Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: AdministrationofJustice COMPREHENSIVEPROGRAMREVIEW ProgramReviewAuthors:
Ron Waters, Gary Sokolow, Anita Janis, Glen Olson
AreaAdministrator:
PatGirczyc
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
X
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
NA
CommitteeComments
Enrollmentdecrease(likelyduetotwentysectioncuts).
X
X
X
X
X
X
CourseRetention
X
CourseSuccess
X
Demographics
X
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
Employmentdataisanecdotal.Employmentinlawenforcementimpactedbystate
budgetandhasdroppedoffoverthelastfewyears;agencieshavevacanciesbutare
notallowedtofillthem.Graduatecertificatesaregoodforthreeyears.
ActiveAdvisoryCommittee.TheAdvisoryCommitteemeetingnoteswereincluded
inprogramreviewdocuments
OneF/Tinstructorofrecordteaching. Useofparttime faculty wouldbebeneficial
tostudents,togetdifferentperspectivesfromthoseinactiveserviceinthecriminal
justicesystem.
Overallinadequate;Printingbudget inadequate;Equipmentreplace/repairisself
sustaining;MeasureQfundingtobringrangetosafetystandards.Ifrequiredtraining
forsupportstaff,shouldbewrittenintobudget.
Overallfillrate ofremainingsections isgood.(Twentysectionswerecutinthe
programduetobudgetcuts.)
Excellentretention.(MendoCoast 94%retentionisforoneclassonly).Online
coursesseemtobeaveragingdistrict‐wideat60%.
Mostcoursesintheacceptablerange overthefouryearperiod,withthreebeing
belowthethreshold.Successhasincreasedinonlinecourses.Gooduseof
assessmentofthestatistics.
Gooddemographicdata.Itis importanttolookatproportionaldataofstudentsin
programssuchasAJ,todeterminethewhattypeofstudentattendswhatparticular
coursesorsectionsoftheprogramandwhetherthesehaveincreasedordecreased
SLOassessmentSchedule
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
BasicSkills
Completions
Benchmarking
Completers/Transfers
Sequencing
Pre‐requisites
Curriculum
X
X
Needs
X
PlanningAssessment
X
Weaknesses
X
Vision/Goals
X
Recommendations/QIPs
X
Other:
andwhy; i.e.arethereacertaintypeofstudentswhoattendaspecificclass,andifthe
classisdropped,willwelosethatdemographicgroup.
Programincludesrigorousexternalaccreditation.ABasicCourseCertification
ReportwaspreparedbythePOSTCommissiononNovember15‐17,2011and
submittedwiththeComprehensiveReview.
BasicskillsEnglishstudentsfollow thedistricttrend:thehighertheEnglish
placement/success,themoresuccessfulthestudent.Anumberofstudentsarenoted
as“unknown”.AlargenumberofstudentscompletingEng1Aaresuccessful.
StudentsarerequiredtotakethePOSTreadingandwritingpriortoenteringthe
academy.Studentswhopassdowell.Studentswhore‐testusuallydomuchbetter.
PRCrecommendsaconversationwiththeEnglishdepartment.(FireTechsame
issueswithEnglishtesting).
Studentsplacingintoand/orpassingMath120orhigherweremorelikelytobe
successful.
Degreesremainingconsistent(4peryearaverage).Certificatesdroppedwhenthe
programmovedtomodules.Assessmenthasinformedthedepartmentthatstudents
transferringindidnotbringtranscriptsofcourses,tobepetitioned,evaluatedand
applied;sotheywereunabletoapplyforthecertificate.Assessmentalsoshowed
thathavingtheprint‐outfromPOSTwillallowtransferringstudentstoapplyfora
certificate.Thedepartmentisworkingonremedyingthis.Goodclosingtheloop.
Statewidedatadoesn’tincludetargets.
Since2003:120transferredtoafouryearinstitution.Itisunknownifthey
completedthefour‐yearprogram.194transferredtoatwoyearinstitution.
Onlyonefull‐timefacultyinstructorand10coursesrequiredforadegreemakes
sequencingachallengetocapturethetargetstudents.Thisinstructoralsoteaches
otherclasses.Eachcourseiscurrentlyofferedonceayear.
Allcurrent
AJneedsadditionalresourcessotheycanrotateassociatefacultyintothese
courses/program;especiallyinstructorswhohavehadactualexperienceinthefield.
Otherrequestedneedsareinprogress.
Strengths:Graduatesabletogetwell‐payingjobswithgoodbenefitsaftercompleting
a23weektrainingprogram.Goodsuccesswithexperimentalcoursedeliveryand
online.Thehybriddeliveryhashadanexcellentlevelofsuccess.NewCorrections
degreeprogramscheduledaroundworkingindividuals.
LittlecommunicationbetweenAJcoursesandtheLETcenterinEureka.Asolutionto
thisisinprogress.
Moreonlinehybridcourses.Basedonassessmentitishopedthiswillbringmore
professionalsintoobtaindegree.
AQIPisincludedintheprogramreview.
StudentServices
PRCRecommendations
X
Isitpossibletohaveafee‐basedtimefortheshootingrange?
PRCsuggestedRonWatersattendanadvisingmeetingonceayeartoshare
significanttrendsandprogramchanges.
DiscussionaboutmovingsomeoftheCorecourseswhichseemliketrainingto
communityed.
Noted:Duetodistrictbudgetcuts,theprogramwasreducedtooneacademyper
year.Also,theadvancedofficerprogramwascutback.