District Planning and Accreditation Committee
January 24, 2014
District Office [Board Room]
Present: Mary-Jo Apigo (West), Anna Badalyan (Trade-Tech), Leticia Barajas (Trade-Tech),
Phillip Briggs (Southwest), Ryan Cornner (East), Karen Daar (Valley), Cathy Iyemura (District),
Deborah Kaye (Valley), Bobbi Kimble (District), Sarah Master (Mission), Ed Pai (City), Maury
Pearl (District), Robert Sprague (West), Rebecca Tillberg (West)
The minutes of the November 22nd meeting were reviewed and approved.
Update from DPAC Task Force:
The DPAC Task Force for met on 1/22/14. The committee consisted of Leticia Barajas, Kristi
Blackburn, Kathleen Burke, Ryan Cornner, Don Gauthier, Wendy Bass Keer, Bobbi Kimble, and
Maury Pearl. The discussion centered on the governance and functions handbook, the roles
and relationships of the primary district-level planning committees (TPPC and DBC), and the
District Strategic Plan. Gaps were identified in the handbook (such as a statement of the
process for updating DSP goals and measures) and with plan metrics for goals 3 and 4. There
was also recognition of the need to tighten both planning and governance linkages among. To
strengthen the linkage to annual Board goal setting, Bobbi proposed presenting DPAC
recommendations, including those to revise the DSP, to the Board at their Annual Retreat in
July.
Planning and Accreditation Calendar:
The 2014 Planning and Accreditation Calendar was reviewed. College Effectiveness Reporting
was moved to fall on the calendar. The presentation format to the Board was also discussed
with suggestions made for longer IE meetings and a focus on a particular goal or outcome
(completions). A related issue was the need to review and refine DSP metrics to ensure that the
data presented in the College Effectiveness Reports fully reflects college practices. Maury will
review the methodology with the District researchers and report back to DPAC prior to
generating the data for fall reporting.
Student Survey:
Ryan reported on DRC plans to conduct the student survey in fall 2014, suggesting that
participation in the survey be broadened beyond the researchers to other District constituencies
These groups will be approached this spring concerning information needs. He also reported
that the researchers reached consensus that they would not pursue the Program Review
module in Curricunet. This is because there is an immediate need for program review systems
at some colleges and the implementation would need to follow the new SIS implementation.
Scorecard Report:
Maury presented an outline for the Scorecard report to the Board and received feedback on
several items including simpler definitions of the Scorecard measures, rescaling of charts, and
use of the presentation format developed by Trade-Tech. The suggestions will be incorporated
into the Scorecard presentation.
Next Meeting:
Friday, March 28, 2014, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
District Office, Board Room