LOS MEDANOS COLLEGE

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LOS MEDANOS COLLEGE

• College Assembly
• September 24, 2007

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AGENDA

• Welcome Peter
• Accreditation Update Richard
• Standards Updates Committee Chairs
• Q A All
• Course Level SLOs the COOR Janice/Ken
• TLP Feedback on PSLOs Nancy
• Plans in DE/GE/Occ Ed Cindy/Nancy
• Wrap up Peter

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ACCREDITATION STEERING COMMITTEE

• Ken Alexander, Curtis Corlew,
• Bruce Cutler, Christine Fithian,
• Peter Garcia, Phil Gottlieb,
• Dan Henry, Linda Kohler,
• Jasmine McDermott, Frances Moy,
• Michael Norris, Gil Rodriguez,
• Humberto Sale, Jennifer Victor and
• Richard Livingston

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STANDARD 1 Institutional Mission and
Effectiveness

• 1A Mission Major Finding Mission Statement
  reviewed, vision values statement
• Planning Agenda schedule
• 1B Improving Institutional Effectiveness Major
  Finding planning processes, improvement in
  institutional effectiveness
• Planning Agenda close the loop

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STANDARD 2A Student Learning Programs
Services - Instructional

• Draft Planning Agenda Items
• Study Effectiveness of online courses conduct
  feasibility study of entirely online degree
• Develop, disseminate action plans resulting from
  assessment of institutional-level SLOs
• Develop offer professional development
  activities regarding SLOs, assessment criteria
  grading in COORs
• Design implement professional development
  activities to reinforce GE principles in COORs
  in the classroom
• Ensure that some programs that still need to
  develop assessment plans do so begin the
  assessment cycle
• Publish the Academic Senates policy on academic
  integrity in the College Catalog Student
  Handbook
• .

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STANDARD 2BC Student Learning Programs
Services Student Support Services

• 2B-3a Equitable Access of Services for all
  students
• Planning Agenda The Student Services Planning
  Council will explore and implement ways to
  increase awareness of all student services.
• 2C-1b Skill Development in Information
  Competency
• Planning Agenda The Librarians, in concert with
  others, will explore the need for an information
  literacy requirement which is now in place for
  students at both DVC and CCC.

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STANDARD 3 - Resources

• Human Resources
• Equal Employment Opportunity Plan
• Professional Development Program
• Financial Resources
• Resource Allocation Process
• Physical Resources
• Brentwood Center Options
• Computer Technology Needs for New Facilities
  Initiatives
• Technology Resources
• Personnel plan including Brentwood Center
• More training opportunities

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STANDARD 4 Leadership Governance

• MAJOR FINDINGS
• A1 Leaders struggle to transmit information
• A2a Decision making tied together
• A5 Great strides in evaluation processes for
  governance and decision making
• B1f Governing Board issues resolutions
• B2a Management restructured
• B3d District recovered financially

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STANDARD 4 Leadership Governance

• DRAFT PLANNING AGENDA ITEMS
• B1b Governing Board monitor educational
  programs
• B3a Delineations of Responsibilities
• B3b Improve capacity and precision of
  technology support systems
• B3g Mechanisms for evaluating governance

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Accreditation Update

• Next Steps
• Questions Answers