Strategy, Insight, and Impact
The Division of Strategy, Insight, and Impact (DSII) at GateWay Community College supports planning and evidence-based decision making, fosters a culture of continuous improvement, and drives strategy. DSII orchestrates the following college-wide initiatives and activities: accreditation, assessment of student learning, college compliance, grants development and management, institutional research, strategic and operational planning, business process improvement, and GateWay College of Well-being efforts.
Mission
Vision: We strive to deliver actionable insights, leading to outcomes that transform student lives.
Mission: DSII supports planning and evidence-based decision making, fosters a culture of continuous improvement, and drives strategy.
Values:
- Accountability and Trust
- Data Integrity
- EBDM (Evidence-based decision-making for improvement)
- Social Mobility of our Students
- Solutions-focused
- Empowerment
- Operational Discipline
Planning and Research
Assessment of Student Learning
To support the District and Institutional mission, vision, purpose and core values, GateWay Community College is committed to ongoing assessment of student learning across the college to ensure continuous improvement, stewardship and accountability in providing quality student learning and student success (Suskie, 2018).
GateWay’s vision for assessment is to maintain and elevate the quality of academic programs through deliberate planning, reflective analysis, and data-driven action.
In collaboration with Academic and Student Affairs, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) within the Division of Strategy, Insight, and Impact, sets GateWay’s assessment process and promotes a culture of evidence and continuous improvement through:
- Ensuring alignment of assessment with the College’s mission, vision, and strategic goals
- Providing technical support, creating tools and resources, and monitoring assessment progress across the institution
- Communicating the purpose and impact of assessment across the College
- Researching sustainable and effective assessment practices and supporting the consistent application of these practices across the college
- Collaboring with stakeholders to develop assessment plans, identifying supporting artifacts, and consulting on data analysis and interpretation
- Maintaining the College repository for assessment work and communicating with College Leadership and the College community
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness supports GateWay Faculty and Instructors in developing and implementing assessment plans.