The Dream Visit Presenters: Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College Richard Mahon, Riverside City College Beth Smith, Grossmont College Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Accreditation Institute, March 19-20, 2010
Dec 17, 2015
The Dream Visit
Presenters:Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Richard Mahon, Riverside City CollegeBeth Smith, Grossmont College
Academic Senate for California Community CollegesAccreditation Institute, March 19-20, 2010
The Coliseum?
• Where are you in the accreditation process?• Who has been on a visit?• Who has been part of a self study team?
The Dream Team: Build to improve your college
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The Senate role? AB 1725 role of the senate in accreditationThis is not a new team – it is your existing team of leaders.
Rely on Existing Committees• Curriculum, program review, budget and planning,
department chairs council, etc.• These committees know the story and the back story• These committees should understand the whole
institutional picture• These committees should be present on the days of
visitation and ready for interviewsThese committees will follow through on
recommendations
How are ongoing institutional processes connected to the accreditation process?
• When to start?• After the Accreditation
final report is released?• Complete the
recommendations• Use current information
don’t create a new process and new data
• Don’t ignore other standards
Student Learning
Assessment Activities
3. Means of Assessment and
Criteria for Success
2. Intended Learning
Outcomes
5. Use of Results
4. Assessment Results
1. Expanded Mission Statement-GE, Program & Course Purposes
The Self StudyPast recommendations?Electronic copy & evidence for the teamRemediating before the visitSubstantial change – no retroactive approvalResponsibility for planning agendas:
Realistic planning agendas – don’t recreate the wheel
Academic Senate for California Community CollegesAccreditation Institute, March 19-20, 2010
Prepping the Visit
AccommodationsIntroductionsTransport & MealsTeam Room, technology & evidence
Academic Senate for California Community CollegesAccreditation Institute, March 19-20, 2010
The Visit:
Welcome the team!DE & classroom visitsOffsite locationsForumsMulti-college district – the danceThe exit Interview
Academic Senate for California Community CollegesAccreditation Institute, March 19-20, 2010