Kaua`i Community College
2013 Annual Program Review for
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER)
December 10, 2014
Program Description
The mission of the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Program (HPER) program is to
provide quality physical education and recreational activities for our students, faculty, staff and the
general community. Our goal is to provide access, maintain the existing program, and continue to offer
lifetime sport activities and classes to create an overall healthy lifestyle.
The Kauai Community College (KCC) Health Physical Education and Recreation Program
(HPER) began in the fall of 1980. The curriculum and course proposals were approved by the KCC
Curriculum Committee and classes were started in the spring of 1981. Courses that were approved
included Physical Fitness, Bowling, Beginning Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, and Beginning Karate.
Over the years the curriculum evolved and offerings were modified due to student/community demand
and faculty expertise. Additional offerings have included Swimming, Golf, Intermediate and Advanced
Tennis, Weight Training, and Racquetball. Before 2011, the following courses were offered: Physical
Fitness, Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Tennis, Basketball, and Weight Training. These classes
are open to all students and serve as an elective in several of the degree programs.
Since 2011, the following course proposals were approved: Beginning Yoga (HPER 108),
Fitness Bootcamp (HPER 160), Health, Wellness, and Fitness (HPER 100) Intermediate Yoga (HPER
171), and Posture and Power in the Martial Arts (HPER 197). The Intermediate Yoga and the Martial
Arts courses will be taught in Fall 2015 for the first semester. Both the Beginning Yoga and Fitness
Bootcamp have increased participation and have two sections of each.
Beginning Fall 2012, the Liberal Arts Program required students to get one hour with a cognitive
health component and one hour with a physical health component. All of the HPER activity courses will
be used for the physical health component, and there are some HPER courses that will have both the
cognitive and the physical health component, such as the Yoga class and Health and Wellness class.
Two classes, Modern Health, and CPR/First Aid are requirements for two certificate programs.
In addition, weight room and tennis are open to all students and staff to use in the afternoons
when classes aren’t scheduled. For the past 24 years we have used Kauai High School and Waimea High
School’s gyms for Basketball classes and intramural basketball tournaments. The Island School has also
been used in the last few years for the Basketball classes, and we have used Kauai Lagoons Tennis
Club/golf course for intramural tournaments.
In 1989, the curriculum expanded to include a health component in addition to the physical
education courses. HPER 195- Modern Health: Personal and Community was added as a survey course
for health occupation students, primarily pre-nursing. The course allows students to explore health
related concepts and analyze their own personal health as well as explore community resources. In 2002,
HPER 120 - First Aid and CPR was added to support the curriculum for the Culinary Arts students. This
course follows the American Heart Association standards and the students are certified in both areas.
Both of these courses were conducted by nursing faculty. In 2011, HPER 100 - Health, Wellness, and
Fitness was added to the offerings. It is a 2-hour credit course with a lecture component addressing
current health habits and focusing on changing health-related behaviors, and a 2-hour lab component
introducing four physical activities. The four activities in the lab portion are offered as semester-long
courses, so if the student likes the 4-week unit, they can enroll in the semester-long course the next
semester.
Beginning Spring 2015, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Tennis will move to the OCET
Program. The enrollment has been low for the last 3 years, but it was on the upswing this semester, with
100% enrolled. Hopefully when the budget is better, the tennis classes can come back to the credit
classes.
Fill Rates of HPER Courses
Course
Number
100
Course
Name
Health,
Wellness, &
Fitness
108
Beginning
Yoga
130
Beginning
Tennis
Intermediate
Tennis
Advanced
Tennis
Basketball
Weight
Training
Modern
Health:
Personal &
Community
Fitness
Bootcamp
131
132
137
152
195
199V /
160
Average
Fill Rate
Per Year
Fall
2010
88%
Spr
2011
88%
75%
Fall
2011
63%
Spr
2012
Fall
2012
Spr
2013
67%
Fall
2013
60% 1st sect
40% 2nd sect
78%
Spr 2014
Fall 2014
40%
47%
78% -1st
sect
106% - 2nd
sect
56%-1st
sect
106% - 2nd
sect
100%
100% 1st sect
83%- 2nd
sect
83% 1st sect
78%2nd sect
63%
60%
88%
64%
79%
72%
67%
52%
92%
28%
50%
42%
100%
79%
100% - 1st
sect
56% - 2nd
sect
125%- 1st
sect
81% - 2nd
sect.
74%
25%
31%
88%
81%
84%
108%
68%
117%
13%
75%
83%
79%
86%
73%
72%
72%
HPER Review – Fall 2013
Unable to get information for 2013-14 school year. Can add this once Sreang can give it to me.
Demand Indicators
SSH in All Program Classes
FTE Enrollment in Program Classes
Total Number of Classes Taught
Efficiency Indicators
Average Class Size
Fill Rate
FTE BOR Appointed Faculty
Analytic FTE Faculty
Number of Low-Enrolled (<10) Classes
Effectiveness Indicators
Success Rate (Grade of A, B, C, or CR)
Withdrawals (Grade = W)
Persistence in HPER (Fall to Spring)
Persistence in HPER (Fall to Fall))
Persistence at Kaua‘i CC (Fall to Spring)
Persistence at Kaua‘i CC (Fall to Fall))
07-08
221
7.4
16
08-09
148
4.9
12
09-10
183
6.1
13
10-11
197
6.6
12
11-12
59
2.0
8
12-13
253
8.4
14
07-08
12.0
71%
1
0.7
4
08-09
12.1
76%
1
0.5
3
09-10
12.6
75%
1
0.5
1
10-11
14.8
88%
1
0.5
0
11-12
7.4
53%
1
0.3
4
12-13
12.9
74%
1
0.7
2
07-08
87%
4
35%
31%
65%
47%
08-09
92%
3
53%
31%
75%
50%
09-10
96%
0
48%
34%
82%
54%
10-11
95%
5
37%
11%
72%
37%
11-12
60%
6
13%
3%
47%
26%
12-13
76%
13
30%
15%
72%
49%
All indicators were calculated using the definitions from the UHCC Annual Reports of Program Data
(www.hawaii.edu/offices/cc/arpd), except for Persistence, which is calculated for persistence within HPER (i.e.
taking another HPER course) and separately for persistence at the college.
Kaua‘i Community College
Office of Institutional Research
10/22/2013
Part II. Analysis of the Program – 2013-2014
The Persistence numbers would be something to evaluate in the future, but since HPER courses have
primarily been electives, enrollment in those courses is based on the student’s load in other classes. But,
the Liberal Arts program is now requiring their students to take at least one credit of physical health and
one credit with a cognitive health designation as of Fall 2012, so numbers may go up. All HPER courses
will apply to the physical health designation, with a few courses that will have both the physical and
cognitive designation, such as the Beginning Yoga and the Health, Wellness, and Fitness class. The
following HPER courses: Basketball, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Tennis have been the only
activity courses offered in the 24-30 years, with Weight Training being offered for the last 8 years. With
new courses being offered in the future, the persistence may change. There are three new classes:
Beginning Yoga, Fitness Bootcamp and Health, Wellness, and Fitness. The Beginning Yoga has been
close to capacity each semester, but may need to be evaluated for times the classes are offered. There is
usually one overfull class (106%) and then the other section is 56-78% full. Fitness Bootcamp has
steadily grown over the last five semesters. Health, Wellness, and Fitness (HPER 100) is a lecture/lab
class that has been 40-67% capacity the last four semesters it has been taught. The HPER 100 may be a
class that is only offered once a year, and the numbers may go up.
Strengths
The current HPER instructor has been updating and making proposals for new courses in the last 3.5
years. She created a Beginning Yoga class and a Fitness Bootcamp class. She proposed two new courses
Fall 2014, with both Intermediate Yoga and Posture and Power in the Martial Arts being approved and
will be taught in Fall 2015. Courses that are still in the process are Intermediate Weight Training,
Walking for Fitness, and Hiking. Updates will be made for the Swimming course. And, a new
Certificate will be added to the HPER course offerings. We may start with a course (will be working on
it during Spring 2015), and then add to it to make a 12-credit Certificate for Personal Training.
From the survey given to the students in the Fall 2012 HPER courses, the following activities were ones
students were interested in if offered at KCC: Swimming for Fitness, Surfing, Intermediate Weight
Training, Intermediate Yoga, Hiking, Jogging for Fitness, Karate, Cycling, Fitness Bootcamp,
Volleyball, and Triathlon Training. Based on the results of the survey, she will also be updating the
Karate and Swimming for Fitness classes, but needs to research the feasibility of using the YMCA pool
or one of the high school’s pools. The feasibility of having a Surfing class needs more research to see if
that is even a possibility. The Walking for Fitness class is a less intense class to offer and bring in more
participants that may not enroll in some of the more intense classes. Currently, there are two adjuncts
who teach Basketball and Tennis. The course offerings will continue to increase and offer more variety
to the students.
Weaknesses
The fill rates for HPER 152 Weight Training from 2009-2011 were above 100%, whereas from 20112013, rates were between 67-88%. There does seem to be some differences in how the classes have been
taught. Before 2011, from conversations with previous students and other faculty, there was not much
academic rigor in the HPER courses, and there was a lot of freedom. By reading through the previous
cumulative program review, fitness testing was done at the beginning and end of the semester, but there
were no written tests or projects. Since 2011, with the current instructor, there is a higher amount of
accountability and a few more requirements for each HPER course. There are skills and written testing,
projects or assignments, and attendance /participation requirements, which may be why there has been
such a drop from Fall 2009 through Spring 2011.
The three-year Fill Rates are from 2013 (no 3-year or 5-year fill rate data from Sreang yet) indicate
HPER 152 Weight Training at 92%, HPER 137 Basketball at 69%, HPER 130 Beginning Tennis at
65%, HPER 131 Intermediate Tennis at 53%, HPER 132 Advanced Tennis at 60%, HPER 199V Fitness
Bootcamp at 67%, HPER 108 Beginning Yoga at 86%, and HPER 100 Health, Wellness, and Fitness at
67%, and HPER 195 Modern Health at 79% (although the last time it was taught was Spring 2011).
Numbers for the Tennis classes have been low, even though we have gotten the Island School’s tennis
coach to teach for the credit classes. He is also teaching the Advanced Tennis Strategies for OCET,
which is good to offer fitness courses through continuing education instead of only through the credit
program. This enables community members the opportunity to take fitness classes without the rigor of a
college credit class. The Beginning Tennis class has not had enough students to make for the last two
Fall semesters. A combination class of Beginning and Intermediate Tennis was offered in Spring 2013.
However, the Beginning Tennis was on the upswing Fall 2014, with 100% enrollment.
The Average Fill Rate for all HPER courses was 86% for 2010, 73% for 2011, 72% for 2012, 72% for
2013, and 74% for 2014. As of August 2012, there were two new courses offered: HPER 108 Beginning Yoga and HPER 199V, which became HPER 160 - Fitness Bootcamp. HPER 100 - Health,
Wellness, and Fitness has been offered for the last four semesters. Two new courses will be offered in
Fall 2015 – HPER 171 – Intermediate Yoga and HPER 197 – Posture and Power in the Martial Arts.
Data indicates that there hasn’t been a lot of variety in the activity courses that were offered at KCC.
There are only five activity courses that have been available for students. Beginning Tennis has been
offered since 1981, Intermediate Tennis since 1982, Advanced Tennis since 1988, Basketball since
1986, and Weight Training since 2003. There have been a few other courses that were taught, but only
for a few semesters, such as Bowling, Golf, Karate, Physical Fitness, Volleyball, and First Aid/CPR.
By changing the course offerings in the HPER division, perhaps more students will be reached.
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The new HPER coordinator has responsibilities to revive the Faculty and Staff Wellness
Program. In the first year of offering, 2008/09, there were teams across campus that were
competing and in charge of a monthly activity, which included ballroom dancing, weight room
activities, walking, and line dancing. In 2009/10, there were activities, but the team concept was
dropped. In 2010/11, there was a dramatic decrease in wellness programs and participants. The
Wellness committee did not meet regularly. In 2011/12, the new HPER instructor provided
fitness testing and 20 faculty/staff participated. The weight room was open for afternoon usage
for faculty/staff and students. The Wellness committee met twice each semester. A survey was
dispersed to faculty and staff to find out their interests. In 2012/2013, the HPER instructor
offered a Fitness Bootcamp class on three days a week for faculty and staff. During the fall
semester, days were Monday/Wednesday/Friday. During the spring semester, the days will
change to Tuesday/Thursday/Friday to be sure to include all who are interested. She is also
participating on Get Fit Kauai’s Worksite Wellness Program, and KCC participated in
Spring/Fall 2014. KCC placed 13 out of the 19 teams that finished. The challenge was based on
policy change within our business. Based on the survey she administered to faculty and staff, one
of the areas they had interest was Ayurveda, and she has found an Ayurvedic practitioner who
came to campus to do a presentation during Fall 2013.
During Fall 2014, the HPER coordinator brought together 5 divisions to put on a Campus-wide
Health Fair. Nursing students provided Blood Glucose testing and Blood Pressure and Poster
presentations. Massage students and teacher provided chair massages. Hawaiian Studies
provided Kava. HPER students provided Poster presentations. The Wellness Center provided
free Cholesterol Screening for the first 18 to sign up. The Health and Wellness Committee also
helped. We had a few outside vendors show up as well. There were 119 people that participated
in or attended the Health Fair.
Currently, KCC does not have a Health and Physical Education building or swimming pool, even
though it was in the blueprints for the campus. Current facilities include a small weight room and four
tennis courts. There are no bathroom or shower facilities at the areas of fitness. The current weight
room is not large enough for the students to lift using free weights. There is not room currently for a
squat rack, but if we could expand the weight room on the free weight side of the room, we could get a
squat rack and actually have more room to lift. Currently, without a restroom facility near the weight
room or tennis courts, and with the nearest restroom sometimes closed, students and faculty/staff have
had to change clothes in the weight room or a storage closet on the courts. That would not happen if
we actually had a bathroom closer to the exercise facilities. Some students have had stomach issues
during class, and barely made it to the closest bathroom, which is currently either the Welding
Building or the Fine Arts Building, since the Campus Center is under construction. When I asked
Calvin Shirai about an estimated cost for adding a bathroom/shower facility and adding on to the
weight room, he estimated $100,000 for each part. He said that the sewage pipes closest to the weight
room were at the front of the Campus Center, which made me think about other possibilities.
If we were to build a larger weight room attached to the campus center, that would be closer to the
sewage pipes, so maybe the cost wouldn’t be as high. The current weight room could be used as a
HPER classroom, to use for such classes as Beginning Yoga. Currently, Beginning Yoga is held in the
Health Sciences building, so we put up the chairs and desks at the beginning and end of each class. It
would send out an affirming message to students and the community at KCC if we were to actually
have a building or large activity center dedicated to the health and wellbeing of the students and
faculty/staff, and community members. If we had a large activity center, we could have the basketball
class on campus instead of going to one of the high schools. And, with the addition of the two credit
hours of cognitive and physical health required for the Liberal Arts program, we could offer more
classes with added facility space. When asked by the Health Education Coordinator at the Health
District if we had a gym so that we could be a site for a senior community fitness program, she was
shocked that KCC didn’t have a gym. Without a wide open space and storage facilities, KCC would
not be a good site. If we had our own gym, we would not have to use Waimea, Kapaa or Island
School for Basketball classes. If we had our own dressing rooms and shower facility, students
wouldn’t be changing their clothes in the weight room or the storage closet on the tennis courts.
Neither of those places is ideal, not appropriate. Also, students wouldn’t have near accidents because
the bathroom facilities are a hike to either the Campus Center or Welding. And, having a space
dedicated for Yoga classes would also be more beneficial than putting up desks and chairs everyday
in the Health Sciences classroom.
Significant Program Actions
1. Revive Wellness Program

In Fall 2012, the HPER instructor changed the time/days of the Fitness Bootcamp class to be
open to as many faculty and staff as possible to attend at the end of the workday. This class
addressed activities that faculty/staff said they were interested in last fall. Activities included in
the class are weight lifting, yoga, walking/jogging, core strengthening, and other bootcamp
fitness activities. The fitness bootcamp class was faculty only for the first two semesters, and
then students were allowed to take the class. There is mixed feedback. Some faculty/staff would
prefer a Faculty/Staff Only class, and others are fine with the addition of students.
I still have hopes of offering a few Lunch and Learn sessions. I have brought outside speakers to
campus to offer expertise in Ayurveda and Aromatherapy. Also, we implemented an online
Nutritional program Spring 2014, an 8-class program, that KCC reimbursed the people who
finished by the deadline. I hope to offer two Lunch and Learns addressing topics of interest:
Fitness with Little to No Equipment, Nutritional Education, Weight Management, Stress
Management, Understanding the Dimensions of Wellness, and Caring for Your Aging Parents.
In Spring 2015, we will be doing a campus-wide fitness/nutrition challenge through Active for
Life. This challenge will include students, faculty, and staff.
Part III. Action Plan
Goal Alignment
UH System Goals, Kaua‘i Community College
Goals, and Strategic Goals
UH Goal 1: Educational Effectiveness and
Student Success
KCC Goal 1: Access &
KCC Goal 2: Learning and Teaching
Strategic Goals: Student Recruitment, Retention and
Success of All Students and Particularly
o Remedial/Developmental Students
o Non-traditional Students in Career
and Technical Programs
o Increased Completion of Degrees,
Certificates, and Licensure
o Increased Transfer Rate
o Increase opportunities for potential
students to experience KCC
Program Goals
1.
Provide a variety of HPER course
offerings in order to appeal to the needs
of the greatest number of students,
faculty, and staff.
2.
Assess and update the class offerings as
needed to meet student demands.
5.
To provide our faculty and staff with
fitness- related activities for the
promotion of an overall healthy lifestyle.
Relevant Curriculum Development
o Sustainability/Green Jobs
o Health
o STEM
o DOE-KCC English Alignment
o Distance Education
o Create/Strengthen k-12 - four-year
degree pathways
Completion of
o Course Student Learning Outcomes
(CLOs)
o Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
o Institutional Learning Outcomes
(ILOs)
o Course Action Forms (CAFs)
Assessment Activities and Analysis
UH Goal 2: A Learning, Research and Service
Network
KCC Goal 3: Workforce Development &
KCC Goal 5: Community Development
Strategic Goals: Increased Job Placement and/or
Performance through
o Revised or New Curriculum
o Better Coordination with Business
and Industry
UH System Goals, Kaua‘i Community College
Goals, and Strategic Goals
Program Goals
UH Goal 3: A Model Local, Regional and Global
University
KCC Goal 6 Diversity
Strategic Goals:
o Fostering Global Understanding and
Intercultural Competence
o
Increased Enrollment and Success of
International Students
UH Goal 4: Investment in Faculty, Staff, Students
and Their Environment
KCC Goal 4: Personal Development
Strategic Goals:
o Professional Development Directed
to Any of the Above Goals
o
Enriching Student Experience,
Particularly Directed to Any of the
Above Goals
o
Increasing the Efficiency,
Effectiveness and Sustainability of
the KCC Environment
UH Goal 5: Resources and Stewardship
KCC Goal 5 Community Development
Strategic Goals:
o Reduce Deferred Maintenance
o
Address Health and Safety Issues
o
Promote Sustainability
6.
To offer activities which will promote
wellness and fitness.
7.
To offer an outside fitness circuit around
campus, which will increase fitness,
efficiency, and effectiveness of students,
faculty, staff, and offer a fitness activity
to the community.
3.
Provide a safe environment for learning
by updating and maintaining equipment
and facilities.
Action Plan(s)
Program Goal
Action Item
1. Provide a
variety of HPER
course offerings in
order to appeal to
the needs of the
greatest number of
students, faculty,
and staff.
Review
Enrollment
Data, Continue
to make new
courses or
update old
courses –
Intermediate
Weight
Training,
Hiking,
Swimming
2. Assess and
update the class
offerings as
needed to meet
student demands.
3. Provide a safe
environment for
learning by
updating and
maintaining
equipment and
facilities.
Review
Enrollment
Data, Develop
new courses
according to the
surveys that
have been done.
Seek grants to
purchase new
equipment,
feasibility of
obtaining
maintenance
support for
weight
room/tennis
facility.
Resources
Needed
Enrollment
Data, Student
Activity
Survey
Enrollment
Data,
Student
Activity
Survey for
whole student
body.
1) Purchase
equipment to
keep tennis
court surface
maintained.
2) Courts must
be power
washed 2-4
times per year
by
maintenance.
(see attached
excel
spreadsheet
for details)
Person(s)
Responsible
Program
Director
Program
Director
Tennis
Instructor
and
Maintenance
to help
power wash
courts
Timeline
Annually
Spring
2015
Ongoing
Indicator of
Improvement
PLO impacted
Status
The goal for the
Fill rate is above
75%. The Fill
Rate has been
between 72-86%
for the last 5
years, and for the
last ten years was
79%.
1. Participate in an
activity that
promotes wellness
and fitness.
2. Demonstrate an
understanding and
appreciation of
physical activity
and the
relationship to
wellness and
fitness.
Enrollment was
reviewed for
the past three
years. Classes
continue to be
in demand.
Two new
courses will be
offered Fall
2015.
1. Participate in an
activity that
promotes wellness
and fitness.
2. Demonstrate an
understanding and
appreciation of
physical activity
and the
relationship to
wellness and
fitness.
Other courses
are still in
developmental
stages.
1. Participate in an
activity that
promotes wellness
and fitness.
2. Demonstrate an
understanding and
appreciation of
physical activity
and the
relationship to
wellness and
fitness.
The Intramural
Sports Fund has
monies to help
offset the total
cost of
resurfacing.
Are offering 3
new courses:
Yoga, Fitness
Bootcamp, and
Health, Wellness,
and Fitness
Proposed 2 new
courses Fall 2014
– Intermediate
Yoga, Posture &
Power in Martial
Arts
Have not pursued
grant writing,
however, have
used various
fund raisers for
future purchases
of athletic
equipment.
HPER Items Needed for 2014/15
1. Outdoor Fitness Equipment to use in a Circuit around campus
Two options from www.triactiveamerica.com
* Fitness Trail Package (does not offer a warranty)  $15,350 without
shipping
Back Extension
Leg Press – dbl
Multi-bars
Pullup and Dip Station
Pushup Bar
Rowing Machine
Spring Blance Beam
Seated Chest Press
Sit up Board
Seated Lat Pull
S-Shaped Jump Bar
Estimated S&H for 2 pallets - $2100
* E-Line Fitness Package  $29,500 without shipping
Estimated S& H for 2 pallets - $2100
E-Line series is 100% USA made of recycled steel (very good for LEEDS and Green projects where
people what to see USA and recycled materials), and the best part is heavy duty “E” coating which is
applied. This is the same type of long lasting finish on snowmobiles, John Deere Tractors and other long
lasting outdoor equipment. Triactive is able to provide a 10-year warranty on the E-Series.
E-line Air Walker
E-line Back Extension
E-line Elliptical Cross-Trainer
E-line Double Leg Press
E-line Pull up and Dip Station
E-line Rowing Machine
E-line Seated Chest Press
E-line Situp Board
E-line Seated Lat Pull
2. Building Expansion of Current Weight Room
Bathroom / Shower Facility and Free Weight Expansion
$100,000
$100,000
Of first priority, getting the outdoor fitness circuit for $31,600 -35,000. Second priority,
since it requires substantially more money is an addition to the weight room, dressing
room, shower facilities.