Accreditation and YOU
Presented at: Welcome Back Day
August 17, 2012
Tina Leisner McDermott,
Faculty Accreditation Coordinator
ACCREDITATION CYCLE
Response
To
Recs.
2015
SER – 6 years
2010
Recommendations
and/or
Site Visit
2014
Recommendations
2011
Midterm
Report –
3 years
2013
Response to
Recs.
2012
Standards Committee Structure
MEMBERS:
Students,
Faculty, and
Staff members
Classified
Co-Chair
Faculty
Co-Chair
Dean
Co-Chair
Standards / Committee Openings
 Std. I.

– Mission and Institutional Effectiveness
Admin Co-Chair Dr. Tom O'Neil, Dean, Bus./Soc. Science
Faculty Co-Chair Dr. Ronald Chapman
Classified Co-Chair Aaron Voelcker
MEMBERS NEEDED!
Standards / Committee Openings
 Std. II. A & C

– Instructional Programs and Library
Standards / Committee Openings
 Std. II. B

– Student Support Services
Standards / Committee Openings
 Std. III A & B

– Human Resources and Physical Resources
Admin Co-Chair Terry Cleveland, Director, Risk Mgment.
Faculty Co-Chair Dr. Joseph Esdin
CLASSIFIED CO-CHAIR NEEDED!
Standards / Committee Openings
 Std. III C & D

– Technology and Financial Resources
Admin.Co-Chair Ann Steinberg, Director, Job Placement
Faculty Co-Chair Dr. Susan Lowry, Faculty Union Pres.
Classified Co-Chair Scott Tuss
MEMBERS NEEDED!
Standards / Committee Openings
 Std. IV

– Leadership & Governance
Admin Co-Chair Dr. Les Uhazy, Dean, Math/Sciene/Eng.
Faculty Co-Chair Mike Pesses
Classified Co-Chair Pamela Ford, Classified Union Pres.
RESEARCH & PLANNING REP.
AND COMMUNITY /
FOUNDATION REP NEEDED!
Interested in serving?
Contact: Gloria Kastner
gkastner@avc.edu
x6306
Follow Up Report
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!
 SLO’s
 PLO’s
 Program Review
 Integrated Planning
Acronyms!
SLOs
PLOs
SLOs
OOs
IOs
Improvements
Increased
hands on
training
Reorganized
SLO
Committee
Structure –
more reps
Sharing
compliance
reports with
Divisions
WEAVE is critical to
Accreditation
Write /
Enter in
WEAVE
Action Plans
/ Enter in
WEAVE
SLOs
Evaluate
results /
dialogue /
document in
WEAVE
Assess /
Enter
findings in
WEAVE
SPRING 2012 –
SLOs findings entered
PLO Update
 76 identified programs on campus
 72% have approved PLOs
 New PLO Workbook
PLO Compliance Trend
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Outcomes
32%
Measures
31%
Targets
28%
Findings
28%
Action Plans
15%
Fall 2011
47%
45%
39%
32%
42%
Spring 2012
57%
55%
51%
41%
42%
2010-2011
Need help with WEAVE?
Contact: Aaron Voelcker, Research Analyst
avoelcker@avc.edu
X 6826
Program Review changes:
Consistency
 New Data Elements List

Consistent set for all
 New Peer Review Rubric
 Annual updates on WEAVEonline
 Increased use of data, less narrative
SLO data in Program Review
6.4 The Communication Studies faculty has identified a list of needs
within our discipline based on SLO data results that showed that one of our
greatest needs is in improving students’ verbal fluency and speech delivery
abilities. While we have seen improvement, we are still well below our
benchmark SLO pass rate of 80%:
Semester
COMM 101
SLO #2 (delivery)
Fall 2009
64%
Spring 2010
64%
Fall 2010
65%
Spring 2011
70%
Improved Integrated Planning:
SPBC
Senate
President
Faculty
Co-Chair
Dean of
IERP
Admin.
Co-Chair
Improved Communication
SPBC
Budget SubCommittee
SLO Comm
Program
Review Comm
Improved Integrated Planning
Program
Review
Needs
SLO Action
Plans
Budget
Requests
New
Budget
Narrative
form
Improved Linkage and
Communication
SLO
Assessments
SLO
Action Plans
Program
Review
SPBC
Budget
Subcommittee
Budget Requests
By Deans
Example: Graduation Office
• Grads will learn
grad process
and apply for
graduation
SLO #1 not met
Action Plan and
Program Review
• New brochure
• New database
• Purchased
brochures
• Conducted
student surveys
New assessment
cycle
ACCREDITATION = YOU
 Committee openings
 SLOs = WEAVE
 Improved Program Review
 Integrated Planning

SLOs = PR = BUDGET / PLANNING
Our students say “thank you”!