What’s Going on at SCC

1. What’s Going on at SCC Presented by: Corinna Evett

2. Purpose of Accreditation • What do you believe to be the purpose of accreditation? • To provide assurance to the public that education provided by institutions meets acceptable levels of quality • To promote continuous institutional improvement • To maintain the high quality of higher education institutions in the region/nation

3. ACCJC Encourages and Supports Institutional Development • How do you think that the ACCJC might encourage and support Institutional development? • Through establishing standards of quality based upon excellent practices in higher education • Through evaluating institutions with these standards using a three-part, peer review process that entails • Institutional self evaluation (internal) • External review • Commission review

4. Process Participants • Who participates in the accreditation process? • Faculty • Administration • Classified staff • Students

5. Faculty Participation • What role do faculty play in the accreditation process? • Representation on committees • Writing the report • Validating the accuracy of the report from the student perspective • Meeting with Accreditation team visitors

6. When accreditation works well... • Every constituency is involved • The college does a rigorous and honest self evaluation • Courses and programs are reviewed for usefulness and currency • Student pathways are reviewed • Budgeting, planning, and revenue allocation processes are examined

7. The Accreditation Standards • Standard I: Institutional Mission and Effectiveness • Standard II: Student Learning Programs and Services • Standard III: Resources • Standard IV: Leadership and Governance • Standards have undergone another revision • First reading took place in January 2014 • Input on the revisions is invited through 30 April 2014 • We may want to discuss this in our Steering Committees

8. Any Issues? • Please share any issues with accreditation that you identified during your table chats.

9. SAC’s Process: Now

10. SCC’s Process: Now • Current Accreditation Steering Committee Structure • Four Accreditation Co-chairs: • Academic Senate President • Curriculum & Instruction Council Chair • Assistant Dean of IE&A • VP Academic Affairs • Comprehensive Representation • Standard tri/quad chairs • Review and affirm final draft of Self Evaluation • Standard Committees • Write to the standards • Collect evidence

11. SCC’s Process: Later • Proposed Future Accreditation Committee and Steering Committee Structure • Revise collegial governance committees to: • Include accreditation related items in committee responsibilities • Discuss standards each year • Create and submit outlines and evidence to Accreditation Co-chairs • Accreditation Co-chairs monitor submissions and post information on Sharepoint • Allows for accreditation related/inspired college wide discussions year round • Hopefully, alleviates the mad rush to compile evidence and write to the standard a year and a half before the next Self Evaluation

12. Joint Senate/District Issues • Common Curriculum • Prerequisite Process • Administrative Regulations • Board Policies • ARs and BPs as Topics of Discussion • Administrative Recruitment and Employment Regulations—AR4102.4 • AR 9025 & BP 6620—Naming District Properties and Facilities • BP 3570 Smoking on Campus

13. Planning and Organizational Effectiveness (POE) Committee • Responsibilities • RSCCD Comprehensive Master Plan and the RSCCD Strategic Plan • Keep District Planning on course with the RSCCD Planning Design Manual • Lead coordination of district and college planning activities • Prepare annual Progressive Report on RSCCD Comprehensive Master Plan • Coordinate accreditation activities between colleges and District Services including the delineation of District/College Functions • Review institutional research activities and results as well as resource development activities (grants) • What we’re discussing now. . .

14. Have a Stupendous Spring!