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Unit Plan: Description of the Unit
Unit: Entrepreneurship
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology & Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Jan Novak
Date: March 1, 2011
Audience: To be read and responded to primarily by Marketing and Outreach
Purpose: Used for public relations, used in catalog and/or brochures, grant applications. Marketing & recruiting materials
Instructions: Write about one paragraph which should include the unit’s mission statement. You may include an image or picture, if you wish.
You may use last year’s description with updates or revisions as needed.
Our mission is to equip students with the skills required to open a new business or improve an existing small business. This provides a different
career pathway (beyond the traditional employee pathway) for students from across Chabot's many disciplines, and also improves the economic
vitality of our region.
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Unit Plan: Full-Time Faculty/Adjunct Staffing Request(s) [Acct. Category 1000]
Unit: Entrepreneurship
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology & Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Jan Novak
Date: March 1, 2011
Audience: Faculty Prioritization Committee and Administration
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time faculty and adjuncts
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Be sure to include reference to Goals/Objectives from Part II, and Strategic Planning
Priorities. Please cite any evidence or data to support your request, including enrollment management data (EM Summary by Term) for the most
recent three years, student success data (EM Success report), and any other pertinent information. For EM data, go to http://help/EMC/ (from on
campus—college intranet). If you have not worked with EM data previously, seek assistance from your division dean or CEMC rep.
1. Number of new faculty requested in this discipline: __1___ [Please list staffing request(s) on your Resource Request
spreadsheet.]
2. Rationale for your proposal. Please use the enrollment management data from your attachments (see #4) to support
your rationale. Additional data that will strengthen your rationale include FTES trends over the last 5 years,
persistence, FT/PT faculty ratios, SLO assessment results and external accreditation demands.
Entrepreneurship is a new discipline at Chabot, and is cross-disciplinary. We currently have 3 cross-disciplinary
certificates (ATEC, CAS and RE) and hope to create more to enable additional Chabot students to follow a path to not
only self-employment, but employment of others in our community. All of our classes have been far over-enrolled with
minimal marketing. We do not have a full-time faculty lead in this area, and it is a very unique field within Business.
Currently, a full-time instructor teaches only one 2-unit class each year, with all other courses taught by adjuncts. Our
students will only succeed in this program with strong mentorship, unique skills sets, and the connections to external
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resources that only a full-time instructor can provide.
3. Statements about the alignment with the strategic plan and program review are required. Indicate here any
information from advisory committees or outside accreditation reviews that is pertinent to the proposal.
The Business Advisory Board strongly endorses this new program, as it provides a new career pathway that is important
to our community (Priority A1). This directly supports Priority B2, particularly as we are incorporating a Community
Education component. The program is offered online (all courses), on-campus, and we hope via hybrid online courses if
funding is available to meet the needs of our community--Priority A4. The new Business Incubation class (ENTR-40) is an
experiential learning course, a transition from academics to business launch, supporting Priority C1. That class, the
development of an Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board, and the Business Plan competition that arises out of ENTR30, require strong engagement with community businesses (Priorities C2 and C4).
4. Attachments:
 EM Summary by Term report for the appropriate discipline or cluster of disciplines.
 EM Success report for the appropriate discipline or cluster of disciplines.
Enrollment Requests
Discipline: Entrepreneurship
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology & Business
Author(s): Jan Novak
Date: March 1, 2011
Audience: Budget, Deans, CEMC, PRBC
Purpose: To recommend changes in FTEF allocations for subsequent academic year and guide Deans and CEMC in the allocation of FTEF to units.
Instructions: In the area below, please list your requested changes in course offerings (with reference to corresponding change in FTEF) and provide your
rationale for these changes. Be sure to analyze enrollment trends and other relevant data (http://help/EMC/). Please seek your dean’s assistance as needed.
Entrepreneurship is a new program for Chabot (first class offered in Fall 2010), and is cross-disciplinary, as students from across Chabot are developing skills
that can lead to self-employment and business startups. Initial student response has been very positive, with a 117% fill rate in our Spring 2011 classes as of
2/4. We need to develop more consistent course offerings to enable students to quickly move through the program, to offer more courses on-campus (most
are only offered online), and to develop a "Business Incubator" lab class that transitions students from a business plan to a business startup. This requires an
increase in FTEF from our current Business discipline plan of 0.86 CAH for Summer 11-Spring 12 to 1.66 CAH, and then to 2.26 CAH from Summer 12Spring 13. A listing of required courses vs. those currently included in the Business discipline plan is attached.
Program Review: Request for Resources
Discipline: Entrepreneurship
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology & Business
Author(s): Jan Novak
Date: 3/1/2011
Audience: Budget, Deans
Purpose: To be read and responded to by Budget Committee.
Instructions: Please fill in the following as needed to justify your requests. Text boxes below will expand as you type. To list the items you are requesting,
please complete the accompanying Excel spreadsheets for the items you are requesting in the 4000, 5000, and 6000 account categories, as needed, along
with the justification for these requests below.
Equipment Requests [Acct. Category 6000]
Please note: Equipment requests are for equipment whose unit cost is over $200
Brief Title of Request (Project Name): Business Incubator (lab class) equipment
Building/Location: TBD
Request Amount (include tax and shipping): $8,000
Description of the specific equipment or materials requested:
Computers/printer for student use in incubator lab class (dedicated area)
What educational programs or institutional purposes does this equipment support?
Entrepreneurship
Briefly describe how your request relates specifically to meeting the Educational Master Plan and the Strategic Plan Goals and support the goals and
outcomes detailed in your Unit Action Plan (Part II, Section 2)?
The ENTR-40 class is the pathway to actual launch of student businesses. We need to supply students with the tools to advance their business
plans from idea to reality. Critical tools include computers and printers.
Why is this equipment necessary?
Immediate health, safety, or security issues
Increases enrollment
Prevents further deterioration of facilities
Replaces deteriorated equipment or facilities
Shows cost advantage due to rising prices
Provides visibility for the Bond Program
Briefly describe how the above criteria are satisfied:
Entrepreneurship is a new program at Chabot, so it will increase enrollment. More importantly, it's a unique program in the Bay Area, providing
both visibility for the Bond Program and an opportunity to improve the economic vitality of our community.
What is the consequence of not funding the equipment?
Students will not have the required tools to complete this class.
What alternative approaches have been considered to meet programmatic demands for this equipment?
We will attempt to raise external funding/in-kind donations for this equipment.
How many students will be impacted by the purchase of this equipment? 60
Do students use this equipment?
yes
no
Is this equipment a replacement?
yes
no
Staffing requirements for new equipment (number of staff, are they available, training, etc.):
Number of Staff 0
Are they available
Will training be required?
yes
no
At whose cost?
What are the estimated ongoing costs (for maintenance, etc.)? TBD
Are there potential utility costs/savings? no
Is this request CTE (Career Technical Education) Eligible?
yes
no
Supplies & Services Augmentation Requests [Acct. Category 4000 and 5000]
Note: Augmentations are rarely funded and are based upon available funding.
Definition of Augmentation: A request for additional funds for your current allocated budget (the funds you actually received), over and above the
current amount.
Brief Title of Request (Project Name):
Last year’s 4000 category budget
Last year’s 5000 category budget
Please state why you are requesting these funds in addition to your current allocated budget (the funds you actually received). Why were the funds
previously allocated insufficient?
Program Review Summary & Unit Plan
Unit/Area: Entrepreneurship
Division/Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology and Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Jan Novak
Today’s Date: March 1, 2011
School Year Program Review Completed: New program
Audience: IPBC; Program Review Committee; Deans/Unit Administrators; Budget Committee
Purpose: To provide evidence of progress on from previous year and to provide input into planning for subsequent years.
Instructions: If you have completed your unit plan last year, please update your timeline and answer the questions below. If you are
updating/changing your timeline, list the appropriate year in which revisions were made.
1A. Problem Statement: Summarize your original Program Review conclusions (or if this was done in last year’s unit plan, please
update).
1B. Analysis: What was the basis for these new and/or continuing conclusions?
Entrepreneurship is a new discipline, and our first classes were offered in Fall 2010. As a result, we have not undergone Program Review. (All
Program Review and Unit plan submissions for this effort were previously conducted as part of the Business discipline work. We are separating
these for the first time this year.) However, an initial problem statement would be that we struggle to offer the classes needed to move students
through this program, and that we need another course/lab beyond our current four course-sequence to transition students from academic
learning to business launch.
2. Student Learning Outcomes Inventory
a. What percentage of courses in your discipline have Student Learning Outcomes developed? 100%
b. How many Student Learning Outcomes are there on average per course? 1
c. What percentage of course SLOs in your discipline have been assessed? none
d. What percentage of courses in your discipline have had the assessments reflected upon, or discussed with colleagues, or discussed with
the college at large? none
e. Has your discipline determined any actions that might be taken as a result of this data, or insights?
As a new discipline, we haven't had the chance to assess our courses. All SLOs will be completed this semester (at least 3 for our 3-unit courses,
and 2 for a 2-unit course). We plan to assess in each class and "close the loop" on those assessments by the end of Fall 2011.
3. List your accomplishments. How do they relate to your program review, unit planning and SLO work? Please cite any relevant
data elements (e.g., efficiency, persistence, FT/PT faculty ratios, SLO assessment results, external accreditation demands, etc.).
The only accomplishments to date have been to overfill our classes (117% fill rate as of 2/4/11), and to promote this program across campus.
Our Business Advisory Board enthusiastically supports this new program, and its curriculum. Three of the four ENTR classes are taught by an
adjunct with extremely impressive Entrepreneurship credentials and a passion for helping our students launch new businesses.
4. List your new and continuing unit goals. Based upon what you accomplished, do you have any changes you are making to your
goals or timeline? Please make any revisions to the timeline on the next page.
Continuing goals (if you did not do a unit plan, skip to the next box):
New goals:
1. Develop a business incubation lab class to serve as the "launching pad" for new businesses.
2. Secure funding to offer a schedule that enables students to rapidly progress through the curriculum, to offer courses in varied modalities
(our current focus is online, which doesn't work for many students), and to meet strong demand.
3. Network across campus to develop additional program-specific certificates, akin to our current Automotive Technology Entrepreneur, Real
Estate Entrepreneur, and Computer Assistant Entrepreneur certificates.
4. Develop a business plan competition that focuses our students on developing quality business plans and provides a range of incentives
(funding, free business services, free health insurance, recognition) to the winners. This will require extensive interaction with local
business service providers (banks, health insurance companies, computer companies, lawyers, etc.).
5. Develop a Community Education series of weekend workshops to enable continued training of our entrepreneurship students and,
perhaps more importantly, current or potential entrepreneurs in our broader community. We would offer these workshops through
Community Ed to eliminate funding issues and to give them more of a "continuing education" appeal.
6. Begin to build Entrepreneurship pathways from high schools and to universities.
5. Discuss how these goals support the college Strategic Plan goals and/or strategies.
Continuing goals (if you did not do a unit plan, skip to the next box):
New goals:
Our goals support many of the college's Strategic Plan goals, as this is a college-wide program with significant community, business and
educational pathway initiatives. Our outreach effort to Chambers, high schools, existing businesses and universities supports A1. Our broadening
of course modalities (to include more on-campus and hybrid) supports A4. Our primary objective is to enable a new career pathway, which is B2.
A very significant focus is on Community Partnerships (Goal C). Our to-be-developed incubator lab class (ENTR-40) will draw in many community
resources. We plan to network with Chambers, high schools, and universities for both funding and pathway development. And, perhaps most
important, this is a college-wide program designed to enable students with many different disciplinary interests to translate those interests into
self-employment, and hopefully employment of others within our community. We also hope to engage the community, both via funding and
advisory board participation, in our business plan competition.
6. Solution: Cut and paste your previous timeline and update the “Accomplished?” column, if necessary. Detail the plan for
accomplish your goals. If you are making revisions to your activities or timeline, please indicate that in the “Revised?” column.
Unit Action Plan Timeline
No.
Timeline
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
If, yes, what
type?**
No.
Timeline
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
If, yes, what
type?**
1
Fall 2011
Submit BUS-40 (incubator lab class) to Curriculum
Novak
New
No
1
Spring-Fall 2011
Secure funding for a new BUS-40 course in Spring 2012
Novak
New
Yes, staffing
1
Spring-Fall 2011
Identify and build-out incubator space
Novak
New
2
Spring-Fall 2011
Secure funding and approval for a full-time Entrepreneurship instructor
Novak
New
Yes,
contractual
services and
supplies
Yes, staffing
2
Fall 2011
Offer additional ENTR-1 day section and hybrid ENTR-30 section
Novak
New
Yes, staffing
2
Spring 2012
Offer additional ENTR-1 online section
Novak
New
Yes, staffing
3
Spring-Fall 2011
Develop two new discipline-specific entrepreneurship certificates
Novak
New
Yes, stipends
4
Fall 2011
Novak
New
4
Fall 2011
Establish Entrepreneurship advisory board to advise on program and
judge business plan competition
Secure funding for business plan prizes and other incentives
Novak
New
5
Fall 2011
Novak
New
6
Spring 2012
Develop series of Community Education non-credit workshops for
launch in Spring 2012
Build pathway from high schools to our Entrepreneurship program
Yes, meals
and supplies
No, other
than location
No
Novak
New
6
Fall 2012
Secure articulation of ENTR-1 from our program to transfer schools
Novak
New
* Note: As you may be carrying over or planning new activities for this planning cycle, this column should list that all activities are “In Progress.”
** List types such as “equipment,” “supplies,” “staffing,” “contractual services,” etc…
Yes, supplies,
stipends
No