SANTIAGO CANYON COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL MASTER PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA October 8, 2009 2:00pm – 3:30pm Room B-103 1. Departments Discuss Their Program Reviews History (2:00pm-2:15pm) Anthropology (2:15pm-2:30pm) 2. Continue Discussion of Accreditation Recommendations (see below) 3. Other Items Santiago Canyon College (SCC) is a diverse learning community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth. Our purpose is to foster a learning environment that helps students develop knowledge and understanding, critical thinking, sound decision making, cultural awareness, effective communication skills, and a commitment to local and global citizenship. Santiago Canyon College offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes university transfer, associate degree and certificate programs. In addition, we provide community services, career education, continuing education, high school diploma program, basic skills development, and a range of support services for full and part-time students, including those with family and career responsibilities. At SCC we encourage students to plan, implement, and evaluate their educational progress through meaningful reflections and interaction with both the college and community. From DRAFT 08-24-09 Accreditation Follow-Up Report Committee Operations Orientation meeting early in the academic year for new members and to review annually the committee charge for all members … EMP Committee’s charge, as described in the Collegial Governance Handbook: Update and annually distribute the Planning and Needs Assessment (PNA) packet to all areas of the college Collect [DPP] Plans and manage their integration into the EMP of the college Synthesize annual requests into a prioritized master list of current needs for personnel, equipment, facilities, and supplies in order to make recommendations to the College Council Administer the Program review process Coordinate with the Accreditation and Curriculum Committees Student Services program reviews are due December 2009, and those programs will be invited to meet subsequently with the EMP Committee Published EMP EMP Committee will ensure the next EMP includes facilities, technology, and personnel plans that are addressed consistently by the various programs of the college Initial planning for the next Educational Master Plan is scheduled to begin in Spring 2011 Program Review Fall 2009 semester: revisions to the Academic Program Review template will be recommended for approval to the Academic Senate: (1) the addition of an Executive Summary that can be disseminated to the College Council so that program review findings are more widely known in the collegial governance system (2) the addition of a section that would require programs to set measureable goals for the next three year period based on the findings of the current program review (3) the clarification of Part III (Resources) to specify technology and staff support as areas to be addressed, in the same way the current template has seven prompts concerning facilities and equipment The addition of these elements will allow the EMP Committee to follow-up with departments in discussions of program reviews so that the EMP Committee and, ultimately, the College Council are better informed about the needs of each of the College’s programs. DPP Departments will initiate the prioritization of needs into three categories Critical (“the entire program will fail or cease to function if the need is not met”) Necessary (“important aspects of the program will fail or be compromised, but the program will still function”) Enhancement and Improvement (“funding of the need will enhance, grow, or improve the program but is not essential to its basic functioning”) EMP Committee has prepared a document that contains existing measureable goals that programs can use as they develop goals for their annual DPPs EMP Committee revised the Departmental Planning Portfolio instructions during Summer 2009 to include specific prompts related to facilities, technology, and personnel EMP Committee has been working with the District Research Office to review and update the standardized data provided annually to departments and programs that is used as the basis for planning and decision making EMP Committee developed a template for the annual evaluation of Departmental Planning Portfolio (DPP) goals … piloted in Spring 2009 and will be a requirement for all programs beginning with the 2009-10 academic year … EMP Committee will share the results of these annual evaluations with the College Council so that they may be used appropriately in discussions of budgeting and planning. College Council Addition of a member of the EMP Committee to the College Council to facilitate better communication between the two bodies EMP Committee proposes the following for approval by the College Council and Academic Senate in Fall 2009: The Departmental Planning Portfolios (DPPs): Review and update annually Program Reviews: Complete every three years The Educational Master Plan: Revise every six years College Council will receive, beginning in Fall 2009, from the Educational Master Planning (EMP) Committee, the following: Prioritized master list of current needs for personnel, equipment (including technology), facilities, and supplies Annual evaluations of Departmental Planning Portfolio (DPP) goals An Executive Summary of each program review