Fiscal Year: 2011-12
College of the Redwoods
Program Review Committee Summary
As per its Mission, the Program Review Committee reviews Annual and Comprehensive Program Reviews to provide the foundation upon which the district
develops, identifies, and documents the direction of the prioritization of planning. Our objective is to provide an evaluative Executive Summary of each
program’s review for authors, Integrated Planning Committees, and the District.
Program Review Subject Area:
Program Review Authors:
RN
Janice Tatum, Kady Dunleavy, Connie Wolfsen
Area Administrator:
Pat Girczyc
Performance Indicators for Instructional Programs
1. Program Access/Demand
Enrollment Trends
FTES (Comprehensive reviews
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
X
X
Requirement of program
X
NA
(Comprehensive reviews only)
The General fund covers all Health Occ programs. There is grant funding, which
strongly supports this program, but information was not included. PRC recommends
entering lengthy explanations into the larger comment boxes. Formatting makes it
difficult to read.
Funding/Grant support
3. Program
Efficiency/Productivity
Fill Rate (at Census)
Program/Course Outcomes
Course Retention
Course Success
SLO assessment Schedule
PLO assessment Schedule
GE assessment
Other:
Committee Comments
Increasing
NA
only)
Job Availability (based on
labor market data)
Advisory Committee
Activities*
2. Program Resources
Full-time/Part-time FTE Ratio
NA
X
Increase in retention; 188a has high retention (offered one semester) and
a low success rate; no statement regarding issue – need clarification;
Course degree plans submitted, no closing the loop forms, and no degree outcomes;
assessment doesn’t follow the forms on file
X
X
X
X
NA
Basic Skills: The nursing program has its own standardized exam to predict success
in the first semester of the RN program. The scores vary widely, although many have
Process:
Completed Executive Summary forms will be sent to program review authors, who will have two weeks to provide feedback and corrections on errors of fact and/interpretation.
PRC will forward the summaries and author responses (if available) to the appropriate integrated planning committee, EMC and the IEC. Adopted by PRC April 29, 2011
successfully completed Eng 1A. Similar for Math 120 scores. Suggested this would be
a good point of discussion with English and Math departments.
Counseling services not adequate (need of an advisor for Health Occ students)
Using assessment to inform curriculum revisions (5 courses not updated; they
should revised or, if not being taught, they should be removed from curriculum
process). Some inconsistency in the data chart: data shows 3 courses as being out of
date; recommend this should be checked.
Students who are eligible and adequately supported by DSPS are successful. An
added benefit is faculty also benefit from DSPS students in learning new approaches
to accommodate student needs.
Process:
Completed Executive Summary forms will be sent to program review authors, who will have two weeks to provide feedback and corrections on errors of fact and/interpretation.
PRC will forward the summaries and author responses (if available) to the appropriate integrated planning committee, EMC and the IEC.
Adopted by PRC April 29, 2011