CCC: Where Teaching and Learning Transform Lives, Putting Together the Self- Study Puzzle Corning Community College August 24, 2012

CCC’s Self-Study Steering Committee  Nancy Agan, Director of Student Life  Joan Ballinger, Executive Director of Work Force Development and Community Ed.  Debbie Beall, Associate Dean of Instruction, Social Sciences and Social Services  Cathy Brown, Technical Assistant, Accounting and Payroll  Maarit Clay, (Chair) Associate Professor, English  Monica Defendorf, Director of Institutional Research  Deb Dunbar, Assistant Professor, Business Administration  Rich Evans, Professor, Mathematics  Brenda Gustin, Professor, Biology  Bud Lawrence, Professor, Human Services  Ana Paulin, Administrative Assistant to the VP Dean of Student Development  John van Otterloo, Programmer/Analyst, Information Technology  Sarah Weisman, Associate Dean of Learning Resources  Christine Atkins, editor, Associate Professor, English

Middle States Commission on Higher Education  The Commission accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in the Middle States region (includes Delaware, D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)  The Commission is a voluntary, non- governmental, membership association that defines, maintains, and promotes educational excellence across institutions with diverse missions, student populations, and resources. 

Self-Study Process  Steering committee leads working groups in examining data and reports, gathering new information, and writing their topic reports linking to the Middle States 14 Standards of Excellence  Working groups’ reports are edited for a draft of the Self-Study by the steering committee.  The self-study is presented for campus feedback.  A Middle States evaluation team reviews the self-study and visits campus to review further documentation and conduct interviews

Steering Committee Progress  Reviewed Middle States booklets on self-study purpose, process, organization, and Standards  Reviewed Gold Standard Committee and Strategic Summit material  Established a theme for the Self-Study: Teaching and Learning Transform Lives  Recommended the Self-Study model: Comprehensive Report Reordering Standards to Reflect an Institution (groups on next slide)  Developing the Self-Study research questions for the study Design document

Self-Study Theme  Self-study’s primary purpose: advance institutional self-understanding and self- improvement  Main theme from the Gold Standard Committee Conversational Forums and the Strategic Summit and therefore in the draft Vision and Mission Statements

Workgroups  Accomplishing Our Mission Standards- 1 (Mission and Goals), 2 (Planning, Resource Allocation, and Institutional Renewal), 3 (Institutional Resources), 7 (Institutional Assessment) Standard 2: Planning, Resource Allocation, and Institutional Renewal  Leading the Charge, Cultivating Change Standards- 4 (Leadership and Governance), 5 (Administration), 6 (Integrity)  Inspiring Student Success Standards- 8 (Student Admissions and Retention), 9 (Student Support Services)  Promoting Faculty Excellence Standard- 10 (Faculty)  Enhancing Educational Offerings Standards- 11 (Educational Offerings), 12 (General Education), Standard 13 (Related Educational Activities), Standard 14 (Assessment of Student Learning)

Puzzle Directions  Every table has one of five images, each connected to one of the Workgroups  Please collaborate to piece your puzzle together  Discuss how you see the image reflecting the Workgroup theme

Accomplishing Our Mission  Standard 1: Mission and Goals  Standard 2: Planning, Resource Allocation, and Institutional Renewal  Standard 3: Institutional Resources  Standard 7: Institutional Assessment

Accomplishing Our Mission

Leading the Charge, Cultivating Change  Standard 4: Leadership and Governance  Standard 5: Administration  Standard 6: Integrity

Leading the Charge, Cultivating Change

Inspiring Student Success  Standard 8: Student Admissions & Retention  Standard 9: Student Support Services

Inspiring Student Success

Promoting Faculty Excellence  Standard 10: Faculty

Promoting Faculty Excellence

Enhancing Educational Offerings  Standard 11: Educational Offerings  Standard 12: General Education  Standard 13: Related Educational Activities  Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning

Enhancing Educational Offerings

Self-Study Timeline  Fall 2012: Workgroups organized, Self-Study Institute, Self-Study Design draft  Spring 2013: MSCHE staff liaison conducts self-study preparation visit, Design document completed, Workgroup researching begins  Fall 2013: Workgroup research  Winter 2 014: MSCHE selects evaluation team Chair, Chair reviews Design  Spring 2014: MSCHE selects evaluation team members, Workgroup reports due mid-spring,  Summer 2014: Full draft of the Self-Study completed  Fall 2014: College community review of Self-Study draft, Evaluation team Chair reviews draft and visits campus, Self-Study report completed  Spring 2015: Evaluation team visit and report, institutional response  Summer 2015/Fall 2015: Commission on Evaluation Reports meets, Commission action

Workgroup Timeline  Workgroup members selected by Sept. 28  Completed draft of the research questions for Workgroups by Sept. 28  Workgroup feedback on Design material to Steering Committee by Nov. 1  Workgroup research begins when the Design is finalized in Spring 2013

Join a Workgroup!  Work with members of the college community with whom you may not usually get to collaborate!  Learn more about CCC and contribute to improvement!  Exercise your strengths on a new team!

Communication  Fill out the Workgroup Interest form  A link to the form will be sent in an announcement.  Also, the form will be posted on MyCCC, Welcome tab, Middle States link on the left  Thank you for putting together our Self-Study puzzle!