Transcript College of Alameda Accreditation Update Flex Day August 19, 2010 Rebecca Kenney, Ph.D. Vice President of Instruction (Int.)

College of Alameda
Accreditation Update
Flex Day August 19, 2010
Rebecca Kenney, Ph.D.
Vice President of Instruction (Int.)
Accreditation Update
 March 15, 2010 Follow-Up report
 Addressed Recommendation: “Financial
Resources & Technology”
 “While the “fixing” the PeopleSoft
Financial Management System will take
time, recent efforts demonstrate
commitment to resolving the issues &
willingness to have outside experts assist
in process.”
 “District is now moving forward to
seriously address not only this ACCJC
recommendation but also to address the
external audit findings and have a system
in place that will serve the district well in
managing its finances”
Follow-Up Report Support Reaffirmation
 March 15, 2010 Reaffirmation
Report
RECOMENDATIONS
Recommendation 1:
 In order to meet the Standard and build upon the
considerable progress made in developing a
systematic, integrated district-wide planning
process,
 Recommends the college move forward in
implementing its own comprehensive and
integrated strategic planning process that is
tied to the college’s mission, values, goals and
priorities and includes the evaluation and
refinement of key processes to improve student
learning and promote institutional effectiveness
COA Strategic Integrated Planning
& Budgeting Model
Response
Ongoing collegial and self-reflective
dialogue about improvement of student
learning and institutional processes
Creation of Institutional Effectiveness
Committee
Diana Bajrami, IEC Facilitator
Faculty-driven Committee with
participation from all constituents:
Classified Professionals, Students, etc.
RECOMENDATIONS
Recommendation 2:
In order to meet the Standard…
Recommends systems that support
internal campus communication, as well
as college-district communication, be
improved to support the optimal
functioning of the college in promoting
student learning
YES! We met it—let’s keep going!
RECOMENDATIONS
Recommendation 3:
 In order to meet the Commission’s 2012 deadline, the
college must accelerate its progress in developing
and assessing course-level and program-level
student learning outcomes and using assessment
data for improvement.
 Further, in order to meet the Standards, the college must
also ensure compliance with its program review and unit
planning processes and accelerate its progress toward
creating a data-driven environment in which continuous
assessment is used as a vehicle for institutional
improvement
 YES! We met it! Keep on Keeping on!
RESPONSE
“Rubric for Evaluating Institutional
Effectiveness”
IEC (founded on SLOC workC. Campbell
Mapping Workshop
Ongoing Assessment (Task Stream,
CurricuNet)
USE Program Review & Unit Plan for
ongoing planning and budgeting
integration
RECOMENDATIONS
Recommendation 4:
The team recommends that the college
devote the time and resources needed to
complete regular systematic
evaluations for classified professionals,
full-time contract faculty, and part-time
faculty
YES! WE DID IT! Keep up the great work!
RECOMENDATIONS
Recommendation 7:
 The team recommends that the district take
immediate corrective action to implement all
necessary system modifications to achieve
access to fully integrated computer
information management system
 Modules for student, financial aid, human
resources, and finance.
 District Response
 YES! Meeting it…
OUR FOCUS for THIS YEAR!
Recommendation 1:
 Recommends the college move forward in implementing
its own comprehensive and integrated strategic
planning process that is tied to the college’s mission,
values, goals and priorities and includes the evaluation
and refinement of key processes to improve student
learning and promote institutional effectiveness
 IEC
 MISSION
 ILO’S
 YES! We are doing it ALLL YEAR and BEYOND!
Next Steps & Time Line
Attend and participate for the good of us all!
Make your plan for today and tomorrow’s
workshops
Integrate, participate, and contribute to IEC
Ongoing Assessment, dialogue, gather
evidence & documentation of learning
Continue your evaluations: faculty & staff
October Follow-up Report
With Innovative Leadership & Teamwork
We Can & Will Be FULLY ACCREDITED
THANK YOU
I LOVE IT AT COA!
Questions?