Sacramento City College
Unit Plans
Spring 2005
Department Name: Computer Information Science
Department Spokesperson: Sandra Feder
Division Dean: Shirley Short
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Accomplishments
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Three-Year Plan
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Action Plan
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Budget Request
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Budget Narrative
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Key Performance Indicators
Computer Information Science Department / Accomplishments 2004 – 2005
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Goal 1: The CIS dept will offer degrees, certificates, and courses that prepare students for successful employment, transfer
to 4 year institutions, and personal development. All instructional programs will provide students with experience using
current hardware, software, programming languages and other computer technologies.
The CIS department has prepared for each semester by having
teams of faculty in each area decide how many sections and what
delivery method for each course being offered. Then the team
Develop a department curriculum
leaders meet with the department chair and division dean to
planning policy including the
coordinate our schedule at SCC. Finally, the department chairs and
efficient use of facilities and
division deans from ARC, CRC, FLC and SCC meet to ensure that
resources (hardware and software) PT1; PT2
we create schedules where classes with low enrollment rotate from
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and coordination with American
campus to campus and that we do not offer the same course at the
River College, Cosumnes River
same time as a sister campus. This method has allowed us to create
College, Folsom Lake College,
a schedule where a larger percentage of courses fill and run. At this
transfer institutions, and industry.
point in time, the CIS department has not focused on efficient use
of facilities because the number of students taking our courses has
declined. Our focus has been attracting students to our classes.
A new security degree and certificate was developed and approved
in the normal curriculum process. The networking area has a new
wireless networking course that will be offered for the first time in
Develop additional courses in
summer 2005. There is another new networking projects course
database management, networking
that has been approved. A degree in network design and one in
and programming, particularly as
network administration have been sent to the State Chancellor's
PT1; PT2
they relate to web
Office. The Web publishing instructors upgraded the courses from
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publishing/programming,
HTML to XHTML in the middle of the school year. In addition, a
electronic commerce, and security.
new topics course has been added to prepare students who know
HTML to be able to use XHTML with cascading style sheets. The
Web programming degree has been sent to the State Chancellor's
Office for approval. The database area will have course and degree
changes that will be put through curriculum in Fall 2005.
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Action Plan
Computer Information Science Department / Accomplishments 2004 – 2005
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Develop assessment tools for course
challenges, placement tests, and
student learning outcomes.
PT1; PT2
Continue to improve tutoring for
Computer Information Science
students.
PT1; PT2
Continue to develop and implement
a process for more efficiently
utilizing Instructional Assistants for
Computer Information Science
faculty.
Continue to include general business
practices in the Computer
Information Science curriculum
degrees and certificates.
Assist the district to develop a plan
to implement electronic career
portfolios for students of Los Rios.
Continue to plan to upgrade servers,
switches, routers and hubs in the
Business Building in connection
with campus IT staff.
PT1; PT3
PT1; PT2
Year-End Status and Accomplishments
Individual instructors have continued to develop their own
challenge tests for beginning courses. Intermediate courses
usually require a project and are not able to be challenged. A
placement test has not yet been developed. Student learning
outcomes have been developed for CISA 305 and CISA 340.
The department has developed a tutoring evaluation form and it is
distributed to CIS students each semester to provide feedback
regarding the quality of tutoring they receive in the open lab.
Tutors are trained to assist without writing code for students who
come into the lab for help.
The department has been able to move Instructional Assistants
into classrooms where they are needed, rather than having most of
them in the open lab. Student tutors have been used in the open
lab.
Some certificates and degrees that did not have Business
Communications listed have been modified to include this course
as an option for the writing course. In addition, curriculum has
been modified for many application courses to include Business
Tech 100 or Business Tech 300 (keyboarding) as a prerequisite or
an advisory course.
PT1; PT2
Progress has been made, and the E-portfolio class will be taught
for the first time in Fall 2005.
PT1; PT2
The campus IT department upgraded 2 servers, and the Business
Division purchased a third this year.
Computer Information Science Department / Accomplishments 2004 – 2005
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Goal 2: Computer Information Science faculty will maintain currency in technology related to their areas of specialization and
in effective instructional philosophies and methods that enhance retention and success in all classes.
Conduct in-services for Computer
PT5
CIS department faculty held in-services for SCC faculty in other areas
Information Science faculty to learn
to prepare them to use the new course management software and to
about institutional processes that
teach on-line courses using Blackboard. The SCC Budget Committee
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effect the department (e.g. budget,
had an allocation of $38,000 to distribute to units requesting budget
curriculum).
augmentations. The normal process was changed for this year and
next year, and each area received $1065.
PT1; PT2;
The funds to do this will be limited to $300 per faculty per year. In the
Formally assess training needs and
PT4; PT5
area of computer science, with the types of new subject areas we need
prioritize training goals.
to prepare to teach, this amount will not cover any courses. We need
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to send our faculty to training that costs $2000-$3000 per course.
Budget constraints may keep us from doing this in the next two years.
PT2; PT5
The department has worked hard to develop better communication
Continue to improve communication
within the department and from the department to the rest of the
among faculty (full-time and partcommunity. Faculty meetings were held twice each month to facilitate
time), in reference to available
this process. Faculty from CIS worked with counseling to develop
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resources on campus.
"pathways" that students can follow to complete a degree or certificate.
That process is complete for the upcoming school year and the
handouts are being given to students to plan their courses at SCC.
Improve the use of Microsoft
PT5
Outlook to facilitate communication
Some faculty put their schedules into Outlook and some don't so this is
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and scheduling within the Computer
only partly helpful.
Information Science Department.
Research, develop and implement a
PT4; PT5
No new adjuncts were hired. The six adjunct faculties who taught for
process for mentoring adjuncts when
the CIS department this year have all had many semesters of
enrollment necessitates the use of
experience teaching at SCC. In the Web area, the faculty who teach
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adjuncts.
Web classes are mentoring the adjunct faculty because of all the
changes involved in the curriculum.
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Computer Information Science Department / Accomplishments 2004 – 2005
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Participate on screening and
interview committees for adjunct
faculty as needed to teach at
outreach centers and on campus
during day, evening, and weekend.
Research, develop, and present
proposals to increase 9-months
designation of current instructional
microcomputer technician to 12months.
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Continue to propose alternative
scheduling strategies to include a
reduced number of preps and time
for professional development.
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In response to offers made by
business and industry
representatives, establish
relationships with industry to
develop new courses and to prepare
faculty to teach them, including
more short-term and special courses
as needed when the district has
growth money
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PT4
Year-End Status and Accomplishments
No adjuncts have been hired.
PT5
PT2; PT4;
PT5
The district continues to investigate potential changes to the calendar.
In the meantime, our enrollment problems will keep us from having
the funds to be able to change this designation from 9 months to 12
months. When our department course loads improve, we will look at
this issue again.
It is a challenge to schedule classes in labs when the students want to
come to campus (mostly morning and evening) and give each faculty
member a decent schedule with hours that work and only 3 preps. The
department chair, area team leaders and division dean have worked
hard to eliminate so many preps for faculty. Having on-line and
hybrid classes both complicates and simplifies the scheduling process.
CIS faculty, in general, have fewer preps than they used to have.
PT2; PT4;
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It has been difficult to establish relationships with business partners
who are eliminating jobs and cutting back their own businesses. So,
we continue to seek new partners from industries where there is
growth.
Computer Information Science Department / Accomplishments 2004 – 2005
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Strengthen district-wide cooperation
of CIS departments when scheduling
CIS courses in order to facilitate
student enrollment at all LRCCD
campuses.
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PT1; PT2
Year-End Status and Accomplishments
The new scheduling process includes a CIS meeting with division
deans and department chairs from ARC, CRC, FLC and SCC to
discuss the schedule and cooperate to share courses that are
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traditionally under enrolled. Each college helps others to fill classes
with at least a minimum number of students to be profitable to offer
the course.
Goal 3: The Computer Information Science Department will effectively utilize the facilities available to the Business Division,
and will develop a strategic plan for the systematic upgrade of necessary technology on a regular basis. Computer Information
Science faculty will research and implement innovative strategies to provide instruction for advanced and specialized computer
skills for an increasing number of students.
Prepare and present budget
PT1; PT3;
The CIS department prepared and presented budget proposals to both
proposals to adequately fund
PT4
the IT Committee and the Budget Committee. Unfortunately, very
instructional programs, hardware /
limited funds were available to allocate to campus units in 2005-2006.
software / network upgrades,
Without VTEA funds we would not be able to operate our current
renewal of site licenses, professional
programs.
development training, instructional
and laboratory supplies, and tutorial
At SCC we teach the students who are often the most economically
assistance.
disadvantaged of the Los Rios District. We should be providing
them with the best equipment that the district can provide.
Instead, we give them the worst that the district has to offer. At
CRC, the CIS Department (with less than 50% of the number of
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students we serve in the CIS department) was allocated $125,000
to spend on needed hardware / software / training. At ARC the
CSIT (with 20% more students served in Computer Science/
Information Technology than SCC has) traditionally gets $150,000
in a bad year to $250,000 in a good year to spend on needed
hardware / software / training. The SCC Business Division (the
dept of CIS is about half of the business division) got
approximately $100,000 to spend for all the departments in the
division. We could barely afford to purchase a lab full of
computers for next year. Those computers will be arriving with
no monitors because we could not afford to purchase them.
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We should all be ashamed of what has continued to happen at
SCC year after year.
There were no real funds for professional development training
and barely enough funds for software upgrades and site licenses. This
means that faculty who should be learning new things to stay on top of
the latest technology in computer science are either finding their own
time and money to remain current, or are falling behind the learning
curve. This is not a healthy situation for the department, and each year
that this continues our faculties get farther and farther behind.
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Faculty and staff computers will not be replaced with VTEA dollars.
Those funds are being spent on computers for students. That means
we now have 9 faculty and 2 staff members with computers that are 5
to 6 years old. Some faculty members can not run the software that
they are teaching on their office computers. To be able to offer new
programs requires that our faculty and staff be able to run those
programs and prepare. The campus IT committee is spending their
few precious dollars on upgrading those campus computers that are so
out of date that they are a security problem for the entire campus.
They can't afford to spend dollars to keep the high technology
departments (who should be on the leading edge of technology)
outfitted with the computers that allow them to keep current. The way
the campus is currently funding computers, the high tech faculty
users will never have their computers replaced until the building is
remodeled (in 2013) or they become so obsolete that they are
totally useless to the department.
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Many chairs and desks in the CIS department appear to be left from
when SCC was a high school. Adults find it very hard to fit into them.
Some computer lab chairs were dropping students onto the floor and
had to be replaced. As a result, we must spend precious budget dollars
to purchase chairs for our students. In addition, we are competing
against the private technology schools for students. The advantages at
those private schools are that they have the very latest in equipment;
their instructors can keep current with their own personal training and
they have a student placement service. The district needs to
implement a placement service for all high tech areas.
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Private technical schools charge high fees that enable them to afford
the type of equipment and software all our students deserve. The SCC
CIS department feels that it is time for the district to charge lab fees,
tech fees or some kind of fees to help pay for the equipment that is
needed to provide a quality program. In addition, the district should
provide the funding for faculty to remain current in their field.
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In 2013, Implement facilities
proposals to remodel existing
classroom and laboratory space to
accommodate increased dedicated
computerized classrooms /
laboratories
Research new, emerging
technologies that impact the
department, and develop a strategic
plan for integrating new
technologies into instructional
programs.
PT3; PT4;
PT5
PT1; PT2
This will occur in 2013 even if it is needed before then.
It is hard to consider emerging technologies when we barely have the
budget to teach what we are teaching now. Our faculty do amazing
work with almost no resources. One faculty member will be teaching
a networking wireless class this summer using the wireless network
equipment purchased by another faculty member for their own home
use.
Computer Information Science Department / Accomplishments 2004 – 2005
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Improve facilities and instructor skill levels in
order to offer better quality distance education
classes, utilizing online and ITV technologies.
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PT3; PT4
Year-End Status and Accomplishments
We now have made all but three small classrooms
multimedia. We upgraded one computer lab with
new PCs and flat panel monitors with funds from the
prior budget year. We had planned to upgrade 11
faculty / staff computers but can't use VTEA dollars
to do so and have no other funds available to make
this happen. More and more of our faculty are
teaching a larger percentage of their courses on-line
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or hybrid. It takes a lot more time to prepare for and
manage an on-line course, so we are spending more
and more time on our computers making this happen.
It is a big problem to let a third year go by and not
upgrade these computers again. The campus and our
own faculty teach some of the sessions to help others
learn how to create an on-line course.
Goal 4: The Computer Information Science faculty will continue to participate in campus-wide and district-wide activities
such as committees, workgroups, and evaluation panels, and in professional organizations and community-based programs
that maintain contact with industry professionals and potential students.
Participate in district-wide advisory committee
PT1; PT2;
The Los Rios District conducted 2 Convergence
meetings with industry professionals, employers, PT5
conferences this academic year that were attended by
and educational partners to increase knowledge
faculty from SCC. The first Convergence focused on
needed for validation of curricular offerings.
information technology linked to healthcare and the
second was the small business connection to the
economy and schools in the area. In addition, we had
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a district wide on-line advisory committee meeting
that was not very well attended. Our faculty in
networking, security, Web publishing and Web
programming keep in contact with industry partners
to stay connected with what is happening in the field.
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Survey employers in private and public agencies
concerning requisite skill levels for employees.
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PT1; PT2
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Plan and conduct articulation meetings on
programs and offerings with industry partners,
transfer institutions, personnel agencies, and
employers.
PT1; PT5
Continue regular contact with articulation office,
high schools, 4-year colleges, and other
educational programs to coordinate curricular
offerings.
PT1; PT2
Continue active participation on campus
committees and projects, and in educational,
professional and community organizations to
assist achieving instructional goals and
objectives.
PT2; PT4;
PT5
Implement recommendations that may result
from the Accreditation process.
PT5
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Our on-line advisory committee meeting asked
employers about skill levels and required
certifications. Local employers have been surveyed
regarding the word processing software that is their
standard. In addition, the entire district-wide
computer science team is looking for ways to make
the International Computer Driver's License part of
the Community College program for all students in
Los Rios.
Our faculty met with faculty from CSU Sacramento,
CSU Chico, and as part of the IMPAC articulation
process to determine how to articulate courses from
SCC to other 4 year Universities. We worked with
the campus articulation officer to connect SCC
programs to the schools that most of our students
attend when they transfer.
Faculty attended IMPAC meetings with CIS and CS
for Northern California. We sent faculty to open
house at CSU Chico where they heard about changes
to their programs. We continue to be active in this
area and to work with our articulation officer at SCC.
Faculty in CIS are on the following committees:
Information Technology (tri-chair), Budget, Honors
and Awards, Matriculation, Safety, Academic Senate,
Curriculum (including the sub committee on Distance
Education), Ed Technology District Wide
Committee, Focus Groups on Distance Ed, IMPAC,
WOW, BITREC, ACM/IEEE, and Mensa.
Student learning outcomes are in the process of being
defined for our courses. CISA 305 and CISA 340
have been completed.
Computer Information Science Department / Accomplishments 2004 – 2005
Other Accomplishments:
All faculty
 Participated in CIS department review of curriculum as part of Program Review
 Wrote or revised curriculum
 Revised curriculum to make courses ready for Distance Education
 Prepared to teach 54 online courses, 31 Hybrid courses and 97 face to face.
Campus Committees
 Academic Senate
o Focus group on Final Exam Policy and Schedule
 Curriculum
o Distance Education subcommittee
o Attended North-Far North workshop on Student Learning Outcomes
o SOCRATES training team
 Education Initiative
o Student Central focus group
 Title III Grant Proposal Team member
Stephanie Low
 Developed and conducted workshops for UC Davis Staff Development & Professional Services
 Writing for the Web, February 2005
 Dreamweaver MX: Cascading Style Sheets, February-June 2005
 HTML: Cascading Style Sheets, February-March 2005
Mary Quackenbus and Amy Zannakis
 created the C++ Programming Guide for CISP 301
Faculty Attended the following events/ conferences
 Convergence II, Convergence IV
 WomenTech Preparing Women for High Skill, High Wage Careers Conference
 NFNRC meeting in Spring 2005 – Sacramento
 California Special Populations Presentation in Spring 2005
 Academic Senate Curriculum Institute
 JSPAC conference in Feb 2005
 CCCAOE Conference in Spring 2005
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IMPAC conference in San Francisco
Open House Day at CSU Chico
ISSA Security Assurance Conference
CISCO Certified Instructor Academy Update
Working Connections Security Conference/Workshop
CISCO Academy Instructor Security Workshop
Student Learning Outcome Workshop (September 2004)
Student Learning Outcome Advisory Committee (September 2004 to present)
Student Learning Outcomes Workup, CISA 306 and CISA 340 (September 2004 to present)
CIS Open House (October 2004)
Distance Education Forum (November 2004)
TaskStream Workshop (November 2004)
Curriculum Institute (January 2005)
Blackboard Workshop Fall 2004
Los Rios Curriculum Institute, Spring 2005
Review teams for many full-time faculty members and part time faculty
Career Path Volunteer, Spring 2005
Open House Volunteer, Spring 2005
Honors Club Health Fair, Spring 2005
Transfer Night, Spring 2005
Leonardo da Vinci School (classroom parent volunteer) 2004/05
St. Anthony Parish (asst. teacher religious education) 2004/05
Mensa Sacramento Webmaster
Accreditation Visit to Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles (February 2005)
Applications/Core Curriculum Review, CIS Program Review (March-April 2005)
Lauri Smedley completed a certificate program in Online Teaching through the UCLA Extension and is working on a College
Counseling certificate program through the UCLA Extension.
The department chair went to two high school career days (Rosemont HS and Hiram Johnson West HS) to recruit students into
computer science careers.
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Long Range Plan
Identify Sufficient Funding for CIS Program
needs - including hardware, software, training,
furniture- i.e.: grants
Replace 11 faculty /staff computers and 16
monitors
Replace 5 faculty computers and monitors
each year after this year
Replace 80 computers and monitors
Replace 80 computers and monitors
Replace 80 computers and monitors
Purchase needed software upgrades
Replace 1 server each year
Fund Oracle License, CISCO Academy fee,
MS Alliance Fee
Fund training course(s) for instructors as
requested
Fund workshop(s) or conferences for
instructors as requested
Identify industry partners who will take
faculty as externs and provide internships for
our graduating students
Identify grants and funds to pay for the
International Computer Drivers License as a
graduation requirement for all graduates in the
Los Rios District
Replace old chairs and desks as needed in all
classrooms in the Business Division area
Build a state of the art network / repair lab to
share with CIS and Electronic Technology
Build a state of the art multimedia lab at SCC
for CIS, Graphic Communication,
Photography, Music, etc
Help students be successful in our courses so
that more graduate with our degrees and
certificates or transfer into Computer Science
programs in 4 year universities.
Develop a comprehensive marketing plan in
conjunction with Los Rios District to recruit
students from underrepresented groups into
CIS.
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Identify funding source to pay minimum
wages to students (who are on welfare) to be
in a study hall 8 hours a week. Encourage all
students to attend the study hall. Pay student
& faculty tutors to be there to assist in the
study hall.(grant money)
Replace CRTs with flat panel monitors in all
labs (B219, B151, B204, B205)
Work with the campus to replace old
computers in outreach centers (Downtown,
West Sac, Davis) as needed to accommodate
the current software that the department uses
on the main campus.
Identify funding sources to purchase
equipment for teaching emerging technologies
in security and networking
Replace 15 routers each year
Purchase 10 switches each year
Replace Servers every 4-5 years and server
hard drives every 2-3 years (or sooner if
needed).
Give release time to faculty to search for
possible grant money and write grants to help
fund the full CIS program.
Find community or industry mentors for CIS
majors
Complete Program review on time
Find CIS Dept Chair and make plans to have
the work of the department shared by all those
who are members of the department.
Work with LRCCD to develop a placement
and tracking system for our graduating
students.
Bring the ICDL (International Computer
Drivers' License) to SCC CIS Dept and make
it part of at least 2 degrees each year.
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Computer Information Science Department / Action Plan 2005 – 2006
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Other Plans
Goal 1: The CIS dept will offer degrees, certificates, and courses that prepare students for successful employment,
transfer to 4 year institutions, and personal development. All instructional programs will provide students with
experience using current hardware, software, programming languages and other computer technologies.
Continue to plan changes in curriculum and
schedules in coordination with American River
College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom
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Lake College, transfer institutions, and
industry.
Modify Database certificates, Security
Certificates and Web Certificates and all their
1b
degrees to be more in tune with needs of
industry.
Identify possible funding sources for CIS
program needs - including hardware, software,
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training, furniture- i.e.: grants. Write grants.
Develop assessment tools for course
challenges, placement tests, ICDL
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(International Computer Drivers License), and
student learning outcomes.
Continue to plan to upgrade servers, switches,
routers and hubs in the Business Building in
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connection with campus IT staff.
Continue to search for funds to upgrade faculty
/ staff computers and classroom / lab computers
1f
for CIS Dept.
Bring all CIS courses up to date during
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program review.
Work with ARC, CRC and FLC to bring the
ICDL (International Computer Drivers License)
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to Los Rios including funding and industry
interest
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Goal 2: Computer Information Science faculty will search for funding to enable them to maintain currency in
technology related to their areas of specialization and in effective instructional philosophies and methods that enhance
retention and success in all classes.
Formally assess training needs and prioritize
2a
training goals.
Identify potential costs of those training courses
2b
including release time for faculty.
Find grants or other income sources to pay for
2c
those training needs.
Provide release time to interested faculty to
work with district grant writers to prepare grant
2d
paperwork.
Continue to propose alternative scheduling
strategies to include a reduced number of preps
2e
and time for professional development.
Work to establish relationships with industry to
develop new courses and to prepare faculty to
teach them, including more short-term and
2f
special courses as needed when the district has
growth money
Faculty will focus on strategies for student
success including mentoring, tutoring, study
2g
halls, and other methods.
Assist all faculty in CIS Dept to improve their
2h
teaching skills and student success.
Work with the LRCCD to implement a student
placement service that includes portfolios and a
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tracking system to determine where our
students go when they leave SCC or Los Rios.
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Goal 3: The Computer Information Science Department will develop a strategic plan for the systematic upgrade of
necessary technology on a regular basis. Computer Information Science faculty will research and implement innovative
strategies to provide instruction for advanced and specialized computer skills for an increasing number of students:
Prepare and present budget proposals to
adequately fund instructional programs,
hardware / software / network upgrades,
3a
renewal of site licenses, professional
development training, instructional and
laboratory supplies, and tutorial assistance.
Search for grant money and provide release
time to interested department members to assist
3b
the district grant writer to prepare grant
paperwork.
Before 2013, work with facilities management
to remodel existing classroom and laboratory
3c
space to accommodate increased dedicated
computerized classrooms / laboratories
Goal 4: The Computer Information Science faculty will continue to participate in campus-wide and district-wide
activities such as committees, workgroups, and evaluation panels, and in professional organizations and communitybased programs that maintain contact with industry professionals and potential students.
Participate in district-wide advisory committee
meetings with industry professionals,
employers, and educational partners to increase
4a
knowledge needed for validation of curricular
offerings.
Plan and conduct articulation meetings on
programs, ICDL and offerings with industry
4b
partners, transfer institutions, personnel
agencies, and employers.
#
Action Item
#
4c
4d
4e
4f
4g
4h
Action Item
Continue regular contact with articulation
office, high schools, 4-year colleges, and other
educational programs to coordinate curricular
offerings.
Continue active participation on campus
committees and projects, and in educational,
professional and community organizations to
assist achieving instructional goals and
objectives.
Continue to implement student learning
outcomes
Complete Program Review
Market CIS programs to students from feeder
schools and to the community.
Develop a plan to share the work of the
department with all faculty in the department.
This will include more participation by many
department members and will (fairly) even the
workload for everyone in the department.
Linkage to
Other Plans
Year-End Status and Accomplishments
Rank
Budget 2006-2007
Qty
Description
1
1 CISCO Academy Fee
2
1 Oracle Licenses
Macromedia Dreamweaver
44 (B109-32 + B151-10 + 2
instr)
3
MS Alliance software
4
1 renewal
5
6
7
8
9
10
50 Adobe Upgrade
Maintenance Contract
11 Faculty Computers
Software upgrades/purchase
32 Monitors(B219)
computers &
48 Monitors(B151)
16 17 inch Faculty Monitors
11
12
13
14
15
12
12
32
32
32
16
32
Staff Dev - conference /
workshop
Staff Dev - training courses
serial drive caddies
removable hard drives
Replace 1 lab of chairs
parallel to serial drive
adaptors
Total
Grand Total
Unit Cost
$2,500.00
$500.00
Operating
Budget
Increase
Instruction
Supplies
$2,500.00
$500.00
$99.83
$4,392.54
$500.00
$500.00
$67.90
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
$254.00
$3,395.20
$3,000.00
$8,128.00
$48,000.00
$4,064.00
$4,200.00
$36,000.00
$1,120.00
$2,720.00
$3,200.00
$50.00
$43,200.00
$134,319.74
Furniture
$11,000.00
$1,000.00
$254.00
$350.00
$3,000.00
$35.00
$85.00
$100.00
Computers
/ Servers/
drives
$1,600.00
$11,287.74 $76,632.00 $3,200.00
Budget Narrative 2006-2007
Computer Information Science Department
Line
#
1
Description
CISCO Academy Fee
Total
Amount
$2,500.00
2
1
2
Oracle Licenses
3
Priority
Rank
$500.00
3
Macromedia Dreamweaver
(B109-32 + B151-10 + 2
instructors)
$4,392.54
4
4
MS Alliance software renewal
plus
$870.00
5
5
Adobe Upgrade Maintenance
Contract
$3,395.20
6
6
Faculty Computers
$11,000.00
Justification
There is a required annual fee to CISCO to be part of
their academy and teach CISCO courses.
This is the annual fee to license Oracle on our site.
Oracle is taught in database classes and also used as a
tool in other classes.
Dreamweaver software is the industry standard tool to
create Web pages. Currently, SCC CIS does not own
Dreamweaver and can not teach students how to create
Web pages with it as the tool. As a result, we do not
teach students using a tool, even though the other
campuses in LosRios teach using a tool. This will
license 44 copies to use (32 in the classroom, 2
instructor, 10 - B151 lab)
This software license will allow us to distribute copies
of Windows XP upgrade, MS Visual Studio, Visio and
other MS software to students in our courses who need
the software for that course. These copies will be
created on CD to be checked out to students (in the
library) in selected courses. Our students could save
hundreds of dollars.
The Adobe Creative Suite license expires in June 2005.
In order to receive free upgrades, we must renew our
license. Without this renewal, we will have to pay
much more to keep current copies of the Adobe
Software that we use when we teach Web classes.
Nine faculty and 2 staff in CIS have computers older
than 5 years old. They all have expired warranties and
need to be replaced to allow these faculty to remain
current.
Budget Narrative 2006-2007
Computer Information Science Department
Line
#
Description
Total
Amount
7
Priority
Rank
7
Software upgrades/purchase
$3,000.00
8
8
Monitors(B219)
$8,128.00
9
9
Computers & Monitors(B151)
$48,000.00
10
10
17 inch Faculty Monitors
$4,064.00
11
11
Staff Development Conference/Workshop
$4,200.00
Justification
Each year we purchase some new software or upgrades
to existing software. These funds will allow us to
purchase a limited amount of software for the year.
The computer CRT monitors in B219 are old, out of
warranties and use too much power. New flat panel
monitors will save the campus money on power and
are not likely to fail in the next 3 years.
The department needs to upgrade a certain number of
computers each year to be able to install and run new
software as it becomes available. These computers in
the B151 lab are the oldest and slowest computers in
the department. The computer CRT monitors in B151
are old, out of warranties and use too much power.
New flat panel monitors will save the campus money
on power and are not likely to fail in the next 3 years.
The computer CRT monitors on faculty desks are old,
out of warranties and use too much power. New flat
panel monitors will save the campus money on power
and are not likely to fail in the next 3 years. 17 - 19
inch monitors will allow instructors who teach Web
page design to see the entire page as the student
designed it to be viewed.
The field of Computer Science is one of the fastest
changing fields anywhere. In order to keep up with the
latest technology, we must send our faculty to
conferences and workshops to hear what is going on in
industry. Then, we can be proactive in preparing to
teach new courses or new changes to existing courses.
Budget Narrative 2006-2007
Computer Information Science Department
Line
#
Description
Total
Amount
12
Priority
Rank
12
Staff Development - Training
Courses
$36,000.00
13
13
Serial Drive Caddies
$1,120.00
14
14
Removable Hard Drives
$2,720.00
15
15
Replace 1 lab of chairs
$3,200.00
Justification
The field of Computer Science is one of the fastest
changing fields anywhere. In order to keep up with the
latest technology, we must send our faculty to training
to remain current. We plan to fund training for each
faculty member who requests training.
The most recent purchase of computers gives us a lab
full of new machines that are typical of the new Intel
machines. These new PCs will have only serial
capabilities on the mother boards. Since our existing
removable hard drives and drive caddies are
compatible only with parallel interfaces, we must
either purchase new drive caddies and drives or
adaptors to convert from serial to parallel.
The most recent purchase of computers gives us a lab
full of new machines that are typical of the new Intel
machines. These new PCs will have only serial
capabilities on the mother boards. Since our existing
removable hard drives and drive caddies are
compatible only with parallel interfaces, we must
either purchase new drive caddies and drives or
adaptors to convert from serial to parallel.
Many of our classrooms have chairs that appear to be
left from the days when SCC was a high school. When
adults attempt to sit in them, they don't fit. Those
chairs need to be replaced on a rotating basis until all
of them have been replaced. In addition, lab chairs
need to be replaced as they wear out.
Budget Narrative 2006-2007
Computer Information Science Department
Line
#
Description
Total
Amount
16
parallel to serial drive adaptors
$1,600.00
Priority
Rank
Justification
16
The most recent purchase of computers gives us a lab
full of new machines that are typical of the new Intel
machines. These new PCs will have only serial
capabilities on the mother boards. Since our existing
removable hard drives and drive caddies are
compatible only with parallel interfaces, we must
either purchase new drive caddies and drives or
adaptors to convert from serial to parallel. If item 13 is
funded, this money will not be needed.
Key Performance Indicators for Computer Information Science Department
Goal 1: The CIS dept will offer degrees, certificates, and courses that prepare students for successful
employment, transfer to 4 year institutions, and personal development. All instructional programs will provide
students with experience using current hardware, software, programming languages and other computer
technologies.
The CIS department currently offers degrees in the following areas: Computer Information Science Transfer Degree and
Certificates, three Database Certificates, Word Processing Technician Certificate, Information Processing Certificate,
Information Processing Specialist Certificate, Information Processing Degree, Management Information Science
Certificate and Degree, Microcomputer Technician Degree and Certificate, Information Systems Security Certificate
and Degree, Network Administration Certificate, Network Design Certificate, Advanced CISCO Networking
Certificate, PC Support Certificate, Programming Certificate, Software Applications Certificate, and Web Publishing
Certificate. New certificates or degrees will be offered in Web Programming, Network Design and Network
Administration for the first time this year.
The CIS Department purchased 32 new computers to replace the oldest computers in the department. A student survey
and student tracking system will be implemented in the upcoming year. Many more courses will be offered as hybrid or
distance education courses because our students have indicated that they like this format. We will continue to offer
face-to-face courses for those students who need the oral lectures and hands-on learning techniques to be successful.
Goal 2: Computer Information Science faculty will maintain currency in technology related to their areas of
specialization and in effective instructional philosophies and methods that enhance retention and success in all
classes.
The CIS department will continue to search for funding for faculty to take classes and attend seminars related to their
areas of instruction or to new areas for potential courses and upgrades to existing courses. CIS faculty will continue to
request release time to take courses (as needed).
Key Performance Indicators for Computer Information Science Department
Goal 3: The Computer Information Science Department will develop a strategic plan for the systematic upgrade
of necessary technology on a regular basis. Computer Information Science faculty will research and implement
innovative strategies to provide instruction for advanced and specialized computer skills for an increasing
number of students:
The CIS department will continue to support the use of the Business Division computer lab to provide drop-in tutoring
for at least 100 hours per week. The open lab will have more and more software available to students with tutors who
know how to use that software. New software to be added this semester includes the entire Adobe Creative Suite with
Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Acrobat CS, and new accounting software. We will research and
apply for available grant money to provide additional technology that the department feels should be offered. The CIS
department has placed a high priority on the purchase of 44 copies of Macromedia Dreamweaver to be installed in the
open lab and one classroom lab
Goal 4: The Computer Information Science faculty will continue to participate in campus-wide and district-wide
activities such as committees, workgroups, and evaluation panels, and in professional organizations and
community-based programs that maintain contact with industry professionals and potential students.
CIS Faculty will continue to:
 Serve as members of many campus committees including Information Technology, Budget and Curriculum.
 Serve on the district wide Educational Technology Committee and the distance education visioning team.
 Meet with the CIS colleagues from the entire Los Rios District at least twice a year with more frequent meetings
of areas groups.
 Hold meetings with our business and industry partners to hear their needs and then to incorporate them into
courses that will lead students to prepare for local employment.
 Attend statewide meetings and open houses at local universities to discuss articulation with 4-year universities.
 Participate in High School career days to encourage more students to come to SCC and to become students in the
CIS department.