KATIE TOWNSEND-MERINO, PALOMAR COLLEGE KEVIN BONTENBAL, CUESTA COLLEGE JOHN NIXON, ACCJC ASCCC ACCREDITATION INSTITUTE, 2012 Implementing Improvement Plans for Educational Quality

Actionable Improvement Plans An as institution evaluates its programs and services with reference to each Standard, it identifies areas in need of change. The Commission expects the institution to identify goals related to the areas that require change and decide on the action required to meet these goals. The institution should include the required actions in improvement plans. It may not be possible for the institution to have improvements plans fully-developed at the time of submission of the Institutional Self Evaluation Report. The Commission expects these actionable improvement plans to be integrated into the institution’s continuous evaluation and planning processes. Subsequently, the institution is required to report in the institutional Midterm Report how the improvement activities have been integrated into the institutional planning processes and to what extent the goals have been met.  Excerpted from ACCJC’s "Manual For Institutional Self Evaluation," 2011

Mt. SAC Report on the Self Evaluation for Reaffirmation of Accreditation IV.A.1. Planning Agenda The college is confident in its current efforts and directions in which institutional leaders create an environment for innovation and institutional excellence. Staff, faculty, administrators, and students, no matter what their official titles, are encouraged to take initiative in improving the practices, the programs, and the services in which they are involved. To further these efforts, the President’s Advisory Council will re-visit its current process that it has been using since 2004 for evaluating and assuring effective and meaningful participation by classified employees on appropriate committees (See Revised Guidelines for Appointment and Services of Classified Staff on College Committees). A systematic participative process will continue to be used to assure effective discussion, planning and implementation.

Mt. SAC Report on the Self Evaluation for Reaffirmation of Accreditation IV.A.2. Planning Agenda The college is confident in its current efforts and directions in which the institution implements policies and practices providing for faculty, staff, administrator, and student participation in decision- making processes, and supporting campus-wide collaboration to establish appropriate policy and planning. As the current planning endeavors are working well, there is no need for new planning efforts.

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Planning Agendas PLANNING AGENDA: THE BOARD WILL DEVELOP SPECIFIC STEPS, PROCEDURES, AND A TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING AND EXECUTING THE BOARD’S SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS IN ORDER TO ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS AND DETERMINE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. (STANDARDS IV.A.1, IV.A.3, IV.A.5, IV.B.1.G) PLANNING AGENDA: THE SLOA FACULTY LIAISON AND THE SLOA COMMITTEE WILL DEVELOP A PLAN TO CONTINUE THE INTEGRATION, TRACKING, AND ANALYSIS ON SLOS AND ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING. (STANDARD II.A.1.A) PLANNING AGENDA ITEM 9: THE COLLEGE COUNCIL, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY STUDENT EQUITY COMMITTEE, WILL INITIATE A CAMPUS-WIDE DIALOGUE ON ESTABLISHING AND ACHIEVING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY BENCHMARKS. (STANDARD III.A.4.B)

Recommendations Recommendation 6: Technology Resources To meet standards, the team recommends that the college establish a process for regular and systematic planning, acquisition, maintenance and replacement of its technology infrastructure, existing and newly acquired technology and equipment to meet institutional needs; and that the process is integrated with other college planning, assessment, and resource allocation. (Standard III.C.1.c. III.C.1.d.) Recommendation 2: Planning and Assessment To meet standards, the team recommends that the college complete the strategic plan, institute an ongoing systematic evaluation process that communicates and clarifies the assessment tools used to measure the effectiveness of ongoing planning, program review, resource allocation processes and student learning outcomes. (Standard 1.B, 1.B.3, 1.B.4, 1.B.6, 1.B.7)

Improvement Plans Timeline  Task completion  Regular meeting times Responsible (and appropriate) individual(s)  Teams  Follow-up, follow-up and follow-up again Reasonable goals Clear directions  Templates, grids, examples, style sheets, etc. Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

Planning Agendas & Recommendation Where possible, map recommendations to planning agendas. Recommendation 5 Planning Agenda 2 Planning Agenda 8 Planning Agenda 17

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