ACCJC Rubric Review for Beginners: Rubric 101 Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College Ken Meehan, Fullerton College

To Work with ACCJC Rubrics You Need: A sense of play The ability to visualize college processes as a whole A willingness to admit college successes and challenges

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Activity: Draw your college’s planning processes Include: SLO Assessment Program Review Planning and Budgeting How do they fit together?

Bravery Award Anyone willing to share a drawing?

One Equation for Accreditation Success Program Review + Planning + SLO Assessment = Institutional Effectiveness

ACCJC Rubrics Examples of characteristics of these three processes at work within an institution Must fit together!

More on the Rubrics Each line arises out of something in the standards Each line is an example of a behavior or characteristic Other behaviors or processes could fulfill the standards

Bottom Line Your college will be judged on the standards, not the rubrics

Fullerton’s Story Recommendations from last fall’s visit Making the equation work better: current fixes

Taking a Closer Look: Program Review Rubric Expected to be at Continuous Quality Improvement level What does that really mean? Where are you?

Taking a Closer Look: Planning Rubric Expected to be at Continuous Quality Improvement level What does that really mean? Where are you?

Taking a Closer Look: SLO Rubric Expected to be at Proficiency level by this fall. What does that really mean? Where are you?

Overall: Where is your College Rate yourself on all three rubrics

Next Steps Activity List at least three specific things you can do once this conference is over to help your college get to where it needs to be on the rubrics.