Accreditation and Assessment Committee Tuesday, September 1, 2015 1:00 – 2:00 PM CCC Confer 1-913-312-3202 or 1-888-886-3951 Passcode: 692480 Minutes 1. Item Time Presenter 2. Call to order 2 minutes Beach Present: Craig Rutan (Santiago Canyon College); Gerri Santos (Fresno City College); Stephanie Curry (Reedley College); Jarek Janio (Santa Anna College); Alice Taylor (West Los Angeles College); Kelly Cooper (West Valley College) 3. Introductions 5 minutes Beach Committee members introduced themselves and explained their interests. 4. Accreditation Paper 5 minutes Beach The committee wrote a paper on effective practices in 204-2015. We will submit a resolution for FA 15 plenary to have the body approve the resolution. Randy will send to committee with minutes. 5. CCCCO’s Task Force Report 5 minutes Beach The committee discussed initial responses to the on Accreditation task force’s report. 6. Accreditation Institute 10 minutes Beach Committee discussed potential partners and breakout topics for the AI. Discussed partnering with RP Group or Lumina Foundation. Randy will take to EXec which decides partners with ASCCC. Potential topics include: 1. BA degrees pilot and accreditation 2. Institutional Effectiveness Partnership 3. Past Resolutions that have not been addressed. Randy will send outstanding resolutions to committee with minutes. 7. Potential Workshops for Fall 15 minutes Beach General Session: The CCCCO’s Task Force on Plenary (November 5-7) Accreditation Report This general session would discuss the report and its implications. Ideally this would be with the CCCCO. This would be accompanied by a breakout on the same topic for deeper discussions. Breakout: “Effective Practices in Accreditation Paper” This workshop will highlight the major components of the paper authored by the ASCCC Accreditation Committee Members: Craig Rutan (Santiago Canyon College); Gerri Santos (Fresno City College); Stephanie Curry (Reedley College); Jarek Janio (Santa Anna College); Alice Taylor (West Los Angeles College); Kelly Cooper (West Valley College) and Assessment Committee prior to the body’s action on a resolution in spurt of the paper on Saturday. Breakout: Accreditation Hot Topics Focus on data disaggregation, the continued roll out of the new standards, recent Commission policy actions, CCSF, etc.. What’s On Your Mind? Local Challenges in Accreditation The purpose of this workshop is to solicit from the field major challenges locally with accreditation and the standards. These discussion will inform the creation of the Accreditation institute in February. The Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative This workshop would update the field on the IEPI, what’s happening with the initiative and how they can benefit. Possibly a collaboration with Theresa Tena and the CCCCO. 8. Other Priorities and 10 minutes Beach Postponed to future meeting Resolutions 9. Future Meetings 10 minutes Beach Committee will meet face-to-face September 26 at West Los Angeles College. Alice will secure room and Randy will send travel information. Guests: Notes: The Accreditation and Assessment Committee informs and makes recommendations to the Academic Senate Executive Committee and the faculty regarding accreditation and assessment issues. The committee supports faculty in the creation of self-evaluation reports by gathering and disseminating effective practices for accreditation, institutional evaluation, and accountability. The committee distributes information regarding faculty roles in accreditation via listservs, publications, and institutes, and collaborates with outside groups to provide information to faculty throughout the state. The committee provides input to the President regarding interaction with accrediting commissions and other appropriate organizations. The committee advises the President about concerns regarding regional and federal accreditation policy and processes. Under the direction of the president, the chair and/or members of the committee provide assistance to local academic senates and the faculty in general who request assistance with accreditation and/or assessment issues. The committee gathers effective practices for assessment and supports faculty in evaluating and improving the assessment process. Past Accreditation and Assessment Committee meeting agenda and approved minutes can be found at the committee’s website: http://asccc.org/directory/accreditation-and-assessment-committee Committee Members: Craig Rutan (Santiago Canyon College); Gerri Santos (Fresno City College); Stephanie Curry (Reedley College); Jarek Janio (Santa Anna College); Alice Taylor (West Los Angeles College); Kelly Cooper (West Valley College) MEET & CONFER PARTICIPANT INVITATION Meeting Details Status: Active Title: ASCCC Accreditation and Assessment Committee Meeting College/Group/Org: Southwestern College Closed Caption: No Date Start time End time Duration Closed Caption 9/1/2015 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 60 No Is Your Computer Ready? How to Connect with Your Mobile Device Participant Details Telephone conference line: 1-913-312-3202 * Participant passcode: 692480 *Toll free number: 1-888-886-3951 Go to www.cccconfer.org Click Meet & Confer Participant Log In Locate your meeting and click Go Passcode: 692480 Telephone Conference Feature *6 - Mute/unmute your individual line FOR ASSISTANCE CCC Confer Client Services - Monday - Friday between 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Phone: 1-760-744-1150 ext 1537 or 1554 Email: [email protected] Committee Members: Craig Rutan (Santiago Canyon College); Gerri Santos (Fresno City College); Stephanie Curry (Reedley College); Jarek Janio (Santa Anna College); Alice Taylor (West Los Angeles College); Kelly Cooper (West Valley College) .