2009/2010 HISTORY DEPARTMENT UNIT PLAN ~ September 2009
Each discipline will complete this form to update the unit plans developed in 2008. 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 2010-2011 budget year.
I. OVERVIEW**
Date Submitted: / October 12, 2009Discipline / HIST / Dean: / Maurice Jones
Department
Chair / Eddie Loretto
Mission/
History
Brief, one paragraph / College of Alameda's mission is to meet the educational needs of its community by providing comprehensive and flexible programs, which will enable students to transfer to four-year institutions, to earn degrees and certificates in selected academic and occupational fields, to prepare for positions in the workforce, to improve their basic learning skills, and to expand their general knowledge.
In fulfilling its mission, the college strives to provide its students with the support services necessary to assist them in realizing their educational and occupational goals. Access is open to all who can benefit from instruction at the collegiate level.
The college works in partnership with its community and with other educational institutions in assessing and meeting the unique needs of its diverse population. This mission is in accord with that of the Peralta Community College District and the State of California Ed code.
II. EVALUATION AND PLANNING
Please review the program review data and the CSEP review criteria and complete the following matrix.
Baseline Data
Fall2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / CODE / Comments
Quantitative Assessments
1. Enrollment (duplicated) / 298 / 313 / 372 / 463 / 557 / This history department has experience growth averaging over 20% the previous academic year. In fact between 2004 and 2008, the history department has grown 87%. In that same four year period, productivity has averaged 19.34.
2. Sections (master sections) / 9 / 8 / 9 / 11 / 13
3. FTEF / 1.80 / 1.60 / 2.00 / 2.20 / 2.80
4. FTES / 31.20 / 32.22 / 37.53 / 46.88 / 53.58
5. FTES/FTEF / 17.33 / 20.14 / 18.78 / 21.31 / 19.14
6. Program Cost
(Cost methodology is under development. Please complete the remaining items. This step to be completed later.)
Qualitative Assessment
Community and labor market relevancePresent evidence of community need based on Advisory Committee input, industry need data, McIntyre Environmental Scan, McKinsey Economic Report, etc. This applies primarily to career-technical (i.e., vocational programs). / NA
Licensure & Job Placement Rates (CTE specific)
Strategic Planning Goals**
Which of these college goals do you intend to fulfill and how? Goals in brackets [ PCCD ] are those of the district.
To improve student persistence, retention and completion rates to increase student success, particularly for educationally and economically at-risk students. [Advance Student Access, Success and Equity]
To continuously review, improve and develop curriculum in order to meet the changing needs of our students and community. [Build Programs of Distinction and Create a Culture of Innovation and collaboration]
The History Department began its online component for the same reason. Enrollment trends were indicating that potential students, given a choice, were opting to enter the job market rather than attend a community college. The ability to deliver courses that would not force a potential student to choose was crucial. The development of our online component is a successful reflection our developing curriculum that is suitable for today’s student.
College Strategic Plan Relevance**
Check all that applyq New program under development
X Program that is integral to the college’s overall strategy
X Program that is essential for transfer
X Program that serves a community niche.
q Programs where student enrollment or success has been demonstrably affected by extraordinary external factors, such as barriers due to housing, employment, childcare etc.
Other ______
Action Plan Steps to Address Integrated Planning & Budgeting Results**
Please describe your plan for curriculum, pedagogy/instructional, scheduling, and marketing strategies. Also, please reference any cross district collaboration with the same discipline at other Peralta colleges.
ACTION PLAN -- Include overall plans/goals and specific action steps.Background:
The goal of the history department is to grow the number of sections offered in traditional courses, hybrid and online courses and nontraditional short term/holiday sections. During the fall of 2006, the number of history course was 11. Fall 2008, the number of sections offered was 13, one section being a weekend course, 4 sections offered online, and one during the Winter Intersession. We also offered 7 sections during the summer session, 4 of which are online and hybrid, and 2 online courses during the Spring Intersession. That is a total of 9 sections during the Winter and Spring Intersession and Summer Session. Between the Fall to Fall semesters, the History department offers 34 total sections. For the Spring 2009, we are offering 12 sections of which 5 sections are online. In addition, two sections online will be offered during the Spring Intersession.
The trend of the history department is to be flexible in delivering sections. Our online offerings, coupled with our desire to offer short term courses during college breaks and holidays, affirms the departments commitment to increase the college’s FTES. This trend is most more clearly evident than in the overall growth of the department between 2004 and 2008. The department has grown 87% in this four year period.
One area the represents potential growth is our Latin American History courses. These courses (8A & 8B) have not been offered in 12 years and ready to be reintroduced.
Spring 2009, the department will offer a 48 course titled The History of 20th Century Protest Movements.
Goals:
· Add another 1.0 FT position to teach the flexible schedule the History Department offers. In addition, the History Department has partnered with the LRC to provide cutting edge learning communities and tutorial modalities in the discipline of History that addresses the needs of under prepared and at risk students in our discipline. In addition, this would also serve the needs of the LRC’s mission to broaden the scope of their services.
· Despite the successful growth of the department, cuts to educational funding will be been felt in the History Department. The elimination of Weekend College for spring 2010 and Spring Intersession have cut deep into the number of offering the department offers. A big goal would be to limit the losses the department will have to endure.
Full Time FTEF/ Total FTEF ratio
this is where you put your total Full time faculty/your total faculty (Full time and part time combined for a ratio)
If 3 full time FTEF and Total Full time, extra serv., and temp= 12
3/12 25% of the classes taught by full time faculty. / Full Time Faculty FTEF (A) / Extra service FTEF (B) / Temp FTEF
(C) /
Total FTEF
(A+B+C)12 / Ratio A/ (A+B+C)
3/12=25%
3 / 2 / 7
Narrative: are PT faculty available? Can FT faculty be reassigned to this program? Implications if not filled
Personnel / CD Enrl / Tot FTES / Contract FTEF / Ext Srv FTEF / Tmp FTEF / Total FTEF / Contract % / FTES/FTEF
538 / 53.58 / 1.0 / .6 / 1.2 / 2.8 / 35.7% / 19.34
Equipment/Material/Supply/ Classified/Student Assistant Needs:**
Please describe any needs in the above categories.
My Passport Essential WDME3200 - hard drive $124.99 x 4
1395902 (CDW) $499.96
Adobe Dreamweaver CS CDW #1153164 x 2 $823.98
Facilities Needs (Items that should be included in our Facilities master Plan) for Measure A funding:**Please describe any facilities needs.
Consistent access to smart classrooms.
Technology Needs **
Additional Planned Educational Activities**
Health/safety/legal issues:Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
2008/09**
Have you completed Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s) for all your courses? / YES___X___ / NO_____
If you answered no to the above question, then what percentage have you completed?
What are you assessing this year? Please attach your assessment results and action plan. List needed resources in Section III of Unit Plan. /
______course outcomes
______program outcomes (please provide the program definition you used for your #s)
___X__ institutional learning outcomes
III. Resources***
Budget Categories / Allocated08/09 / Expended 08/09 / Requested 09/10 / Comments
Fund 1 / Na / Na / na
Fund 14 / 0 / 0 / 0
Fund 17 / $634 / $273.23 / $413 / $413 is the Maintenance of Effort for2009-2010
Measure A / 0 / 0 / 0
VTEA / Na / Na / na
Other
Other
Total / $634 / $273.23 / $413.00
Additional Revenue (grants, fee-based, and donations etc) / Awarded/Generated
08/09 / %Expended
08/09 / Comments
Personnel Needs BASED ON FALL 2008
Faculty Diversity
EthnicityGender / # of Contract / # of Adjunct / Total
Asian
African American
Filipino
Hispanic/Latino / 1 / 2 / 3
Native American
Other / 1 / 1
White / 1 / 1
Unknown
Male / 1 / 1 / 2
Female / 3 / 3
Unknown
TOTAL
IV. STUDENT EQUITY AND Academic Performance Measures
Table X: Student Access
STUDENT EQUITY
Discipline / Discipline / Discipline / College / College / CollegeEQUITY /GENDER / FA2006 / FA2007 / FA2008 / FA2006 / FA2007 / FA2008
Asian/PI / 39% / 36% / 37% / 36% / 35% / 31%
African American / 24% / 22% / 21% / 24% / 24% / 22%
Filipino / 5% / 4% / 4% / 5% / 4% / 4%
Hispanic/Latino / 10% / 11% / 10% / 13% / 14% / 12%
Native American / 0% / 1% / 1% / 1% / 1% / 1%
Other / 2% / 4% / 3% / 2% / 2% / 2%
White / 15% / 15% / 18% / 16% / 15% / 13%
Unknown / 6% / 7% / 7% / 3% / 5% / 15%
Male / 45% / 42% / 43% / 43% / 43% / 42%
Female / 53% / 57% / 55% / 56% / 56% / 54%
Unknown / 2% / 0% / 2% / 1% / 1% / 4%
Total / 400 / 491 / 544 / 5657 / 5952 / 6614
Analysis
1. Does access need to be increased?
2. If so, how will you do this?
STUDENT SUCCESS AND WITHDRAWAL
ETHNICITY/GENDER / FALL06 / FALL06 / FALL07 / FALL07 / FALL08 / FALL08%S / %W / %S / %W / %S / %W
Asian / 57% / 22% / 67% / 19% / 69% / 13%
African American / 41% / 44% / 39% / 39% / 45% / 21%
Filipino
Pacific Islander / 75% / 25% / 100% / 0% / 0% / 100%
Hispanic/Latino / 58% / 26% / 60% / 31% / 53% / 16%
Native American / 100% / 0% / 33% / 33% / 0% / 50%
Other
White / 61% / 33% / 61% / 34% / 60% / 19%
Unknown / 60% / 25% / 66% / 24% / 60% / 17%
Male / 54% / 27% / 61% / 23% / 57% / 19%
Female / 56% / 30% / 59% / 31% / 61% / 15%
Unknown / 60% / 40% / 50% / 0% / 42% / 25%
Overall Rate / 55% / 29% / 60% / 27% / 59% / 17%
Base Number / 405 / 491 / 538
College Rates / 65% / 23% / 64% / 22% / 65% / 18%
…
Analysis
1. If your disciplines successful course completion rate (SCCR) is beneath the colleges rate, then why?
Purely speculative, but one complaint heard often is the amount of work required for successful completion. In each course taught is a desire to address the need for students to display proficient college level writing. This requires a significant number of writing assignments. The same applies for the online component. Many assignments each week are assigned that develops student’s writing skills as well as their research skills.2. If your SCCR is below the college rate, then what are you doing to increase it?
The goal is to develop writing skills needed for four-year college and universities.3. If your SCCR is above the college’s rate do you have any best practices to share?
DEGREES & CERTIFICATES
AREA / DEGREE-CERT / 2006-2007 / 2007-2008Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies / Associate Degrees / 1 / 0
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services / Associate Degrees / 6 / 2
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services / Certificates / 6 / 6
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics / Associate Degrees / 4 / 2
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics / Certificates / 0 / 1
Work and Family Studies / Associate Degrees / 4 / 3
Work and Family Studies / Certificates / 9 / 11
Legal Studies, General / Certificates / 4 / 0
English Language and Literature/Letters / Associate Degrees / 0 / 1
History / Associate Degrees / 0 / 1
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Humanities / Associate Degrees / 99 / 84
Mathematics and Statistics / Associate Degrees / 6 / 3
Psychology / Associate Degrees / 17 / 13
Human Services, General / Associate Degrees / 1 / 2
Human Services, General / Certificates / 0 / 1
Social Sciences / Associate Degrees / 70 / 48
Mechanics and Repairers, General / Associate Degrees / 18 / 8
Mechanics and Repairers, General / Certificates / 49 / 24
Visual and Performing Arts / Associate Degrees / 1 / 0
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General / Associate Degrees / 4 / 4
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General / Certificates / 18 / 7
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services / Associate Degrees / 47 / 34
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services / Certificates / 15 / 19
Biological and Biomedical Sciences / Associate Degrees / 0 / 1
GRAND TOTALS / 379 / 275
Analysis
What efforts are you taking to ensure students with an educational goal of degree or certificate attainment from your program are achieving their goal? (If your program does not award degrees or certificates then, please skip this question).Continue to offer courses that offer flexible of scheduling for students. In addition, continue to offer courses that develop skills necessary for success at four year institutions.
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