Accreditation Year One Report Fall 2009 Update Standard One: Mission and Core Themes Operations Training Meeting November 16, 2009 Dr. Norma W. Goldstein

Overview for today Review our accomplishments including the two accreditation sites (15 minutes) Draft mission fulfillment (15 minutes) Review assignments and next steps Q & A

What have we accomplished? What the College has done so far: Responded to Recommendation One to the Commission- 10/16 Responded to the WSQA requirement – mid October Adopted Carver Model of Governance & produced a BOT Policy Manual Identified 5 Core Themes Drafted Objectives, Indicators, Rationales & Benchmarks Aligned Policy Governance with new accreditation standards Developed an internet (public) and intranet (working) sites with resources Drafted parts of the Year One Report: Introduction, Institutional Context, Preface, Mission, Core Themes Involved all administrators intimately in new standards

What ‘s still needed: Clarity on Mission Fulfillment: Definition of Fulfillment of Mission and, Within that Definition, Interpretation of an Acceptable Threshold or Extent of Mission Fulfillment.

We will be a world-class leader and community engagement. Vision We will be a world-class leader in student success and community engagement.

Mission Statement We are dedicated to serving the educational, workforce, and cultural needs of our diverse community.

What is Mission fulfillment?

Core Themes (Board of Trustees) MISSION FULFILLMENT Mission, Core Themes, Strategic Planning Mission Core Themes (Board of Trustees) Strategic Plan Educational Workforce Educational Attainment Program Excellence Student Success Program Excellence Cultural Access & Diversity Diversity, Equity, and Access Multicultural and Global Competence Campus Culture Community Community Engagement Public Stewardship Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Infrastructure and Technology

Review Assignments – start working on them now Review Assignments – start working on them now. August 31st OpCom workshop Will send out on OpCom List Serve

2. A. 11. Tom Moran; Stephen Smith, John Backes: 2.A.11 Tom Moran; Stephen Smith, John Backes: Faculty; Dean Team; Students; Faculty Senate; Curriculum Com; Student Servs; TSS; Ann Garnsey-Harter; All Campus EXAMPLE # 1:

EXAMPLE # 2: 2.A.17 Stephen Smith Unions; VP's; Instruction; OpCom 2A. 17: The College maintains policies that clearly state its relationship to co-curricular activities for students and for the institution. Policy X #XXXXXX Title and Policy Y #XXXXXXX. There are various categories of co-curricular activities, Category I and Category II. Category I activities include……… and the roles and responsibilities of students are identified in……………….. For Category II activities, the faculty contract (pages X-Y) publishes the contracted amount of stipends associated with various co-curricular activities such as coaching for sports or advising the student newspaper, literary magazine or various clubs and student programs for music, art, film and drama. Student publications are guided by a Board of Publications and handbook.

There's a lot of work to be done! Start now. Collaborate Research: Gather the data and the resources. Start drafting, identifying live links as you go. Collaborate and get feedback.

So how do I get started? First find your standard Gather the information and Start writing Figure out the additional research you need to do Identify any live links you need in your document

If you have hard questions, use email. Subject header: Give Standard number. 2.A.16 Ask anything Send draft as attachment