Super User Training Program Overview
In April 2016 the Office of the CFO and campus finance leaders launched the Cal Answers Student Data Super User Training Program. The main role of the Super Users is to provide the important function of ensuring our campus has a cohesive group of senior-level data analysts with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to help define and analyze the most critical student data issues. Cal Answers Student Data includes information about undergraduate applicants, curriculum, demographics and outcomes, and financial aid.
Super Users were selected by their leadership team because of their data analysis experience, knowledge of their unit’s priorities and processes, and innovative problem-solving skills. The group was invite-only and will be the foundation of the broader campus-wide Community of Practice launching in July 2017.
The Super User program provided these select staff with a unique leadership and professional development opportunity to become an expert in a campus-wide tool that supports data-driven decision making and now offer our campus units a local person to assist them with their Cal Answers Student Data analytical research.
Co-Chairs
The Co-Chairs of the Cal Answers Student Data Community of Practice are:
- Dat Le, Assistant Dean of Administration for the College of Engineering
- Sereeta Alexander, Institutional Research Analyst, Office of Planning & Analysis
Capstone Graduation
At the end of the training program in May 2017, the Super Users completed a Capstone project where they utilized Cal Answers Student Data to answer a unit specific question, documented the actions taken to solve and summarized their results in a poster graduation session.
