District Planning and Accreditation Committee
August 22, 2014 Minutes
District Office, 6th Floor Conference Room
Present: Mary-Jo Apigo (West), Anna Badalyan (Trade), Leticia Barajas (Trade), Wendy Bass (Pierce,
TPPC Representative), Phyllis Braxton (West), Karen Daar (Valley), Carol Kozeracki (East), Barbara
Dunsheath (East), Adrienne Foster Donald Gauthier (District Academic Senate), Deborah Kaye (Valley),
Bobbi Kimble (District), Sarah Master (Mission), Maury Pearl (District), Lucia Robles (District), Alice
Taylor (West), Rebecca Tillberg (West), Bobbi Villalobos (Harbor), Dan Wanner (City)
The minutes of the June 27th meeting were reviewed and approved.
IE Committee Standing Update:
Bobbi and Maury reported on the presentation of the 2014 Student Success Scorecard to the Board’s
Committee of the Whole. Chancellor Rodriguez framed the presentation around the topic of unprepared
students and the need for greater focus on remediation. College presidents were also contributed to the
dialogue, discussing strategies for addressing the needs or unprepared students including increased
offerings of remedial courses.
Student Equity Plan:
There was discussion of the timeframe for submission of the Student Equity Plan to the Board’s
Institutional Effectiveness Committee in light of time needed for college approvals. Maury will send out an
email with the timeframe and also develop a template for Student Equity Plan reporting.
Accreditation Evidence:
Deborah Harrington facilitated a group activity involving identification of college and District evidence
following the new accreditation standards. The committee broke into several work groups that were each
focused on a standard. They attempted to identify sources of evidence for standards I and II, both
college and District, that would be needed to address the standard and listed these on poster boards. The
evidence grid will be compiled and reviewed at the next meeting. This process will continue at the next
meeting, which will focus on standards III and IV. The resulting evidence grid can be used by District and
colleges and will provide a framework for locating, organizing, and updating evidence in preparation for
work on the 2016 self-evaluation reports.
Next Meeting:
Friday, October 7, 2014, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
District Office, 7th Floor Conference Room