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2016-17 Dean’s Program Review Summary – Change It Now! Year 1
Submitted by:
Marcia Corcoran
Date: 11-06-15
Find below goals, progress, accomplishments, and new initiatives in each category, aligned with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
(ACCJC)i Standards indicated, as documented in the Program Reviews. Please refer to the Excel spreadsheets for specific resource requests in these areas.
Instructional Programs
Library/Learning &
Human Resources
Physical & Technology
Financial Resources
Student Support
(FT fac, reassigned,
Resources
(Services, Contracts,
classified, student assts)
Conferences)
Standards IIA and IIB
Standard IIA
Standards IIB and IIC
Standard IIIA
Standards IIIB and IIIC
Standard IIID
 Assessed Program Level
Outcomes
 Success data comparing
CIN to non-CIN courses
is inconsistent-may be
related to inconsistent
resources and implies
future assessment of
learning communities as
a whole using
quantitative and
qualitative data would
be useful
 Course Learning
Outcomes Closing the
Loop submitted for
COMM 6 in Spring 2013;
COMM 1, ENGL 102;
MTH 42 in Fall 2014;
ENGL 1A, ENGL 7, and
COMM 36 in Spring 15;
GNST 32 in Fall 2015 (in
discipline program
review)s
 2 Program Learning
Outcomes aligned with
College-Wide Learning
Goals assessed and
discussed in Spring 2015
and Fall 2015, raising
 6 core CIN classes
 Program goal #1 to
provide an
academically rigorous
and engaging bridge
from developmental to
transfer level
 Added the Golden 4
CSU/UC transfer
courses
 By collaborating with
First Year Experience,
increased access for
bottleneck courses and
offered students a
“package” of courses
 Curriculum developed
and taught for GNST
32, CIN! Social Justice
Leadership course
 Fall 2015 CIN classes
over capacity
 Interest in revising core
CIN curriculum, based
on social justice
education strategies
and core principles
 Program goal #2 to
provide students with
sense of agency by
increasing their civic
engagement
 Program goal #3 to
expand students’
literacies in technology
and research
 Enriched courses with
experiential and service
learning opportunities
 Organized public
events such as “The
Great Debate,” “Stop
the Violence” rallies, or
“Indigenous People’s
Day” for students to
research projects and
raise community
awareness
 “Step Into Change”
Event over 4 years to
recruit students from 4
high schools
 Offer events, led by
leadership and CIN!
students:
 ACT CIN! Conference
 CIN! Career Panel
 Staff meetings and
professional
development for
ongoing faculty
interdisciplinary
collaboration –received
small faculty stipends
through Equity funds
 Plan retreat on
program expansion,
curriculum
development, high
school pathways
 Request permanent
reassigned time for a
Program Coordinator
(3.75 CAH or .25 FTEF
to be in parity with
other Learning
Communities) – though
initially was funded
with Title III
 Request increase in
counseling hours or a
portion of a counselor’s
load to be dedicated
for CIN students
 With Equity funds,
hired an hourly
Program Assistant to
 Program goal #8 to
provide learning
experiences which are
visceral, experiential,
active and contextual
 Request funds for new
initiatives - High School
Pathway Program,
Summer Bridge
Program (Equity
proposals)
 Request funds for Social
Justice Career Fair in
Spring 2017
 Request funds to
sponsor Social Justice
Conference (Action
Community 1-day
conference Spring 2017
Transformation-CIN!)
for 8 presenters, other
services, and 1
performance group to
gain knowledge for
developing teaching
strategies to better
serve students’ needs
 Request funds for
conference attendance
for faculty for Umoja
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questions for further
research regarding how
the program can
encourage new
awareness, knowledge,
and behaviors
associated with social
justice, civic
engagement, and
empathetic
communication
 CIN might take action to
provide students more
opportunities to
participate in shared
governance and events/
conversations regarding
current social justice
issues
 CIN might take actions
to give faculty more
advanced professional
development in antibias, anti-racist, and
multicultural curriculum
and pedagogy
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 New Student
Orientation
 Registration
Awareness
 “Come CIN with Us”
Community Potlucks
 Interest in developing
internships for students
within the community
support students and
events and collect data
 Request a Counselor
Asst II (.50 FTE) to
support program
 Request Coordination
time for Fall 2016 for 6
CAH for the Great
Debate
 Request funds for
National Conference on
Race and Ethnicity
(NCORE) Spring 2016
for 4 CIN faculty to gain
knowledge for
developing teaching
strategies to better
serve students’ needs
 Request funds for
National Conference on
Race and Ethnicity
(NCORE) Spring 2017
 Request funds for
supplies and
promotional materials
 Request funds for
student needs such as
transportation support,
food and book vouchers
 Will research other
professional
development
opportunities
See Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Adopted June 2014). Accreditation standards. Available:
http://www.accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Accreditation_Standards_Adopted_June_2014.pdf