Congratulations to the Graduates!!!

Scott Hicks

Jinny Ki, President, A.S.B.

Accreditation Evaluation Visit
is scheduled for
March 8 - 10, 2005

Accreditation Self Study Draft

Please recognize that this is a "draft" and that close editing will follow at a later date for grammar, punctuation, word selection, format, etc.   The College community worked as a team and devoted a lot of time, effort, and hard work for the preparation of the Standards Draft.    We will post more drafts and revisions as they become available. If you wish to give input for the Self Study, please contact Dr. Freeman, Accreditation Liaison Officer.

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Accreditation Self-Study Open Forum ~ April 28, 2004 On April 28, 2004, a gathering of faculty, staff, board members, and students participated in an Open Forum on the Accreditation Self Study.   Dr. Pat Spencer, Superintendent/President, gave a warm welcome and introduced the guest speaker, Dr. Pacheco, the Associate Director of the Accrediting Commission. Dr. Pacheco gave a outstanding presentation about the Accreditation standards, themes, using the standards to become a learning organization, dialogue, and increasing the institutional capacity for meeting the standards. This forum is one of the many steps the College has taken to provide training about accreditation and to obtain the broad participation in the self study. The Bottom Line... What should students learn? How well are they learning it? What evidence exists that students are learning? How can the evidence gathered best be analyzed and then used to improve learning and teaching? Darlene Pacheco, Associate Director of the Accrediting Commission

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Student Learning Outcomes Definition

Knowledge, Skills, abilities, and the attitudes that a student has attained at the end (or as a result) of his or her engagement in a particular set of collegiate experiences (Accreditation Reference Handbook Draft, July 2003, ACCJC Standards Glossary pg. 31).

The development of Student Learning Outcomes is one of the key themes in these standards. The theme has to do with the institution consciously and robustly demonstrating the effectiveness of its efforts to produce and support student learning by developing student learning outcomes at the course, program, and degree level. This demonstration of effectiveness requires that learning outcomes be measured and assessed to determine how well learning is occurring so that changes to improve learning and teaching can be made. It requires that faculty engage in discussions of ways to deliver instruction to maximize student learning. It requires that those providing student support services develop student learning outcomes and evaluate the quality of their policies, processes, and procedures for providing students access and movement through the institution. And it requires that student learning outcomes be at the center of the institution’s key processes and allocation of resources. Ultimately, this theme requires that an institution engage in self-analysis leading to improvement of all that it does regarding learning and teaching.

Coffee Klatch June 17, 2004 Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Place: Board Room The purpose of the Coffee Klatch is to discuss Student Learning Outcomes.   A Coffee Klatch is a gathering for coffee and casual conversation.   This presentation will be the next in a series of Coffee Klatches to increase the dialogue about Student Learning Outcomes. Please RSVP Chris Cole or Mark Clair, CO-Chairs, Student Learning Outcomes Steering Committee. Sponsored by the Student Learning Outcomes Steering Committee, Planning and Resource Development Office, and the Institutional Research Office.

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Coffee Klatch ~ April 22, 2004 The facilitator, Rita Jackson, started with a Meet and Greet Exercise.    She gave an insightful presentation on Student Learning Outcomes. Rita distributed a handout showing the comparison between the traditional learning paradigm and the desired learning paradigm. Mark Clair gave an overview of Student Learning Outcomes.   Everyone had positive feedback and enjoyed the dialogue.   Coffee Klatch ~ May 14, 2004      Bonnie Weathersby, a Counselor, served as the Facilitator. Bonnie started the meeting with a warm Welcome. Next, everyone introduced themselves. Some of the departments represented were: Counseling, Learning Center, Library, Biology, Computer Information Technology, Child Development, Cooperative Education, Human Resources, English as a Second Language, and the Planning and Resource Development Office.    Melody Ricci, a Biology faculty member, and a member of the Faculty Senate Student Learning Outcomes Committee, gave an overview and background information about the committee.   The Faculty Senate Student Learning Outcomes Committee is working on developing the student learning outcomes at the course level.   Next, the committee will begin working on student learning outcomes at the program and the degree level.   The Faculty Senate SLO Committee also conducted a workshop about student learning outcomes on April 29, 2004.    In addition, the participants discussed how departments support student learning. The discussion focused on: time management skills, help desk~ computer skills, open lab~ computer skills, tutoring skills, job placement, internship experience, information competency, and leadership skills.    Dr. Fay Freeman, Director of Instructional Compliance, discussed the Student Learning Outcomes Steering Committee, a campus-wide committee. A goal of the Student Learning Outcomes Steering Committee is to provide collaboration across the institution, an aid to building shared knowledge and shared responsibility for student learning. Participants were asked to bring a goal that supports student learning to the next Coffee Klatch on June 17, 2004 in the Board Room.

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Master Plan Goals Draft

The Master Plan Goals Draft is nearing completion. The input was obtained from the Online Master Plan Goals survey, Goals Setting for the Master Plan Forum on January 29, 2004, Emails, meetings, and planning sessions. The goals focus on the following:

1. Organizational Excellence - The College's governance roles and processes are structured to maximize institutional effectiveness.


2. Institutional Commitment to Student Learning and Student Success through Educational Excellence - Student learning will be the central focus in the development, implementation, evaluation, and improvement for all courses programs, and services.


3. Economic and Community Development - The College will effectively meet changing community needs for education leading to employment, cultural enrichment, civic, political and social responsibilities.


4. Diverse Populations - The College will increase access opportunities by improving programs and services to better serve an increasingly diverse campus population.


5. Technology - The College will integrate and utilize technology and provide quality technological training for the creation and delivery of instruction, support of programs and services, and the improvement of institutional effectiveness to enhance student learning.


6. Learning Centered Resource Management - Through utilization of prudent fiscal policies and the proactive entrepreneurial pursuit of increased revenue, the College will work diligently to secure solid financial resources to meet current and future enrollment growth, community learning needs and learning outcomes.

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Khalid Rubayi Chair, Program Review Committee

Hi, I am Khalid Rubayi, Chair of the Program Review Committee and an Electronics faculty member. The Program Review Committee meets regularly to review, evaluate and improve the program review process. The Program Review Committee prepared the Program Review Guide, an instructional handbook for completing the program review.  The Program Review Guide was approved by the Faculty Senate on February 6, 2003.   The Program Review Guide was presented to the College Assembly for readings on May 6, 2003, September 16, 2003, May 18, 2004, and will be submitted during the Fall Semester, 2004. The Program Review Committee members are available to advise and assist individual departments in completion of program reviews. If you have any questions regarding program review, please contact me, or Dr. Freeman, Planning and Resource Development Office.

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There are several upcoming grants.
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We welcome any suggestions to improve the Newsletter.
For questions or suggestions about Accreditation, Program Review, Integrated Planning, and Grants Development, please contact Dr. Fay Freeman at 760 245-4271 ext. 2414, or Pamela Penland at ext. 2431.

Resources:
Khalid Rubayi, Chair, Program Review Committee
Dr. Tom Miller, Planning Faculty Facilitator
Paul Tonning, Technology Plan Facilitator
Pamela Penland, Administrative Secretary
Scott Hicks, Student Office Assistant
John Mitchell, Student Office Assistant
Dr. Fay Freeman, Director