SACS Working Group Meeting
Minutes
2/15/2012
Location: EpiCenter - 1-324
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Attended: Beth Goodbread, Carol Weideman, Cynthia Grey, Cynthia Jolliff-Johnson, Darlene
Westberg, Diane Reese, Doug Duncan, Eric Tucker, Frank Appunn, George Greenlee, Jesse
Coraggio, Jim Wallis, John Hesting, Kay Burniston, Kim Molinaro, Laurie King, Leigh
Goldberg Hopf, Michael Hughes, Shirley Johnson, Stan Vittetoe, Suzanne Preston, Tom
Furlong, Tom Philippe
Topics:
I)
Janice Thiel is participating in an onsite visit to Pfeiffer University February 14-16. She
emailed to let us know that she has a lot of information to share at the next meeting.
II)
SACSCOC Annual Meeting Key Points: Jim Wallis
Jim provided some key take-aways from the annual SACSCOC meeting in December. He
indicated that there is a trend to use e-portfolios as a means of enhancing faculty
involvement and credentialing. If we move toward e-portfolios we need to maintain
transparency in the process and ensure faculty involvement in all phases. He also stated
that a key point was that credentialing is not just to show a faculty member’s course work
to indicate that he/she is qualified to teach a course(s). There are other ways to support
credentialing than just classes taken. Cyndy Grey reiterated that this was a key point; that
credentialing included experience as well as courses taken.
III)
Group review draft of 2.10 Student Support Services
The group reviewed standard 2.10 and made suggestions regarding including data from
CCSSE. Cynthia Joliff-Johnson felt that the review provided an opportunity for her team to
garner feedback from the membership. This feedback allowed for some changes in
standard 2.10. Student Support resulting in the enhancement of quality and thoroughness
of information presented in this standard.
Members were provided copies of Northwest Florida State College’s 2.10 submission and
the comments returned from SACS on this standard. NFSC did receive reaffirmation in
2011 and is similar to SPC, but smaller in size.
The following links provide documents submitted for Northwest and Lake Sumter. Both
colleges were recently reaffirmed. Frank Appunn strongly suggested reviewing the links to
provide guidelines and insights into how we approach our report.
A)
B)
Northwest Florida State College:
1) http://www.nwfsc.edu/sacs/page.cfm?ID=9
2) http://www.nwfsc.edu/SACS/documents/2.10.pdf
Lake-Sumter Community College:
http://www.lscc.edu/faculty/sacs_site/SAC%20Documents/SACS%20Compliance%
20Certification%202010.pdf
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Jesse Coraggio shared the importance of showing that we are meeting institutional
guidelines and that providing data is important but that we need to show what we are doing
with the these results.
Beginning in March, meetings will become working sessions for the standards teams. This
was recommended as the most efficient use of our time at this point. The meeting time will
be split between communication of pertinent information on our SACS process and time
for the standard teams to meet.
IV)
Substantive change presentations. If interested/available, email Cynthia/Janice:
Members were asked if they were interested in attending either of these meetings on
substantive change. SACS has no plans to provide these at any other date or location, or
via Webinar. Potentially, one or two members may be funded to attend. Otherwise, we can
look forward to a substantive change update at the summer institute or annual meeting in
December.
A)
B)
V)
Review Timeline
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
F)
G)
H)
VI)
March 30 – Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
April 2 – Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS
March – Research, Writing, and Review
April – Research, Writing, and Review
May – Draft complete
June – Partnering for feedback
July – Feedback from partners
August – Final Revision and Polishing
September – Report Complete
October – Consultant Review and Feedback
Recommendations
A)
Establish methods for maintaining lists of those assigned primary responsibilities
(e.g., curriculum developers)
B)
Revisit college goals (consider workforce)
Kay Burniston reviewed some of the areas that the Strategic Issues Council has on its
agenda, which includes reviewing the college goals and mission.
C)
Improve efficiencies of maintaining faculty lists and documenting
qualifications/credentials
D)
Review non-academic areas of the college (facilities, etc.) for how the achievement
of goals is monitored.
VII) Next Meetings, EpiCenter - 1-324:
A)
Thursday, March 22, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
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B)
Wednesday, April 18, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
C)
Thursday, May 31, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
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Standard
Administrative Members
Faculty Members
Frank Appunn, Shirley Johnson, Cynthia Grey,
Tom Philippe
Faculty (2.8)
Anne Cooper, Kay Burniston
Student Support Services (2.10)
Tonjua Williams, Cynthia Jolliff-Johnson
Qualified Administrative/Academic Officers
(3.2.8)
Patty Jones
Cynthia Grey
Institutional Effectiveness (3.3.1)
Jesse Coraggio, Leigh Hopf
Wendy Rib, Carol Weideman
Admissions Policies (3.4.3)
Anne Cooper, Kay Burniston
Suzanne Preston
Academic Program Coordination (3.4.11)
Anne Cooper
Beth Goodbread, Kim Molinaro, Laurie King
Physical Facilities (3.11.3)
Doug Duncan
Jim Wallis
Student Achievement (4.1)
Jesse Coraggio, Leigh Hopf
Gail Lancaster, Carol Weideman
Program Curriculum (4.2)
Stan Vittetoe, Anne Cooper, Kay Burniston, Jim
Darlene Westberg, John Hesting
Olliver
Publication of Policies (4.3)
Tonjua Williams, Richard Flora
Program Length (4.4)
Anne Cooper, Kay Burniston
Wendy Rib
Student Complaints (4.5)
Tonjua Williams
George Greenlee, Michael Hughes
Recruitment Materials (4.6)
Patty Jones
Cynthia Grey
Title IV Program Responsibilities (4.7) and
Financial Aid Audits (3.10.3)
Michael Bennett, Tonjua Williams
Eric Tucker
QEP Impact Report
Janice Thiel, Ashley Hendrickson
Gail Lancaster
Updated: 2/22/2012
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