NOVA is moving from data to information to action with a College-wide data coaching model designed to bring data to practitioners to influence frontline, data-driven decisions.
Program Overview
Data Close to Practice is a data coaching model developed in support of NOVA’s commitment to equity and evidence-based decision making. By building a collaborative partnership between OIR and campus-/unit-based practitioners, the program improves access to data while empowering frontline faculty and staff to use data to inform practices, policies, and programs. Through a sustained, multi-year focus on data access and literacy, the program helps NOVA practitioners to build a culture of data inquiry and evidence-based decision making. These efforts will support the College-wide goal of identifying and closing equity gaps and moving the needle on student success.
Program Goals
- Support a cross-functional, campus- and unit-based, team-led process
- Improve data literacy at all levels of the College
- Democratize data by reducing barriers to access and providing data directly to practitioners
- Foster a culture of data inquiry and evidence by empowering practitioners to access, understand, and use data on their own
- Advocate for, host, and lead collaborative, collegial, and courageous data-driven discussions
- Employ data to lead and affect cultural and institutional transformation
- Identify equity gaps in student success outcomes
- Identify practices, policies, and programs to close equity gaps and help every student succeed