1. Cañada College The Evaluation of the Participatory Governance Process—Employee Voice
Office of Planning, Research, and Institutional Effectiveness
September 7, 2016
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2. Purpose of the Participatory Governance Process Survey
To evaluate the impact of our processes on planning
To meet accreditation standards
To make changes
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3. Survey Process emailed to Cañada Employees in May 2016. one reminder
58 questions were asked
45 Likert-Scale questions, 7 open-ended questions, 6 demographic questions
120 surveys completed
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4. Participants' Demographics
Employment Status # %
Membership
Gender
Full-time Classified 28
26%
Participatory Governance Members 47
43%
Male 29
27%
Part-time Classified 4 4%
Non Participatory Governance Members 63
57%
Female 80
73%
Full-time Faculty 40
37%
Total
110
100%
109
Part-time Faculty 17
16%
Student 6 6%
Committee
Ethnicity
Administrator/Supervisor 12
11%
Planning & Budgeting Council (19)
63%
African American 5 5%
107
Instructional Planning Council (15) 9
60%
Asian 8 8%
Student Services Planning Council (23) 15
65%
Hispanic 18
18%
Administrative Planning Council (11)
55%
White 56
Academic Senate (11)
82%
Other
12%
Classified Senate (7)
86% 99
Associated Students of Cañada College (8) 7
88%
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5. Summary of Questions (1 of 3)
Overall, I feel safe on campus
(mean: 3.4; agree or strongly agree: 95.8%)
Overall, Cañada College provides a high quality learning experience for students
(mean: 3.4; agree or strongly agree: 95.6%)
Overall, the participatory governance process is working well at Cañada.
(mean: 2.8; agree or strongly agree 71.2%) (last year 3.2; 85%)
4-point Likert Scale: 1=strongly disagree and 4= strongly agree
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6. Summary of Questions (2 of 3)
Strengths
My supervisor encourages me to do high quality work.
Providing excellent service to students is acknowledged in my area.
I know where to refer students to various support services on campus (e.g., financial aid, DRC, learning center, etc.)
My supervisor encourages me to do high quality work. (3.5, 96.7%)
Providing excellent service to students is acknowledged in my area. (3.4)
I know where to refer students to various support services on campus (e.g., financial aid, DRC, learning center, etc.) (3.4)
4-point Likert Scale: 1=strongly disagree and 4= strongly agree
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7. Summary of Questions (3 of 3)
Challenges
Cañada College provides sufficient opportunities for promotion.
Cañada College provides adequate opportunities for training in technology related to my area of responsibility.
Employees have adequate opportunities to participate in the development of financial plans and budgets.
Cañada College provides sufficient opportunities for promotion. (2.46, 47.8%)
Cañada College provides adequate opportunities for training in technology related to my area of responsibility. (2.54)
Employees have adequate opportunities to participate in the development of financial plans and budgets. (2.56, 53.1%)
4-point Likert Scale: 1=strongly disagree and 4= strongly agree
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8. Summary of Comments Strengths Challenges Great place to work
Student first climate
Good planning processes
Challenges
Transparency of the processes on decision making related to hiring, participatory governance system, budget, and enrollment.
Too much work, not meaningful, waste of time related to program review and assessment.
Strengths:
I am very proud to work at Cañada College. I feel that I have the support from my leadership to carry out the vision for my program and from my colleagues to engage the day-to-day activities leading towards student success…
I want to commend the excellent work of the Humanities Division Dean and faculty, ACES, Retention Specialist, ESL Coordinator, EPOS, DRC, STEM, AFT…
Program review is extremely useful for programs going through the process as it provides an opportunity to review accomplishments, recognize efforts and reflect on existing practices…
The College consistently reviews and reflects on the planning and program review process, and makes changes based on the results…
The campus climate is very student focused and collaborative…
Participatory Governance is valued highly at Cañada College. There are multiple opportunities for sharing perspectives and providing input…
I appreciate the support provided by the Budget and Finance Office…
There has been a growing visible improvement in branding of Cañada College both on and off campus…
Challenges:
It is extremely frustrating to go through the participatory governance system time after time and repeatedly be told by the president that we cannot hire new faculty. Yet, we continue to hire new administrators and support staff, year after year…
There is poor communication with the entire college about what is funded and why…
Faculty morale is at an all-time low…
Program review is too often, too long, a waste of time…
Student learning outcomes is not really useful, waste of time. We rarely have time to talk about what matters— pedagogy, curriculum, student challenges and how to meet them
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9. Comments and Questions
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