CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR S OFFICE CCCAOE Conference Tools of the Future: Making Use of the Launchboard and Salary Surfer October 24, 2013 1
Understanding the Launchboard The Launchboard is a new data resource that can be used to view the movement ofthe needle onstudent success in career technical education (CTE). Hosted by Cal PASS, the Launchboard aggregates g program level data including: Student characteristics, progress, and completion from the Chancellor s Office dtb database Wage data from EDD Employment outcomes from the CTE Employment Outcomes Survey Labor market information from EMSI Local information such as low unit certificates and industry certifications California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 2
Launchboard Origins Concept was developed at a statewide planning meeting of diverse CTE stakeholders (June 2012) Structure and metrics were developed by the RP Group, Cal PASS, Centers of Excellence, and WestEd as a proof of concept (July November 2012) Chancellor s Office adopted the concept and expanded the scope to include the Common Metrics used for Workforce and Economic Development grant reporting (December 2012 January 2013) California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 3
Launchboard Origins Four colleges agreed to gather and share information so that the concept could be tested with live data (February April 2013) Cal PASS built out the infrastructure for fullscale implementation (May December 2013) Beta version released for preliminary feedback (September October 2013) California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 4
Launchboard Contents Launchboard tab: commonly available metrics grouped into categories such as enrollment, employment, and demand Common Metrics tab: grant reporting metrics Event Manager: tool for capturing information on students who are not included in the Chancellor s Office MIS Database (ARCC) California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 5
Launchboard Contents California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 6
Logging In Go to www.calpassplus.org/launchboard Enter your user name and password for Cal PASS If you don t have a user name and password, send an email to help@calpass.org to request one from your college email account California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 7
Launchboard Tab View programlevel information in categories such as enrollment, employment, and demand. California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 8
Launchboard Tab Drill down to see how outcomes vary for student characteristics such as demographics or DSPS and EOPS status California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 9
Common Metrics Tab Upload information on metrics required for Doing What Matters braided funding (detailed instructions available soon) California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 10
Event Manager Tab Capture data on learners who are not enrolled as students, such as contract education participants California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 11
Launchboard 1.0 Roll Out: Aggregation & Infrastructure Available now: Common Metrics and Event Manager tabs for all colleges Launchboard tab available for 35 colleges who participated in the CTE Employment OutcomesSurvey last year Coming soon: Ability for Doing What Matters key talent to see data by region or sector by December Resources on how to upload data into the Common Metrics tab will be available by January Launchboard tab available for all remaining colleges by January California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 12
Launchboard 2.0 Roll Out: Expansion & Actionability Include additional metrics (e.g., apprenticeship, K 12 pathway alignment) Add more functionality (e.g., cohort tracking, CTE Employment Outcomes Surveyquerytool) Build reports that use Launchboard data to support common data conversations (e.g., board reports, faculty engagement, program review) California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 13
Give Us Your Feedback! If your college s data is in the Launchboard tab, review it If your college s data isn t in the Launchboard tab, review the data on the four pilot colleges Fill out a survey about the structure, content, and reporting functionality of the Launchboard tabs (available in November) California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 14
Outcomes Reporting: Doing What Matters Timeline Fall 2013: grantees identify their threecommon Metrics and give updates on their work to prepare for data collection in the Common Discussion template Winter/Spring 2014: grantees upload data from previous years for their three Common Metrics and describe progressin thecommon Discussion template Summer/Fall 2014: grantees upload or view data from 2013 14 14 and report on how these outcomes were used to drive program improvement in the Common Discussion template California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 15
Outcomes Reporting Resources During the fall, the Chancellor s Office will reach out to other stakeholders researchers, researchers, IT, and college administrators to to alert them about data requests In January 2014, resources will be available for uploading metrics: user guide for Key Talent upload guide for institutional research and IT staff technical assistance from the Chancellor s Office, the RP Group, and the Centers of Excellence By January, some metrics will be auto populated with Chancellor s Office data Information on how to gather each metric is available now as a popup window by each metric, if you want to better understand what will be required for each one California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 16
Find Out More Visit www.calpass.org to view the Launchboard, populated with information from four pilot colleges and the 35 participants in the CTE Employment Outcomes Survey Findresources to explain thelaunchboard at http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/weddgranteeresources.aspx Send your questions and comments to launchboard@cccco.edu California Community Colleges Chancellor s Office 112 Colleges 72 Districts 2.6 Million Students 17
Salary Surfer and Wage Tracker Tools on Datamart Ryan Fuller Technology, Research & Information Systems (TRIS) Date/Version #
Methodology Completers or graduates are joined with EDDUI wage dt data using SSNs Both wage methodologies break out by award discipline and award type 6 digit Taxonomy of Program (TOP) code Certificates and Associate Degrees
Methodology Graduates scrubbed of the following: Still enrolled anywhere in higher h education, including CCC after date of award 21 and under at time of award Clean leavers wages measured from 2 to +5 yrs. Ifperson earned >$1 in any reported quarter, they are considered in and counted Sum all quarters of wages to student annual wage All data adjusted to current CPI
Methodologies System Wage Tracker (Salary Surfer) Award completers over 5 academic years Calculate median wages by discipline and award type Median calculated for studentswith wages 2 years before award, 2 years after and 5 years after award College Wage Tracker (DataMart) Award completers over 8 academic years Median wages by discipline, award type and college Median calculated for students in cohort with wages 3 years after award
System vs. College Methodology System College
Salary Surfer (System Wage Tracker) Wages by Discipline http://salarysurfer.cccco.edu/salarysurfer.aspx Measured median wages at: 2 years before award date (previous employment) 2 years after award date (roughly, starting salary) 5 years after award date (roughly, journey salary) Minimum n=10 wage matches Includes listing of colleges with programs
Wages by College by Discipline Wages by Discipline by College http://datamart.cccco.edu/outcomes/default. aspx Median wages for 8 years of graduates at: 3 years after award date Timeline for measuring 8 years of cohorts at 2 to +5 was too long (15 years)
Data Caveats EDDUI Data contains wages of occupations covered by CA Unemployment tinsurance Excludes military, federal government, self employed, out of state tt and unemployed Not able to determine part time or full time wages, hours worked orkednot in theeddui data. Only students with SSNs (11% missing) Wages are adjusted for inflation to current dollars using the California CPI U
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Analysis Caveats Region/locale significantly impacts wages, so caution in comparing earnings across thestate Wages are not necessarily from employment associated with a particular award discipline Wage outcomes should not be a sole measure of institutional effectiveness/program quality Other factors besides earnings motivate students to earn an award in a specific discipline
Accessing Tools and Resources Query modules using both methods are available in Datamart System Wage Tracker & College Wage Tracker Salary Surfer is the same as System Wage Tracker and available at salarysurfer.cccco.edu Additional wage resources on our webpage