PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN AN AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Wheeler
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN AN AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Wheeler North, San Diego Miramar College, ASCCC Treasurer Phil R. Smith, American River College, ASCCC At-Large Representative 2012 Leadership Institute
Introduction to Accountability I’M MAKING YOU FULLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. GREAT! BY GIVING ME FULL DECISION RIG ACCESS TO ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION AND ENOUGH RESOURCES, BUDGET AND TO DELIVER WHAT’S REQUIRED? ER, NOT EXACTLY.
Accountability Initiatives
(Major) Accountability Initiatives Accountability Reporting for the California Community Colleges (ARCC) (and, no, we don’t know why one of the C’s is missing either…) Accreditation’s Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Assessment K-12’s No Child Left Behind And more on the way…
Why is the accountability movement getting bigger?
Two Possible Reasons ONE:
Two Possible Reasons TWO:
Politics TERM LIMITS CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN CYCLE NEED READILY AVAILABLE DATA
Politics (Cont’d) The Campaign for College Opportunity
Politics (Cont’d): The Zero Sum Game
Politics (Cont’d): Zero-Sum Game University of Phoenix Kaplan University of California State University ITT Technical Institute California Community Colleges
Regardless, Senate Leaders Are Here
Fortunately For Us… Academia already operates with responsibility, trust, and accountability: Peer Review Peer Evaluation Scientific Method
Some Strategies for Senate Leaders When talking with faculty colleagues…
Some Strategies for Senate Leaders When talking with administrative colleagues…
Responsibility Versus Accountability RESPONSIBILITY Internal, Self. Directed ACCOUNTABILITY External, Other. Directed Pre-Event Post-Event Can Be Delegated Cannot Be Delegated
Accountability in Medicine
Accountability in Education
Accountability in Education SOMEWHAT MORE COMPLICATED TO DETERMINE IN AN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT Who should be held accountable? Students as human beings have choices about their learning. What measurements/metrics of learning should be used for accountability?
Promoting Professional Responsibility 10+1 Academic and Professional Matters Academic Senates help formulate general guidelines related to professional responsibilities. Academic Senates should avoid the “enforcer role” with individual colleagues.
Simulation 1 Colleagues in a particular department are not updating their course outlines of records. The Vice President of Instruction and the Curriculum Chair complain to you about the situation. As an academic senate leader, what do you do?
Simulation 2 A colleague is not teaching to the official course outline of record. The peer evaluation team comes to you as senate president and also to your union president. What do you do from a senate point of view?
Simulation 3 On principle, one of your colleagues refuses to participate in student learning outcome (SLO) assessment activities. The accreditation chair that you appointed on behalf of the senate comes to you with this information. What steps do you take?
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