Institutional Effectiveness Committee Charges and Committee Membership

Charges:

1. Ensure that College of the Redwoods is continually monitoring its compliance with the Standards of Accreditation of the WASC/ACCJC;
2. Facilitate development and adjustment of assessment measures;
3. Monitor the College’s achievement on its quantitative and qualitative performance indicators;
4. Work with the Curriculum Committee, PRC, and Assessment Team to ensure that the three important components of institutional effectiveness—Curriculum, Program Review, and Assessment—are linked in a comprehensive process of evaluation, planning, and curriculum/program change;
5. Make annual recommendations to the President;
6. Review mission (every 5 years);
7. Facilitate the review, update and revision of the long-range strategic plan and goals (2-3 years); and
8. Review indicators of institutional effectiveness and prepare annual report on successes, opportunities, and areas of concern

Institution-wide Accreditation Information By maintaining an updated inventory of documents and archives of information that support compliance, the Institutional Effectiveness Committee will provide the evidence needed for the next WASC reaffirmation process.  The IEC works with faculty, staff, and administrators across campus to record evidence of meeting the Standards.

Program Review and Assessment
The Academic Senate and Administration have established a policy that program review and assessment are institutional priorities. The Institutional Effectiveness Committee assists the Curriculum Committee, Program Review Committee and the Assessment Team to support the efforts of the college to integrate curriculum development/revision, continuous program review and analysis, and student/program learning assessment.

Program-Specific Accreditation Assistance
While the IEC is not an expert about every accrediting agency, it can work with program faculty and staff to understand the accrediting agency standards, involve the right people, create a plan of action, review documents for accuracy and thoroughness, and participate in site visits. 

Strategic Planning Support
College of the Redwoods engages in ongoing, integrated, and institution-wide planning and evaluation processes that demonstrate that the institution is effectively accomplishing its mission.  The Institutional Effectiveness Committee assists the Coordinated Planning Council in this process by recording strategic planning activities, compiling Strategic Plan Updates and Strategic Actions, and logging Coordinated Planning Committee actions.