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Timeline for 2020 Accreditation Institutional
Self-Evaluation Report (ISER)

  • Fall semester 2017: Co-chairs and committees established.

  • Spring 2018: Standards Committees begin work. Gap analysis + evidence + rough compilation for each standard.

    • April 6: Gap analysis due (before spring break)

    • June 30: “Drafty draft” due

  • Summer 2018: Combine drafts + edit. Identify needed evidence and elements. Work on District portions. ​Work on front matter.

    • June 25: Standard 1A drafty draft sent to ACCJC liaison with questions for feedback

    • By July 5: Begin discussions with Dr. Susan Mills, vice chancellor of Educational Services about District portions of ISER

    • By July 5: Standards drafty drafts merged into one document and uploaded to SharePoint

    • By July 26: Organize evidence using naming conventions

    • By July 26: Front matter (including, as much as possible, college history, ISER process, data sections, org. charts and function maps, compliance with eligibility requirements and commission policies) drafty-drafted and organized

    • August 20: Full drafty draft completed

  • Fall 2018: Committees review/revise/update drafts. Continue to work on front matter as needed. Further evidence gathering. Gohar Momjian, ACCJC vice president and Norco College liaison, to visit the college.

    • August 24 (during morning session): FLEX day presentation--showing the drafty draft on SharePoint

    • September 21: Accreditation Standards committee meetings, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

    • October 31: On-campus advanced ISER training with ACCJC Vice President Gohar Momjian, 12:30-4:30 p.m.

    • November 15-27: Individual Standards committee meetings with accreditation co-chairs.

    • December 3: Standards committees’ revised drafts due

  • Winter 2019: Revise/edit full ISER; update as needed. Continue to work on evidence.

  • Spring 2019: Quality Focus Essay (QFE). Continue revisions and updates for ISER and evidence. Distribution of ISER for first readings and comments.​

    • February: Begin QFE process

    • March 15: One-hour individual Standards committee meetings completed

    • Early March: ISPC and accreditation co-chairs align QFE to EMP, Strategic Plan, statewide Vision for Success 2030

    • Early April: Draft of QFE

    • April 2: Standards teams’ draft ISER deadline (accreditation co-chairs take control of ISER)

    • April 29: Draft of QFE merged into full ISER draft and distribute to nor-all

    • April 30-May 3, 2019: ACCJC Conference (accreditation co-chairs attending)

    • May 6: Academic Senate first read of ISER

    • May 7: COTW first read of ISER

    • May 10: APC first read of ISER​

    • May 14: BFPC first read of ISER

    • May 15: ISPC first read of ISER

    • May 16: ASNC first read of ISER

    • May 22: SSPC first read of ISER

    • May 29: Executive Cabinet first read of ISER

  • Summer 2019: Final revision of ISER, including QFE. Updating data/evidence.

  • Fall 2019: Final updates. Revised ISER distributed and second/final reading and approvals in participatory governance committees. Board of Trustees approval.

    • August 22: Flex presentations on ISER/accreditation

    • September: Second readings and approvals in shared governance committees

    • October: Final updated evidence documents from District

    • October: Submission to Board of Trustees for November Board meeting

    • November: Board of Trustees approval of ISER

    • November (following Board approval): Complete signature page and upload final ISER to flash drive, with evidence, to send to ACCJC

    • December: Send ISER flash drive to ACCJC

  • March 2-5, 2020: Accreditation team visit.