Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation Committee

• Patrick Bettencourt, Vice President of Instruction/Accreditation Liaison Officer
• Gisele Flores, Instructor-Professor Child Development/Allied Health/Academic Senate President/ Co-Chair
• Michael Smedshammer, Dean of Instruction and Student Learning/Co-Chair
• Curtis Martin, Dean of Business Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Kevin Alavezos, Professor- Business Information Technology/ YFA
• Caterina Grossi, Director of Research and Planning/ Research Office Representative
• Sarah Schrader, Vice President of College & Administrative Services
• Shirley Miranda Brennes, Dean, Literature and Language Arts/ Literature and Language Arts/ Administration

• Jacquelyn Forte, Associate Dean, Special Programs/ Accommodations and Support Center/ Administration
• Katie Cochran, Accreditation Assessment Process Specialist/Recorder
• Jennifer Gomez, Classified Senate representative
• Luisa Calvo, CSEA Representative
• Celeste Randolph, ASMJC
• Vacant, YFA

Charge

• To serve as the lead governance committee overseeing and promoting accreditation, program review, and outcome assessment.
  

• To develop, implement, monitor, review, evaluate, and revise college accreditation activities following the college's mission, vision, and values.

• Serve as the steering committee for the accreditation process. Provide leadership in developing, planning, preparing, supervising, and completing the accreditation self-evaluation.

Responsibilities

The Institutional Effectiveness & Accreditation Committee will make recommendations to the College Council on the following:

• Annual ACCJC reports
• Self Evaluation
• Midterm, Follow-Up, and Special Reports to ACCJC
• Culture of accreditation
• Assessments