Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Forestry&NaturalResources
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Tim Baker
AreaAdministrator:
RachelAnderson
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
X
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
NA
CommitteeComments
N/A
No2010‐11datatocompare.
LongtermemploymentpictureforFNRisgood.
N/A
N/A
X
X
HeavyrelianceonCTEAGrantfunding,whichis good,butonlyasmallgeneralfund
budget.Kudosonreceiving$2000indonations.PRCstillhasconcernsregarding
relianceonCTEAfunding.
X
CourseRetention
X
CourseSuccess
SLOassessmentSchedule
X
X
PLOassessmentSchedule
X
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
CTEprogramshavegoodfillratesinbaseclasses.Therehave beensomeproblems
becauseofcoursesequencing.
Retentionlevels areprimarily intheacceptablerange.Twoareat100%andtwoare
below.Someforestrycoursesarepartoftheliberalartsdegreeandmarinescience
program.
Mostcoursesfallwithintheacceptablerange,withtwoat100%andtwowellbelow.
Goodmappingofcourse,submittedplans;needtocompleteassessments
Usingcourseassessmenttoinformcurriculumandmathprerequisite
recommendations.
GEassessment
Other:
N/A
BSI:ThereisacorrelationbetweenhigherlevelsofEnglishandhigherstudent
BSI
success.ThisistheoverallDistrictpattern.Definitely,thehighertheMathlevelsof
students,thehigherthestudentsuccess.
StudentServices: considered inadequate‐thereis needforaspecializedtutor.(Note,
StudentServices
onlinetutoringdoesnotcoverthesciences.)Requestingaspecializedadvisor(not
knownifthefacultyareawarethereisaCTEadvisor,JenniferKnight).
Curriculum:intheprocessofmodifyingcurriculumtoremaincurrentwithchanges
Curriculum
X
inthefieldandarticulationwithHSU.Manycoursesneedupdatingbyfall2012.
ThePRCnotesthisisatransferprogramforHSU;studentscangoontogetamaster’sdegree;thisprogramincludesmanyarticulationagreements.
Note:DatashowssomeForestrycoursesarebeingtaughtatDelNorte;collaborationisrecommended.
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.
AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011