Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation, and Outcomes Committee
Charge
The Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation, and Outcomes Committee will facilitate sustainable continuous quality improvement of the organization. The members will:
- Fulfill their responsibilities as described in Committee Responsibilities in the CHC Organizational Handbook.
- Become knowledgeable about Accreditation processes and standards and serve as a resource to the campus.
- Guide the accreditation process for the entire college, including:
- Develop timelines, policies, and procedures for accreditation within the guidelines provided by ACCJC (Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges).
- Recommend and support training for faculty, staff, and management with regard to accreditation standards, policies, and procedures.
- Guide the Outcomes Assessment process for the entire college, including:
- Develop and maintain an easy to use and meaningful college assessment plan
- Develop best practices for creating and assessing outcomes (SLOs, SAOs, ILOs).
- Provide meaningful feedback, suggestions, and guidance on outcome assessment process for the purpose of improvement.
- Coordinate training for faculty, staff, and management with regard to outcomes and their assessment.
- Provide a forum for on-going dialogue with regard to Accreditation and Outcomes Assessment (SLOs/SAOs).
- Recommend staff and faculty membership of Accreditation subcommittees to the President.
- Serve as co-chairs on accreditation standard subcommittees.
- Recommend to the President a list of qualifies candidates for the task of editing Accreditation reports.
- Review and provide input on midterm, follow-up, and other special reports to the Commission. If requested by the ALO, help draft such reports.
- The committee co-chairs will coordinate the preparation of the self-study. The standards subcommittee co-chairs will coordinate the preparation of their respective sections of the self-study with input from the committee and the ALO.
- Report to the Crafton Council.
- Encourage members of the college community to serve on accreditation teams.
Membership
- Accreditation Liaison Officer (co-chair)
- Vice President, Instruction or designee
- Vice President, Student Services or designee
- Vice President, Administrative Services or designee
- Dean, Institutional Effectiveness, Research and Planning
- two Deans (including one each from Instruction and Student Services,)
- a minimum of five faculty (one from each division, at least one from an occupational program, and at least one from student services)
- one Classified Senate representative
- one CSEA representative
- and one Student Senate appointee
Term: Two Years (for appointees)
