Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date ____12/10/12_____________________
Department __Physics_____________
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)
Increase the PLC tutor budget from $16,000/yr to
$25,000/yr.
In progress.
There is currently no money available to fund this goal.
In progress.
We have added one additional section of Physics 4B for Fall
2013.
In progress.
There is currently no money available to fund this goal.
Hire Student Lab Assistants to help students
during lab and expand our Laboratory Technician
contract to 100%.
In progress.
There is currently no money available to fund this goal.
Create and fund a Cabrillo Foundation
endowment to pay for travel and other meeting
costs for faculty and staff.
In progress.
There is currently no money available to fund this goal.
Schedule additional courses and additional
sections of impacted courses.
Purchase new laboratory and demonstration
equipment for the PHYS 4 and PHYS 2 series.
New Goals and Recommendations
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Goal/Recommendation
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
Maintain the quality of the education
There have been many challenges associated with moving our entire
provided to our students while we are in our
$0
department into the 200 building for this academic year. As a
temporary space in the 200 building.
department, we have worked hard to meet these challenges and
provide our students with the same quality education that they have
come to expect from the Physics Department.
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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.
Our department is currently in year one on the Revolving Wheel of Assessment. During the fall semester, we have been assessing all of the
SLOs from the following courses: Physics 4B, Physics 4D, Physics 11, Physics 2A, and Physics 10. We will discuss the results of these
assessments in our department meeting during Flex week of Spring 2013.
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
All course SLOs for Physics
4B.
All course SLOs for Physics
4D.
All course SLOs for Physics
11.
All course SLOs for Physics
2A.
All course SLOs for Physics
10.
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example: Department
Meeting 8/27/10
Will be discussed in our
department meeting during
Flex week of Spring 2013.
Will be discussed in our
department meeting during
Flex week of Spring 2013.
Will be discussed in our
department meeting during
Flex week of Spring 2013.
Will be discussed in our
department meeting during
Flex week of Spring 2013.
Will be discussed in our
department meeting during
Flex week of Spring 2013.
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.
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