An Examination of PACE survey results over time

Has the intentional strategy resulted in greater employee engagement?

What is PACE?• Personal Assessment of College

Environment• Provides evidence of employee

engagement, strengths and areas for improvement

• 46 standard questions, 10 custom questions

• NWTC has administered PACE 5 times– Focus today on last three years (2006,

2010, 2012)

Satisfaction with student focus has increased significantly

Overall Student Focus Institutional Structure Supervisory Relationships0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

2006 20102012 National Norm (2012)

Employees Increasingly Satisfied that NWTC “Catches Dreams”

Up nearly 20%

Percentage increase in employees “very satisfied” with extent to which students are central to what we do

18

More employees feel their job is relevant to College’s

mission

43.8% (2006)

50.8% (2010)

64.2% (2012)

52.8% (2012)36.5% (2010)26.5% (2006)Percentage of employees

“very satisfied”

Growing belief that students receive an excellent education

at NWTC

Number of employees “very satisfied” with extent to which NWTC prepares students for a

career also increasing2012: 55.5% 2010: 39.8% 2006:

31.5%

Questions? Please direct them to:Dr. Natalie KistnerInstitutional ResearcherNWTCnatalie.kistner@nwtc.edu

The Six Degrees of….

Well….. Kind of. The point is, we are all connected to student success!