Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Reaffirm
Accept Report Defer Decision Apply Sanction
Accreditation
Midterm Report
or
Issue Warning
Follow-Up Report
and/or Impose
Focused Midterm Probation
Report
(with/without Visits)
Order Show
Cause
Derived from the ACCJC Accreditation Reference Handbook, August 2009,
http://www.accjc.org/pdf/Accreditation%20Reference%20Handbook%20August%202009.pdf
by Todd V. Titterud, The Follow-Up Report, https://sites.google.com/site/thefollowupreport/Home/actions
Midterm Report
Team Visit and On-Going (or Focused Midterm Report)
Report Continuous
Accreditation (With or Without)
Commission
Meetings
On-Going Year Three *Ongoing cycles supplemented
Systematic by Follow-Up Reports and
Planning and Action Letter additional Team Visits, Reports,
Source: Todd V. Titterud, Assessment
The Follow-Up Report, (Acceptance or Sanction) and Commission Actions in
https://sites.google.com/site/th Cycles* intervening years due to
efollowupreport/action-letters-
and-reports Sanctions or Commission
Concerns.
Standards of Accreditation
and Their Evolution
The institution also organizes its key processes and allocates its
resources to effectively support student learning. The institution
demonstrates its effectiveness by providing:
z A. Instructional Programs –
The institution offers high quality instructional programs in
recognized and emerging fields of study that culminate in
identified student outcomes leading to degrees, certificates,
employment, or transfer to other higher education institutions or
programs consistent with its mission.
z A. Instructional Programs –
Instructional programs are systematically assessed in order to
assure currency, improve teaching and learning strategies, and
achieve stated student learning outcomes. The provisions of this
standard are broadly applicable to all instructional activities
offered in the name of the institution.
z A. Human Resources –
The institution employs qualified personnel to support student
learning programs and services wherever offered and by
whatever means delivered, and to improve institutional
effectiveness. Personnel are treated equitably, are evaluated
regularly and systematically, and are provided opportunities for
professional development. Consistent with its mission, the
institution demonstrates its commitment to the significant
educational role played by persons of diverse backgrounds by
making positive efforts to encourage such diversity. Human
resource planning is integrated with institutional planning.
z A. Human Resources –
z We hire people who can do their jobs and who are able to do
so with increasing levels of success.
z We treat our employees fairly, while making sure they do a
good job and helping them become capable of doing an even
better job.
z We constantly work together and plan ahead to make sure we
have the people we need to do the job we need when we need
it to continually support and improve student success.
z We hire people who reflect the diversity of our nation, state,
and community.
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Standard III
Resources (continued)
z B. Physical Resources –
Physical resources, which include facilities, equipment, land,
and other assets support student learning programs and
services and improve institutional effectiveness. Physical
resource planning is integrated with institutional planning.
z C. Technology Resources –
Technology resources are used to support student learning
programs and services and to improve institutional
effectiveness. Technology planning is integrated with
institutional planning.
z D. Financial Resources –
Financial resources are sufficient to support student learning
programs and services and to improve institutional
effectiveness. The distribution of resources supports the
development, maintenance, and enhancement of programs
and services. The institution plans and manages its financial
affairs with integrity and in a manner that ensures financial
stability. The level of financial resources provides a
reasonable expectation of both short-term and long-term
financial solvency. Financial resource planning is integrated
with institutional planning.
z D. Financial Resources –
EVIDENCE THAT:
z SLOs are developed and disseminated
– We have decided upon and shared with each other
what we want our students to learn while they are at
our college.
z Samples of student work are being collected
– We collect student work that shows what they have
learned and how well they are learning it.
Continued
EVIDENCE THAT:
z Summary data on SLOs is being collected
– We review student work to see if they are learning what we
want them to learn and keep track of how well they are
doing.
z SLO attainment is measured and analyzed and results
are used for self evaluation, planning and improvement.
– We determine how well our students are learning what we
want and change what we do so that our students learn
more and learn it better.
On-Going
Systematic
Integrated
Implementation Planning and Planning
Assessment
Cycle
Resource
Allocation
Source: Todd V. Titterud, The Follow-Up Report, https://sites.google.com/site/thefollowupreport/, http://thefollowupreport.blogspot.com/
ACCJC (http://www.accjc.org/index.htm)
z Accreditation Standards,
http://www.accjc.org/pdf/ACCJC_WASC_Accreditation_Standards.pdf
z Accreditation Reference Handbook,
http://www.accjc.org/pdf/Accreditation%20Reference%20Handbook%20August%202009.p
df
z Guide to Evaluating Institutions,
http://www.accjc.org/pdf/Guide%20to%20Evaluating%20Institutions%20August%202009.p
df
z ACCJC Bylaws and WASC Constitution, http://www.accjc.org/bylaws.htm
z FAQs on Accreditation, http://www.accjc.org/faq_on_accreditation.htm
z Accreditation and Leadership: What Executives Need to Know,
http://www.accjc.org/pdf/Executive%20Leadership%20Presentation%20Nov%202007.pps
Other
z U.S. Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
z Council for Higher Education Accreditation, http://www.chea.org/
z The Follow-Up Report, https://sites.google.com/site/thefollowupreport/
z The Follow-Up Report Press, http://thefollowupreport.blogspot.com/