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.
II.
Overview
Date Submitted:
October 12, 2010
Dean:
Maurice Jones
BI Download:
10/07/2010
Dept. Chair:
Stefanie Ulrey/Edy Chan
Discipline:
ENGL
Campus:
Alameda
Mission
The mission of the English department is to serve our diverse population – .offering
basic-skills students with developmental courses, transfer-level students lower
division courses, and the community with non-transfer/enrichment courses in
creative writing and literature. Currently, with department chairs institutionalized,
the department is beginning to become a more focused, unified whole.
Student Data
A. Enrollment
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
1,300.0
1,471.0
1,188.0
47.0
46.0
35.0
Total FTES
152.58
179.57
144.17
Total FTEF
11.4
11.6
9.2
FTES/FTEF
13.38
15.48
15.67
Enrolled
1,255.0
1,353.0
N/A
Retained
954.0
958.0
% Retained
76.0
70.0
N/A
N/A
1,255.0
698.0
55.0
301.0
23.0
1,353.0
758.0
56.0
395.0
29.0
Census Enrollment (duplicated)
Sections (master sections)
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
4.47
4.13
0.6
9.2
48.55
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
4.47
4.14
0.6
9.21
48.55
3.03
12.8
0.0
15.82
19.13
8.36
8.36
0.25
16.96
49.26
3.66
4.78
0.59
9.03
40.55
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.
As the 21st century economy relies more on the
Internet, written communication becomes more
essential. Our classes are aimed at helping
students learn to effectively communicate in
writing - regardless of their cultural-linguistic
background. By stressing student responsibility,
we aim to prepare students for upper division
courses at the university level.
Transfer and Basic Skills: Describe how your
course offerings address transfer, basic skills, and
program completion.
The English department supports the college’s
strategic plan by helping to prepare students for
university transfer and for entry into
professional careers.
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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
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
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.
To maintain and increase enrollment in Creative Writing and Literature courses.
To maintain small class size for basic-skills and developmental writing courses.
To link English courses to the LRC Writing Center and Tutorial Center, both staffed with faculty-tutors.
To research a new design for the Progress Assessment Test (PAT).
To research and secure grant funding to increase department budget.
To develop class lessons utilizing technological instruction.
To develop a series of 1-unit basic-skills courses.
To develop an AFRAM 267AB course equal to ENGLISH 267AB.
To develop an ENGL 269 course similar to BCC.
To acquire site licenses for Kurtz Weil and Plagiarism software.
To hire one additional 1.0 contract instructor.
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IX. Needs
Please describe and prioritize any faculty, classified, and student assistant needs.
One new contract faculty teaching a fill 1.0 load is necessary to bring the department in compliance with the
state goal of 75/25. One FT faculty teaching .2 English load could teach the .2 in AFRAM once AFRAM
267AB course is approved.
Please describe and prioritize any equipment, material, and supply needs.
Funding for PAT Development ($2500) and for qualified LRC English tutors ($25,000).
Please describe and prioritize any facilities needs.
X.
Course SLOs and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of active courses in your discipline
20 (some additional
courses still to be updated
in Curricunet)
Number with SLOs
20 (some additional
courses still to be
updated in Curricunet)
% 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
Assessment measures will include written essay and exams, some oral exams.
Describe results of your SLO assessment progress
There is no progress on assessment at this time. The English Department has only recently been brought up
to date in our Curricunet system by inputting SLO's. Assessment will be discussed within the next few
months at regular department meetings.
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XI. Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment
Fall 2010
Number of degrees and certificates in your discipline
Number with Program Learning Outcomes
0
Number assessed
0
% Assessed
0
Describe assessment methods you are using
No assessment is taking place at this time. Program Learning Outcomes have yet to be developed.
Describe results of assessment
No assessment is taking place at this time. Program Learning Outcomes have yet to be developed.
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