Employee Awards, Recognitions, Celebrations and Professional Development Assessment

Rationale for Indicator: Employee responses to the 2021 Great Colleges to Work For (GCTWF) survey rating for “employee awards and recognitions” indicated that the College needs to review its programs for acknowledging and honoring its employees. Research consistently shows that employee engagement, retention, and workplace culture are linked to personal recognition of employee contributions and performance and that employees who receive positive recognition are twenty times as likely to be engaged as employees who receive poor recognition.

 

Definition: Progress towards this 2023-27 Strategic Plan indicator and action project is tracked using the following GCTWF questions:

1. 1. I am regularly recognized for my contributions.
   2. Our recognition and awards programs are meaningful to me.
   3. I am given the opportunity to develop my skills at this institution.
   4. I have access to the training I need to do my job well.

 

Targets: Results from responses to GCTWF questions are reported based on the percent of employees agreeing with each statement: Poor (0 – 44%); Warrants Attention (45 – 50%); Fair to Mediocre (55 – 64%); Good (65 – 74%); Very Good to Excellent (75 – 100%).

 

Based on this, the College set a target for this indicator as follows:

• • Met: 3 or more questions score in the Good or greater category
  • Almost Met: 2 of 4 questions score in the Good or greater category
  • Not Met: 1 or fewer questions score in the Good or greater category

 

Peer Institutions: COCC uses the comparator institution data provided by Modern Think, the organization that coordinates the GCTWF survey. This data is aggregated from other, similarly sized community colleges who administered the survey, providing an average score across all participating institutions.

 

Progress: The College used the 2021 GCTWF as its baseline, with the most recent results from the 2024 survey. It is important to note that the survey is only administered every three years, so the next available results will be spring 2027.

 

	% Strongly Agree or Agree
	2021 Baseline	Target	2024 Results
I am regularly recognized for my contributions.	59%	65%	67% (Met)
Our recognition and awards programs are meaningful to me.	37%	65%	47% (Not Met)
I am given the opportunity to develop my skills at this institution.	82%	65%	76% (Met)
I have access to the training I need to do my job well.	70%	65%	69% (Met)

 

Additional data can be reviewed by visiting the 2023-27 Strategic Plan assessment page and the College Sustainability indicator.