Request for Tenure Track Faculty
Program: Social Work/Addiction Studies/NAS
Initiator(s): Tracey Thomas
1. Program(s) Supported by the Discipline: Program Initiation for Social Work to revitalize
Addiction Studies program, develop ADT- Social Work, Liberal Arts Behavioral and Social
Sciences
2. Job Description. Separate requests are required for each position sought. Please indicate
if this request is site specific and the location(s).
Faculty member will teach courses which are relevant to discipline of Social Work such as courses which
would lend to opportunities for employment in behavioral health, human and social services as well as
mental health, and addiction recovery. Faculty position would also possess qualifications for Native
American Studies.
Faculty position would establish an ADT-Social Work degree pathway for students to both a Social
Work degree at CSU’s or a pathway to enter a vocational path for drug and alcohol/addiction recovery
and other mental health and wellness service industries as identified in labor market research throughout
our district.
Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) identifies Social Work as ‘in the queue’ for vetting in the 2014-15
year.
Students transferring to Humboldt State University’s B.S. in Social Work would have the mentoring and
modeling they need for success, as well the continuity and expertise that a full-time Social Work/Native
American studies/Addiction Studies faculty could offer.
Faculty will also work with students on field placements and work experience. Development of an ADTSocial Work pathway would allow for utilization of existing courses in Psychology, Sociology, Native
American Studies, and Health to name a few to construct a Human or Social Services certificate.
Faculty position would oversee the existing grant with CRDN which prioritizes funds to build a Social
Work Pathway between Del Norte Unified School district and DN Charter schools to establish a direct
pathway and link to HSU Social Work program which includes NAS 1 diversity requirement for HSU
admissions. This grant allows our Del Norte community and the Hoopa Yurok tribe to take a lead for the
district in establishing a faculty position.
This grant could provide a framework to establish linkages with area high schools to establish similar
partnerships with area high schools throughout the district.
3. Please check ONE of the following categories: Faculty Replacement Position, Growth
Position or New Program/Discipline. Provide related information. (0-5 Points)
Faculty Replacement Position (check one)
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Stable or growing discipline or program needs replacement for FT faculty who have left
within this academic year
Stable or growing discipline or program needs replacement for FT faculty who have left
within 1-2 years
Stable discipline or program needs replacement for FT faculty who have left within threefour years
Stable discipline or program can justify replacement for FT faculty who have left within
five years or more
Outside accreditation is at risk without FT hire
Provide justification and documentation. Include when the position became vacant and
the incumbent to be replaced.
Growth Position (checkone)
X
Enrollment data over past two years indicate program is growing
Enrollment data over past two years indicate program is stable
Enrollment data over past two years indicate program is declining
X
Independent marketing or other data indicate growth potential
Provide justification and documentation.
Targets of Opportunity are the Redwood Coastal region’s most promising industries for new jobs
and businesses to grow.
Targets of Opportunity Industries are sources of sustained economic growth within Del Norte, Humboldt,
Trinity, Siskiyou and Mendocino counties.
There are six target industries which have grown faster than the rest of the region’s economy. Over the
last decade and a half, they have demonstrated the greatest potential for economic renewal. One of the six
targets is Diversified Health Care which includes Social and Human Services Assistants.
Enrollments in Addiction Studies Certificate have grown since 2008-9 with 336 students to 415 students
in 2012-13 and a peak enrollment of 477 students in 2010-11. Certificate completions have risen from
nine in 2008-9 to 11 in 2010-11 to 14 in 2011-12 to 20 in 2012-13.
New Program/Discipline Position
Program Initialization process complete
x
State curriculum approval complete
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Program has grown significantly without FT faculty
Independent marketing data suggests viability of new program
Provide justification and documentation.
Behavioral and Social Sciences faculty fully recognize and respect that the Academic Senate is currently
reviewing the Program Initiation process. The intent of submitting this faculty request was not to bypass
any process and respectfully we ask that it not be interpreted in that fashion.
It is submitted collegially to perhaps create an example of how the program review process and our
continuous and ongoing dialogue may provide the framework to raise visibility of opportunities for
growth in programs such as Addiction Studies to respond to students as well as trends in labor market
research in our region. Perhaps a strategy for program initiation can be through Program Reviews.
4. FT/PT Ratio: Indicate which statement/s are confirmed by the data: (0 -5 points)
x
Program has no full-time faculty
FT/PT ration below 50/50 percent
FT/PT ratio below 60/40 percent
FT/PT ratio below 75/25 percent
FT/PT ratio results in critical lack of effective oversight for associate faculty
Reliable pool of well-qualified associate faculty is unavailable
(In the case of non-teaching faculty positions, the criteria will be the deviation from norms
obtained from like institutions)
Provide justification and documentation.
There are currently no full-time faculty teaching in the Addictions Studies, Social Work. Native American
Studies is taught by Associate Faculty throughout the district except on the Mendocino Coast a full time
faculty who teach NAS.
5. Program/Student Outcomes (0 – 5 points)
Provide a narrative justifying need for full-time faculty in order to maintain and/or improve
program and student learning outcomes (one-page max), based on the following: (0 – 5 points)
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Demonstrate a clear need for FT faculty in order to maintain program outcomes
Justification demonstrates a clear need for FT faculty in order to achieve student learning
outcomes
Narrative:
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The Social Work/NAS/Addiction Studies faculty position would contribute to the institutional planning
goals by supporting course assessment, program planning, SLO’s and PLO’s as well as increased
enrollments of underrepresented students and persistence of underrepresented student populations
specifically our Native American communities.
Faculty position would support Strategic Equity in Hiring Plan as well as
EP.1.6.2 Based on priorities identified in the Student Equity Plan, develop a plan for narrowing the
achievement gap for underrepresented student populations.
There are currently no full-time faculty members in Addiction Studies. One-hundred percent of the
teaching in Addiction Studies is done by part-time faculty. Native American Studies is exclusively taught
by part time faculty at Del Norte, Eureka and Klamath Trinity. A full time faculty at Mendocino Coast
teaches NAS. A full-time faculty is essential to ensure the district’s needs are met with accreditation,
assessments, curriculum updates, program reviews, serving on college committees, planning, etc. They
would also be able to ensure students have access to resources in order to ensure and expedite their
success in meeting their educational goals.
REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
RUBRIC FOR PRIORITIZING FULL-TIME FACULTY POSITIONS
Faculty Replacement Position
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Points (0-5):
Stable or growing discipline or program needs replacement for FT faculty
who have left within this academic year
Stable or growing discipline or program needs replacement for FT faculty
who have left within 1-2 years
Stable discipline or program needs replacement for FT faculty who have left
within three-four years
Stable discipline or program can justify replacement for FT faculty who have
left within five years or more
Outside accreditation is at risk without FT hire
OR
Growth Position
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Enrollment data over past two years indicate program is growing
Enrollment data over past two years indicate program is stable
Enrollment data over past two years indicate program is declining
Independent marketing or other data indicate growth potential
OR
New Program/Discipline Position
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Program Initialization process complete
State curriculum approval complete
New program has shown significant growth without FT faculty
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Independent marketing data suggest viability of new program
Points (0-5):
FT/PT Ratio
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Program has no full-time faculty
FT/PT ration below 50/50 percent
FT/PT ratio below 60/40 percent
FT/PT ratio below 75/25 percent
FT/PT ratio results in critical lack of effective oversight for associate faculty
Reliable pool of well-qualified associate faculty is unavailable
(In the case of non teaching faculty positions, the criteria will be the deviation
from norms obtained from like institutions)
Points (0-5):
Program/Student Outcomes
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Narrative justification demonstrates clear need for FT faculty in order to
maintain program outcomes
Narrative justification demonstrates clear need for FT faculty in order to
achieve student learning outcomes
Points (0-5):
Other (Shared Interest)
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Shared interest determined by the Faculty Prioritization Committee. Scoring
rubric will be mutually agreed and will be based on the nature of the shared
interest.
TOTAL
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