SACS Reaffirmation of Accreditation

Compliance Readiness Assessment Team

Name	Department/Role	Contact Information
Dr. Jerri Bullard	Professor, Sociology/Co-Chair, Compliance Certification Team	256-765-4531 jhbullard@una.edu
Dr. Andrew Luna	Director, OIRPA/Co-Chair, Compliance Certification Team	256-765-4221 alluna@una.edu
Ms. Celia Reynolds	SACS Reaffirmation Director & Accreditation Liaison/Co-Chair, SACS Leadership Team	256-765-4625 crreynolds@una.edu

Assess and coordinate compliance audit preparedness.
Review written policy documents for completeness and evaluate the value, relevancy, and usefulness of current planning, evaluation, and budgeting process.
Plan for Compliance Certification.
Develop planning documents to guide Compliance Certification.
Conduct initial review of readiness.
- Provide initial interpretation of core requirements and comprehensive standards.
- Identify potential compliance issues.
- Identify potential documentation issues.
- Determine level of information on faculty qualifications beyond the Roster and number of years to cover.
Conduct necessary research.
Develop workgroups to resolve potential issues.
Determine how to handle supporting documents.
Document results of readiness audit.
Identify personnel and technology requirements for reaffirmation process.
Identify potential Compliance Certification (CC) Team members.
Conduct meetings with potential CC team members.
Promote university awareness of reaffirmation process.
Arrange for development of supporting websites and databases (for information, for Compliance Certification, etc.).
Develop “final” list of compliance team members with responsibility assignments.