Section III
Annual Program Review Update
Annual Program Review Update
*Be sure to include information from all three campuses.
Program/Discipline: _Agriculture___________________________
Date:
__9/16/2007__________________________
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.
The course and degrees for AG were streamlined in 2005 with the previous 12
degrees and certificates condensed into 6 focusing on the plant sciences and
sustainable agriculture (A.S. in both Agriculture and Plant Science; C.A. in
Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture; C.C. in Landscape Maintenance and
Nursery Practices). The AG program moved from the Professional and
Technical area to the Sciences in 2004 and the only full-time faculty in AG
retired in 2005. In the spring of 2006 the following courses were moved to the
community education department: AG 65, AG 65L, AG 66, and AG 39L. These
were low enrollment classes previously taught by the CR Farm Manager. These
classes are no longer transferable and do not count towards student’s AA
degrees.
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.
There was a decline of some 159 census enrollments between the 05-06 year and
the 06-07 year because of a decrease in the number of AG courses offered. This
was also related to and exacerbated by the retirement of the full-time AG faculty
in 2006 and that position has not yet been filled by the College. Retention rates
remain quite high, and while success rates are lower than desired, they are
comparable to other science courses at CR. Fill rates are perhaps
disproportional because of high caps and expected low enrollments in some of
the farm programs. Enrollment in several farm courses has been shifted to
Community Education because of limitations to the amount of instruction in
Academic programs that can be conducted by the farm manager.
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,
General comments by the Ag Advisory committee and recent statistics by the
Workforce Development Investment Board indicate relatively strong
Agriculture related income in this area. Much of it is geared either toward
the dairy and ranching industry, the local sustainable and organic market
and the ornamental horticulture market. Agriculture and the Forest industry
are the top two economic forces in the region.
b. Does not represent duplication of other training programs (in the region), and
There are no other Ag training programs beyond the secondary level within
the region.
c. Is of demonstrated effectiveness as measured by the employment and
completion success of its students.
We currently lack statistics to quantify effectiveness but anecdotal evidence
suggests relatively good success of students who complete the degrees or
certificates.
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.
5. Does your discipline need additional support from Student Services beyond that
previously provided?
The program could benefit from an Ag transfer program geared towards
students headed to UC-Davis or Cal Poly and this would require
coordination with counseling.
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)
Total
Teaching
Load for fall
2006 term
% of Total
Teaching
Load by FullTime Faculty
% of Total
Teaching Load
Taught by PartTime Faculty
Changes from
fall 2005
Explanations and
Additional
Information (e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment, etc.)
AG
33
0
100
- 13.5 TLUs
and shift
from 49%
FT to 0%
Retirement of
full-time AG
faculty
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
% of Total
Teaching Load
Taught by PartTime Faculty
Changes from
spring 2006
Explanations and
Additional
Information (e.g.,
retirement,
reassignment, etc.)
AG
39
0
100
TLUs
similar,
shift from
69% FT to
0%
Retirement of
full-time AG
faculty
Do you need more full-time faculty? Associate faculty? If yes, explain why and
be sure to include data sheets justifying the need.
A full-time faculty member is vital to continuing the AG program with any
vigor at CR. Currently the administrative duties, recruiting and advising Ag
students, recruiting and advising associate faculty and overseeing the
program, AG Advisory Committee and curriculum have been shifted to
FOR/NR faculty. This replacement has the strong recommendation of the
local Ag Advisory committee and from the Statewide Ag Advisory committee
which included representation from the Chancellor’s office.
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)
Gains over
Prior Year
AG
0
1
1
Losses over
Prior Year (give
reason:
retirement,
reassignment,
health, etc.)
Do you need more full-time staff? Part-time staff? If yes, explain why and be sure
to include data sheets justifying the need.
Considerable program flexibility could be achieved if the farm manager (fulltime administration) were able to assume some faculty duties without them
having to take a reduction in pay. Despite adequate academic qualifications,
current administrative policies preclude the farm manager from instruction
in most courses
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.
Currently the entire Ag program is taught by associate faculty with
coordination for scheduling, hiring and student advising and recruiting done
by the area coordinator.
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.
Greenhouse facilities are in need of repair and maintenance and the shadehouse that was removed last year has never been re-installed in its new
location. This facility is vital to virtually all of the Ag courses and is used by
BIOL and FOR/NR courses as well. In addition, the College Farm has been a
useful lab for a number of AG courses and provides the hands-on learning
that is so important to many of our students. The College has currently
proposed that the Farm be released from College ownership with the
concomitant release of the farm manager. These actions would seriously
handicap the Ag program unless other nearby property is acquired to
conduct field exercises.
In addition, the MC greenhouse area is not secure. There are no locked
storage areas for equipment and supplies. Theft and vandalism has been a
problem.
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.
The farm has acquired several pieces of equipment over the last year. They
include: 95-hp Agco tractor, 3-bottom rollover plow, 3-gang ripper, 8-foot
tandem disk and a pop-up bale loader. All this equipment is in used condition.
All the above mentioned equipment is used in the ag65L agriculture enterprise
project. In addition, lab equipment, including items such as pH meters for soil,
are mostly antiquated and are slowly being replaced as grant funds become
available.
Learning Outcomes Assessment Update
11. How has your area or program been engaged in student learning outcomes
assessment?
a.
Summarize your results.
Without a full-time faculty to coordinate this issue there has been little
progress made thus far. The area coordinator is working with some of the
Associate faculty to update course outlines to address SLOs but progress will
likely be very slow because of the workload.
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?
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 were undertaken last year because there was no full-time faculty in
AG.
13. Identify curricular revisions, program innovations, and new initiatives planned for
the next year.
Only a few courses will be able to meet required revision dates because of the
lack of a full-time faculty to run the process. Associate faculty and faculty in
others areas will provide some outlines but most will not meet deadlines. This is
an issue that the College must address.
14. Complete the grid below
Course
AG-11SUSTAINABLE
ANIMAL
PRODUCTION
AG-14PRINCIPLES OF
LANDSCAPE
DESIGN
AG-15LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE
AG-16-
Year Course Outline Year Next Update
Last Updated
Expected
09/28/01
02/28/97
06/21/89
10/02/89
ORNAMENTAL
PLANT
IDENTIFICATION
AG-17INTRODUCTION
TO SOILS
AG-18-SOIL
FERTILITY &
FERTILIZERS
AG-19-WEEDS
AND WEED
CONTROL
AG-21-PLANT
PROPAGATION
AG-22SUSTAINABLE
VEGETABLE
PRODUCTION
AG-23INTRODUCTION
TO PLANT
SCIENCE
AG-25LANDSCAPE
CONSTRUCTION
AG-26LANDSCAPE
PLANT
IDENTIFICATION
AG-27-NURSERY
PRACTICES
AG-29-PEST
MANAGEMENT
AG-3INTRODUCTION
TO PLANT
SCIENCE
AG-31-FARM
BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
AG-35-AG SALES
AND
MERCHANDISING
AG-36-FARM
ACCOUNTING
AG-39-FIELD
EXPERINCE/
01/09/90
05/08/98
06/19/89
05/08/89
09/28/01
04/29/94
06/19/89
10/02/89
05/08/98
04/23/02
06/09/89
06/09/89
12/05/88
06/09/89
09/27/02
AGRICULTURE
AG-40INDEPENDENT
STUDY
AG-46COMPUTERS IN
AG MANAGEMENT
AG-5-HORSE
HUSBANDRY
AG-6-LARGE
ANIMAL DISEASE
AG-63-INTRO
ORGANIC /
SUSTAINABLE AG
AG-63L-INTRO
ORGANIC /
SUSTAINABLE AG
LAB
AG-65AGRICULTURE
ENTERPRISE
PROJECT
AG-65LAGRICULTURE
ENTERPRISE
PROJECT LAB
AG-66AGRICULTURE
PROJECT-2ND
YEAR
AG-7-ANIMAL
FEED & FEEDING
AG-99-SELECTED
TOPICS IN
AGRICULTURE
06/09/89
11/08/89
11/09/88
04/26/02
04/26/02
11/14/03
11/14/03
02/20/04
06/09/89
Goals and Plans
15. If you have recently undergone a comprehensive review, attach your Quality
Improvement Plan if applicable.
The AG program was reviewed in 2006 by the Statewide Ag Advisory
Committee with representation from the Chancellor’s office. A series of steps
were outlined, the primary on being hiring a full-time faculty to replace the
recent retiree. The other steps were dependent on that initial step and remain on
hold until the College decides to move on the position. The recommendations are
available upon request.
16. If you do not have a QIP, what goals and plans does your area have for the
coming year?
Instructional Program Review—Appendix B: Annual Update Forms
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
Faculty
1. Professor of Agriculture
2. Associate faculty for Nursery Practices and for Plant Propagation
3.
4.
5.
Low
Moderate
High
List Faculty Positions Needed for Academic Year__2007-8_________________
Not
Approved
Very
High
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Degree of
Justification (as
Approval
substantiated by
Status
the program
review)
Approved
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
Approval
Status
List Staff Positions Needed for Academic Year__2007-8_________________
Approved
Staff
1. Part-time Greenhouse staff (currently funded by VTEA)
2.
3.
4.
5.
Low
Moderate
High
Not
Approved
Very
High
Degree of Justification (as
substantiated by the
program review)
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
Equipment
$200 (grant
possible)
2. Soil pH meters
$1000 (grant
possible)
3.
4.
5.
6.
Low
1. Soil infiltrometer
Moderate
Approximate
Cost
High
List Equipment or Equipment Repair Needed for Academic
Year__2007-8_________________
Not
Approved
Very
High
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
Approved
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Approval
Degree of
Status
Justification (as
substantiated by
the program
review)
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus
Annual Program Review Update
Campus/Program Needs Worksheet
Facilities
1. repairs to Greenhouse
2. re-installation of shade house
3.
4.
5.
6.
$500
$1000
Low
Moderate
Approximate
Cost
High
List Facility Needs for Academic Year__2007-8_________________
(Remodels, Renovations or added new facilities)
Not
Approved
Very
High
Please list/summarize the needs of your program on your campus below
Approved
This section to be filled out by
Subcommittee
Approval
Degree of
Status
Justification (as
substantiated by
the program
review)
This section to be filled out by the program at each campus