1. Self Study Workshop Plenary V Self Study Report Considerations Philosophy and Tone February 2, 2007 Sonya Christian

2. Tone Is NotIs Academic Rigorous Factual Evidence based Meticulous Pedantic Boring Sterile Anecdotal Fussy Self-study

3. Your Story Your Values Accreditation Standards Self-study “Both” “And”

4. An Example Lane’s Story Learning- centered principles Core values

5. Initial Work: An Example 4.A.5 The institution provides for regular and systematic evaluation of faculty performance in order to ensure teaching effectiveness and the fulfillment of instructional and other faculty responsibilities. The institution's policies, regulations, and procedures provide for the evaluation of all faculty on a continuing basis consistent with Policy 4.1 - Faculty Evaluation, page 66. Eval Scale: 3—Strong Compliance to 0—No Compliance Evidence: What evidence/ data do we have? What data do we need to collect? Indicator based with one-to-one mapping.

6. Analysis What conclusions should we draw from the evidence? What is the data telling us about how well we are doing in relation to our embedded College Values: the Learning-centered College principles, as well as the College’s Vision, Mission & Core Values? Strengths (Provide Examples): Challenges (Provide Examples): Recommendations for Improvement - Alignment to Vision, Mission, Core Values, Learning College What are we going to do as a result of this analysis to improve our practice? Initial Work: An Example Indicator based with one-to-one mapping.

7. It is your story … Collective Story All the groups have their roles Self-Improvement Leads to improving every aspect of the institution … and not merely to respond to NWCCU