Annual Program Review Update
*Be sure to include information from all three campuses.
Program/Discipline: Administration of Justice, Academies (police,
corrections, dispatcher), Advanced Officer Training.
Date: Sept 17 2007_
Trends and Relevant Data
1. Has there been any change in the status of your program or area? (Have you
shifted departments? Have new degrees or certificates been created by your
program? Have you added or deleted courses? Have activities in other programs
impacted your area or program? For example, a new nursing program could
cause greater demand for life-science courses.) If not, skip to #2.
Note: curricular changes should be addressed under 12-14. No
2. Have there been any significant changes in enrollment, retention, success rates, or
student demographics that impact your discipline? If so, please include data
sheets (Excel or Word format) showing these changes.
Enrollment has been steady for the last three years. There appears to be
continuing demand for courses in the administration of justice area. The
division programs comprise three distinct areas: First the AJ degree
program which consists of the AJ 1-8, 10-11 courses which apply towards our
Associate of Science degree in AJ; Second is the Police Academy, AJ 80 as
well as AJ 189, The Correctional Core Course, and AJ 170 Dispatcher
Training. The third component is our collection of Advanced Officer
Training courses, AJ 199, of which we offer more than thirty sections per
year.
3. Occupational programs must review the update of their labor-market data, some
of it provided by Institutional Research, to illustrate that their program
a. Meets a documented labor market demand.
IR will provide documentation of labor market demand.
b. Does not represent duplication of other training programs (in the region)
Santa Rosa Junior college and Butte College are the nearest to the Redwoods
CCD that offer a truly comprehensive degree program. Mendocino College
has a very small program, as does Lassen Community College.
c. Is of demonstrated effectiveness as measured by the employment and
completion success of its students.
Student success ranges between 84% and 89%
The majority of Police Academy graduates find employment as Peace
Officers somewhere in California (Documentation needed).
Virtually all of the AOT presentations are in response to formal requests
brought to us through various local Law enforcement training groups.
Other Resources
4. Do you have needs (professional development, library resources, and so forth) not
previously required by the discipline or not previously addressed in budget or
equipment considerations? Please describe.
The only need we have which has not been addressed is a better collection of
print materials in the CR Learning Resource Center for AJ degree students.
This collection is marginal at best, though the on-line materials are good.
Anecdotally, I find that a minority number of students are unable to print large
documents for use in their course assignments. This seems to be due either to
the expense or a slow speed internet connection at home.
5. Does your discipline need additional support from Student Services beyond that
previously provided?
No, it seems that Student Services provides solid support to those of our students
who take advantage of their services. Through e-mail notices, the SS staff does a
good job of making faculty aware of the existing programs for students. The
only real issue here is that students need to be fully aware of what student
services offers and to then take advantage of it.
Human Resource Needs
6. Complete the Faculty Employment Grids below (please list full- and part-time
faculty numbers in separate rows):
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
(e.g., Math,
English,
Accounting)
AJ
Total
Teaching
Load for fall
2006 term
35
% of Total
Teaching
Load by FullTime
Faculty
47.9%
% of Total
Teaching Load
Taught by PartTime Faculty
52.1%
Changes from
fall 2005
+10.9%
Explanations and
Additional
Information (e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment, etc.)
reassignment
Faculty Load Distribution in the Program
Discipline
Name
(e.g., Math,
English,
Accounting)
Total
Teaching
Load for
spring 2007
term
% of Total
Teaching
Load by FullTime
Faculty
29.06
75.9%
AJ
% of Total
Teaching Load
Taught by PartTime Faculty
24.1%
Changes from
spring 2006
+13.8%
Explanations and
Additional
Information (e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment, etc.)
reassignment
Do you need more full-time faculty? Associate faculty? If yes, explain why and
be sure to include data sheets justifying the need.
It would be good to have a pool of additional associate faculty available.
While many law enforcement personnel (police) may have the skills to teach,
finding those individuals who have sufficient breadth of personal experience
and an attitude or viewpoint beyond their own profession (police, versus the
courts and corrections) can be difficult. We are always seeking a balance,
not only in the aforementioned area, but in currency of experience as well.
Current field experience is very useful to the students. The nature of shift
work makes it difficult to find qualified personnel as previously noted.
7. Complete the Staff Employment Grid below (please list full- and part-time staff
numbers in separate rows:
Staff Employed in the Program
Assignment
Full-time
Part-time staff
(e.g., Math,
(classified) staff (give number)
English)
(give number)
Administration
of Justice
AJ
2
1
Gains over
Prior Year
0
Losses over
Prior Year (give
reason:
retirement,
reassignment,
health, etc.)
0
Do you need more full-time staff? Part-time staff? If yes, explain why and be sure
to include data sheets justifying the need.
Our program has sufficient staff, both full and part-time. With the exception
of occasionally handling some copying and other clerical tasks, the AJ –
degree program faculty generally handle their own typing and other tasks of
this nature.
8. If necessary, to clarify your needs, please comment on current available staff and
distribution of FTE's for contract and part-time faculty. Describe strengths and
weaknesses of faculty/staff as appropriate to program's current status or future
development.
Facilities
9. Comment on facilities the program uses, their current adequacy, and any
immediate needs. Have your discipline’s facilities needs changed? If so, how?
Please provide a data-based justification for any request that requires new or
additional facilities construction, renovation, remodeling or repairs.
How does one quantify the need to renovate thirty year old buildings which
have never had significant work done, except for new roofs, on (or in) them
since they were built? Torn and dirty carpets, outdated audio-visual
equipment, broken furniture, especially chairs in the police academy (AJ
101) and advanced officer training (AJ 101A) rooms.
It was our understanding that some Measure Q bond monies were to be used
for a general renovation of the oldest buildings.
Equipment
10. Have your discipline’s equipment needs changed? If so, how? Is equipment in
need of repair outside of your current budget? Please provide a data-based
justification for any request that requires a new or additional budget allotment.
I don’t know that we have a budget for equipment repair. It seems to me that
the AOT room (AJ 101A) should have a modern LCD projector, laptop
computer with an internet connection, etc. permanently installed. All
classrooms should have new overhead (transparency) projectors added, as
they are still quite useful.
Learning Outcomes Assessment Update
11. How has your area or program been engaged in student learning outcomes
assessment?
a.
Summarize your results.
b.
What did your program learn from these results that enabled you to
improve teaching and learning in the discipline?
c.
How have part-time faculty been made aware of the need to assess SLOs?
Not on a formal basis. However, all of the AJ outlines have been completely
revised reflecting SLOs at the course level as noted in item twelve. This has
been accomplished by collaboration on the outlines with both associate and
full-time faculty in the discipline and current active-duty personnel in the
criminal justice field who do not teach for CR.
Curriculum Update
(Reminder: Send updated course outlines to the Curriculum Committee.)
12. Identify curricular revisions, program innovations, and new initiatives undertaken
in the last year.
None - see listing below
13. Identify curricular revisions, program innovations, and new initiatives planned for
the next year.
We would like to engage in more intensive recruiting efforts for the AJ
degree program next year. Yes.
14. Complete the grid below
Course
AJ 1 –
Introduction
2/11/05 2010
To
Administration
of Justice
AJ 2 –
Introduction
2/11/05 2010
to Law
Enforcement
AJ 3 –
Introduction 2/11/05 2010
to Corrections
AJ 4 –
Criminal Law 2/11/05 2010
AJ 5 – Crime &
2/11/05 2010
Delinquency
AJ 6 –
March,
Introduction
2010
2005
to Evidence
AJ 7 – Current
Issues in
5/12/06 2011
Administration
of Justice
Second ColumnLast Update
Third Column Year Next Update
Expected
AJ 8 –
Introduction
2/25/05 2010
to
Investigations
AJ 10Juvenile
2/25/05 2010
Justice
AJ 11 – Great
American
10/8/04 2009
Criminal
Trials
AJ 40–
Internship
--
--
AJ 99 Selected
Topics In
--Administration
of Justice AJ
AJ 80 – Basic
Law
5/12/06 2011
Enforcement
Academy
AJ 154 –
Probation
2/25/05 2010
Officer Core
Course
AJ 155 –
Probation
2/25/05 2010
Officer Core
Course
AJ 170 –
Public Safety
4/22/05 2010
Dispatcher
Basic Course
AJ 189 –
Corrections
4/22/05 2010
Officer Core
Course
AJ 190F – PC
4/22/05 2010
832:Firearms
AJ 190S – PC
832:Arrest & 4/22/05 2010
Control
AJ 191 – Level
III Reserve 4/22/05 2010
Officer Course
AJ 199 –
Advanced
Officer
4/22/05 2010
Training
Course
Goals and Plans
15. If you have recently undergone a comprehensive review, attach your Quality
Improvement Plan if applicable.
16. If you do not have a QIP, what goals and plans does your area have for the
coming year?
1. Attract more qualified associate faculty
2. Engage in more extensive recruiting of students for the AJ degree program.
It seems that all too often, all of our efforts are directed solely to the police
academy, which is good, of course, but the degree program is also an important
part of our program. For example, there is no linkage between the “tech-prep”
program and the AJ degree program. Student services, usually just deals with
the police academy as far as outreach is concerned.