Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: FireTechnologyComprehensiveProgramReview
FLAG
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Ron Waters, Eric Smith, Ed Trigeiro, Kim Price
AreaAdministrator:
PatGirczyc
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
NA
X
X
N/A
X
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
N/A
Funding/Grantsupport
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
CommitteeComments
Programisonlynowinthethirdyear.Thechangingnatureofprogrammakes
enrollmentdifficulttoassess.
Nonegiven.
AdvisoryCommitteemembershipand2009‐10minutesweresubmittedwiththe
comprehensivereview.
NoFulltimefaculty.Taughtcompletelybypart‐timeprofessionalfaculty;part
timeinstructorsrequiredtotakeonlineinstructortrainingthrustatefiremarshal
office.Full‐timefacultyrequiredatthispoint.
Therecurrentlyisnobudgetforthisprogram.Theyare takingfundsfromAJ torun
program
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
X
X
CourseSuccess
X
X
X
N/A
Overallretentionisat85%.Coursesonlypresentedonetime.
Onlyonecoursefellbelowtheacceptable deviationandassessmentbythe
instructorinitiatedsomechanges.Studentsintheprofessionalcourseswere
successful.Successvariedgreatlybetweenthe“in‐service”typecoursesandthe
academiccourses.
PlanforASdegree;noassessmentsyet
SLOassessmentSchedule
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
Other:
X
BasicSkills
Completion
NA
X
NA
No
changes
X
X
X
Demographic
Transfers
Benchmarking
Coursesequencing
Prerequisites
Needs
Strengths
Weaknesses
Goals/QIP
Recommendations
PRC
StudentServices
Onlythreedemographicgroupsinthisprogramwhichdidnotseemtobeafactor
insuccessorretention.PRCnotesitisinterestingtocomparetheprogramto
occupationaldata;
Notenoughstudentsinthesampletoassessthedata.Programwillmonitoras
morecoursesarepresented
Notenoughcoursestaughtforadegree. (CertificateofAchievementhasnotbeen
approved,butanASDegreeprogramhas)
Onestudenthastransferredtoatwoyearinstitution
Nostatewidetargets.
Ontargettobeonrotationalbasis
Currentlynochangesinpre‐requisites.“writingacrossthecurriculum”or“writing
fortechnicalclasses”ishighlyrecommendedtobethreadedintoCTEcertificates
andneedstobeofaqualitytomeettransfer.
Sustainedfundingtosupportprogram
FireTechnologyAdvisoryBoard
Noinstitutionalsupport
Welldocumented
Welldocumented
PRC hasconcerns thatwehaveadegreelistedinthecatalog,butnoinstitutional
supportoftheprogram;thatfailuretosupportcouldcausebadrelationswiththe
communityandsupportgroups.Theauthorsshouldbesuretoincludeaneedfor
libraryresourcestotheirneedsaddendum
Overallok,sofar,butlackoflibraryresources(Courserelatedtexts)