Program/Discipline: ADCT
Annual Program Review Update
Instructions
The Annual Update is conducted district-wide by each program/discipline and consists of
a) analysis of general changes, staffing, resources, facilities, equipment and other needs,
as well as b) reporting of curricular changes and outcomes assessment.
The questions on the subsequent pages are intended to assist you in planning for your
program or area. Input should be sought from all campuses. It should be submitted or
renewed every year by the designated date in anticipation of budget planning for the
next fiscal year.
Institutional data used to document program/discipline statistics and trends will be
provided by Institutional Research.
Please include pertinent documents such as student learning outcomes assessment reports
and data analysis to support any requests for new faculty, facilities, equipment, etc.
Retain this information for your discipline’s use,
Submit an electronic copy of your Annual Update Document and supporting data to the
Program Review Committee. Also submit a copy of these documents to your Division
Chair, Director, or Campus Lead Faculty.
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Annual Program Review Update
*Be sure to include information from all three campuses.
Program/Discipline: ADCT
Submitted by (names): Marcy Foster/Justine Shaw/Carol Mathews/Geisce Ly/DaVita
Frasier/Michael Goldsby/Noreen Held/Jay McCubbry/Ginger Olsen/ Patricia Houston
Contact Information (phone and email): 476-4974, marcy-foster@redwoods.edu;
Date: 10/13/08
1. Program/Discipline Changes
Has there been any change in the status of your program or area since your last
Annual Update? (Have you shifted departments? Have new degrees or certificates
been created by your program? Have activities in other programs impacted your area
or program? For example, a new nursing program could cause greater demand for
life-science courses.)
Note: curricular changes should be addressed under 12 (Curriculum).
No (go to next question)
Yes Describe the changes below:
The ADCT Program has another new coordinator this year. This is due to the
retirement of Steve Durham who had served as program coordinator for two years. This
is the third program coordinator in six years. The current coordinator, Marcy Foster, is
a non-teaching faculty member whose primary responsibilities are providing counseling
and support services for EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs students. Marcy has agreed to be the
coordinator for this year only. Therefore, a new coordinator will need to be found for the
2009-2010 year. It is advised that this be a full time faculty in a field related to addiction
studies. The lack of a consistent coordinator has negatively affected the quality, progress,
and continuity of the program. This lack of continuity has also endangered our
certification with CAADE, the organization that students apply to for their accreditation
once they have completed the requirements for licensure.
2) The Addiction Studies Program at the Klamath Trinity (KT) and Mendocino
(MC) campuses have both been discontinued. KT's last ADCT class was offered in
summer 07 and MC's last course was in fall 07. According to DaVita Frasier, the reason
KT cancelled the program is the difficulty in recruiting faculty who are willing to travel
to and from the KT campus.
2. Program/Discipline Trends
Refer to the data provided (data link is located at
http://inside.redwoods.edu/Assessment/ProgRev/InstructionalProgramReviewData.as
p) and describe the trends in enrollment, retention, success rates, and student
demographics. If applicable, describe how changes in these areas are impacting your
discipline and describe efforts within your area to address these impacts.
a) According to the data, it appears that the FTES/TLU ratio has been fairly consistent
between 2004/05 through 2006/07 ranging between .57 to .62. The ratio peaked at .90
during the spring 2007. Fall 2007 was .88 and spring 07 was .73 for an annual average of
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.77. This could be due, in part, to the discontinuation of the KT and MC programs which
had fairly low enrollment since the 2004-02005. See below:
2004 - 2005
2004F
2005S
Total
FTES
23.61
15.13
38.74
FTES/TLU
.56
.58
.57
2005 -2006
2005F
2006S
2006X
Total
23.47
18.51
1.13
43.11
.65
.62
.25
.60
2006 - 2007
2006F
2007S
2007X
Total
18.69
18.66
1.27
38.62
.53
.90
.18
.62
2007 - 2008
2007F
2008S
Total
10.76
25.16
35.92
.88
.73
.77
Fall 2008
21.94
.70
b) Course retention rates are relatively consistent ranging between 84% and 89%
between 2004/05 and 2007/08. See below:
2004 - 2005
88% Retention
2005 - 2006
84% Retention
2006 - 2007
87% Retention
2007- 2008
89% Retention
c) The success rate, also fairly consistent over the same period, ranges from 69% to
73% of the students earning a C grade or better. See below:
2004- 2005
72% A-C or Credit
2005 -2006
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69% A-C or Credit
2006 - 2007
73% A-C or Credit
2007 - 2008
69% A-C or Credit
d) A total of 30 students have earned a certificate in Addiction Studies since Spring
2005. The completion rate has dropped since 2004. See table below:
2004/2005
2005/2006
10 graduates 8 graduates
2006/2007
8 graduates
2007/2008
4 graduates
This drop could be due to the fact that the course sequencing has been altered due to
inconsistency in program coordination. This factor may have delayed the ability of
students to earn their certificate in a timely manner.
3. Labor Market Review (for occupational programs)
Occupational programs must review their labor market data. Links to various reports
and information, as well as instructions on how to create program-specific reports,
can be found at http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Reports/LaborMarket.asp.
Institutional Research (IR) is available to help with surveys and reviews. All survey
data (whether collected by your program or the institution) should be sent to IR to be
kept on record.
a. Meets a documented labor market demand,
b. Does not represent duplication of other training programs (in the region), and
c. Is of demonstrated effectiveness as measured by the employment and
completion success of its students.
According to the CA-EDD Labor Market Info web site, Substance Abuse and
Behavioral Disorder Counselors have the potential of earning an annual mean income
of $36,558 in Humboldt County. Between 2004 and 2014 it is estimated that the
number of positions in this field will increase by approximately 20. Including
replacement for vacancies this is an annual average of 5 openings per year. College
of the Redwoods is the only local training facility for substance abuse counselors.
There is no data available for Del Norte County and the site referred back to the data
for Humboldt County.
4. Budget Resources
List your area’s budget for the following categories in the table below. Restricted
funds have a sponsor/grantor/donor (federal, state, local government, etc). The
funds are restricted by the sponsor/grantor/donor. Everything else is
unrestricted.
Category
Supply and printing budget
Equipment replacement
and repair budget
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Unrestricted Funds
95
4
Restricted Funds
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Professional Development
Work-study funding
Additional Budget Items
Through Senate
Is the funding for these areas adequate?
Yes
No
If not, describe the impact of unaddressed needs on your discipline or program.
There is a need for more funding for printing of handouts, more instructional
supplies, including up-to-date audio-visual materials. Our current budget is
approximately $95 per year. A minimum of $200 is needed annually.
5. Learning Resource Center Resources
Is the level of resources provided by the Academic Support Center and Library
(Learning Resource Center) adequate.
Yes
No
If not, explain.
Although the Learning Resource Center attempts to provide resources for all
subjects, there are not sufficient current resources for faculty to assign appropriate
research projects. More funding is needed for audio-video materials, books of
relevant topics, periodicals, and professional journals.
6. Student Services Resources
Complete the following grid concerning Student Services Areas.
Student
Services
Does the area satisfy the needs of your discipline?
Area
There is a
connection to this
discipline/program
and YES the student
services area does
satisfy the needs of
the discipline.
There is a
connection to this
discipline/program
and NO the student
services area does
not satisfy the needs
of the discipline.
Uncertain about the
student service area
provided or how it
connects to this
discipline/program
Admissions and
Records
Counseling
Financial Aid
Career Services
Disabled
Student
Programs and
Services
(DSPS)
Extended
Opportunities
Programs and
Services
(EOPS)
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CalWorks
Residence
Halls
Upward Bound
Student
Conduct
If a lack of support was indicated in the table above, describe your program/discipline
need.
a) Counseling: The district currently funds .6 time of academic counseling. This is
the counseling services available to all of the students who do not fit into a special
program. That is clearly not enough counseling services to meet the needs of the
students in any academic program. We also have less than a full time person providing
personal or crisis counseling. b) Career Services: CR's career center services are also
inadequate. Although the career counselor is excellent, very little of his time is
supported by the district. Therefore, students who are not a part of a special
population do not have access to sufficient career counseling. c) Disabled Student
Programs and Services: Support services at DSPS and in the Light Center are of a
high quality. However, the space is too small and they are very under staffed.
d) Student Conduct: Student conduct needs to be closely partnered with crisis
counseling. As mentioned above, we have less than one full time person providing
personal and crisis counseling.
7. Faculty Resource Needs
Complete the Faculty Employment Grids below (data link is provided at
http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Reports/EnrollmentFTES.asp).
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
(e.g., Math,
English,
Accounting)
Total
Teaching
Load for
fall 2007
term
% of Total
Teaching
Load by
Full-Time
Faculty
% of Total
Teaching
Load Taught
by Part-Time
Faculty
% Change
from fall
2006
DCT
13.5TLU
0%
100%
-19.5TLU -16.5TLU None
-59%
-55%
% Change
from fall
2005
Explanations
and Additional
Information
(e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment,
etc.)
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
(e.g., Math,
English,
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Total
Teaching
Load for
spring 2008
% of Total
Teaching
Load by
Full-Time
% of Total
Teaching
Load Taught
by Part-Time
6
% Change
from spring
2007
% Change
from spring
2006
Explanations
and
Additional
Information
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Accounting)
term
Faculty
ADCT
31.5TLUs 0%
Faculty
(e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment,
etc.)
100%
+15 TLU
+191%
+1.5TLU
+5%
None
a. Describe the status of any approved, but unfilled full-time positions.
A full-time Sociology position has been approved and sent out for a second
time. Interviews will be taking place in the near future. We hope to find a person
who could be the on-going coordinator of the ADCT program as part of their
teaching load. This person would add the constancy needed to guide and develop
the ADCT program. There is more about this position in the Anthropology,
Sociology, Native American Studies annual program review.
b. If you are requesting a Full-Time Faculty position develop an attachment to
this report that addresses the following criteria (as listed in AR 305.03)
• The ratio of full-time to associate faculty
• Current availability of associate faculty
• Relation to program review recommendations
• Effect on diversity of the faculty
• Effect on academic offerings and ability to serve students and the
community
• Effect on the vitality and future direction of a program and/or the college
• Effect on student learning
c. If your Associate Faculty needs are not being met, describe your efforts to
recruit Associate faculty and/or describe barriers or limitations that prevent
retaining or recruiting Associate Faculty
At this time our Associate Faculty needs are being met. However, we
hope to identify additional instructors in order to incorporate new ideas and
energy. The primary recruitment effort is to develop an advisory committee
for the program. Besides building access to more associate faculty, we see an
advisory committee as a way of gaining insights about what else needs to be
incorporated in the program, developing potential field placements for
students, and assuring that we are meeting the community needs.
What is really needed is a full time faculty member with ADCT experience
to constantly coordinate the program.
8. Staff Resources
Complete the Classified Staff Employment Grid below (please list full- and part-time
staff). This does not include faculty, managers, or administration positions. If a staff
position is shared with other areas/disciplines, estimate the fraction of their workload
dedicated to your area.
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Staff Employed in the Program
Assignment
Full-time
Part-time staff
(e.g., Math,
(classified) staff (give number)
English)
(give number)
Gains over
Prior Year
ADCT
None
4/72 or 5%
None
Losses over Prior
Year (give reason:
retirement,
reassignment,
health, etc.)
None
Do you need more full-time of part-time classified staff?
yes
no
If yes, explain why.
The ADCT Program is one more program under the umbrella of the ALSS division.
There is only one classified staff member responsible for the needs of too many programs
and too many duties including coordinating faculty evaluations including typing student
comments and tallying scores.
9. Facilities, and Classroom Technology
Are teaching facilities adequate for achieving the educational outcomes of this
discipline/program?
Yes
No
If No was checked, complete and attach Facility Form (facilities.form) for each
instructional space that does not meet the needs of this discipline/program:
10. Equipment
Is the available equipment (other than classroom specific equipment described in the
facilities section) adequate to achieve the educational outcomes of your
program/discipline?
Yes
No
If No was checked, complete the following grid for each piece of equipment being
requested for this area/discipline:
Equipment
Approximate
Price
Number of
students using
equipment each
semester
Describe how the equipment
allows achievement of
program/discipline educational
outcomes
Equipment Repair
Is the equipment used for your discipline/program in need of repair, which is outside your
current budget allotment? This does not include classroom specific equipment repair
described in the facilities section.
Yes
No
If Yes was checked, provide the following information to justify a budget allotment
request:
Equipment
requiring repair
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Repair Cost /
Annual
Number of
students using
8
Describe how the equipment
allows achievement of
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maintenance
cost
equipment each
semester
program/discipline educational
outcomes
11. Learning Outcomes Assessment Update.
List all expected program-level outcomes, whether you have completed the assessment loop
(use of results) or not. For each outcome, identify the means of assessment and the criteria
for success. Summarize the data that have been collected in the ‘Assessment Results’
column. If no data have been collected and analyzed for a particular outcome, use the
‘Assessment Results’ column to clarify when these data will be collected and analyzed. In
the fourth column, indicate how the assessment results are being used to improve the
program.
Program Outcomes (Not all
disciplines have program-level
outcomes)
Means of
Assessment and
Performance
Criteria
Assessment Results Summary
Use of Results
The curriculum for the
ADCT courses has not
been updated since 2003.
Therefore there are no
Program Outcomes or
Student Learning
Outcomes. The primary
reason the curriculum has
not been re-written in so
long is the lack of a full
time faculty member with
a background in ADCT.
Without this person to
guide the development of
the ADCT program
assessment cannot take
place.
List all course-level student learning outcomes for which some assessment activity
(assessment, analysis, or use of results) has taken place since the most recent program review,
and complete the table below as appropriate
Student Learning Outcomes
(course-level)
Means of
Assessment and
Performance
Criteria
Assessment Results Summary
Use of Results
The curriculum for the
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ADCT courses has not
been updated since 2003.
Therefore there are no
Program Outcomes or
Student Learning
Outcomes. The primary
reason the curriculum has
not been re-written in so
long is the lack of a full
time faculty member with
a background in ADCT.
Without this person to
guide the development of
the ADCT program
assessment cannot take
place.
Discuss the extent to which part-time faculty (if applicable) have been involved in the dialogue
about assessing student learning outcomes:
12. Curriculum Update
Identify curricular revisions and innovations undertaken
a. in the last year.
No curricular was revised last year.
b. planned for the coming year.
Curriculum for all courses is long overdue. Each associate faculty has agreed to re-write
the curriculum for the course(s) they are currently teaching. In the spring, they will rewrite the curriculum for the course they are teaching at that time. This process is being
guided by a member of the curriculum committee by scheduled meetings every two
weeks. The curriculum re-write will need to be consistent with standards of the
California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE) and TAP 21. At least one
new course will be added to the curriculum. It would be helpful if a full time faculty
member with a background in ADCT to guide this effort.
Complete the grid below. The course outline status report can be located at:
http://www.redwoods.edu/District/IR/Reports/Curriculum/Curriculum_Course_Outlines.htm
Course
ADCT 10
ADCT 11
ADCT 12
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Last Updated
July 2003
July 2003
July 2003
10
Year Next Update
Expected
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
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ADCT 13
ADCT 14
ADCT 15
ADCT 16
ADCT 17
Soc 34
Soc 38
July 2003
July 2003
July 2003
July 2003
July 2003
July 2003
July 2003
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
2008-09
If the proposed course outlines updates from last year’s annual update (or
comprehensive review) were not completed, please explain why.
The comprehensive review, completed by Steve Durham last year, recommend new
course outlines be completed during fall 2008. The current associate faculty has
agreed to re-write the curriculum for the course(s) they are teaching during the fall
2008. In the spring 2009, each will re-write the curriculum for the course(s) they are
teaching at that time. There are two additional community professionals who have
agreed to write curriculum not covered during the 2008-09 academic year. This
process is being guided by a member of the curriculum committee by scheduled
meetings every two weeks. The curriculum re-write will need to be consistent with
standards of the California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE) and
TAP 21. At least one new course will be added to the curriculum. It would be
helpful if a full time faculty member with a background in ADCT to guide this effort.
The goal is to have all curriculum of all courses will be re-written by the end of
spring 2009.
13. Communication
Are the current lines of administrative, faculty, and staff communication adequate to
meet the needs of this discipline/program? Describe representative example of
effective or ineffective communication.
With only associate faculty teaching the ADCT course, most of whom have full-time jobs
in the field; it is a challenge to communicate with faculty. This academic year we have
had two coordinating meetings with the associate faculty, the coordinator, and division
chair of ALSS. Again, the lack of a consistent full-time faculty coordinator is also a
barrier in the communication efforts in this program.
14. Action Plans
List any action plans submitted since your last annual update. Describe the status of
the plans. If they were approved, describe how they have improved your area.
Steve Durham submitted an action plan for the ADCT program in April 2008.
Funding was to be used for a full day retreat to plan for future developments of the
ADCT program. It was not funded.
15. Goals and Plans
If you have recently undergone a comprehensive review, attach your Quality
Improvement Plan (QIP) if applicable.
QIP Attached
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If you do not have a QIP, refer to the goals and plans from your previous annual
update. For each goal and/or plan, comment on the current status. List any new goals
and plans your area has for the coming year, and indicate how they are aligned with
the goals/objectives in CR’s Strategic Plan. (CR’s strategic plan is located on the web
at http://inside.redwoods.edu/StrategicPlanning/strategicplan.asp).
Recommendations for the 2008-09 academic year:
Recommendation #1 - Provide adequate reassigned time for a full time faculty member to
more fully develop the program beyond normal coordinating role of scheduling course
and engaging in faculty selection and evaluation.
The 2008-09 program coordinator continues to be compensated at 1.5 TLU per semester.
The current coordinator is a full- time counselor, with no background in ADCT, and has
agreed to act as the coordinator for one year only. This is inadequate compensation for
the amount of work that is needed in order to gain consistency of the program and
compliance with state regulations. – Recommendation – A full-time faculty member
with a background in ADCT is needed in order to successfully and consistently
coordinate the program successfully. More than 1.5 TLU is needed in order to develop
the program to its full potential and assure that the state requirements are being addressed
throughout the curriculum.
Recommendation #2 – Create a community advisory group in consultation with the North
Coast Association of Mental Health Practitioners.
The development of the ADCT Advisory Committee is in progress. Eleven potential
members have been identified. Nine have agreed to participate. It is estimated that the
first meeting will be scheduled in November with two additional meetings during the
spring 2009 semester. The goal is: to gain insights about how the ADCT program is/is
not meeting the needs of the community; Access the members expertise in the
development of the curriculum updates; and identify potential new associate faculty.
Recommendation #4 – Creation of a human service program and integration of said
program with an ADCT program. The creation of a human service program should be
the topic of a separate program review informed by 1: a study by Mark Winter/Mike
Goldsby and 2) the completion of the sabbatical project by Carole Mathews which
involves the creation of three new human service courses and the ultimate creation of the
program (i.e. curriculum committee approval and other processes for program approval).
Some Human Service courses can be a part of a new ADCT curriculum.
This recommendation is to be led primarily by Carol Mathews and Mark Winters. As
ADCT curriculum is re-written, Carol Mathews, Mark Winters, and Michelle Woods will
be consulted in order to assure the revisions are coordinated with the curriculum for the
Human Services Program curriculum.
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Recommendation #5 – Hire a full time Sociology faculty member who has a background
in ADCT. Re-assign program coordination to this person to improve the continuity and
further development of the program.
The hiring process is underway. It is not clear if the person who is hired will have a
background in Addiction Studies. This person will be assigned the role of ADCT
program coordinator and will be provided with the training needed to support the
program.
Recommendation #6 – With the guidance of the curriculum committee, the faculty, and
the advisory committee, revise program requirements and re-write all curriculum. This
will assure that the program is meeting state requirements and students are able to sit for
the state accreditation exams upon completion.
The current associate faculty has agreed to re-write the curriculum for the course(s) they
are teaching during the fall 2008. In the spring 2009, each will re-write the curriculum
for the course(s) they are teaching at that time. There are two additional community
professionals who have agreed to write curriculum not covered during the 2008-09
academic year. This process is being guided by a member of the curriculum committee
by scheduled meetings every two weeks. The curriculum re-write will need to be
consistent with standards of the California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
(CAADE) and TAP 21. At least one new course will be added to the curriculum. The
goal is to have all curriculum of all courses will be re-written by the end of spring 2009.
Recommendation #7 – Develop a regular rotation of ADCT offerings in order to facilitate
students completion of the program in a timely manner.
This recommendation has been completed. There may be some need to adjust this once
the program is revised and the courses are re-written.
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Quality Improvement Form
Program: ADCT
Year: 2008
Submitted by: Foster
Category
Recommendation Number and Title
Planned Implementation Date
Estimated Completion Date
Action/Tasks
Measure of Success/Desired
Outcome
Estimated Cost(s)
Who is responsible?
Consequence if not funded
External Accreditation
Recommendations (if applicable)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
Descriptions
Recommendation 1:
Provide adequate reassigned time for a
full time faculty member to more fully
develop the program beyond normal
coordinating role of scheduling courses
and engaging in faculty selection and
evaluation.
Fall 2008
In perpetuity – the program may need
reduced reassigned time after one
academic year , but more than
presently exists (i.e. 1.5TLU for the
academic year)
District Negotiation outcomes with
CRFO need to reflect increased
adequate reassigned time
Accomplishment of other
recommendations 2 through 6 that
follows
For 4.5 TLU per semester, 9 TLUs total
per
academic year (one-fifth of a load) for a
full time faculty member at $80,000 is
approximately $16,000
The V.P. of academic affairs in
conjunction with Chair of ALSS
Continued downward spiral of quality of
program including community needs
not meeting the programs education,
lack of a
human services program integrated
into ADCT program, continued loss of
CAADAC certification, reduced
enrollment, loss of ADCT program
Application for certification from
CAADAC pending – likely
programmatic changes (i.e.steps) to
meet CADAAC requirements will be
forwarded to Steven Durham/Keith
Snowflamer. Fee has been paid to
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CAADAC. Continual monitoring of the
CADAAC application through spring,
summer and fall 2008
Category
Recommendation Number and Title
Descriptions
Recommendation 2:
Community ADCT needs assessment
in Del Norte/Humboldt County.
Planned Implementation Date
Fall Term 2008
Estimated Completion Date
End of spring term 2009
Coordination with I.R. for Design of
research instrument, identification of
respondent organizations /individuals,
collection of data, interpretation and
dissemination of data
Information available for College
administration and faculty to create
new curriculum and rewrite old
curriculum consistent with community
needs
Costs assumed by IR and part of
ADCT action plan- $1500.00.
Presently Steven Durham. Over the
summer Keith SnowFlamer and no one
designated next academic year.
Relevance and currency of curriculum
compromised, lack of CAADAC
certification likely
They want ADCT programs to meet
community needs. With clearer
expectations from CADAAC coming in
the future a more precise answer to
this query can be provided
Action/Tasks
Measure of Success/Desired
Outcome
Estimated Cost(s)
Who is responsible?
Consequence if not funded
External Accreditation
Recommendations (if applicable)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
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Category
Recommendation Number and Title
Planned Implementation Date
Descriptions
Recommendation 3:
Create a community advisory group in
consultation with the North Coast
Association of Mental Health
Practitioners.
Fall Term 2008
Estimated Completion Date
Action/Tasks
Measure of Success/Desired
Outcome
Estimated Cost(s)
Who is responsible?
Consequence if not funded
External Accreditation
Recommendations (if applicable)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
Use ADCT Action plan and work with
ADCT Associate faculty; Extensive
discussion with
organizations/individuals in addiction
field and mental health to appoint
appropriate people to advisory board.
Creation of advisory board with broad
membership.
Part of reassigned time costs for full
time faculty member
No one is appointed to implement this
for next year
the program, curriculum and instruction
will not as accurately reflect local
addiction studies needs. Put in the
inverse enrollment is likely to increase
if needs assessment is done and
advisory group is created - students will
be advised to enroll
in our program by the people in the
various organizations that advise us.
Enrollment will continue to go down as
the programs reputation deteriorates.
I do not know if CADAAC requires a
community advisory group. We will
learn as our application for certification
is pending. Cost implications are
negligible for operating a community
advisory group and most clerical
responsibilities can be assumed by a
full time faculty member with
reassigned time and a division
secretary
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Category
Recommendation Number and Title
Planned Implementation Date
Descriptions
Recommendation 4:
Creation of a human service program
and integration of said program with an
ADCT program. The creation of a
human service program should be the
topic of a separate program review
informed by 1) a study by Mark
Winter/Mike Goldsby and 2) the
completion of thesabbatical project by
Carole Mathews which involves the
creation of three new human service
courses and the ultimate creation of the
program ( i.e. curriculum committee
approval and other processes for
program approval). Some Human
Service courses can be a part of a new
ADCT curriculum.
My conversations with Carole suggest
she is committed to developing the
courses and escorting them through
the curriculum process by the end of
academic year 2008/09. Consult her
sabbatical proposal and report.
Estimated Completion Date
Action/Tasks
Measure of Success/Desired
Outcome
Estimated Cost(s)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
The ADCT program has no authority
over the creation of a Human Services
(i.e. social work) program or the
completion of Carole’s sabbatical.
Follow through by senior administration
is needed.
Quality of ADCT curriculum will
improve. Dual enrollment in Human
Services and ADCT programs would
likely increase enrollment in all human
service and ADCT classes and would
complement transfer to HSU social
work program. The College’s mission in
better serving the community needs n
treating addiction and providing better
rained human service professionals
would be attained.
Most of the cost for the development of
Human Service program has already
been incurred by past administrative
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Who is responsible?
Consequence if not funded
External Accreditation
Recommendations (if applicable)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
and sabbatical expenditures. Other
costs would be less tangible – some
costs subsumed by the curriculum
committee. More funding for instruction
of three classes may be needed or
offset by fewer course offerings in other
areas within B@SS.
Vice-President of Academic Affairs
needs to coordinate people in various
positions to accomplish this endeavor
The potential to better serve our
community and the special populations
these programs serve would be lost.
Furthermore an opportunity to increase
enrollment for the College would be
lost. More CR students would end up
taking lower division courses at HSU
Human Service programs have their
own accrediting organizations and
standards. Professor Mathews is
familiar with these organizations,
standards and expenses.
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Category
Recommendation Number and Title
Planned Implementation Date
Estimated Completion Date
Action/Tasks
Measure of Success/Desired
Outcome
Estimated Cost(s)
Who is responsible?
Consequence if not funded
Quality Improvement Plan/form
Descriptions
Recommendation 5:
Institutional research data to inform
decision making
Fall 2008; ADCT survey research is
presently being delayed because
demand exceeds capacity for I.R.
Community needs assessment will be
a major undertaking. Student survey
data gathering is simpler and can
commence the Fall term if I.R. can
design appropriate surveys with the
input of ADCT Associate Faculty.
Spring 2009
One measure is to more effectively
match employer expected outcomes
with our Student Learning Outcomes
and Program Learning Outcomes. In
terms of developing learning objectives
the ADCT Associate faculty retreat
funded through the action plan is
intended to refine SLOs and create
PLOs. Another measure of success is
greater student achievement of SLOs
and PLOs over time.
Costs assumed by IR and Action plan
funding. ADCT coordinator would
assume costs through reassigned time.
A person to implement these
suggested changes has not been
recognized for next academic year.
Oversight would rest with the ALSS
chairperson, the VP of academic affairs
and of course Program Review.
Students will learn less relevant
information and skills than is expected
from their future employers. SLOs And
PLOs will be less relevant to student
occupational needs. Program will be
less meaningful in terms of
employment and the program will have
fewer people enrolled in it. The
program will ultimately falter.
Enrollment will suffer. Paraprofessional
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External Accreditation
Recommendations (if applicable)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
training for community ADCT
organizations will be reduced in quality.
I am not familiar with the research data
expectations of CAADAC for
certification.
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Category
Recommendation Number and Title
Descriptions
Recommendation 6:
Record Keeping consistent with
CAADAC standards found on page 6 of
referenced program/course approval.
Too much detail to list here- go to
CADDAC website
Planned Implementation Date
Fall 2008
Estimated Completion Date
End of spring term 2009
In general a coordinator needs to work
with the ALSS administrative assistant
to collect and organize the information
required and make it available at the
immediate request of CADDAC to
comply with their certificate
requirements
The program will more likely be
certified by CADDAC if we meet these
expectations along with other
expectations on pages 5 and 6.
Students are more likely to enroll in the
program if it is certificated as they will
qualify to take statewide exams.
CAADAC certification is a measure of a
quality certificate, professional
programs in addiction studies
We have applied for a three year
comprehensive program approval
which costs $300.00. Other costs
include reassigned time for the full time
instructor who coordinated ADCT and
the ALSS division administrative
assistant.
ADCT coordinator and ALSS Division
Chairperson. Tracking should be done
by ALSS division chairperson, VP of
Academic affairs and program review.
The program will probably not receive
certification from CADAAC; the quality,
reputation and enrolment of the
program will continue to decline and
the program will be discontinued. The
college will have less enrollment and
the community will have an inferior
level of Addiction paraprofessional
Action/Tasks
Measure of Success/Desired
Outcome
Estimated Cost(s)
Who is responsible?
Consequence if not funded
Quality Improvement Plan/form
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service.
External Accreditation
Recommendations (if applicable)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
CAADAC certification is presently
being requested which involves many,
detailed steps outlined in document
referenced above. No additional costs
than already mentioned
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Category
Recommendation Number and Title
Planned Implementation Date
Estimated Completion Date
Action/Tasks
Measure of Success/Desired
Outcome
Estimated Cost(s)
Who is responsible?
Consequence if not funded
External Accreditation
Recommendations (if applicable)
Quality Improvement Plan/form
Descriptions
Recommendation 7:
Purse program certification by
CAADAC
Fall 2008
Depends on CAADAC requirements /
actions
The program is presently not
certificated. Request for recertification
has been forwarded to CAADAC in late
February2008. This spring term
College of the Redwoods was no
longer listed on the CAADAC website
as certificated by that organization.
Certification by CAADAC
None other than time to complete
process.
ADCT coordinator and ALSS Division
Chairperson.
The quality, reputation and enrolment
of the program will continue to decline
and the program will be discontinued.
The college will have less enrollment
and the community will have an inferior
level of Addiction paraprofessional
service.
NA
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