Employee Listening Sessions seek comments on College climate
Starting Thursday, July 22, and continuing periodically through August and September, a series of Employee Listening Sessions will be hosted by President Monica Posey.
See below for dates for the Listening Sessions and how to sign up to attend a virtual or in-person session.
Dr. Posey said the goal of these voluntary sessions is to share experiences of the past year and a half, to take steps toward improving the College’s ability for employees to work together, and to prepare for the PACE Survey that will take place in Fall.
Dr. Posey said the feedback from the Listening Sessions will be incorporated into Fall 2021 planning.
- The PACE (Personnel Assessment of the College Experience) Survey is implemented every three years at Cincinnati State.
- The survey, which is administered by the independent National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness (NILIE), focuses on 5 areas related to the institutional climate:
- Institutional Structure
- Student Focus
- Supervisory Relationships
- Teamwork
- Overall Climate
- About 20% of all full-time and part-time College employees participated in the 2018 PACE survey. Dr. Posey said she hopes more employees will participate in the 2021 survey.
- Click to download the Executive Summary of the 2018 PACE Survey. Additional informational is available on the College intranet: Institutional Research Reports > Survey Results > PACE Results.
Each listening session will last an hour and a half, and sessions are offered virtually and in person.
- At each session Dr. Posey will share the 2018 PACE overview and listen to employee comments during the first 30 minutes.
- Then Jeffrey Stec, the executive director of Citizens for Civic Renewal, who is assisting with the College’s strategic planning process, will facilitate additional discussion using questions listed below.
Listening Session Sign-Up:
Please sign up at least 2 days before the session you will attend (see dates below), using this online form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M83SQCL
- After you register for a virtual session, you’ll receive the Zoom link.
- In-person sessions will be held in the President’s Dining Room, ATLC 236.
- Additional sessions will be scheduled if needed, including additional sessions for adjunct faculty after Fall classes start.
- If you have questions, please contact Angelica Kennedy at angelica.kennedy@cincinnatistate.edu.
Listening Session Dates:
- July 22, 1:30 p.m., VIRTUAL for Administrators
- Aug. 2, 1 p.m., VIRTUAL for Staff
- Aug. 2, 3:30 p.m., VIRTUAL for Program Chairs
- Aug. 4, 8:30 a.m., IN-PERSON for Staff
- Aug. 11, 11:30 a.m., IN-PERSON for Administrators
- Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m., VIRTUAL for Adjunct Faculty
- Aug. 20, 8 a.m., VIRTUAL for Adjunct Faculty
- Sep. 10, 1 p.m., VIRTUAL for Full-time Faculty
- Sep. 17, 1 p.m., IN-PERSON for Program Chairs
- Sep. 24, 2 p.m., IN-PERSON for Full-time Faculty
Discussion Questions:
Jeffrey Stec will lead discussion of these questions after a brief review of the 2018 PACE Survey report.
As you consider Cincinnati State’s Institutional Structure, Student Focus, Supervisory Relationships, Teamwork, and Overall Climate…
- What were the benefits of the changes made after the 2018 PACE report?
- What are the gifts and strengths of our culture, and how can we expand their impact going forward?
- How does our culture need to evolve so that we can continue to innovate and therefore better meet student needs in the future?
- What do leaders at all levels need to know about the culture you personally experience in your department?
- Three years from now, how would you know that our culture was “right”?