Academic Councils and Committees

Deans Council

Curriculum, instruction, and assessment committee (Cia)

The academic affairs of the College are monitored, guided, and elevated by the work of the Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (CIA) Committee. The CIA Committee consists of one core committee and nine collaboratives, which function as sub-committees. The CIA Committee and its collaboratives lead these operations under the direction of the Dean of Instruction. The CIA Committee provides direction and supports the College's achievement of the Higher Learning Commission's criteria for accreditation related to teaching and learning: Criterion 3: Quality, Resources, and Support and Criterion 4: Evaluation and Improvement.

As Collaboratives, the sub-committees of the CIA Committee interact with each other as partners on Collaborative activities and toward common goals. Although each Collaborative specializes in and is tasked with fulfilling goals related to an area of academic affairs, members of Collaboratives are available to each other to share knowledge, experience, and resources. The Collaboratives are responsible for hosting a session at the fall conference each year where the faculty, staff, and administration can learn about the service they provide to the college.

If you are interested in participating in a committee or subcommittee, connect with your dean or director. Email the Dean of Instruction for more information about serving the college on an academic Collaborative.

Committees and Collaboratives

CIA Core Committee

The CIA Core Committee facilitates the activities and interconnected processes related to teaching and learning in order to ensure an educational experience that is high-quality, equitable, and accountable to the campus community. The CIA Core Committee is responsible for overseeing the progress, direction, and scope of the collaboratives. 

Members: one individual from each of the collaboratives listed below; Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment Specialist; Compliance Specialist; and Dean of Instruction.

Meetings are held three times per year: at the beginning of the year and at the end of each full semester

For information on the Collaboratives, contact the Office of Instruction.

Program Advisory Committees

Dunwoody’s technical programs are required to have a Program Advisory Committee (PAC). A PAC is a volunteer committee of representatives who provide advice about the direction of Dunwoody’s academic programs and services, and help the College take appropriate action to provide relevant learning. Each PAC is required to include a diverse group of representatives from the appropriate community, business, industry, profession, labor, alumni, students, faculty, and secondary school affiliations. A range of diverse participants enables the College to receive the best possible advice about industry trends and technologies.

PAC meetings should be held two or more times per year. At a minimum, most programs host a meeting following the fall and spring semesters.

Each PAC has an internal PAC coordinator who is responsible for:

• Maintaining PAC member information
• Organizing meetings
• Preparing agendas
• Submitting meeting notes (may be taken by Academic Assistant)
• Completing assessments (due June 30th of each year)
• Providing documentation to the College for archival purposes

Proper recording of meeting notes and assessments is a key component for accreditation and continuous improvement efforts. The department's academic assistant maintains current PAC rosters. The Office of Instruction performs an audit of PAC assessments at the end of each fiscal year in July.

Detailed information regarding the structure, formation, and purpose of a PAC is outlined in the PAC Guidelines document, which is posted on the PAC Sharepoint.