Student Success Standards

Committee Charge: The Student Success Standards Committee shall be concerned with the scholastic success of the students at Napa Valley College.  

Membership: The committee will be chaired by a Senator elected by the members of the committee. The committee will consist of the following voting members:  

Academic Senate: Committee Chairperson, Learning Outcomes Assessment Coordinator, and, when possible, one faculty representation from each of the following areas: Arts & Humanities; Career Education & Workforce Development; Health Occupations; Library;  Kinesiology, Athletics, & Dance; Mathematics; Science & Engineering; Social Sciences; and Language Arts & Developmental Studies. Additionally when possible, two faculty representatives from the following area: Counseling.  

Non-Senate: Two classified representatives (ideally from Student Success areas) and one student appointed by ASNVC.  

The members of the Student Success Standards Committee shall create, research, review, and make recommendations on the following areas of interest:  

1. Policies and procedures for student admission to Napa Valley College and Napa Valley College guidelines for placement into courses. This includes, but is not limited to, programs and initiatives related to the implementation of self-placement tools in response to AB 705 (English, Math, and ESL).  

2. Policies and procedures involving academic assessments or measurements of student progress-including grades and changes of grades; grade point requirements; credit by examination; academic probation and suspension; academic honors and honors programs; academic renewal; withdrawal from courses, programs, and the college.  

3. Effective practices in providing instruction and support services to students.  

4. Effective institutional practices and infrastructures for promoting the attainment of educational and job training goals, including among disproportionally impacted students and other groups with historically inequitable outcomes. This includes, but is not limited to, programs and initiatives related to student success and student experience (e.g. Guided Pathways Initiative, etc.).  

5. Create and implement Learning Outcomes Assessment policies and practices college-wide.  

 

MEETING TIME
Committee meetings are open to the public. Meetings will take place on the third Tuesday of each month 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm, with some exceptions. 

Agendas and minutes for this committee can be found in BoardDocs.

 

COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jennifer Alvarez

jennifer.alvarez@napavalley.edu