Curriculum Review Planning Report - Laney College
Name of the Discipline:
ESL
Date of the Report:
Oct. 16, 2013
List Faculty Involved in Developing this Report:
Anne Agard
Please complete this evaluation before your presentation date with the curriculum committee. We ask that you
use the checklist on the reverse side to let us know where you are in your curriculum updating and your
departmental methods for analyzing and evaluating the contents of course and degree/certificate offerings. Let
us know what methods you use to maintain the integrity of academic standards and achieve consistency within
the instructional program?
You can use the excel spreadsheet on the Curriculum Committee website called Curriculum Update to fill out
this part of the checklist. You can paste the information into this form.
COURSES
1) List courses in the catalog and the date of the most recent course outline updates:
Course Number
Course Name
Date of Most Recent
Update
Paste excel table from Curriculum Update file here
ESL 050A
ESL 050B
ESL 052A
ESL 052B
ESL 211
ESL 214
ESL 215A
ESL 215B
ESL 216A
ESL 216B
ESL 217A
ESL 217B
ESL 218A
ESL 218B
ESL 218C
ESL 218D
ESL 219A
ESL 219B
ESL 222A
ESL 222B
ESL 223A
ESL 223B
ESL 224
ESL 232A
ESL 232B
Advanced Listening and Speaking
Oral Communication for Advanced ESL
Students
Advanced Reading and Writing
Advanced Reading and Writing
Reading for College Success in the Social
Sciences and Humanities
Technical Reading for Career Technical
Students
Intermediate Grammar
Intermediate Grammar
High Intermediate Grammar
High Intermediate Grammar
Advanced Grammar
Advanced Grammar
Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
Applied Grammar and Editing
Applied Grammar and Editing
Intermediate Reading and Writing
Intermediate Reading and Writing
High Intermediate Reading and Writing
High Intermediate Reading and Writing
Writing for Career Technical Students
Intermediate Listening and Speaking
Intermediate Listening and Speaking
Fall
2012
Fall
Fall
Fall
2012
2012
2012
Fall
2013
Spring
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Spring
Fall
Fall
2010
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2009
2009
2009
2009
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2010
2012
2012
ESL 233A
ESL 233B
ESL 256 A
High Intermediate Listening and
Speaking
High Intermediate Listening and
Speaking
Spelling and Phonics of American
English
Spelling and Phonics of American
English
ESL 256 B
ESL 256 C
ESL 266
ESL 267
ESL 275
ESL 283A
ESL 283B
ESL 284A
ESL 284B
ESL 285A
ESL 285B
Spelling and Phonics of American
English
ESL for Customer Service
ESL For Workplace Communication
Service
ESL for Wood Technology
High Beginning Listening and Speaking
High Beginning Listening and Speaking
High Beginning Grammar
High Beginning Grammar
High Beginning Reading and Writing
High Beginning Reading and Writing
Fall
2012
Fall
2012
Fall
1998
Fall
1998
Fall
Spring
1998
2006
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
2006
2008
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
DEGREES & CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
2) List degree and certificate programs offered:
Name
English as a Second Language:
Advanced Certificate of Proficiency
English as a Second Language: High
Intermediate Certificate of
Proficiency
English as a Second Language:
Intermediate Certificate of
Proficiency
English as a Second Language: High
Beginning Certificate of Proficiency
Degree
Certificate
Date of Most Recent Update
X
2012
X
2012
X
2012
pending
Pending tba
CURRICULUM REVIEW (COURSE VERIFICATION CHECKLIST)
Completed
Yes
Completed
1
2
yes
3
yes
No
To be
accomplished by
OK for all except
the three-course
256 sequence.
These required
updating and
possible catalog
changes. Target
date: Fall 2014
COURSE USE
Has the course been offered in the last two years? If not, consider
deactivating the course. Was the course reviewed by your CTE advisory
committee if CTE?
DESCRIPTION/CATALOG INFORMATION
Does the course description accurately describe the course?
COURSE ALIGNMENT
Does the course content align with course objectives? Do the course
objectives align with the overarching student learning outcomes?
All courses have
SLO’s and
assessment
methods except
for ESL 275. ESL
266 and 267 have
SLO’s recently
entered in
Taskstream but
not yet
approved.Target
date for
confirming and
establish SLO’s
where needed:
12-13
4
Course Verification Checklist
Please use CurricuNet to review all courses taught in your department and
any certificates/degrees offered.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Does the course/program have up-to-date student learning outcomes and
assessment methods. Have your results of assessment changed the way you
teach the course? Does your COR reflect that change?
yes
LECTURE/LAB CONTENT, METHODS
Are course content and teaching methods listed in the COR current,
appropriate and effective?
To what extent are writing skills and critical thinking reinforced?
6
yes
TEXTBOOK CURRENCY
Is the textbook current? (Transfer institutions require textbooks with a
publication date that is within the 5 years)
7
yes
8
yes
9
yes
5
10
Six high beginning
courses are not
COLLEGE LEVEL MATERIALS
For degree-applicable courses, are the reading materials college level?
REQUISITES
Have you completed the Content Review part of the outline? Have you
reviewed and revalidated the prerequisites, co-requisites, recommended
preparations? (Must be done at least every 6 years)
DISTANCE EDUCATION
Is there an online option for your courses? If so, is the distance education
addendum current and accurate?
STAND ALONE COURSES
Are any of your courses not degree applicable?
degree
applicable:
283A/B, 284A/B,
285A/B.
Within the next
year, these
numbers will be
changed to make
them so.
Target date: 1214
11
12
13
TRANSFER COURSES
Do transfer level courses meet CSU/UC standards?
(Contact Articulation Officer Laura Bollentino (lbollentino@peralta.edu) if
you have questions)
yes
Course numbers
will be changed so
that high
beginning courses
are applicable for
certificates.
Target date: 1214.
Yes, except for
the Grammar
sequence
(283A/B, 215A/B,
216A/B, 217A)
This courses
require noncatalog changes
to reflect what is
actually taught.
Target date: 1214.
DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Are the courses appropriate?
Are the units required appropriate?
Are the descriptions of degrees/certificates current?
SYLLABI
Do your syllabi align with the course outline? Did you attach a
syllabus for future reference?