Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date ___December 4th, 2012___
Department ____Geology / Oceanography / Environmental Science
Division _____NAS__________
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)
1) Purchase a new computer for room 705B,
the shared Oceanography / Geology faculty
office.
2) Increase the Student Assistant II account
by approximately 12% from $4,420 to
$4,950. Cost: $530 per year (ongoing)
3) Increase the Oceanography supplies
account by ~32% from $1,556 to $2,054.
Yes, general
fund
This is an enormous upgrade for us as several faculty members
use this computer.
The Students Assistant ongoing budget for all Oceanography,
Geology and Environmental Science courses has been
increased to $5,091.
The Oceanography Supply Account is currently at $1,826, up
~17%.
4) Provide adjunct instructor Wayne Bloechl
3 teaching units to develop Geology 25,
Geology of National Parks in a distance
learning format.
Yes, NAS
Division
funds
Partially,
Division
funds
Yes,
Instructional
Development
Grant funds
Geology 25 was taught in the fall of 2009, 2010 and 2011 in a
Distance Learning format. In the Fall of 2012, it was taught
in a live format and enrollment significantly increased.
This course enables us to offer curriculum that satisfies the
demands of the community as well as prepare students for
transfer and professional careers
Yes, Division Environmental Science 10L was successfully taught for the
funds
first time in the spring of 2010, and again in the spring of 2011
and 2012. Instructions in the schedule of classes about required
field trips during lab time were a big improvement for the
spring of 2011. The lab will be transferable to both UC and
California State University.
5) Change ES 10 so that there is a possibility
for students to take a lab. Offer ES 10 along
with ES 10L and make it possible for students
to have the option to take ES 10 with a lab.
New Goals and Recommendations
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Goal/Recommendation
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
Consider offering ES 10L in the fall semesters 2.4 teaching units
The ES 10 labs close immediately. This suggests there is high demand
for students looking to satisfy a lab general education requirement.
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SLO Assessment Progress: In a sentence or two, describe where your department should be on the Revolving Wheel of Assessment (what
assessment you should have done in the last year) and what was actually done. If not every thing was completed, explain why.
We begin Program Planning in the spring of 2013. The students were surveyed in the fall of 2012. We have completed all but one Student
Learning Outcome Assessments for our entire program. The reaming one will be completed in the spring of 2013. The last two Departmental
Assessment Analysis Forms were completed in the fall of 2012.
Fill out the Assessment Results section below.
SLO Assessment Results: 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.
Core Competency, Course
SLO, or CTE Program SLO
Assessed. Example: all course
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2
Environmental Science 10L
SLO #1 Assessment: Analyze
and diagnose various abiotic
and biotic components of
ecosystems.
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example: Department
Meeting 8/27/10
August 31st, 2012
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment. Example:
Develop strategies for teaching research and documentation skills; share
rubrics for research papers; provide more instructional support outside of
class.
o State goals or objectives of assignment/activity more explicitly
o Revise content of assignment/activities
o Revise activities leading up to and/or supporting assignment/activities
o Increase in-class discussions and activities
o Increase guidance for students as they work on assignments
Have students study the field equipment (instruments, meters, chemicals
etc.) in the lab before they actually go out in the field and use the
instruments.
Spend more time in lab demonstrating how to build charts using the
software Excel.
Spend more time in lab discussing the various hypothesizes experiments
and how to interpret the results.
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Environmental Science 10L
August 31st, 2012
SLO #2 Assessment: Explain
the scientific laws and methods
for investigating
environmental phenomena and
understanding humanenvironment interactions.
o
o
o
o
o
State goals or objectives of assignment/activity more explicitly
Revise content of assignment/activities
Increase in-class discussions and activities
Increase guidance for students as they work on assignments
State criteria for grading more explicitly
Continue to have students work in groups for the Aptos Creek Project.
Allow more lab time for the topographic maps and surface water exercises.
Give more examples and practice math problems.
Incorporate a statistical analysis into the Aptos Creek Project regarding the
chemical data.
Have students study the field equipment (instruments, meters, chemicals
etc.) in the lab before they actually go out in the field and use the
instruments.
Spend more time in lab demonstrating how to build charts using the
software Excel.
Spend more time in lab discussing the various hypothesizes of the
experiments and how to interpret the results.
Have the students practice math more, in the lab as well as incorporating
practice problem sets that would be given as homework.
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