Compliance Plan

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Compliance Plan
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What is a Compliance Certification Report?

• It is one of two major reports that is required
  by The Southern Association of Colleges and
  Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to
  partially satisfy reaffirmation requirements.
• It is a rigorous internal review process during
  which the institution is evaluated against a
  common set of standards in an effort to promote
  improvements.

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What are Standards?

• A list of 73 principles and standards found in
  Principles of Accreditation Foundations for
  Quality Enhancement
• Four major sections include Integrity, Core
  Requirements, Comprehensive Standards, and
  Federal Requirements.

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What must WCJC do for compliance?

• Show that WCJC has resources, programs, and
  services sufficient to accomplish and sustain its
  mission
• Provide evidence that WCJC is successful in
  achieving its stated objectives

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How does WCJC prove compliance?

• Submit a concise report narrating WCJC processes,
  and
• Provide supporting documentation for evidence of
  current practices

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How do we develop the narratives?

• It is typically an administrator-dominated
  process
• A Compliance Committee is appointed by the
  College President

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Compliance Committee
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Compliance Committee
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Compliance Committee Charge

• Review and document the extent WCJC is in
  compliance with each of SACS Core Requirements
  and Comprehensive Standards as noted in the
  Principles of Accreditation Foundations for
  Quality Enhancement

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Compliance Processes

• Research current practices
• Determine compliance with standards
• Report needed revisions in procedures and/or
  policies to ensure compliance
• Administration implements/revises processes to
  improve quality of education for students

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Sources of Documentation

• Mission Statement, Strategic Plan
• Policies and regulations
• Procedural Manuals Handbooks
• Catalog, Schedule booklets, Web sites
• Committee Minutes, Survey Data
• PMP, Annual Reports, TracDat
• Implementation of new processes

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Phases of WCJC Compliance

• Phase I Compliance Committee divides into task
  forces to document findings and draft narratives
  (draft 1)
• Phase II Vice presidents review drafts revise
  and/or develop procedures to ensure compliance
  (draft 2)
• Phase III Leadership Team external readers
  review amend (draft 3)

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Phases of Compliance

• Phase IV Internal task forces assigned for
  grammatical and technical editing SACS liaison
  visits campus Leadership creates draft 4
• Phase V Board of Trustees reviews document
  revisions incorporated

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Submission March 15, 2008

• President submits final compliance document to
  SACS