Guiding Questions

1. How does this system support teaching and learning and student success? How do we know?
2. Is the system best organized to be simple, clear, efficient, and effective?
3. Do the systems support each other and integrate well with each other?
4. What is the value added of the recommended changes?

Steering Team Process

1. Develop understanding of planning, assessment, program review, institutional effectiveness, and organizational structure
2. Serve as sounding board for work teams
3. Share information among work teams
4. Review and finalize recommendations from work teams; may have from 1-3 models

Work Team Process

1. Review and finalize outcomes and develop work team process

a. Determine scope of project
b. Identify other work team members
c. Develop time line and project tasks

2. Assess status of current system

a. Clarity of purpose and focus
b. Who does it serve?
c. How does it reflect a Learning College? (look at indicators) please make indicators and active link to indicators document already upload on site.
d. How is it organized?
e. What works
f. What doesn’t work
g. What can be improved

3. Examine Best Practices

a. In MCCCD
b. In other League colleges
c. In other 2-year and 4-year institutions
d. Consult those with expertise in the system

4. Develop recommendations