Group Project

Accreditation Challenge for Criterion 1 group

Mission and Integrity

 

 

 

Working together using this wiki

 

 

 

Group members

 

Sonny Peacock, Chair

 

Nyleta Belgarde

Deb McArthur

Andrew Favorite

Steve Dahlberg

Denise Warren

 

 

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To view the full 2006 WETCC self-study report for this criterion, click here:    Criterion One.doc

 

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Answer the three questions for each of the core components by typing in or pasting your answers.

 

 The organization’s mission documents are clear and articulate publicly the organization’s commitments

 

 1.1 The board has adopted statements of mission, vision, goals, and organizational priorities that together clearly and broadly define the organization’s mission.

 

1.2 The mission, vision, values and goals documents define the varied internal and external constituencies the organization intends to serve.

 

1.3 The mission documents include a strong commitment to high academic standards that sustain and advance excellence in higher learning.

 

 

1.4 The mission documents state goals for the learning to be achieved by its students.

 

 

In its mission documents, the organization recognizes the diversity of its learners, other constituencies, and the great society it serves

 

 

1.5 In its mission documents, WETCC addresses diversity within the community values and common purposes it considers fundamental to its mission.

 

1.6 The mission documents present WETCC’s function in a multicultural society.

 

1.7. The mission documents affirm WETCC’s commitment to honor the dignity and worth of individuals.

 

1.8. WETCC’s required codes of belief or expected behavior are congruent with its mission.

 

1.9 The mission documents provide a basis for WETCC’s basic strategies to address diversity.

   

Understanding of and support for the mission pervade the organization.

 

1.10. The board, administration, faculty, staff, and students understand and support the mission.

 

 

1.11. The college’s strategic decisions are mission-driven.

 

 

 

1.12. The college’s planning and budgeting priorities flow from and support the mission.

 

 

1.13 The goals of the administrative and academic subunits of WETCC are congruent with the organization’s mission.

 

 

1.14 The college’s internal constituencies articulate the mission in a consistent manner.

     

The organization’s governance and administrative structures promote effective leadership and support collaborative processes that enable the organization to fulfill its mission.

 

1.15. Board policies and practices document the board’s focus on the college’s mission.

 

 

1.16. The board enables the college’s chief administrative personnel to execute effective leadership.

 

 

1.17. The distribution of responsibilities as defined in governance structures, processes, and activities is understood and is implemented through delegated authority.

 

 

1.18. People within the governance and administrative structures are committed to the mission and appropriately qualified to carry out their defined responsibilities.

 

 

1.19. Faculty and other academic leaders share responsibility for the coherence of the curriculum and the integrity of academic processes.

 

 

1.20. Effective communication facilitates governance processes and activities.

 

 

1.21. WETCC evaluates its structures and processes regularly and strengthens them as needed.

 

The organization upholds and protects its integrity.

 

1.22. The activities of the college are congruent with its mission.

 

 

1.23. The board exercises its responsibility to the public to ensure that WETCC operates legally, responsibly, and with fiscal honesty.

 

 

1.24. WETCC understands and abides by local, state, and federal laws and regulations applicable to it (or bylaws and regulations established by federally recognized sovereign entities).

 

 

1.25. WETCC consistently implements clear and fair policies regarding the rights and responsibilities of each of its internal constituencies.

 

 

1.26. WETCC structures and processes allow to ensure the integrity of its cocurricular and auxiliary activities

 

 

1.27. The college deals fairly with its external constituents.

 

 

1.28. The college presents itself accurately and honestly to the public.

 

 

 

1.29. The college documents timely response to complaints and grievances, particularly those of students.

 

Answer these questions in the core components listed above:

 

1. What has stayed the same for us?

2. What has changed?

3. What did we miss in addressing the criterion?