Institutional Planning and Effectiveness Committee (IPEC)

Charge and Responsibilities

The Institutional Planning and Effectiveness Committee (IPEC) provides institution-level planning priority recommendations to the College President.  In addition, IPEC evaluates key college processes and metrics in order to make recommendations or share information to improve student learning and institutional outcomes.

The responsibilities of IPEC include, but are not limited to:

1. Creating planning priorities by primarily utilizing the College’s Mission, Vision and Values Statements, strategic plans, Program Reviews, SLOs/SAOs, institutional research, and accreditation In addition, planning priorities are informed by a variety of sources, including district priorities, and State, Federal, and ACCJC* mandates, as required

2. Guiding the institutional and strategic planning efforts, by establishing planning priorities
3. Reviewing institutional responses to State, Federal and accreditation mandates to ensure incorporation into institutional planning
4. Identifying, reviewing and revising, as necessary, processes for:
   1. Integrating the College strategic planning documents, including SLO/SAO and Program Review documents, into planning
   2. Integrating and communicating the planning priorities to committees for allocation purposes
5. Evaluating key college processes and metrics and integrating the findings into the planning process
6. Providing direction to the Institutional Research office to generate the data and analysis necessary for the planning efforts needed by the college
7. Communicating adopted planning priorities and the rationale behind them to College and College Council
8. Reviewing, documenting, and reporting on accreditation standards linked to  IPEC’s charge
9. Evaluating IPEC’s charge, tasks and membership on a regular basis

Membership

Administrators

• Rajinder Samra - Director of Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness (Chair)
• Sean Brooks - VP, Administrative Services
• Jeanne Wilson - VP, Student Services
• Nan Ho  - VP, Academic Services

Faculty

• Karin Spirn - A&H
• Nadiyah Taylor - BSSL
• Paul Sapsford - PATH
• Ruchira Majumdar - STEM
• Michael Schwarz  - Student Sevices

Classified Professionals

• Lina Chea - Classified Senate
• Maria Glidden - Classified Senate
• Aubrie Ross - Classified Senate
• Suzanne Kohler - Classified Senate
• Vacant - Classified Senate

Students

• Zarlasht Ahmadzai - Student Government

• Jason Angelov - Student Government