Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date ______12/10/12__________________
Department ____History_________________
Division ______HASS___________________
Goals and Recommendations from Program Plan
List the top five Goals and Recommendations from the last Program Plan and indicate whether they have been met?
Goals / Recommendations from six-year plan In progress
Goal Met
Comments
(identify source
of funding)
Hire a full-time faculty member
Yes
No
The department is strongly considering asking the college to
fund a position to replace Rosemary Brogan in the Fall of
2013.
Completed 2011

Change the recommended student
preparation to “eligibility for English
1A.”
Yes
Yes

Continue to offer a variety of “World”
history courses for major preparation
and to serve the ongoing needs of the
community.
Yes
Yes
Thus far we have been able to maintain our transferable history
courses in all regions of the world.

Obtain new furniture in Room 425 and No
426 to replace broken-down student
desks.
No
Funding for replacing the desks, carpets and chalkboards to
improve student learning has not been identified.
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
Make sure that the equipment in the
new “Smart” classrooms is
functioning properly and that all
faculty have sufficient training to
make sure that it is used appropriately.
Continue to fund the acquisition of
rolling maps so that every history
classroom has appropriate and useful
maps.
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
Somewhat
Somewhat
Most classroom technology has been updated and maintained,
which has greatly improved classroom instruction.
In November of 2012 Professors Barkey and Mangin were
awarded nearly $1000 by the Student Senate to replace
outdated classroom maps. We will order those and hope to
have them in place during the Spring Semester 2013.
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
SLO Assessment: List SLO assessments, dialogues, and priorities identified as a result of your assessment below. Attach Departmental
Assessment Analysis Forms completed in the last two semesters. (See Revolving Wheel of Assessment for recommended schedule).
Core Competency, Course
SLO, or CTE Program SLO
Assessed.
SLO: Evaluate
historical myths,
clichés, and/or
prejudices in ___
history.
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place.
Department Meeting
2/4/2011
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment.
Core Competency:
Department Meeting
8/25/2011
We discussed the pros and cons of having numerous different assignments
for students to keep track of and faculty to grade. Most faculty agreed that
frequent assessment helps students develop work/life skills of keeping track
of multiple things at one time.
Personal Responsibility and
Professional Development – for all
History department courses
We discussed the advantages of using primary documents to test and often
contradict the kinds of “common knowledge” that students often bring to
history classes.
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SLO: Write an
analytical,
historical essay on
___ history arguing
a thesis, using
appropriate
historical evidence,
and showing
awareness of
counter-arguments to
the thesis.
Department Meeting
2/3/2012
We shared our rubrics for essay grading, as well as a number of ways of
writing essay prompts. We also discussed the pros and cons of essays
written at home and essays written during exams.
Core Competency: I.
Department Meeting 8/23/12
We assessed all forms of communication and how we strengthen them for
our students in all classes in our department. Most Instructors assess verbal
and listening skills as well as reading and writing skills. We also discussed
how we support student’s nonverbal communication as well.
Communication
Students will communicate
effectively, which means the
ability to read, write, listen,
and speak/converse.
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