Los Angeles Mission College

Standard Six meeting

December 1, 1999

Minutes

Present: Ed Zayas, Ed Casson, Stan Levine, Sandy Thomsen, Susan Polk, Eva Berend, Dale Newman, Robert Smazenka, Joyce Woodmansee, Terry Carter, Claudio Ramirez, John Cantley

The matrix for reporting information for the Pilot Program was introduced in hard copy. The form has several parts that were explained. The box for evidence was emphasized as being very important. It was announced that this form would be means by which each standard will record its ongoing study under the standard. Hard copy for use in note-taking and for preparing a rough draft is available for download from the accreditation pages on the LAMC web site. The matrix will be available on-line for the standard's writers to update more permanently at the same web page. These forms will be available for read/write privileges only for the standard team members and the accreditation co-chairs until final draft is ready.

The January 6, 2000 pilot program workshop at LAMC was announced. The committee was reminded that there would need to be representatives from Standard 6 at the workshop and that the first part of the matrix would be the subject. It is expected that representatives from the district, the D.A.S., the unions, the board and others will be available that day as resource people.

The team began a discussion on the sub-sections of the standard. Comments were made regarding the state of technology on campus. It was suggested that the first emphasis in the committee's work would best focus on pure description--try to determine what the institution thinks it is doing to meet the standard. It was mentioned that as evidence is brought forward and evaluated and surveys are completed that there would be opportunity to raise questions about the effectiveness of various aspects of the library and learning resources.

Discussion centered on the need for the setting of goals and objectives in the area of information and learning resources so that assessment could take place.

It was decided by consensus that team members would carefully review the standard subsections to determine which would require the most effort and which could be studied fairly easily. At the next meeting subcommittee responsibilities would be designated. Committee members agreed to look over subsections for their areas of interest.

The committee agreed to meet before the holiday break.