Peralta Community College District
Annual Program Update Template 2010-2011
Each discipline will complete this form to update program reviews developed in 2009-2010. These will
be reviewed at the college level and then forwarded to the district-wide planning and budgeting
process. The information on this form is required for all resource requests – including faculty staffing
requests – for the 2011-12 budget year.
I.
Overview
Date Submitted:
10-18-2010
Dean:
Perkins
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Rick Greenspan and Ed
Jaramillo, cochairs
Discipline:
ATECH
Campus:
Alameda
Mission
II.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
314.0
313.0
312.0
Sections (master sections)
14.0
11.0
10.0
Total FTES
95.17
100.53
103.99
Total FTEF
7.45
5.94
5.95
FTES/FTEF
12.77
16.94
17.49
Enrolled
307.0
295.0
N/A
Retained
254.0
233.0
% Retained
82.0
78.0
N/A
N/A
307.0
209.0
68.0
53.0
17.0
295.0
219.0
74.0
62.0
21.0
B. Retention
C. Success
Total Graded
Success
% Success
Withdraw
% Withdraw
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N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
III.
Faculty Data (ZZ assignments excluded)
Fall 2010
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
3.7
0.71
1.54
5.95
62.22
IV. Faculty Data Comparables F2010 (ZZ assignments excluded) (Z assignments excluded)
Contract FTEF
Hourly FTEF
Extra Service FTEF
Total FTEF
% Contract/Total
V.
Alameda
Berkeley
Laney
Merritt
3.7
0.71
1.54
5.95
62.21
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Qualitative Assessments
CTE and Vocational: Community and labor market
relevance. Present evidence of community need
based on Advisory Committee input, industry need
data, McIntyre Environmental Scan, McKinsey
Economic Report, licensure and job placement rates,
etc.
There is a shortage of trained automotive
technicians nationally and locally and it is an
expanding job market.
Toyota Advisory Committee is considering COA
for full TTEN status and they are very
supportive of our program.
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
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VI. Strategic Planning Goals
Check all that apply.
Describe how goal applies to your program.
Advance Student Access, Success & Equity
Engage our Communities & Partners
Build Programs of Distinction
Create a Culture of Innovation & Collaboration
Develop Resources to Advance & Sustain Mission
Reputation throughout the Bay Area for an
excellent, innovative program.
Active Advisory Committee
Twice voted "Best College Automotive Program
in California"
Working with Toyota partners to develop
cutting edge and innovative curriculum within
national recognized NATEF standards
Partnerships with Toyota, Bureau of
Automotive Repair, CTE recruiting throughout
the Bay Area
VII. College Strategic Plan Relevance
Check all that apply
New program under development
Program that is integral to your college’s overall strategy
Program that is essential for transfer
Program that serves a community niche
Programs where student enrollment or success has been demonstrably affected by extraordinary
external factors, such as barriers due to housing, employment, childcare etc.
Other
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VIII. Action Plan
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Please describe your plan for responding to the above data. Consider curriculum,
pedagogy/instructional, scheduling, and marketing strategies. Also, please reference any cross district
collaboration with the same discipline at other Peralta colleges.
Include overall plans/goals and specific action steps.
Our highest priority is maintaining an excellent program, with a reputation for outstanding graduates in
the community. Enrollment tends to rise and fall in relation to external economic conditions in the
community. So when higher-paying jobs have been easily accessible in the East Bay (in the last few
years, construction jobs were booming) enrollment has fallen. Now that the local economy has
constricted, Atech enrollment is again going up. We currently have an excellent high school marketing
campaign at high schools in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties and will begin recruiting for the
Toyota program in San Mateo and Marin this Fall, since we are allowed to recruit outside of Peralta's
boundaries because of our unique Toyota program. It would be nice to attribute the increase in
enrollment to our great marketing campaign, but the fact is that our recruiting and marketing has always
been outstanding and intensive.
Manny Tumasian retired in June 2009, and that position needs to be filled in order to maintain our
NATEF certification and continue with the Toyota program. Simply put, we need a contract instructor
in the area of Transmissions. Transmissions represents two of the 8 areas of NATEF certification, as
well as two of the 8 areas that we will be offering out Toyota Certificate students in Toyota certifications.
The class can only be taught by a contract instructor or a long term sub. But finding a DIFFERENT long
term sub every six months is impossible. It also wrecks the equipment, the tools and our reputation for
quality instruction. A long term sub can only work two semesters out of six (by Ed Code). Without a
trained professional contract instructor to teach this area, we run a serious risk of losing both our NATEF
certification and our Toyota alliance. NATEF certification is required for Toyota TTEN programs, so if
we lose NATEF certification, we also lose the Toyota program. Needless to say, filling the contract
position is the highest priority for our program.
Our first Toyota class graduates in Spring 2011, at which time Toyota will make a final decision
regarding granting our school full TTEN status. The Toyota program will also undergo an extensive twoday NATEF certification inspection/visit in Spring 2011, which requires a great deal of preparation. We
need to upgrade our tools and equipment to meet the new NATEF and Toyota standards, and have
been working closely with our Toyota curriculum advisor to upgrade the Toyota curriculum to Toyota
standards as well. There will also be an intensive one-day Toyota validation visit in Spring, 2011, to
determine whether they will continue to partner with COA.
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IX. Needs
Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
Transmission classes CANNOT be taught by part-timer instructor. Long-term substitute can only teach two
semesters every 3 years. If Transmission position is not filled, we will lose NATEF certification for both
our regular program and our Toyota program, and the Toyota program will be CANCELLED, because
they cannot support a program at a non-certified school. The seriousness of our need for a contract
instructor cannot be overestimated
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
In our meetings with the Toyota management team last December, we were advised that we need a great
deal of new equipment, such as additional air conditioning equipment, a new wheel balancer and additional
Techstream scanners. We also constantly need to upgrade our existing equiment to maintain compliance
with California state BAR standards, NATEF certification standards and Toyota standards. For example,
BAR will be requiring a new $15,000 smog analyzer in 2011 or 2012, and this will be a requirment to
maintain our status as a SmogCheck training institution.
In addition, just 'keeping up' with the Automotive industry standard is a constant struggle. As new test and
repair equipment replaced outdated units in the field, we need to do the same in our department. So we are
continually requiring updated testers, scanners, analyzers, etc. NATEF, Toyota and BAR (California
Bureau of Automotive Repair) constantly demand that we train students on state-of-the-art equipment,
requiring us to purchase new items. And of course, heavy usage causes our existing equipment to break
down and need repair and replacement as well.
Specific prioritized equipment, material, maintenance and supply needs for 2010-11:
1. Annual maintenance contract on BAR 97 analyzer (cannot come from VTEA) $ 4,500
2. (1) R134 recycling machine $3,500
3. Ammco Drum Disc Lathe $7000
4. 15 Techstream mini-computer/Toyota Techstream analyzers $20,000
4. Hunter GSP9700 Wheel vibration Control System $14,000
5. (1) R134 recycling machine
$3,500
6. (1) Procut on-car brake lathe $10,000
7. (1) BAR 2012 EIS Analyzer (if it does not qualify under Measure A) - price not yet set
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
1. The heating and ventilation system in our building is antiquated and inadequate. In addition, the
vehicle exhaust system is 30 years old and has never been maintained adequately. Both systems are
included in our Measure A list. Once BAR publishes the standards for its new BAR 2012 EIS Analyzer,
if the analyzer qualifies as a Measure A purchase, we will add that to our Measure A priority list.
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X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
19
Number with SLOs
19
% SLOs/Active Courses
100
Number of courses with SLOs that have been assessed
0
% Assessed/SLOs
0
Describe types of assessment methods you are using
Both written and 'hands-on' testing methods, as well as utilization of Toyota-approved lab worksheets.
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
We will be doing assessments during the 2010-11 academic year.
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XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
7
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
All meet NATEF
certification standard,
or will meet the
standards by the end
of the 2010-11
acaedmic year
Number assessed
.All meet or will meet
NATEF certification
standards
% Assessed
100% of generic program
meets NATEF standards
already (6 of the 7
certificates)
Describe assessment methods you are using
See certification standards for automotive programs at www.natef.org
Describe results of assessment
Generic program (including all degrees and certificates) is already 100% NATEF approved; Toyota program
will undergo NATEF certification process, incuding site visit, in spring 2011
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