Working Groups
Working Groups
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Working Group Charges
The working groups are each assigned to one of MSCHE's seven Standards of Accreditation and are charged with:
Developing lines of inquiry that will guide the group in examining the College’s effectiveness in meeting the assigned Standard and gathering evidence to support their conclusions.
Determining the extent to which the institution meets its assigned Standard, associated criteria, and Requirements of Affiliation.
Identifying the College’s strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improvement as they relate to the assigned Standard and recommending strategies for improvement.
Identifying key sources of relevant documentation to be gathered, reviewed, summarized, and used to support conclusions of the Self Study.
Identifying and tabulating policies and procedures to be reviewed and summarized to support conclusions of the Self Study.
Developing draft reports, incorporating feedback, and providing frequent update reports to the Leadership team based on the established timelines.
Producing a final draft report for the assigned Standard.
In addition, Plaza College has developed an eighth working group focused on ensuring student engagement throughout the Self-Study process. This working group includes student representatives from each of the college's five schools of study and is charged with:
Ensuring student understanding of the importance of institutional accreditation and the accreditation review process.
Gaining a deeper insight into how students view where Plaza College is today and where they see Plaza College in the future.
Providing students with the opportunity to participate in and contribute to the development of the college's Self-Study document.
Working Group 1, Standard 1: Mission and Goals
Working Group 1, Standard 1: Mission and Goals
Group Chair: Charles Callahan IV, Provost
Group Deputy Chair: Veronica Rattner, Director of Admissions
Carol Garcia, Registrar
Jackie Lazarus, Paralegal Program Director / Faculty Member
Isaiah Lee, Campus Operations Coordinator
Working Group 2, Standard 2: Ethics & Integrity
Working Group 2, Standard 2: Ethics & Integrity
Group Chair: Dr. Laura J. Sleeper, Dean of Dental Sciences
Group Deputy Chair: Danielle Atkinson, Director of Clinical Coordination
Nicholas Allanach, Faculty
Correne Cavalieri, Dean of Human Resources
Dr. Margaret Garland, Faculty
CJ Gray, Career Services Coordinator
Working Group 3, Standard 3: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience
Working Group 3, Standard 3: Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience
Group Chair: Dr. Laura March, Dean of Academics
Group Deputy Chair: Dr. Dina Cirigliano, Director of the Library and Academic Resources Center
Dr. Charlyn Habeeb, Associate Director of Nursing / Faculty Member
Marianne Zipf, Dean of Curriculum Development
Allison Krampf, Associate Dean of English and Humanities
Harold Jennings, Dental Hygiene Program Director
Working Group 4, Standard 4: Support of the Student Experience
Working Group 4, Standard 4: Support of the Student Experience
Group Chair: Dr. Caroline Callahan, Dean of Enrollment Management
Group Deputy Chair: Candace Nixon, Director of Advisement
Risa Cohn, Director of Student Activities
Regina Pokidaylo, Director of Career Services
Alfred Cromwell, Faculty
Working Group 5, Standard 5: Educational Effectiveness Assessment
Working Group 5, Standard 5: Educational Effectiveness Assessment
Group Chair: Marisa Fordunski, Dean of Faculty
Group Deputy Chair: Maureen O'Connor, Director of Allied Health / Faculty Member
Norman Alvarado, Director of Information Technology
Mandeep Kaur, Assistant to the Dean
Dr. Muhammad Husain, Medical Assisting Program Director
Margarette Nemours, Faculty
Working Group 6, Standard 6: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement
Working Group 6, Standard 6: Planning, Resources, and Institutional Improvement
Group Chair: Dr. David Colucci, Chief Technology Officer
Group Deputy Chair: Rosa Camargo, Director of Student Accounts
Dr. Wendy Finlay, Dean of Business
Ella Yakubova, Director of Financial Aid
Dr. Sawsan Jabr, Faculty
Cindy Lasak-Geller, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, ex-officio
Working Group 7, Standard 7: Governance, Leadership, and Administration
Working Group 7, Standard 7: Governance, Leadership, and Administration
Group Chair: Dawn Vetrano, Dean of Students
Group Deputy Chair: Correne Cavalieri, Dean of Human Resources
Karen Santucci, Court Reporting Program Director
Dr. Constance Phillips, Faculty
Kalliopi Koutsoutis, Dean of Institutional Research
Mary Faughnan, Chair of the Board of Trustees, ex-officio
Working Group 8, Student Engagement
Working Group 8, Student Engagement
Group Chair: Risa Cohn, Director of Student Activities
Student Representative, School of Allied Health
Student Representative, School of Business
Student Representative, School of Court Reporting
Student Representative, School of Dental Sciences
Student Representative, School of Nursing
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