Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Math
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Bruce Wagner, Tami Matsumoto, Dave Arnold, Erin Wall, Todd Olsen, Mike Butler, Steve Jackson, Kevin
Yokoyama, Rio Kuteira
AreaAdministrator:
RachelAnderson
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
X
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
NA
CommitteeComments
Consistentoverall;slightincreaseatMendoCoast.Onlineenrollmentsaredown.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
X
DepartmentwouldlikeasupplementtotheirbudgettoincludeMatlablicensing,
AdobeAcrobatsoftware,andanextra$200orsoforpossibleexperimentaluseof
newsoftware,aswellas$200towardthepurchaseofsoftwaretouseindevelopment
ofonlinevideos.
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Program/CourseOutcomes
X
CourseRetention
X
CourseSuccess
X
SLOassessmentSchedule
X
Upoverall,includingonline.
OverallMathretentioniswithindistrictnorms.CRoffersnumerousmathlabswhich
haveahighlevelofretention,becausetherearenonegativeconsequencesfor
dropping.
OverallMathsuccessiswithindistrictnorms,butmanyofthecoursesareonthe
lowerend.Mathdepartmentisspendingalotoftimeassessingandimprovingthe
areaofsuccess,toimprovestatistics.Theycontinuetoproducetheirowntextbooks
Completedallassessmentincludingdialog.Kudosforthezealincompletingall
assessment.Currentlycompletingclosingtheloop
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
Other:
BasicSkills
StudentServices
Curriculum
X
N/A
X
X
Kudosonpursuingsuccessfulbasicskills options!!
Mathoffersnumerousmathlabswhichhaveahighlevelofretention,becauseofno
negativeconsequencesfordropping.
NostrongcorrelationbetweenEnglishandmathskills.Studentsplacingintotransfer
levelmathhaveahighersuccessrate.Themathdepartmenthasutilizedtesting
assessmentandothertoolstoimprovemathreadiness,especiallyforfirstyear
students.
AdvisingandAcademicSupportCenter:OK,butanincreaseintimeandpersonnel
wouldbehelpful.
AneedformoreITpersonnelisseriouslyneeded.
Manycoursesupdatedduetoassessmentofstudentneed.Coursesdueforrevision
areearmarkedtobecompletedby/infall2012.
Process:
CompletedExecutiveSummaryformswillbesenttoprogramreviewauthors,whowillhavetwoweekstoprovidefeedbackandcorrectionsonerrorsoffactand/interpretation.
PRCwillforwardthesummariesandauthorresponses(ifavailable)totheappropriateintegratedplanningcommittee,EMCandtheIEC.
AdoptedbyPRCApril29,2011