Fiscal Year: 2011-12
CollegeoftheRedwoods
ProgramReviewCommitteeSummary AsperitsMission,theProgramReviewCommitteereviewsAnnualandComprehensiveProgramReviewstoprovidethefoundationuponwhichthedistrict
develops,identifies,anddocumentsthedirectionoftheprioritizationofplanning.OurobjectiveistoprovideanevaluativeExecutiveSummaryofeach
program’sreviewforauthors,IntegratedPlanningCommittees,andtheDistrict.
ProgramReviewSubjectArea: Water/WasteWater‐WAT
ProgramReviewAuthors:
Clay Yerby
AreaAdministrator:
JeffCummings
PerformanceIndicatorsforInstructionalPrograms
ProgramAccess/Demand
EnrollmentTrends
FTES(Comprehensivereviews
only)
JobAvailability(basedon
labormarketdata)
AdvisoryCommittee
Activities*
ProgramResources
Full‐time/Part‐timeFTERatio
(Comprehensivereviewsonly)
Funding/Grantsupport
Program
Efficiency/Productivity
FillRate(atCensus)
Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
NA
X
N/A
X
Labormarketidentifiedasproblematiclocally.PRCsuggestslookingatand
commentingtheviabilityandfutureofthelabormarket.
N/A
X
Grantsupportedprogramwithnocommentonwhathappensif/whengrantfunding
goesaway.
X
CourseRetention
X
CourseSuccess
X
Program/CourseOutcomes
CommitteeComments
Enrollmentsremainconsistent andslightlyincreased. Thisisarelativelynew
program.Therewastheadditionofonlinecoursesthisyear;noneofferedthe
previousyear.
Sectionsweredoubledduetheadditionofnewsectionsforthisrelativelynew
program,whileenrollmentsremainedconsistent;totalof13sections.PRC
recommendsaddressingthegrowthoftheprogramanddropinfillrateinthe
comments.
OverallretentionisatacceptablelevelsexceptforWAT10inwhichretentionis
belowexpectation.PRCrecommendsassessingwhyandwhattheplanistoremedy
this.
Onlyoneyearofdatatocompare,successfallswithinacceptablewithexceptionof
theonlineofferingwhichhaslowerenrollmentsandsuccessandfallsbelowthe
districtaverage.PRCrecommendsaddressing/assessingwhythelowersuccessin
thisclass.
SLOassessmentSchedule
PLOassessmentSchedule
GEassessment
Other:
X
X
N/A
Course5yr,Degree5yr.Certificate5yr.received
Assessment,closingtheloopanddegree/certassessmentformsnotreceived
PRCrecommendsassessingtheprogramstatisticsinmoredetail.Thenewpolicyof
facultybeingabletodropstudentswillaidinthesuccessrates.
BasicSkills:manystudentsenteringthisprogramlackmathandwritingskills.
StudentswhotestedintoEngl1Ahadgoodsuccess,lessthanthatsuccesswas
followedthegeneraldistrictpattern.Studentswithanunknownskillsetinthis
programareat79%.Dataisdealingwithasmallnumberofstudents.PRCsuggests
consideringthecurriculumandrecommendingprepcourses.Studentstestingat
Math380orhigheraresuccessful.Howeverthedataisdealingwithsmallnumbers
ofstudents.
StudentSupport:DSPS–wasnotedas“notadequate”butnodetailswereincluded.
Also,notedinadequateresourcesfordisabledstudents;readersandtutorsare
inadequate.
Curriculum:uptodate