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Appendix A: Budget History and Impact
Audience: Budget Committee, PRBC,and Administrators
Purpose: This analysis describes your history of budget requests from the previous two years and
the impacts of funds received and needs that were not met. This history of documented need
can both support your narrative in Section A and provide additional information for Budget
Committee recommendations.
Instructions: Please provide the requested information, and fully explain the impact of the budget
decisions.
Category
Classified Staffing (# of positions)
Supplies & Services
Technology/Equipment
Other
TOTAL
2011-12
Budget
Requested
N/A
HP Laser Jet
Printer (300)
2011-12
Budget
Received
N/A
HP Laser Jet
Printer (300)
Paper for
Printer (160)
Paper for
Printer (160)
Inspiration 9
program
(3,500
Inspiration 9
program
(3,500)
3,960
3,960
2012-13
Budget
Requested
N/A
2012-13
Budget
Received
N/A
1. How has your investment of the budget monies you did receive improved student learning? When
you requested the funding, you provided a rationale. In this section, assess if the anticipated
positive impacts you projected have, in fact, been realized.
Grant money was used to develop the new English Department website, which has helped us to
communicate with one another, as well as proven helpful in hiring, training, and evaluating new
faculty. Posted are our English Department Philosophy and Teaching Practices document, developed
in the fall of 2011, as well as faculty resources, including sample assignments, sample student papers,
and lists of texts and films used, at all levels of our curriculum. Facultywho utilize the site now have a
more clear idea of our program cohesion and this has been particularly useful to new faculty. This
enables us to better serve students and support their learning. (completed)
Title III $ supported the creation of several films: “Tuning the Voice” “Changing the Stakes” “Kicking
Assessment” and others. (completed/ See Narrative A)
Students using “inspiration 9” software in 354 and in WRAC computers have been able to work on
their pre-writing skills, including brainstorming and outlining. Faculty and students who use the
program find it useful and engaging.
2. What has been the impact of not receiving some of your requested funding? How has student
learning been impacted, or safety compromised, or enrollment or retention negatively impacted?
Regarding Inspiration software, we received what we requested.
Despite the usefulness of the English Department website, we still are sorely lacking face to face time
between our English department full-timers and part-timers. Our program would be far better and
more cohesive if we could hold retreats and workshops as well as create real, active ways to work as
mentors and collaborate about teaching.