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: Math Comp_____________________ Program Review Authors: ___Bruce Wagner__________________________________________________________________ Summary and Recommendations: Additional Comments: 1. Program strengths:
Math comp focused on course major (high-end courses)
Enrollment increase 39% over 3 years
Mid day most demanded time slot
4 degrees conferred last year
Dedicated, creative faculty
Active in areas of improving success, access and isntructional
innovation
2. Program challenges/obstacles:
Need for Full time math faculty; not known where math
Need for technology and tutors
stands on the faculty prioritization list
Loss of full time faculty;
Tutors and computers needed for OptiMath
Faculty college-responsibilities has increased the workload on the
department
3. Commendations
Commend math faculty on their focus on the major components;
Good and useable program outcomes that are well designed and
manageable;
Baseline level assessment activities and use of outcomes
4. Program Budget/Funding Sources:
Need technology and tutors
& Recommendations:
Identified changes should be documented (observations
recorded)
More detail/clarification on what equipment needs
replacing
Need for more computers, projector and camera
5. Program Goals/Plans:
Developed plans to assess are measureable, but can be made more
explicit
Assessment is baseline; no specific timeline; ongoing
6. Program Outcomes Assessment (PLOs/SLOs):
Good and useable program outcomes that are well designed and
manageable
Process: Completed Executive Summary forms will be sent to program review authors. PRC will forward Executive Summaries to the appropriate integrated planning committees. 7. Student Success/Achievement/Basic Skills
obstacles/challenges:
Success rates a bit lower than some other programs, but success is
still in normal range; success and retention higher in DN
No online success rates noted in report
Math 50A below norm range (calculus)
Students with Engl 350 skills as likely to be successful as those
with English 1A
Suggested determining why success is higher in DN
might be useful
Process: Completed Executive Summary forms will be sent to program review authors. PRC will forward Executive Summaries to the appropriate integrated planning committees.