All community colleges in California are accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Los Angeles Trade-Technical College recently went through its site visit, and submitted a thorough self-study of the institution and its effectiveness. The accreditation team secured Trade Tech’s accreditation but placed the college on probation status. It has asked the college for additional responses in the areas of institutional effectiveness and shared governance. The college will have to submit a second report in March 2010, and fully expects to remove itself from probation status.
There are plenty of misconceptions about the accreditation process, the probation status and the steps being taken to respond to the findings. The following information is to keep our students, staff and community informed about our status and our efforts to remove the institution from probation status. We will continue to provide truthful, up-to-date and thorough information on the LATTC website, so please visit the site often.
ACCJC Report Review June 30, 2010
LATTC Followup report May 2010 ACCJC
ACCJC Results of Follow-up Report
LATTC Follow-Up Report
LATTC Follow-Up Report Cover Letter
LATTC Certification of Follow-Up Report
Assessment Management Plan
Enrollment Management Plan (EMaP)
Strategic Educational Plan
Student Equity PlanVisit the Accreditation Steering Committee website for information on College activity.
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Posted on 05. Aug, 2010
7/28/2010 Volume 2, Issue 1 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 213 763-7063 The LATTC Follow-Up Report Shows Significant Progress It has been a long road, a year of intense work aimed at improving our accreditation status. Just before the July 4th holiday, President Chapdelaine received the call directly from the ACCJC Executive Director, Dr. Barbara Beno, [...]
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010
Announcement We are pleased to inform you that the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC) has removed LATTC from probation and placed the college on warning. (The ACCJC letter and team report from April are attached to this e-mail.) The Commission noted that “considerable work was done and what remains is simply a [...]
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010
4/12/2010 Volume 1, Issue 10 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 213 763-7063 Accreditation Follow-Up Visit Scheduled for Monday April 19th The time has come for us to show all of the work that has been completed in response to our accreditation visit. The follow-up team has selected Monday April 19th as the day when they will [...]
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010
3/11/2010 Volume 1, Issue 9 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 213 763-7063 Accreditation Steering Committee Completes Follow-Up Report It has been a long road and a lot of work, but the Follow-Up Report, the response to the spring 2009 ACCJC recommendations has been completed. It is more than 100 pages in length and directly responds to [...]
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010
1/27/2010 Volume 1, Issue 8 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 213 763-7063 Down to the Wire: Working on Our Accreditation Response The Accreditation Steering Committee is moving very quickly on the college accreditation response. ASC wants to have the entire response document up on the web by February 8th so the college can review and offer [...]
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009
December 14, 2009 Volume 1, Issue 7 Accreditation Information Now Targeted Toward LATTC Students As we move full-throttle toward completing our accreditation response, we need to make sure that simple and concise information is readily available to students. Recently several students visited the LACCD Board of Trustees meeting and stopped by some classrooms, and offered [...]
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009
December 1, 2009 Volume 1, Issue 6 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College/ 213 763-7063 Working Together is the Key to Our Accreditation Response The Accreditation Steering Committee is moving on several issues. Chini Johnson-Taylor and the Staff Development Committee have been asked to put together a glossary of terms related to accreditation. Two handbooks are in [...]
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009
November 2, 2009 Volume 1, Issue 5 Accreditation Steering Committee Asks College Council for Standing Committee Evaluation Process Evaluations Trade Tech’s College Council is being asked to review all of its standing committees. Each would undergo both a self-evaluation as well as an external assessment conducted by a council task force. The self-evaluation will be [...]
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009
Frequently Asked Questions What does accreditation mean? Educational accreditation is defined as a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of an educational institution or program are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency. In most [...]
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009
October 21, 2009 Volume 1, Issue 3 Keep Moving Forward! The accreditation process is in full swing now and the work is being distributed to various committees. The College Council has adopted the district’s Decision-Making and Governance model as a guide for the soon-to-be-completed LATTC Participatory Governance Handbook. The Council also needs all of its [...]
