Organization of the Cuesta College Self-Evaluation Process
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Organization of the Cuesta College Self-Evaluation Process
The following timeline graphically summarizes the major developments in our preparation and creation of this Institutional Self-Evaluation Report. Faculty, staff, administrators, and students engaged in participation through committee initiatives, standard teams, evidence gathering, and open forums. The Institutional Self Evaluation Report moved through the district’s governance approval process.
Fall 2017
- Accreditation Steering Committee members co-chair assignments
- Volunteers solicited for standards, policies, and eligibility requirements
- Templates developed for assignments and reporting
- Standard Education training College Wide
Spring 2018
- Accreditation training for team members
- Timelines developed
- Templates finalized
- Committee Standards Assignments identified
- Development of Committee Standard Draft Review
Fall 2018
- Training for Accreditation Steering Committee members
- Co-Chairs solidified
- Committee standards initiative assignments
- Co-Chairs and committees begin to complete templates and submit evidence in share drive
- Accreditation Steering Committee reviews template updates and gives feedback
Spring 2019
- Continued work on templates
- Introduction draft writing begins
- Standard draft writing begins
- Accreditation Steering Committee reviews Co-Chair template submissions and evidence
- Policies and ER draft writing begins
- QFE Topics Identified
Summer 2019
- First full draft written
- QFE Developed
- Achievement Data and Charts updated
- Board of Trustees trained by ACCJC
- Governance Approval process Schedule Developed
Fall 2019
- ISER First Draft begins the governance review process
- Accreditation Steering Committee reviews governance process feedback on Drafts
Spring 2020
- Editor works on document
- Accreditation Steering Committee continues to review committees’ feedback
- Accreditation Steering Committee reviews full drafts
- Document sent to the board of trustees for review
- Evidence is gathered and linked
- Document revised as needed
- Final copy submitted to the board of trustees for approval
- Document sent to designer for final layout and printing
Summer 2020
- ISER sent to ACCJC
Fall 2020
- College Wide Training in preparation for visit
- Team visit
Spring 2021
- Commission Results
- Begin process for responding to Commission recommendations if required