1. 1 Crawling Out of the Abyss: Sanctioned for the Common Good Tracy Schneider, Solano Community College Louisa Moon, MiraCosta College Angelina E. Stuart, Southwestern College

2. YOUR PANEL TODAY: 1Louisa Moon MiraCosta College Academic Senate President Solano Community College Outcomes Assessment Coordinator Southwestern College Academic Senate President Michelle Grimes-Hillman Session Facilitator 2Tracy Schneider 3Angelina E. Stuart 2

3. 3 MIRACOSTA COLLEGE  Louisa Moon, Academic Senate President  Accreditation Status: Probation

4. 4 SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE  Tracy Schneider, Outcomes Assessment Coordinator  Accreditation Status: Warning, Show Cause, Probation, Probation, Off Sanction, Warning

5. 5 SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE  Angelina E. Stuart, Academic Senate President  Accreditation Status: Jan 2010: Probation Jan 2012: Fully Accredited!

6. Accredited: 4 Levels 1Fully Reaffirmed 2Fully Reaffirmed + Follow Up Report 3Fully Reaffirmed + Follow Up Report and a Site Visit 4Defer a decision on Reaffirmation of Accreditation = pending receipt of specified additional information or within 6 months to correct deficiencies Sanctions: 3 Levels 6.Issue Warning 7.Impose Probation 8.Order Show Cause Termination = if the Commission feels that the institution has not satisfactorily explained or corrected matters or has taken action significantly out of compliance ACCREDITATION STATUS LEVELS 6

7. 7 Tips & Best Practices Tip #1: Get past the “blame” stage and into productive dialogue as quickly as possible. Tip #2: Bring stakeholders together to find where your common interests are: keeping your Accreditation Status! Work from there. Tip #3: Avoid the pitfall of “victim” thinking. Tip #4: Embed changes into the College’s culture: sustainable and systemic, not ad hoc.

8. 8 Tip #7: Gather evidence about best practices from other colleges, experts, websites, etc. Tip #8: Develop a long term as well as a short term plan. Tip #5: Pay careful attention to the ACCJC rubrics and timelines Tip #6: Assign workgroups who commit to addressing the recommendations

9. 9 Tip #9: Consolidate and integrate internal processes so that there are no “silos” Tip #10: Hold a campus summit to address the recommendations. Tip #11: Communicate all decisions to the campus community in a timely manner to build campus morale and buy-in.

10. 10 Tip #12: Get as many faculty and staff involved as possible in both report writing and in affecting change. If it's just administration working on it, the work won't be useful or genuine. Tip #13: Keep your momentum going: Don’t ever think your work is done! Tip #14: Above all, view sanction as a catalyst for action based on constructive criticism, rather than a punishment based on random and/or irrelevant standards.

11. Thank you for your attention. You have our best! 11

12. CONTACT INFORMATION: lmoon@miracosta.edu tracy.schneider@solano.edu astuart@swccd.edu LOUISA MOON TRACY SCHNEIDER ANGELINA E. STUART 12

13. 13 Empowerment for Change