1. Friday, October 16, 2015  Dawn Cullity, VFA User Support Specialist and Project Coordinator  Bernadette Holloway, VFA Project Manager Demo the VFA: A tour of the data tools and resources

2. Need Today’s Agenda Action  Why and how the VFA was created  Tour of the VFA  The Data Tool  Account Access  Data Collection  Exports

3. The Voluntary Framework of Accountability is the first, national system of accountability specifically for community colleges, by community colleges Why the VFA was developed

4. Need Our Colleges 12.4 million credit and non-credit students enroll in our open-access institutions 59% of students who enroll in community colleges earn a credential, transfer, complete, or are still enrolled in higher education in six years 61% of our students are enrolled part-time 40% of our students are enrolled in non-credit More than 60% of our students require developmental education 459,073 certificates are awarded by community colleges each year 59% 61% part-time 6-year outcome 60% Developmental need 40% non-credit

5. The Next Big Things Goal Strengthen our accountability

6. Alignment Burden Reduction Objectives for the VFA: Accountability and Institutional Assessment Value-added metrics for accountability National benchmarking for good practices Opportunity to streamline reporting / relieve IR capacity Ability to tell a better, more robust story Better data to inform public policy and advocacy

7. Our Work Launched in November 2013, AACC’s VFA Program and Data Tool: Provides the first national, comprehensive, and consistent way to measure community colleges’ missions and students Gives useful data – in dashboards and reports – to do assessment, benchmarking, and accountability and inform decision-making Tracks completions, progress, transfer, workforce, and ABE Tells the community college story

8. Cohorts Reporting VFA Measures Six Year Two Year Timeframes Cohort Types Main Cohort Credential Seeking Cohort First Time In College Cohort Measures: SPO Six Year Outcomes Two Year Progress Developmental Education Progress Measures

9. Cohorts Reporting VFA, cont. Measures Career & Technical Education Measures Adult Basic Education Measures CTE Cohort ABE Cohort

12. Data Landing page

13. Raw Data Files Upload

15. Outcomes Dashboard: Developmental Education

16. Outcomes Dashboard: Two-Year Progress

17. Benchmarking Dashboard: Selectors

18. Benchmarking Dashboard: Peer Colleges

19. Benchmarking Dashboard: Six-Year Outcomes

20. VFA Exports: Excel & PDF

21. Resources: VFA Data Help Center http://vfa.aacc.nche.edu/helpcenter/Pages/Help-Center.aspx

22. Resources: VFA Webinars http://vfa.aacc.nche.edu/webinars/Pages/default.aspx

23. Resources: VFA User Community

24. Y2, Y3, Y4… Voluntary Framework of Accountability  We welcome Questions & Feedback  Contact VFA at VFA@aacc.nche.eduVFA@aacc.nche.edu  Web site: http://vfa.aacc.nche.edu principle accountability system