Achieving Excellence Committee

Functions:

Monitor compliance with, and ensure accountability for assessment-related requirements of SACS, THECB, and the federal government
Facilitate and provide leadership for effective college-wide evaluation of assessment processes, in support of student success
Facilitate collaborative assessment conversations at ACC
Review and evaluate best practices in student-related assessment and serve as a clearinghouse for this information
Develop and maintain an inventory of assessment activities and serve as a clearinghouse for this information
Review the effectiveness of assessment instruments/tools/practices and make appropriate recommendations, as needed

Recommendations are forwarded to the Academic and Campus Affairs Council.

FY09 Meetings: September 19, October 17, November 21, February 20, April 17, June 19, 9:00 – 11:00 am, Room TBA

Agenda, minutes, and additional information

If the information you are looking for is not available at the above website or if you have other questions about the AEC, please contact Alice Swayze.

Chair: Soon Merz, Associate Vice President, Effectiveness & Accountability, 223-7035.

Co-Chair (elected by the Council members): TBA

Membership:

Position	Name	Appointed by	Campus	Phone	Email ID
Ex Officio Members (serve by virtue of the position held)
AVP, Effectiveness & Accountability	Soon Merz	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7035	smerz
OIEA Staff	Roslyn Wallace	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7035	rwall
OIEA Staff	Michael McCarthy	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7893	mmccarth
VP, Academic Transfer and General & Developmental Education	vacant	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7612	TBA
VP, Workforce Education & Business Development	Mike Midgley	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7579	midgley
VP, Student Support & Success Systems	Kathleen Christensen	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7053	kchriste
Executive Dean, Continuing Education	Sandy Gaskin	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7739	san
Interim Executive Director, Adult Education	David Borden	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7799	dborden
Representatives of Job Functions or College Offices (1 to 2 year terms)
Dean, Academic Transfer Program Area	Lyman Grant	VP, Academic	RGC	3-3352	lgrant
Dean, Workforce Education Program Area	Charles Quinn	VP, Workforce	PIN	3-8119	cquinn
General Education Committee Representative (faculty)	Ron Jones	Committee Chair	RVS	3-6002	rjohns
Instructional Program Review Committee Representative (faculty)	Kyle Pierce	Committee Chair	EVC	3-5918	kpierce
Faculty Evaluation Committee Representative	Martha Perez	Committee Chair	HBC	3-7745	mperez3
Faculty Member - Developmental Reading	Julie Wauchope	Department Chair	EVC	3-5155	julie
Faculty Member – Developmental Writing	Caryn Newburger	Department Chair	RVS	3-6289	carynn
Faculty member – Developmental Math	Nancy Miller	Department Chair	PIN	3-8270	nmiller
Faculty member – Academic Transfer Program Area (3 Representatives)	Margaret Reid Diane whitley-Bogard D’Maris Allen-Mierl	Department Chair	RGC EVC RGC	3-3313 3-5951 3-3322	mreid dboard dallen
Faculty member –Workforce Education Program Area (3 Representatives)	Virginia Lawrence Norma Jacobs Zack Corbell	Department Chair	EVC NRG EVC	3-5174 3-4810 3-5948	vlawrenc njacobs zcorbell
Faculty member – Distance Learning	Sheila Ammons	Department Chair	SAC	3-9216	sammons
Counselor	Sylvia Galvan-Gonzales	Dean of Student Services	CYP	3-2106	sgalvang
Representatives of ACC Constituencies (1-year terms)
Full-Time Faculty Senate	C. Jason Vidrine	Association Pres.	RVS	3-6264	cvidrine
Adjunct Faculty Association	TBA	Association Pres.	TBA	TBA	TBA
Association of Professional-Technical Employees	TBA	Association Pres.	TBA	TBA	TBA
Classified Employees Association	Steve Clary	Association Pres.	SVC	3-1022	sclary
Student Government Association	TBA	Association Pres.	TBA	TBA	TBA
*Non-Voting, Ex Officio* Members** (serve by virtue of the position held)
Manager, Business Assessment Center	Michiel Davis	Ex Officio	HBC	3-7779	mddavis