Office of Instruction and Student Development Update April 18, 2014
AP 4021: Revitalization, Suspension, or Discontinuance Process
President Smith’s approval of the two Program Analysis Request Forms (Appendix A) on April 10
initiated the formation of two AP 4021 Task Forces to analyze the Business Technology and
Administration of Justice programs. The administration and the Academic Senate Co-Presidents
have identified the following people to serve on both Task Forces.
Two Deans or Directors not
connected to the program
An Academic Senate Co-President
Two faculty members who are not
members of the program or division
A representative appointed by the
President
Business Technology
Erin Wall (Co-Chair)
&
Ron Waters
Administration of Justice
Joe Hash (Co-Chair)
&
Julia Peterson
Bob Brown (Co-Chair)
Shannon Sullivan
&
Tony Sartori
Bob Brown (Co-Chair)
Jay Dragten
&
Kevin Yokoyama
Brady Reed
Lynn Thiesen
We are going to try to get some of the Task Force work completed by the end of this academic year.
We expect the Task Forces to begin meeting shortly after Institutional Research provides data to the
Task Force Co-Chairs on April 24. I am going to meet with the Co-Chairs of the Task Forces next
Tuesday, April 22, to make sure that the AP 4021 process is clearly understood. It goes without
saying that the members of the Task Forces are aware of the importance of their work and that they
take the necessary time to analyze and discuss the data.
I will make it clear at the Co-Chair meeting that although we are going to start the review of the data
now, it is important that the Task Force’s work is not rushed and that all relevant data is thoroughly
reviewed. Moreover, it is critical that the Deans, Directors and faculty who are responsible for, or
teach in, the program under analysis are given the opportunity to provide information to the Task
Forces. A Stipend and Reassign Time Committee (SARTCO) request has been submitted for Human
Resources/CRFO negotiation to consider compensation for faculty to work over the summer if the
Task Forces feel that it will be necessary to extend the analysis timeline. Again, we do not want to
rush this process nor do we want our colleagues to question the integrity of the AP 4021 process.
Business
Technology
Administration of
Justice
1st Meeting
Wednesday, April 30
9:00am - 11:00am
Wednesday, April 30
2:00pm to 4:00pm
2nd Meeting
Monday, May 5
9:00am to 11:00am
Monday, May 5
3:00pm to 5:00pm
3rd Meeting
Friday, May 9
8:00am to10:00am
Friday, May 9
10:00am to 12:00pm
Subsequent to review of all of the relevant information, the Task Forces, working with the Office of
Institutional Research, will present their findings, including recommendations and a timeframe for
resolution and a course of action to the President/Superintendent by June 9, unless otherwise agreed
to between the Vice President and the Task Force Co-Chairs.
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Office of Instruction and Student Development Update April 18, 2014
CR’s Participation in the Community of Practice in Acceleration
The Community of Practice in Acceleration is an initiative supported by the California Community
College Chancellor’s Office through 3CSN, that assists faculty with examining English and math
remedial curriculum sequences and explores redesigning those sequences into accelerated pathways.
Last year the English Department was applied and was selected to participate with David Holper,
Peter Blakemore, and Jay Scrivner forming their team. The result was the creation of English 102, a
course that takes English 350 students and prepares them for English 1A in one semester, which was
piloted this semester on the Eureka campus.
This year the English Department applied to participate again with a new team and Todd Olsen
applied for the Math Department to also participate. Both teams received acceptance letters this past
week. The English team consists of Pam Kessler, Susan Nordlof, Ruth Rhodes, and Deborah Gerth.
Todd Olsen, Mike Haley, Steve Jackson, Erik Kramer and Richard Ries make up the Math team. The
Math acceleration model is designed to shorten the developmental mathematics path to statistics. The
accelerated “Path2Stats”course will focus on teaching the core elementary/intermediate algebra
concepts using data and statistical type graphs. This course will be a departure from our traditional
“one size fits all approach” to basic skills curriculum in mathematics and will be geared towards
those who are non-science/math majors. The course is scheduled to run as a pilot in spring 2015.
The application process was very competitive this year—a record-breaking number of faculty
applicants—119 faculty members from 25 colleges applied to participate.
The Basic Skills Committee is supporting faculty participation in the California Acceleration Project.
If you’re interested in learning more about the Community of Practice or the California Acceleration
Project, go to: http://cap.3csn.org/community-of-practice/ or http://3csn.org/.
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