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Aiming for Accreditation 2011: Teams Formed 
Five teams have formed and have been trained.

 

Lead chairs for the teams are:

Standard I:        Pam Licalsi, Doug MacIntire

Standard IIA:     Farley Herzek, Amy Dibello

Standard IIB&C: Diane Ramirez, Rey Ortiz

Standard III:      Edwin Deas, Tom Jones

Standard IV:      Jim Berg, Chris Nelson

 

Accreditation 2011 Timeline (reverse order)

Month/Yr or Semester

Visit of Accreditation Team

March 14-17, 2011

Publish Self-Study and Board Approval of Self Study

February 2011

Flex Session w/final Self-Study; Final adjustments to COD web pages & evidence links; Publish Self-Study

January 2011 (Benchmark)

Last revisions and last editing

Dec'10 - Jan. 11

Revisions and editing; Approval of Self-Study by Academic Senate, CPC and Cabinet

November 2010

Final editing and final draft of Consolidated Self-Study

October 31, 2010 (Benchmark)

Revisions and editing

September 2010

Consolidation of whole document; Flex presentation of consolidated draft of Self-Study

August 2010

Consolidation of Whole Document

July 2010

Final draft of Standards due from each team in final report format

June 15, 2010 (Benchmark)

Final discussion and revision of draft - by each team

May 2010

Investigate, reflect, discuss, revise draft - by each team

April 2010

Accreditation Workday including team leaders meeting. Investigate, reflect, discuss, and revise draft.

March 2010 (Benchmark)

Investigate, reflect, discuss, revise draft - by each team

February 2010

Flex Presentation by each team of first draft of Standard

January 2010 (Benchmark)

Research and writing of first draft

December 2009

Accreditation Workday including team leaders meeting. Investigage, reflect, discuss, and write.

November 2009 (Benchmark)

Investigate, creditation Workday including team leaders meeting. Investigate, reflect, discuss

October 2009

Report to Board introducing Team Leaders, preview of the upcoming year

September 2009 (Benchmark)

Fall Flex:  Meeting of each individual Standard Team

August 2009

 Timeline of Accreditation 2011 Events (Detailed) 


Attention all staff, students, and the public:

Your Accreditation input would be highly appreciated!
 Submit Feedback Form
For your reference, accreditation resources are listed at the bottom of this page. Please note the document marked *highly recommended; this is a useful summary of the Standards with sections on Learning highlighted.  Also highly recommended are two other documents: the Q&A to ask oneself while doing the Self-Study and the Rubric for Program Review, Planning, and Student Learning Outcomes.

 


 ACCREDITATION 2005 DOCUMENTS (most recent listed first)

June 2009   ACCJC accepts Follow-Up Report with no additional requirements

March 2009

  Follow-Up Report filed with ACCJC

       MARCH 2009 FOLLOW-UP REPORT REFERENCES AND EVIDENCE:

            Recommendation #1
            Recommendation #2

         Recommendation #4

         Recommendation #5

Oct 2008

  ACCJC letter re March 2009 Report and report format

June 2008

  ACCJC letter re March 2009 Report

May 2008

  ACCJC letter with April 2008 team report

April 2008

  Evaluation Report - Focused Midterm (James Keller team) and

 

        ACCJC Survey on Student Learning Outcomes (see above report)

March 2008

  Focused Midterm Report

March 2008

  ACCJC letter re upcoming visit April 2008

January 2007

  ACCJC letter re March 2008 Focused Midterm Report and Visit

Oct 2006

  Progress Report published ( Report)

June 2005

  ACCJC letter re October 2006 Progress Report

May 2005

  ACCJC letter with report of team visit

March 2005

  Accreditation Team visit (Shirley Kelly team) & Evaluation Report

Feb 2005

 Part I,   Part II,   Part I : SELF STUDY REPORT


RESOURCES



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  • ACCJC Accreditation Standards
  • ACCJC Accreditation Standards (Highlighted for Teaching/Learning and Governance) *highly recommended*
  • ACCJC Characteristics of Evidence
  • ACCJC Document: Questions and Answers to Ask About Your Self Study
  • ACCJC Publications and Policies (Some Duplication of Training Materials Below)
  • ACCJC Reference Materials: Training for COD Team, March 13, 2009
  • ACCJC Website
  • COD Accreditation 2011, Fall 2009 Flex Presentation
  • Feedback from Team Members, Accreditation 2005, 4/13/2009
  • Rubric: Letter from Dr. Barbara Beno
  • Rubric: October 2007
  • Self-Study Style Manual
  • Team Evaluator Manual
  • Samples of Recent Reaffirmed Accreditations at other Colleges:
          College of the Canyons               -     Accreditation Page   -     Self Study
          Contra Costa College                   -     Accreditation Page   -     Self Study
          Los Medanos College                  -     Accreditation Page   -     Self Study
          San Bernardino Valley College  -     Accreditation Page   -     Self Study          
          Butte College                                 -     Accreditation Page   -     Self Study
          Berkeley City College                   -     Accreditation Page   -     Self Study
       
       Laney College                                -     Accreditation Page   -     Self Study
          Santa Rosa Junior College         -    Accreditation Page   -     Self Study

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