Update: October 21, 2009
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that our Follow-Up report and supporting evidence were submitted on time to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) to meet the October 15th deadline. Please click here to view the report and its accompanying cover letter from Superintendent-President Eloy Oakley.
The report and evidence is currently under review by the two-member evaluation team that will make its follow-up visit on Tuesday, November 10. The team includes the chair and team assistant of the Accreditation Evaluation Team that visited us in November 2008, Dr. Tom Crow, Chancellor of State Center Community College District and Mr. Tony Cantu, Vice President of Instruction at Fresno City College. As they confirm their plans with us, including meeting requests with individuals and groups, we will be sure to keep you updated. Please mark Tuesday, November 10 on your calendar to remind you of this upcoming important visit.
The college should be proud of the remarkable efforts it has put forth in the past several months to address the recommendations included in the ACCJC warning letter we received in February. Highlights of our work are contained in the follow-up report and will be evident when the team makes its visit. Noteworthy accomplishments include:
- Revision and initial implementation of an entirely new program planning and review process, with a supporting web-based software tool (TracDat) to assist in the collection and transmission of data. Our new process will better inform planning, resource-allocation and ongoing improvement of services and programs. A new website, http://programreview.lbcc.edu/ was developed to support the college with this work. All 57 units of the college (instructional, student support services, and administrative units) completed their plans! Colleagues are currently serving on validation teams to provide feedback to departments on their submitted plans.
- Over 70% of all courses have their Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) on the course outline website. Faculty in all departments are to be commended for this work. Huge strides have been made in developing an integrated framework for assessing SLOs and Service Unit Outcomes (SUOs). Numerous guides and supporting materials have been developed and published on the new outcomes assessment website, http://outcomes.lbcc.edu/. The ASLO Subcommittee has an expanded task force of faculty who are being trained so that they are able to assist the faculty with SLO assessment. The upcoming October 28th Flex Day workshops on SLO assessment will provide continued support and advancement of this work.
- A blueprint was also developed to keep the college focused on targets that will enable us to reach “proficiency” in program planning, program review and student learning outcomes assessment by 2012, as required by ACCJC.
We have made admirable progress within a very compacted timeframe. While there is much yet to do, the college community is to be commended for uniting and working extremely hard to resolve our accreditation recommendations and to ultimately demonstrate our commitment to excellence and student success.
Thank you, Long Beach City College!
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at ebagg@lbcc.edu.
Sincerely,
Eva Bagg
Accreditation Liaison Officer
LBCC
