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Standard 5: Mission Fulfillment

Standard 4: Assessment & Improvement

Standard 3: Planning

Standard 2: Resources

Standard 1: Mission

TIMELINE- 7 YEAR CYCLE

Fall 2011 – Year One Report – Standard 1- Mission and Core

Themes

Fall 2012 – Comprehensive report – all 5 standards

Fall 2013 – (new) Year One Report – Standard 1

- with progress report on Fall 2012 recommendations

Fall 2015 - Year Three Report – Standards 1 and 2

Fall 2017 – Year Five Report – Standards 1, 2, and 3

Fall 2020 - Comprehensive report – all 5 standards

WHAT

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XPECT?• Inconsistencies in

report• In the data• In what we say we do• In not meeting the

standards completely

ASSESSMENT &

IMPR

OVEMENT

Institutional

Assessment

Assessment of Student Learning

&

Assessment of General Education

Outcomes

ASSESSMENT

• Environmental Scan

• Graduate Survey

• Employee Campus Climate Survey

• CCSSE• Noel Levitz—

this winter

INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT

• External program Reviews

• Program Certifications

• Competitive Awards

• DASHBOARDS

PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS

ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING

Culture of

Evidence

Set Learning Goals & Outcomes

Gather Data

Analyze Data

Plan for Improveme

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NWCCU PURPOSE

Assure educational quality

Enhance institutional effectiveness

Foster continuous improvement

SCOPE

NWCCU accreditation:Applies to the institution as a whole; not to its individual units or programs

Is not partial

Is not granted for a fixed period of time

MEANS

Deep institutional self assessment

Critical peer evaluation

SELF-EVALUATION REPORT GUIDELINESChapter One: Mission, Core Themes, and Expectations

Eligibility Requirements 2 and 3

Standard 1.A Mission

Interpretation of Fulfillment of Institution’s Mission

Acceptable Extent of Mission Fulfillment – 75%

Standard 1.B Core ThemesObjectives

Indicators of Achievement Rationale for selection of Indicators

Chapter Two: Resources and CapacityEligibility Requirements 4 through 21 (Executive

Summary)

Standard 2.A Governance

Standard 2.B Human Resources

Standard 2.C Education Resources

Standard 2.D Student Support Resources

Standard 2.E Library and Information Resources

Standard 2.F Financial Resources

Standard 2.G Physical and Technological Infrastructure

Chapter Three: Planning and ImplementationStandard 3.A Institutional Planning

• Chart of our governance structure

• Core Theme Planning

• Strategic Planning

• Resource Allocation:

•Are we allocating resources where we have assessed our effectiveness?

Chapter Four: Core Themes. Assessment, and

ImprovementEligibility Requirements 22 and 23

One Section per Core Theme to Address Standards 3.B Core Theme Planning, 4.A Assessment, and 4.B Improvement as they related to that Core Theme

Chapter Five: Mission Fulfillment, Adaptation,

SustainabilityEligibility Requirement 24

Standard 5.A Mission Fulfillment

Standard 5.B Adaptation and Sustainability

ACCREDITATION FINDINGS-AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT**BASED ON SELF-DETERMINED TARGETS

 Educational Attainment and Student Success1.1a: Student Persistence to degree 1.2c: Student performance on SAI measures (particularly Basic

Skills & Developmental students) 1.2h: Pass rates of students in Developmental English 1.2i & j: Pass rates of students in Developmental Math pass rates

& transfer students that earn QSR credit (may reflect back

to persistence rates) 

ACCREDITATION FINDINGS-AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT**BASED ON SELF-DETERMINED TARGETS

 Program Excellence2.1a Use of SLOs to determine effectiveness of programs for student

success (i.e. assessment of student learning) 2.2a Participation in learning labs and tutoring services 

Access and Diversity4.1a FTEs and headcount represented by diverse populations 4.1e Number of IBEST programs and student enrollments to increase

transition to college level (reflects back to student persistence) 4.2d Financial resources for employee professional development 4.2e Number and percentage of staff performance evaluations completed College Stewardship5.1f Revenue from individuals, corporations, etc. for the Foundation

SO WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ON OCTOBER 3-5?

• 8 evaluators + NWCCU Representative, Dr. Pam Goad—9 visitors

• Meetings with people and groups—• Curriculum Committee• Virtual College, • Articulation & Transfer Task Force, Advising Task Force, • Financial Aid, Enrollment Services, • Library personnel• Business Office• Small Business Accelerator, Workforce• Service Learning• Board Chair and vice chair• Industry Advisory Committee members, etc.

Wednesday, OCTOBER 3 8:30-9:00 Welcome Reception Continental

Breakfast in Art GalleryTeam Meeting-Boardroom

9:00-9:30 Meeting with Dir. Technology [RG] (4122) Gary K

9:30-10:00

Meeting with BOT chair, vice chair [RT, RG] ( )Meeting with Dean of Library [LW] (5329) Bob Francis

Advising Task Force [ ] (Gillian’s Office 2309)Meeting w/Dir. Auxiliary Services [RG] Bookstore Mary Kelemen ?

10:00-10:30

Meeting with President, Norma, Pam Goad [RT] (Lee’s O) Library Faculty [LW] (Library Conference Room 4106)Meeting with Foundation Dir. [RG] (1005) Ritva Manchester

Open Staff Session [RT, LW, RG, ] (9208) 

10:30-11:00

Library classified staff [LW] (Library Conf. Rm 4106)Articulation & Transfer Task Force (5386)2 Directors: Financial Aid, Enrollment Services [RG] (5227) C Melton and T. Haase

11:00-11:30

Virtual College (Library Conf. Rm 4106)Meeting with VPAS [RG ] (1019A)—1 hour Daryl Campbell

Service Learning (Center for Equity, Engagement, Service, 9302) Tour/meeting with Bob Roehl, Dir of Facilities [RG] (5105) Bob R

11:30-12:00

Meeting with VPAS [RG] (1019A)  

12:00-1:00

Team Lunch & debrief time- (Boardroom) Industry Advisory Committee members (9208)

1:00-1:30 Vice Presidents [RT] (Central)ACT [JA] (9208)

Open Student Session [RT, LW] (9208)

1:30-2:00 ACT [RG] 9208? Mcnaughton…?2:00-2:30 Open Faculty Meeting [RT, LW,RG, ] (1104) Drama and Music Faculty [KH ] Theatre Lobby 2:30-3:00 Curriculum Committee [JA, LW ] 14023:00-3:30 Workforce Education [KH] (5113)

Meeting with Comptroller [RG] (1205) Stuart Trippel

 3:30-4:00  

4:00-5:00 Team Meetings (Boardroom) Team Meetings (Boardroom)

Thursday, OCTOBER 4

OPEN SESSIONS:

FACULTY: 2:00-3:00 WED., OCT.3 – 1104

STAFF: 10:00-11:00 THURS., OCT. 4 - 9208

STUDENTS: 1:00 – 2:00 THURS., OCT. 4 - 9208

SO WHAT WILL THEY ASK?

R E S O U R C E S M I S S I O N F U L F I L L M E N T

Staff Meeting

• This college has a reputation of being a place employees want to stay for the long term. Why do you think employees stay here a long time?

• What opportunities do you have to get involved in college governance and professional development?

• How well are the all college In-service sessions working?• What is your understanding of Mission Fulfillment for the

college?• What do you know about the Institutional Assessment Plan?• Can someone explain the link between Strategic Plan and the

Mission-fulfillment Assessment? What are some examples of “institutional improvements” you have seen occur as a result of planning & assessment ?

• Describe your involvement and input into the core themes?• What do you think are the biggest challenges for the college in

the next 3-5 years?

Student Meeting

• How many of you attended the new student orientation? In what ways do you feel it helped you?

• How involved are students in college governance?• How would you describe the financial aid services and resources at SCC?• How well does the college maintain sufficient and/or provide access to library and

information resources? • Sufficiency of technology resources?• What can you tell us about the student learning outcomes?• What is your understanding of how students give their input into the Faculty

Evaluation process? How well do you think it is going?• Academic Freedom policies are explained within College Policy and the collective

bargaining agreement. What is the atmosphere on your campus regarding students being free to examine and test all knowledge appropriate to their discipline or area of major study?

• Do you feel students have a good understanding of their rights and responsibilities and the student code of conduct?

• Other comments?

Faculty Meeting

• How do you integrate information literacy into the curriculum?• How involved are faculty in curriculum development?• What can you tell us about the student learning outcomes?• What is your understanding of the Faculty Evaluation process for tenure-track faculty,

tenured faculty, and adjunct faculty? How well do you think it is being accomplished?• How involved are faculty in college governance?• What is your understanding of Mission Fulfillment the college?• Academic Freedom policies are explained within College Policy and the collective

bargaining agreement. What is the atmosphere on your campus regarding faculty being free to examine and test all knowledge appropriate to their discipline or area of major study?

• How has faculty been involved in the selection of new faculty?• How well does the college maintain sufficient and/or provide access to library and

information resources? • How satisfied are faculty with the technology resources?• Overall, how involved are adjunct faculty in the activities we have been discussing? How

many today are adjunct faculty? • Other comments?

SO WHAT WILL THEY ASK?

How do the core themes relate to the work you do? 1.B.2

How often do you review and revise your policies and procedures? (Std.2)

How does the College involve faculty, staff and students in governance? (2.A..1)

How do we communicate academic policies to students ? (2.A.12)

Describe regular college evaluation procedures? (2.B.1)

How do you ensure the use of the library and information resources? (2.C.6)

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS?

Continuing Education and non-credit programs

Student support services, student advising

Co-curricular programs, auxiliary services

Physical and technological Infrastructure

Financial resources and ethics

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS?

Mission fulfillment:

• Engagement in regular, systematic, participatory self-reflective, evidence-based assessment of its accomplishments

• Using assessment results to make determinations of quality, effectiveness

• Communicates its conclusions to appropriate constituencies and the public

SO WHAT

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PREPA

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Wear your name badges

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ACCREDITATION IS MIRROR IMAGE

Helps us see ourselves as objectively as possible

QUESTIONS?