September 2012 Insider - South Piedmont Community College

The Insider September 2012
SACS site visit coming in October
Greetings to everyone! As you all know by now, SACS is coming!
SPCC will be visited by a team of 10 people from Oct. 22 – 24. This
is the third phase in the process of reaffirmation of accreditation for
the college. The first phase was the submission of the compliance
certification in March. The second phase was submission in late August
of the focused report on the eight items in question, along with the
QEP and other required documentation, to the site visit team. Now it
is time for the site visit, which allows the SACS team to see that we are
reporting openly and honestly about our procedures and practices at
the college and that we are providing appropriate and effective support
services to facilitate student learning.
Jill Millard
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SACS Co-chair
What will be reviewed during the site visit?
• The eight Focused Report items
• Faculty Credentialing – The team will spend time in HR going through files. It is imperative that we have official
transcripts and “otherwise qualified” documentation such as copies of current certifications, licensures, previous
employment verification, etc. in each faculty member’s file
• Distance Learning – This includes our policies, procedures, and capacity to deliver DL courses; manner in which we
guarantee quality of our DL courses and programs; parity of online vs. on-campus for each of the following: student
services, course learning outcomes, and student outcomes and performance levels
• The QEP
o EVERYONE should know the acronym (TRAC), what it stands for, and what it hopes to achieve for our students
o The current QEP team will be interviewed extensively about goals of the plan, learning outcomes, proposed assessment
of the plan, and college resources dedicated to the plan, including the proposed budget
• U.S. Department of Education – specified requirements and standards as seen below:
o Number of full-time vs. part-time faculty
o Student Services (our Student Success Division)
o Qualified administrative officers