Edmonds Community College and it’s employees operate many caring and unique academic and student support programs to help students to “be successful” in college courses, obtain gainful employment and transferring to universities, but in the past, Edmonds has been too busy doing the tasks involved in running programs to carefully assess and describe the powerful effectiveness of its programs. Every day, I come to work thinking of ways to improve how students gain access to information about attending college, complete a degree or certificate and secure employment or transfer to a university. I have earned two graduate degrees in School Counseling and Community Counseling. My entire professional career has been dedicated to improving the lives of people through education. In addition to my enthusiasm for working with students and the public, I am interested in collecting information and reporting on institutional processes to inform improvements in outcomes for students such as the accessibility of information, communication from college programs, fuller utilization of support programs by students and …show more content…
Currently, I am enthusiastic by the College’s strategic enrollment management effort. I want very much to be involved in this process. I have a great deal of interest in gathering information, using data and reporting on processes. I think this way. I keep notes and records of my interactions with students. I am quick to notice details, trends and patterns. In my current role at Edmonds Community College, I seek to use data to improve the effective use of advising resources. I have used my own research to improve the rate of offering New Student Advising sessions, recording advisor notes on student appointments in SARS, and use the of a student scheduling system to manage and record drop-in advising, appointments and program information