA SUMMIT ACTIVITIES

• DATA TRAINING • RECRUITMENT OF DATA AMBASSADORS

• POTENTIAL CHALLENGES AHEAD• OTHER

Discussion