Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date ____12/6/13_______
Department ____Mathematics_
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)
Replace the three full-time faculty positions
lost to retirement and resignation.
No
Hire a full-time LIA for the Math Learning
Center (MLC).
No
Increase the number of group-study rooms
and general space in the MLC and the ILC, as
well as provide lighting for the tables outside
the MLC.
Yes
No
General
Fund
Increase the number of tutors for the
Integrated Learning Center (ILC).
Yes
Increase the adjunct office space.
Yes
No
General
Fund
No
General
Fund
New Goals and Recommendations
Goal/Recommendation
Increase full-time office space.
No
General
Fund
No
General
Fund
We have hired one new full-time faculty, but have lost two
more to retirement, so we are now down four positions. We
will be hiring one new faculty for Fall 2014.
In Fall 2012, two long-term LIAs retired. As of Fall 2013,
there were three LIAs: 50%, 80% and 100%. The 80% LIA is
leaving at the end of the semester. Ideally, the MLC would like
to have five LIAs.
Some MLC space was lost to shared space with the relocation
of DSPS. Lighting has been partially installed outside. The
MLC has purchased laptops to be checked out by students and
has converted the existing computer room into group-study
rooms. In the ILC, nearby classrooms and hallways are being
used to increase space during peak hours.
A new LIA was hired for the Watsonville ILC after the
previous LIA was hired fulltime elsewhere.
With the 800 building remodel, the math dept has access to
more office space vacated by programs that moved to that
facility, but we are waiting for the offices to be made ready for
new faculty. Both fulltime and adjunct faculty will benefit.
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
Part of clean up
Only eight of nineteen full-time instructors have private offices for
from STEM move
confidential discussions. Three offices are available (one shared), but
to 800 building.
we are waiting for them to be made ready.
Update existing classrooms, possibly to smart $20,000 per
Room 714 will be updated for Spring 2014. Room 713 is becoming
rooms.
classroom
outdated. Other rooms would benefit from carpet and paint at the
least.
Revised September 28, 2012
Continue improving our curriculum and ways
of delivering it, including alignment with the
local high schools and comm. colleges and
increasing consistency between multiple
sections of a course.
Purchase equipment to support innovative
curriculum designed for increased student
success.
Cost to attend
conference(s) and
other professional
development
activities.
Various
The dept will be piloting Math 142 in Spring 2014. This is an
alternative to Math 152. Math 142 will be a prerequisite for noncalculus-based transfer math courses (10, 12, 13, 15), and will satisfy
the A.A./A.S. math competency requirement.
Example: purchase two sets of graphing calculators for classroom use
in our new Math 142 course ($8000).
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 you’re not sure where you should be on the Revolving Wheel
contact the SLO Coordinator (x6366). If any task was not completed, explain why.
In Fall 2013, we finished individually assessing SLOs for all courses. In Spring 2014 we will begin assessing the Core Four and finish
discussions of the SLOs for our Math 158 courses.
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
Date of meeting where
SLO, or CTE Program SLO analysis / dialogue took
Assessed. Example: all course place. Example: Department
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2 Meeting 8/27/10
All SLOs for Math 152A, 190ALH, 158T
Department
and 502
Meeting
4/19/13
All SLOs for Math 254 SI (SLOs 1 & 2 on
10/18, SLO 3 on 11/15) and 190SJ (all
SLOs on 11/15), Math 158 BF, FT, PF, SI
have been assessed but not discussed at a
department meeting. This is due to the
uniqueness in designing assessment for the
158 sections. A separate form will be
recorded.
Revised September 28, 2012
Department
Meetings
10/18/13 and
11/15/13
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.
 Math 152A will be replaced with Math 142A in Fall 2014.
 Math 190 is an ACE/MA course this year. We’ll provide them with
feedback about student preparedness, but it really is in their hands.
 We have been approved for a full-time hire for Fall, and will
continue to ask for positions.
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Because the department teaches so many courses that are associated
with ACE, STARS, etc., we always need more full-time faculty.
More faculty participation in seminars/workshops associated with
the variety of needs/approaches in basic skills.
Potentially there will be a need for more money as grants for certain
programs end (SI, PREP etc.) end if the department decides the
programs enhance student learning.