Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Chemistry&PhysicalScience
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Tony Sartori, Paul Farmham, Sean McWhorter
AreaAdministrator:
RachelAnderson
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
NA
CommitteeComments
EnrollmentsaredownslightlyinEureka,butincreasedinMendocino.
N/A
NA
N/A
N/A
X
Overallbudgetisadequatewiththeexception ofanequipmentrepair/replacement
budget.
FillRate(atCensus)
X
Program/CourseOutcomes
CourseRetention
CourseSuccess
X
X
SLOassessmentSchedule
X
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
X
X
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
Fillratesaregooddistrict‐wide.Nochangetosectionsoffered,exceptDelNortedid
notoffercoursesin09‐10.
Coursesfallwithinacceptabledistrictnorms.
Mostcoursesfallwithinacceptabledistrict‐norms.
Plans,programplans,somecourselevelreportingforms,onescienceGE.Noclosing
theloopformsyet.(Note:Chem1Alecturetimemovecouldbeaclosingtheloop
item.)Reviewusessomegoodbeginningassessment
ParticipationinGEassessment.Kudos.
Other:
BasicSkills
X
StudentServices
Curriculum
X
X
Correlationbetweenmathreadinessandsuccess.StudentspassingMath120or
higheraremoresuccessfulinChemistrycourses.StudentswhotestintoEngl150or
higherhaveincreasedchanceofsuccess.
Needformoretutorsbothphysicalandonline.
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.
AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011