The hard work of the Employee Engagement Tiger Team resulted in the identification of three priority areas and seven specific actions that the President’s Council in turn committed to putting into action.
Below is an update of the progress that the President’s Council has made to date on each of the seven action items.
Priority #1 – Communications
- Action #1 – A Single Virtual Portal (In-progress)
In October 2014 the Employee Portal pilot (myAC) was launched to 400 College Employees. Roll-out to college community is forthcoming. - Action #2 – Regular Collaboration Time (In-progress)
Student Services has taken the lead and is in the process of reviewing the College calendar for opportunities. A formal list of options will be presented to the College Leadership Council for feedback. In the meantime, all administrators were encouraged to hold regular departmental meetings.
Priority #2 – Celebrate Success and Deal with Low Performance
- Action #3 – Count Part-time Hours Towards Lifetime Service Awards (In-progress)
Human Resources are reviewing various formulas for attributing part-time hours towards lifetime service. A process will be in place in Fall 2015. - Action #4 – Open Nominations for College Awards Year-round (Completed)
Advancement has simplified the process for nominating employees for all College awards, including opening nominations year-round and increasing recognition of both recipients and nominators. To nominate an employee for any number of College awards visit https://www.algonquincollege.com/employee-awards. - Action #5 – Accountability for Low Performance (Completed)
In September 2014 Human Resources launched the Management Academy. The Academy will ensure administrators with supervisory responsibilities have the skills and tools to be successful Leaders.
Priority #3 – Streamline Internal Processes
- Action #6 – Grade Reporting Process (In-progress)
Automation of the Grade Entry and Review process is well underway. The scope of the first release will allow faculty to enter and submit grades online, will facilitate program E&P meetings, and will facilitate Chair approval and submission of grades to the student records. The re-engineered process will be piloted in Winter 2015 term with the overall objective to be fully operational for Fall 2015. - Action #7 – Student Course Feedback (SCF) (In-progress)
The hard work of the Student Course Feedback (SCF) Working Group has paid off. The SCF course response rate improved year-over-year by over 15,000 responses for a 15 percentage-point increase in participation, from 20% in Fall 2013 to 35% in Fall 2014. Next steps include reviewing the survey results and compiling a report identifying high-level action items for improvement. Faculty is encouraged to talk to their Chairs about what they can do to get involved.
