Utilizing Committee Review

Ashlee Cutsinger
Ashlee Cutsinger
Name Dropper Participant First Anniversary Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud K–12 Education Solutions™ General Discussions

I have set up our first Committee Review through Enrollment Management. Can I get a few reviews on why you like utilizing this feature for admissions? I am hesitant that our Principals will have some push back on this since it requires them to go in on their own time and review each student. We typically all meet (which is carved out time) to go over each prospective student/family and make a decision at the table together as a team about two times a week during February - April.

Do you feel utilizing the Committee Review eliminates leadership getting together to make decisions, or do you still get together and discuss each family? Any input will help me in moving forward. Thanks everyone!

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  • Troy Burki
    Troy Burki
    Fifth Anniversary Kudos 2 Name Dropper Participant

    @Ashlee Cutsinger you can make use of Committee Review in a number of different ways. We set up individual committees for application readers to review their set of assigned files, then larger committees where applicants are discussed within the entire Admissions Committee, followed by subsequent rounds if needed. You can also utilize Committee Review to provide information about applicants/incoming students to staff who aren't necessarily part of the admissions process and you don't want to give full access to the EM module (department chairs, learning specialists, etc.) Ultimately, it's a centralized place to view the full overview of a candidate's file and gather feedback and recommendations in an organized way.

  • Ashlee Cutsinger
    Ashlee Cutsinger
    Name Dropper Participant First Anniversary Facilitator 1

    @Troy Burki, it's good to hear that you utilize this feature and seem to find it useful and helpful! Thank you for your feedback.

  • Nancy Kierstead
    Nancy Kierstead
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 3 Name Dropper Participant

    @Ashlee Cutsinger Our Admissions team uses Committee Review. Everything is in one place, and people can have just the right access. Our admissions committees do all of their individual reviews and post their recommendations and notes via the Committee Review process. They do meet in person after everyone has been reviewed to discuss and make the final decisions, however.

    Similar to Troy, we have an additional committee that only shows certain documents that are needed for MS scheduling and placement. Our admissions director builds this committee after all decisions have been made and students have been contracted. The MS Math chair can then review what is needed to place new students in the appropriate course. It's especially helpful when students are admitted over the summer and our MS schedulers need access to information virtually.

  • Susan Ott
    Susan Ott
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 3 Name Dropper Participant

    @Nancy Kierstead and @Troy Burki, how do you handle applicants that have applied in previous years with regard to the multiple applications, teacher recs, etc.? I can't find a way to limit the forms that show based on the entering year. It is confusing to our committee members because the way it shows to them, there is no way to know what admission year each form is from unless they open them. We would love to have the option to only show the most current submissions for each category. I'm hoping I've missed a simple setting in EM since that area is not my domain.

  • Troy Burki
    Troy Burki
    Fifth Anniversary Kudos 2 Name Dropper Participant

    @Susan Ott My understanding is that the files section of the committee basically pulls from the Files & Forms section of a candidate's record for the corresponding admissions year. I just pulled up a few candidates that have applied multiple times and could just see the most recent application form, teacher recommendations, interview notes, etc. School attachments like transcripts do carry over from previous admissions years, along with any miscellaneous file type documents. I'm not sure exactly how you have your checklists/files set up but it could have to do with how files are uploaded or categorized in candidate records.

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