Program Plan/Review
School/Area Group led by Dean or Director
A. Alignment of College Goals/Objectives
Mission
Alignment to college-wide goal
Synthesize goal alignment to college
wide goals from all departments
within the school
How does School support Dept/
Program goals?
Provide evidence demonstrating how
the School/Area has supported the
goals/objectives established by the
departments/programs within the
School/Area.
B. School Effectiveness
Summary of Access, Efficiency and
Effectiveness
Highlight trends in section offerings;
enrollments; FTES, WSCH, FTEF;
class size average; success, retention
& completion rates; certificate and
degrees awarded
C. Enrollment Management
Summary of Enrollment
Management Efforts, Issues,
Strategies
Improvement in reaching target
budgets, FTES, contract, overload,
PT ratios, cost/FTES
D. Academic Quality
Evidence of Academic Quality
Provide evidence of
programs/activities that
demonstrates academic quality.
Describe processes or practices
implemented or refined to support
academic quality.
Identify programs/ activities
requiring attention
Identify programs/activities that
require attention due to declining
academic quality. What action
needs to be taken?
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E. Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum & Instruction: Emerging
needs
Based on department-level plans and
reviews, regulatory changes, labor
market data, advisory committee
input and local competition, what
trends are emerging that indicate
new programs should be considered
or current programs be reviewed?
What external trends inform
curricular development or
modification?
Issues and Concerns regarding
Curriculum and Instruction
What major issues/concerns exist
related to the curriculum and
instruction? What action needs to be
taken?
F. Staffing
Full-time faculty staffing priorities
What are the full-time faculty
staffing priorities to be submitted to
the Hiring Priorities Committee?
Part-time faculty staffing (FTEF)
trends
What are the trends of part-time
faculty staffing (FTEF)?
Classified hiring needs/priorities
What are the classified hiring
needs/priorities?
G. Professional Development and Training
Professional Development/
Training Activities needed
What professional
development/training activities
are necessary within the
School/Area in order to become
more effective/efficient?
H. Budgetary Information
Capital outlay/Block grant
priorities
What capital outlay/block grant
priorities exist within the
School/Area that will be presented
for funding consideration?
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VTEA project priorities
What projects exist within the
School/Area that will be presented
for funding consideration?
Budget account adjustments
needed
Given the current economic
environment and current
allocations, what budget account
adjustments, if any, are
recommended?
I. Infrastructure/Facilities
Infrastructure/facilities issues
What infrastructure/facilities issues
exist that if corrected would improve
program instruction?
Access (ADA-compliance) issues
What access issues, if any, need to be
addressed to address ADA
requirements?
J. Community
Describe outreach efforts and
results
What outreach efforts have taken
place to promote programs and
departments? What are the results
based on this outreach?
Describe grants initiated
What grants have been initiated to
support student success?
Describe economic development
activities
What economic development
activities are in place to support
student success?
Describe internal and external
partnerships
What internal and external
partnerships have been initiated to
support student success?
Describe opportunities in the
internal and external communities
What opportunities exist within the
internal and external communities
that should be explored?
K. Overall Planning/Review Observations
List major accomplishments
List major accomplishments of
specific programs or of the school as
a whole.
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Areas in need of improvement
Identify items/actions that require
additional attention or support.
Prioritized list of School projects/
goals
Provide a list of projects/ goals
prioritized from those proposed from
the depts./ programs in the school.
Additional comments.
L. Resources Needed to Fulfill Goals (Provide detailed information for resources needed
to support each priorities listed in section K above.)
Prioritized list of School projects
Provide a list of projects prioritized
from those proposed from the
depts./ programs in the school.
Goal Priority
Rank 1 - 10
Resources Requested
Estimated Cost
Object Code
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Suggested Funding Source
VTEA, Block Grant, Cap Outlay, etc.
Department ID
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M. Please list names of the members of this workgroup.
Names & titles workgroup
members