Accreditation Information
Accreditation Time-Line - Tentative Schedule
Summer 2007:
- Set up focus groups
- Draft surveys
- Training and reference book
- Training workshops
- WIKI set up
- Establish "Document Czar"
Fall 2007
Aug 16 -- flex day
- Steering Committee and Chairs training workshop
Aug/Sept
- Feedback on drafts of surveys
- Draft of faculty and staff sign-up for Standard Committee flyer
Aug/Sept- Focus groups
Sept 21- WASC training for Steering Committee and Chairs
Sept- Faculty and staff sign-up for Standard Committee teams
Oct – type up Focus groups report
Early Oct- print surveys
Mid Oct- Launch Surveys (Student and Staff)
Nov- scan/correct surveys
Dec- Town Hall meeting
- Overview of accreditation process
- Standard Committees meet
Spring 2008
Feb 14 – Flex day
- Self Study Launch Day -- Committee work sessions and WIKI training for all.
Feb – April: Complete 1st Draft and post on WIKI for open comments
- 1st drafts of sub-sections are written by committee members
- Drafts submitted to Co-Chairs by April 4
- Co-Chairs review drafts and submit to Jeff Sperry to post on WIKI by April 9
- April 9-23: campus reviews and comments on 1st draft, using WIKI.
April 28-May 19: Complete 2nd Draft
- Original authors/experts make edits, based on WIKI comments, and submit to chairs
- May 20- Steering committee and editor (Mike Sato) review 2nd draft
Summer 2008
- Michael Sato edits 2nd draft
- Steering Committee writes Preamble and Introduction to Self-Study
- Expert Reviews
- 3rd Draft complete by end of Summer
Fall 2008
Aug- Flex-day: Training to edit 3rd draft- emphasis on Planning Agendas
October: Campus reviews and comments on 3rd draft, using WIKI.
October/November: Expert reviews (administrators and assigned faculty w/ stipend)
October: Themes completed and posted
Nov/Dec- Drafts to Mike as completed
Dec 1-5- Focus groups on each standard
Spring 2009
Jan – Meeting with graphic designer
Jan 30 Comprehensive draft completed
Feb- Comprehensive draft to College Council
Feb-April- Draft to Board of Trustees? (Ask D.P. how she thinks this will work)
Feb- Re-run Staff Survey on key variables
March- run staff data from F2007 and Sp2009
March-addendum
June – submit Self Study to WASC (must be submitted by July 1, 2009)
Fall 2009
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