Improving Pathways with Data The Wisconsin Career Pathway

Improving Pathways with Data: The Wisconsin Career Pathway Scorecard

CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE 11 -County District 4, 087 FTE 9, 908 Credit Students 8, 275 Non-Credit Students

Wisconsin Career Pathway Scorecard • TAACCCT 4, Exceeding the Cap • Advancing Careers of TAA and Transitioners (ACT 2) • Career Pathways Take Career Pathway Advancement in Wisconsin to Greater Scale and Alignment. Improving Pathways with Data

Measurement • Identify what metrics are important to WTCS Career Pathways; • Identify if participants in a pathway can be recognized within our existing data systems; • Identify if the WTCS data systems contained the data necessary to produce metrics of interest, as well as the capacity for longitudinal tracking. Improving Pathways with Data

Using Data to Inform Decisions • 20 Indicators • Key Transition Points • Multiple Data Sources • Institutional Research Staff • Curriculum Development/Approval Process

Engaging Stakeholders with Career Pathways Data Scenario: “I want to engage my Dean with outcome data related to embedded credential progression. How can I identify how many completers of Office Assistant (embedded credential) continue on to Executive Assistant (parent program)? ” Embedded Technical Diploma or WTCS Pathway Certificate Completion Pathway Progression Parent Program Enrollment Source: WTCS Program Approval & Client Reporting Required Data Points: District Fiscal Year Embedded Credential Required Data Points: District Fiscal Year Parent Program QRP Pathway Progression Cube

Identifying Career Pathway Participants in Embedded Credentials

Embedded Credential Completer Assumptions Ø We do not know student intent, but we can assume successful progression points in the pathway 1. Embedded Credential completer continues to the parent program in the pathway 2. Embedded Credential completer attains related employment after completion 3. Embedded Credential completer transfers to continue their education

Pathway Progression Data Systems Did the Embedded Credential completer enroll in the parent program in the Career Pathway? Successful Progression: Enrollment in parent program in same fiscal year or the next fiscal year Program Approval & Client Reporting Or Did the Embedded Credential completer attain related employment after completion? Successful Progression : Is your job related to the training you received at your College? Graduate Follow-Up Or Did the Embedded Credential completer transfer outside of the WTCS? Successful Progression : Transfer records enrollment begin date falls in the calendar year of completion or January through June of the next calendar year National Student Clearinghouse Pathway Progression Cube

Pathway Progression Cube

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Pathway Progression Cube, cont.

WTCS Business Intelligence for Student Success Data Systems Client Reporting Graduate Outcomes Metrics Business Intelligence – “…the acquisition and transformation of raw data into meaningful and useful information for business analysis purposes…” Enrollment Trends Course Completion Rate Data Warehouse (DW) WTCS Data Cubes & WTCS Portal Reports Retention Rate Graduation Rate National Student Clearinghouse Data Visualization Job Placement Rate Tableau Dashboards

Tableau Through the System Office WTCS Student Success Center, colleges will be provided access to and training for WTCS performance dashboards in the fall of 2017. Allows users to easily identify a high level performance measure and drill in to identify anomalies in the data to guide continuous improvement efforts.

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