Presentation for VELT Guests from China Tuesday, April 27, 2010 by Norma Goldstein, Ph.D., Dean of Humanities, Academic Standards, Accreditation, Articulation & Transfer, and K-12 Relatio ns

 7- year instead of 10-year cycle  5 standards instead of 9  Cross departmental, integrated  Self study divided into several reports  Year 1, Year 3+ visit, Year 5, Year 7+ visit  Recursive process based on Core Themes

Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Year 1 Report due Standard one Year 7 report due All 5 standards Year 1 Report Standard One

 Typically 3-5 core themes  Aligned with Policy Governance goals  Based on the College Mission:  We are dedicated to serving the educational, workforce and cultural needs of our diverse community.

MISSION CORE THEME

 It is a manifestation of a fundamental aspect of institutional mission with an overarching common purpose that guides planning for programs and services, development of capacity, and application of resources to fulfill that aspect of the mission.

Access and Diversity Educational Attainment/ Student Success Community Engagement College Stewardship Program Excellence

 Soon I will show you our website and what the final product for Year One Core Theme reports looks like.  Websites were developed to make it more public and participatory. BOT AdminFacultyStudentsStaff

Objectives Indicators Benchmarks

It is typically written as a positive statement or goal we are trying to achieve.

Specific ways to measure or assess how we met our objectives Indicators Levels of achievement for our objectives Benchmarks

How do you know that you are fulfilling your mission?

 Validates that we are “on target” with our goals  Allows everyone to participate  Satisfies the state and federal need for us to be accountable to our community and to students, funders, partners, etc. A mark of quality.