Driving the Accreditation and SLO Highway: Navigating the Roads of Change
(Subject to change)
Proposed Accreditation Institute Presenters
Barbara Anderson, Pierce College
Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College
Barbara Beno, ACCJC
Kenneth Bearden, Butte College
Angela Caballero de Cordero, Allan Hancock
Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Scott Lee, Antelope Valley College
Mark Wade Lieu, ASCCC president, Ohlone College
Richard Mahon, Riverside Community College
Virginia Moran, Victor Valley College
Sue Mouck, Lassen College
Robert Pacheco, Barstow College
Tracy Schneider, Solano College
Janice Tomson, Long Beach City College
Linda Umbdenstock, Long Beach City College
Gary Williams, Crafton Hills College
ACCJC representative (one unnamed additional)
Shaaron Vogel, Butte College
Norv Wellsfry, ACCJC, Cosumnes River College
Lynn Welch, Delta College
Karen Wong, Skyline College
• indicates lead person coordinating general session or breakout
Urban Legends about Accreditation
1:10 p.m. – 2:25 pm. General Session
The Federal Back Seat Driver on a Crowded Freeway: Who is Driving Accreditation Anyway?
Presenters:
*Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Barbara Beno
The Federal Government wants to be more involved in Accreditation. The system of higher education in the United States is unique because colleges are accredited based on a peer review process. But the federal government and other entities feel this process is broken. During the last year, regional accrediting commissions came under direct fire from the federal government and other agencies. Whose hands are on the steering wheel, anyway? What is the value of peer review? How do we respond to the new federal pressures have been placed on accreditation?
2:30 p.m. Break
2:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Breakouts (1 hour 15 min)
1A. Accreditation Standard 1 & 4 – Institutional Mission and Leadership – Where Does the Rhetoric Meet the Road?
Presenters:
Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Richard Mahon, Riverside Community College
Linda Umbdenstock, Long Beach City College
Lynn Welch, Delta College
Standard 1 Institutional Mission and Effectiveness and Standard 4 Leadership and Governance, provide the structure for institutional processes, planning and decisions. The mission statement should drive institutional goals and outcomes, but does it? Does your mission statement honestly reflect what your institutions values? How effective is your institution at fulfilling that mission? Will your self study conclude that your governance and leadership processes are operating well? It is easy to assign these two important standards to administrators, but faculty must take a role in examining governance processes and improving those areas that often produce problems.
1B SLO Beginners – Drivers Training:
SLO 101 for New Coordinators - Presenation
Presenters
*Janice Tomson, Long Beach City College
Bob Pacheco, Barstow College
Scott Lee, Antelope Valley College
Tracy Schneider, Solano College
This breakout focuses on driving school for new SLO coordinators, folks with very little experience navigating the SLO Highway and for institutions that have not yet organized an approach to outcomes assessment. Topics will include getting the SLO vehicle started, enticing others to drive with you and defensive driving. Attendees will go through a basic driver’s manual, defining terms and car parts to help you begin your journey.
1C Advanced Drivers Training: Life in the SLO Fast Lane
Presenters:
Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College
*Kenneth Bearden, Butte College
Barbara Anderson, Pierce College
Karen Wong, Skyline College
Now that your college is on the road, this breakout will talk about how to keep moving. What are the major speed bumps, where do you fuel up? Sustaining assessment in a meaningful manner, instituting robust dialogue, storing data, and reporting results will all be included in this interactive session.
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. General Session
Urban Legends Video Clip
Reports from the CHP: Update on Road Conditions,
Mapping the Future, and Planning the HIghway
Construction - Presentation
Introduction by ASCCC president (15 min) –Mark
Wade Lieu
Getting the GPS Roadmap up and running:
Developing the satellite view of the student
services’ topography and landscape.
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Presentation
(1:15)
This breakout will focus on the development
of outcomes and their assessment in student
services areas, from the macro to the micro
components. How do you begin to coordinate
outcomes in counseling, the library, DSPS,
EOPS, and other student service areas?
While instructional faculty often focus
on their courses, student service faculty
must focus on outcomes at a program level.
Student services and instruction are undeniably
linked in student success, yet articulating
and assessing student services outcomes
begins with a high level institutional
viewpoint of student pathways. Where do
you begin and what can you actually observe
and measure? Join these experts for a satellite
view to help you get oriented.
Presenters:
Angela Caballero de Cordero, Allan Hancock College
Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Scott Lee, Antelope Valley College
*Gary Williams, Crafton Hills College
5:30 p.m. Dinner, No Host Reception and Professional Interaction Assessment Pileups and Traffic Miracles: Notes from the freeway
*Hosted by Janice Tomson and Sue Mouck, Lassen College
Come ready to share your experiences, both positive and negative, with
other drivers on the SLO Highway. Advice and commiseration will be served.
Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. General Session Panel
The Traffic Stop - Getting Pulled Over: What Happens When Things Go Wrong?
Presenters:
Barbara Beno, ACCJC
Sue Mouck, Lassen College
*Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Lynn Welch, Delta College
Linda Umbdenstock, Long Beach City College
Has your college taken a wrong turn on the Accreditation Highway? Have you broken down on the side of the road? Compton's loss of accreditation and elimination as one of the 109 California Community Colleges was a shock.
Lassen is currently fighting to retain accreditation and several other colleges are on warning. What happens when the ACCJC cites your college with immediate recommendations and schedules a progress visit within the next year? What about when your college is put on warning? Do you call a tow truck or the Highway Patrol? What concrete steps can faculty take when the unexpected or unthinkable happens?
10:20 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 Breakouts (3) (1 hour 15 min)
2A. Accreditation Standard 2 Triple A (AAA) Road Service: (Assessment, Accreditation and Academic Senate)
Presenters:
*Kenneth Bearden, English, Butte College
Angela Caballero de Cordero, Allan Hancock College
Janice Tomson, Long Beach City College
Lynn Welch, San Joaquin Delta College
Shaaron Vogel, Butte College
This session discusses the expansive need for institution wide understanding of outcomes. “The provisions of this standard are broadly applicable to all instructional activities offered in the name of the institution.” How do you get there and what are important principles to remember as you evaluate this portion of the self study.
2B. SLO Beginners – Oil Changes: Beginning Easy Assessment Techniques for Classrooms and Programs
Presenters:
Barbara Anderson, Pierce College
*Scott Lee, Antelope Valley College
Gary Williams, Crafton Hills College
Tracy Schneider, Solano Community College
You have written some SLOs, so what comes next? Faculty are experts in assessing student work in their classrooms. What is different about assessing outcomes, why are institutions getting hung up with assessment? Come to this panel discussion describing a collection of assessment techniques that are fun, meaningful and successful in the classroom or with programs. Get a tune-up on how to create assessment practices in classrooms and programs that yield useful results and improve student learning and our teaching.
2C. SLO Advanced – Advanced
Assessment Techniques – – 60,000
Mile Tune Up: GE and Institutional Assessment
Techniques - Presentation -
Handout
Presenters:
Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College
*Robert Pacheco, Barstow College
Norv Wellsfry, Cosumnes River College
Linda Umbdenstock, Long Beach City College
What are the vital components of the college's mass transit that transports nearly all the students? How do you even find the gauges that measure this, much less analyze what their readings mean? This breakout addresses GE and Institutional Assessments. Many cars have simply stopped dead in their tracks or slammed on the parking break when it came to this part of assessing outcomes. Join mechanics from colleges who have actually started this work to hear how they've tuned up their engines and made the college car run better.
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon
1:10 p.m. 2:25 p.m. General Session
Evidence: Where Do You Store your Maintenance
Record? - Presentation - Handout
Presenters:
*Gary Williams, Crafton Hills (eLumen)
Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College (curricunet)
Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College (create your own storage)
Virginia Moran, Victor Valley College
Evidence: How do you get it and where to store it? What type of evidence fuels the assessment cycle? What happens if you get sugar in your gas tank and sputter to a stop? How do you make the evidence collection practical and safe? This general session discusses what evidence should be protected and what evidence should be generally accessible. This session helps you to plan for the presentation of data, when to aggregate it, and how o use it to stimulate and sustain the assessment process.
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Work sessions (3) 1 hour and 30 minutes
3A. Accreditation Standard 3 – Resources: Spark Plugs, GPS, Hybrid Vehicles
(Increasing MPG) - Presentation
Presenters:
Richard Mahon, Riverside Community College
*Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Kenneth Bearden, Butte College
Shaaron Vogel, Butte College
Norv Wellsfry, ACCJC, Cosumnes River College
This standard says it all. “The institution effectively uses its human, physical, technology, and financial resources to achieve its broad educational purposes, including student learning outcomes, and to improve institutional effectiveness. How does this happen? This portion of the self study should be chock full of evidence and critical analysis. If things aren’t going right on your campus, examine how these resources are allocated and fix it.
3B. SLO Beginners Work session - Going for a Test Drive: Designing Classroom and Program Assessments.
Presenters:
Gary Williams, Crafton Hills
Angela Caballero de Cordero, Allan Hancock College
*Robert Pacheco, Basic Skills, Barstow College
Karen Wong, Skyline College
This work session will provide participants with the opportunity to create assessments relevant to their institution at the course and program level. These draft assessments and assessment plans will be road-tested with other participants in the breakout, in order to avoid blind curves and get collegial feedback. Come to this session prepared to roll up your sleeves and get to work.
3C. SLO Advanced Work Session Road Test: Designing GE and Institutional Assessments
Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo College
*Janice Tomson, Long Beach City College
Scott Lee, Antelope Valley College
Virginia Moran, Victor Valley College
In this breakout attendees will develop GE and institutional level assessment techniques. These draft assessment plans will be road tested with others in the breakout and colleagues will provide feedback. This mass transit assessment must be carefully planned and implemented because it has the potential to affect so many faculty and students. Where do you start and what will work on your campus? Come to this session ready to get this vehicle moving on your campus.
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 pm General Session - A Private Universe
This session involves a short (20 minute) engaging film detailing a simple, casual assessment technique that revealed disappointing data at Harvard. After digging into the missing components of student and faculty knowledge, some fascinating discoveries were made about student learning. What do you do with data you don’t like or want to see? How do you correct obvious inaccuracies? The implications of pedagogical strategies portrayed in this film, over a person’s life, will surprise you.
*Janet Fulks, Bakersfield College
Dinner on your own
Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Breakfast
Urban Legends
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. General Session – Moving at
the Limit: What Happens When Accreditation Works? - Presetation
Presenters:
ACCJC Rep
*Angela Caballero de Cordero, Allan Hancock College
Lynn Welch, San Joaquin Delta College
Linda Umbdenstock, Long Beach City College
Richard Mahon, Riverside Community College
Assessment and accreditation can allow you to slip into the car pool lane, flying past others who are stuck in traffic. Self evaluation based upon evidence can actually make good things happen in a powerful way. Examples of assessment and accreditation improving teaching and learning will be shared.
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. General Session – Exiting the Freeway: Applying the Lessons of the Road.
Are you feeling overwhelmed with all the sights from the SLO and Accreditation Highway? Small groups will meet to reflect on what we’ve learned at the Institute and to make plans for how we can use the information to keep our colleges on the road.
Marcy Alancraig, English, Cabrillo College
Scott Lee, Library, Antelope Valley College
Janice Tomson, Geology, Long Beach City College
Kenneth Bearden, English, Butte College
Angela Caballero de Cordero, Noncredit Matriculation Coordinator/Counselor, Alan Hancock
Robert Pacheco, Basic Skills, Barstow College
Gary Williams, Faculty Researcher, Crafton Hills College
Linda Umbdenstock, Long Beach City College
Lynn Welch, Delta College
Tracy Schneider, Solano College
Shaaron Vogel, Butte College Standard 3
Sue Mouck, Lassen College
Richard Mahon, Riverside Community College
