RCC's College Effectiveness Council
The College Effectiveness Council’s mission is to provide the College with necessary guidance and relevant data to engage in ongoing, purposeful, systematic, and comprehensive planning, assessment and continuous improvement processes that lead to mission fulfillment.
The Council’s responsibilities are set forth in its charter and are provided below:
- Assist with preparations for compliance monitoring by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).
- Encourage and monitor a culture of planning, assessment, and continuous improvement for performance excellence.
- Coordinate data gathering and analyses as part of the environmental scanning process required in college-wide planning (NWCCU Standard 1.B.4)
- Assist with the development of a college-wide strategic plan that includes the mission, vision, values, and goals or core themes, and measurable objectives and action plans supported by appropriately defined data and analysis used to evaluate adaptability, sustainability, and fulfillment of the college’s mission (NWCCU Standards 1.A, 1.B)
- Coordinate and track assessment of strategic planning goals, including the objectives for each goal, and using verifiable indicators of achievement to form the basis for evaluating accomplishments; and, for improvement purposes through evaluation of plans, programs, and services (NWCCU Standard 1.B.1).
- Maintain a CEC page within the college’s website that provides access to key indicators of achievement, RCC’s strategic plan, other planning documents, assessment reports, and recommendations, and necessary planning and communication tools.