2010 Accreditation Self Study

• Accreditation Home
• Accreditation Standards
• Document Archive
  
  
• Accreditation 2010
• Steering Committee Membership
• Subcommittee Membership
• Timeline
• Survey Results

About Accreditation 2010

MiraCosta College is preparing its self-study in preparation for the visiting team in March 2010. The Western Association of Schools and College (WASC) through the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) has adopted a new set of standards centered around student learning outcomes.

2010 Self Study

• View Now | Download PDF

Accreditation Trichairs

• Mary Gross
  Faculty Trichair

  Mary came to MiraCosta as an Associate Faculty member in 1993 teaching ESL and also serving as an Academic Senate Council Representative.  From 1999-2005, as a full-time English/ESL faculty member at Miramar College, she served as faculty lead of SDCCD Online, was Mentoring Coordinator, sat on the Academic Senate Council, and participated on multiple hiring teams.  Mary returned to MiraCosta in 2005 as the Lead Instructor for the Credit ESL program, and in addition to her teaching and coordinating roles, she has served MiraCosta as a member of the District's Lodestar, Hiring, Basic Skills, Salary, and EOPS Advisory Committees.  She looks forward to bringing her 20+ years of experience working at California Community Colleges to this critical 2010 Accreditation Self Study.  

  
  
• Gwen Partlow
  Classified Trichair
  Gwen has worked in the Office of Instruction since September 2001 as Administrative Secretary to both the Dean of Math & Science and the Dean of Arts & Letters. As a secretary Gwen has supported various committees including AP&P, Basic Skills, and PG&E. As the classified tri-chair representative, she plans to work diligently with her fellow tri-chairs to ensure MiraCosta’s successful accreditation in 2010.

• Al Taccone
  Administrative Trichair
  Al serves as the Dean of Career and Technical Education at MiraCosta and joined the college in July of 2007. This is the fourth accreditation self-study he has worked on in his ten year career in the California Community Colleges. Al has also served on ACCJC accreditation teams visiting other California Community Colleges since 1998. Al also has experience working on accreditation for colleges accredited with the Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.