District Planning and Accreditation Committee
November 22, 2013
District Office [Board Room]
Present: Celena Alcala (West), Leticia Barajas (Trade-Tech), Kristi Blackburn (Harbor), Phillip
Briggs (Southwest), Anna Davies (Pierce), Barbara Dunsheath (East), Don Gauthier (District),
Bobbi Kimble (District), Sarah Master (Mission), Maury Pearl (District), Laura Ramirez (East),
Luis Rosas (Harbor), Jim Stanberry (Harbor), Alice Taylor (West)
The minutes of the October 25th meeting were reviewed and approved.
1. Committee Evaluation:
Maury distributed and reviewed the revised charges for the DPAC Annual Evaluation, which
incorporated discussion from the previous meeting. Bobbi stated the need for a more in-depth
review the committee charter and membership in light of the revised accreditation standards,
the scheduled 2016 accreditation visits, the expected need to update or revise the District
Strategic Plan (particularly goals 3 and 4), and evaluate governance committee planning
linkages. She will call a task force composed of the constituencies represented in DPAC as well
as representatives from the District Budget Committee (DBC) and Technology Planning and
Policy Committee (TPPC) to address these issues and bring back recommendations.
2. Activity Calendar
Bobbi reviewed the Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Calendar and received
feedback from the committee on events and dates. Maury will update the calendar for the next
meeting. The calendar will be used to shape the activity/work plan of the committee as well as in
setting the topics for the Board’s Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success Committee.
3. Strategic Plan Targets
Maury suggested that DPAC revisit the establishment of targets for strategic plan metrics,
noting that some colleges have already established targets in their college strategic plans and
all have gone through the process for setting standards of student achievement. Bobbi
expressed the view that target setting be deferred and addressed after the task force has had
an opportunity to examine the process of evaluating and revising the district strategic plan.
4. Planning and Effectiveness Reporting to the Board
Mission, Pierce, and City were generally satisfied with the updated presentation format for
college effectiveness reporting. Bobbi noted that Board members expressed satisfaction with
the consistent format and quality of information presented.
Next Meeting:
Friday, January 24, 2014, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
District Office, Board Hearing Room