Spring
2011
College of the Redwoods Program Review Committee Executive Summary Adopted November 6, 2009 Mission Statement The College of the Redwoods’ Program Review Committee leads and facilitates authentic assessment as it relates to student success and planning at the institution for all subject and service areas. The committee reviews Annual and Comprehensive Program Reviews that provide the strong foundation upon which College of the Redwoods develops, identifies, states and documents quality improvement plans and goals including providing the direction of prioritization of funding, and support needs as organized under the strategic planning objectives. Objective: To provide an evaluative Executive Summary of this program’s review for authors, the Integrated Planning Committees, and the District. Program Review Subject/Service Area: __HRC___________________ Program Review Authors: _______Dona Moxin___________________________________________________________ Summary and Recommendations: Additional Comments: 1. Program strengths:
Enrollments are consistent
Retention rates overall are normal
Community support; active Advisory Committee; dedicated
Associate faculty; strong online presence
2. Program challenges/obstacles:
Ability to make all courses listed available to student
Only three certificates/degrees awarded last year
enrollment each semester. No full-time faculty member is
Planning is an obstacle
employed for this program
Lack of program support from faculty and staff is restricting;
requesting full time faculty chef
3. Commendations
& Recommendations:
Good community support; dedicated advisory committee; strong
Some clarification needed regarding ADA, location and
online presence
program manager issues
4. Program Budget/Funding Sources:
Red Flag (Culinary Arts)
large amount equipment supplies, staff, ADA issues
For this program to survive, relocation and a large amount of
3 components – hospitality, culinary, restaurant management.
equipment is needed
5. Program Goals/Plans:
Recommend: providing goals to improve online success
No program goals;
& create an assessment plan for hotel management program
Update outdated curriculum
and create measureable goals for program
6. Program Outcomes Assessment (PLOs/SLOs):
There are no identified PLO’s for this program. However,
NO SLOs PLOs; no assessment
instructors are using professional association criteria to
There is no discussion on how student assessment using the
monitor student progress
association criteria is being used
No labor market data in report (but felt labor market would be
Faculty members and advisory committee is working on
strong)
reviewing course outlines and updating PLOs and SLOs
7. Student Success/Achievement/Basic Skills
Enrollments are consistent
obstacles/challenges:
College-level English skills appear to be very important for
Success rates overall are kind of low—especially for on-line
success in HRC classes. Basic skills success rates for English
courses. Narrative includes acknowledgement of low success
and math are low
rates, but no clear description of what will be done about them
Decline in degrees and certificates awarded, only 3 degrees
(59% - but still within District averages?)
awarded last year.
PRC Recommendation: 1) All programs would benefit from a formalized, institution‐led follow‐up system/tracking of our graduates. 2) Clarification/development of process from grant funded programs/positions to district funding. 3) District‐wide plan for technology and equipment maintenance and replacement.
Process: Completed Executive Summary forms will be sent to program review authors. PRC will forward Executive Summaries to the appropriate integrated planning committees.