Distance Education Advisory Group

RSCCD Mission: The mission of the Rancho Santiago Community College District is to provide quality educational programs and services that address the needs of our diverse students and communities.

Santa Ana College Mission: Santa Ana College inspires, transforms, and empowers a diverse community of learners.

Santa Ana College Core Competencies: I. Communication Skills; II. Thinking and Reasoning; III. Information Competency; IV. Diversity; V. Civic Responsibility; VI. Life Skills; VII. Careers.

Distance Education Mission

The mission of the Distance Education Advisory Work Group at Santa Ana College and The School of Continuing Education is to ensure students have the highest quality, equitable online learning through accessible and innovative technology utilizing universal design practices.

Advisory Group Charge

The charge of the Distance Education Advisory Work Group is to provide faculty with the tools, pedagogical best practices, and resources to successfully teach students in an online modality. The group will make data informed recommendations to the Academic Senate, the campus community, and the district with the goal of ensuring the highest quality and equitable learning environment for our students.

DE Continous Improvement Plan

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Distance Education students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the successful online learner skill-set.

All Online Degree Pathway students will demonstrate knowledge of the online readiness skill-set with a required completion of the "SAC - Quest for Online Success Orientation".
Distance Education students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the online readiness skill-set by completion of the "SAC - Quest for Online Success Orientation" when required by their instructor.

Measurement: Successful completion of the SAC - Quest for Online Success Orientation

Distance Education students will experience engaging and dynamic online instruction.

Distance Education courses will have similar, or better, course retention/success than that of our classroom instruction.

Measurement: District Research/SAC reports – Distance Education and Traditional course comparisons

Distance Education faculty will be required to complete and maintain the Online Teaching Certification requirements of the college.

Measurement: Successful completion of the Online Teaching Certification prior to online/hybrid instruction and on-going professional development

Students utilize effective learning tools to assist them in completion of their coursework.

Measurement: DE Student survey results and District Research/SAC reports

Distance Education Advisory Group

Our Distance Education Advisory Group is an Academic Senate work group. The purpose of our advisory group is to assist our Distance Education program in meeting the needs of our faculty teaching in Distance Education by developing procedures and training that support our mission in Distance Education. The DE Advisory Group is an active, working group, providing advisement for the DE Department and faculty in the form of training, sharing of effective practices and communication with their divisions/departments. Distance Education Advisory Group members are represented from all academic divisions. The Distance Education Coordinator chairs the Distance Education Advisory Group.

2024/2025 Membership

Heather Arazi, Jennie Beltran, Ricardo Castillo, Donna Khalid, Michelle Kimmel, Lance Lockwood, TJ Naman, Fernando Ortiz, George Sweeney, Merari Weber, Robin Leafblad, Martha Guerrero-Phlaum, Andrew Manson, Jeffrey Diller, and Jose Lopez Mercedes, Kimberly O'Neill

Fall 2024 meetings will be held virtually on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 11am to 12pm. Please email Jaki King (king_jaki@sac.edu) for Zoom Link or Meeting Invites.

Meetings	Date	Agenda	Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	September 12, 2024	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	September 26, 2024	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	October 10, 2024	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	October 24, 2024	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	November 21, 2024	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	February 13, 2025	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	February 27, 2025	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	March 27, 2025	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	April 17, 2025	DE Advisory Agenda	DE Advisory Group Summary
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	May 8, 2025	DE Advisory Agenda
DE Advisory Committee Meeting	May 22, 2025