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Crawling Out of the Abyss:
Sanctioned for the Common Good
Tracy Schneider, Solano Community CollegeLouisa Moon, MiraCosta CollegeAngelina E. Stuart, Southwestern College
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YOUR PANEL TODAY:
1 Louisa MoonMiraCosta CollegeAcademic Senate President
Solano Community CollegeOutcomes Assessment Coordinator
Southwestern CollegeAcademic Senate President
Michelle Grimes-HillmanSession Facilitator
2 Tracy Schneider
3 Angelina E. Stuart
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MIRACOSTA COLLEGE
Louisa Moon, Academic Senate President
Accreditation Status: Probation
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SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Tracy Schneider,OutcomesAssessment Coordinator
Accreditation Status: Warning, Show Cause, Probation, Probation, Off Sanction, Warning
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SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE
Angelina E. Stuart, Academic Senate President
Accreditation Status: Jan 2010: ProbationJan 2012: Fully Accredited!
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Accredited: 4 Levels
1 Fully Reaffirmed
2 Fully Reaffirmed + Follow Up Report
3 Fully Reaffirmed + Follow Up Report and a Site Visit
4 Defer 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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
Thank you for your attention.
You have our best!11
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
LOUISA MOON
TRACY SCHNEIDER
ANGELINA E. STUART
Empowerment for
Change