Resource Allocation Proposal (RAP)

Resource Allocation Proposal (RAP) / 2016-17

RAP ID:

Proposal Title: New Light Operation Board, San Jacinto Campus Theater

Originator and Position: Payden Ackerman, Theater Department Chair

Area Dean: Carlos Tovares

Campus: San Jacinto Campus

Area Vice President: Dr. Rudolph Besikof

Budget Account Code: 11-122-0000-0-1007-0000-6495

*Total Amount Requested: 10,000

*Please complete all applicable portions of “Section VI - Projected Expense File” now to determine the “Total Amount Requested” above.

Please check:

One-Time Funding: ☒ / On- Going Funding: ☐ / Safety: ☒

1.) For what are you asking? 2.) Why is the request timely and important? 3.) Where was the need identified? Please answer these three questions in 250 words or less. See instructions for further explanation.

1.) For what are you asking? The Theater Department is requesting funds to purchase a new light board, which is a console that controls the various lighting instruments we use to illuminate the theater space. 2.) Why is the request timely and important? This request is timely and important for the following reasons: The current light board is over twenty years old and barely functions, severely limiting the kind of lighting instruments we can use in our performance spaces (our console uses a floppy disk to save programming data). In addition, students trained on the current light board are unprepared to work in the field, as technology has greatly surpassed its abilities. Finally, there is a safety issue with our current light board; due to its old age, it is susceptible to malfunction. It is possible that the light board may malfunction during a performance and leave the performers and audience members in the dark. This has happened during a performance in the past. This could be potentially hazardous, especially if it were to happen as the performers or audience were moving. 3.) Where was the need identified? This need was identified through personal knowledge and research, and with the advice of our new Performing Arts Tech III. Unfortunately, we are currently behind the times with respect to offering our students technical experience and preparing our transfer students for what they will encounter in the UC and CSU schools.

1.) Identify support from your 2014-15 Comprehensive Program Review (CPR) or 2015 – 16 Annual Program Assessment (APA) for this request (8 points). Link to Program Review

The need for this resource was identified in the Program Assessment of 2014-15 – the fill rates in our technical theater courses have been decreasing. There is a need to offer students training in contemporary industry standards of design and execution. In order to fulfill our pedagogical goal of providing a meaningful recognized Certificate in Technical Theater we need to be able to provide experience on the types of programs students will encounter in the workplace once they leave our institution.

2.) How will this request help improve student learning in the course and/or program (12 points)? Link to Learning Outcomes

This request will help improve student learning in relation to the following outcomes:

Institutional Learning Outcomes

Critical Thinking: The student will reason and think critically.

Aesthetic Awareness: The student will possess aesthetic awareness.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Develop an appreciation for theatre through critical analysis of the performing arts.

2. Develop an aesthetic awareness through theater.

3. Develop essential skills in the craft of theater.

THA 120 Stage Lighting Student Learning Outcomes

1. Judge the capacity of electrical wire gage and safe current flow.

2. Practice the hanging, circuiting, focusing and operation of theatrical lighting equipment.

3. Demonstrate safety practices concerning electrical hazards.

A new light operation board will allow for new avenues of instruction and student experience within the technical theater classes and within A.S./Certificate in Technical Theater. Students will reason and think critically about the needs of theater production, and the proper way to illuminate a performance space. Students will also practice aesthetic awareness at they learn to use lighting as an evocative design element. In addition to the above, students will develop essential skills in the craft of theater, as they receive hands on training with equipment used in the field.

1.) How is your request aligned to the strategic goals below? Check all (typically 2 – 6 goals total) that apply. Click here for the 2016-17 Prioritization Allocation Rubric (PAR) for points-weighting during scoring.

2014-17 Strategic Plan Goals

☒ 1. Reduce time to completion of student educational goals and increase degree, transfer and certificate completion.
☐ 2. Drive institutional decision-making using internal and external data to inform planning and prioritize resources.
☐ 3. Refine staffing plan and process
☐ 4. Improve fiscal responsibility that is sustainable for the long term
☐ 5. Identify sustainability strategies to improve efficiencies in processes district-wide
☐ 6. Expand and improve student involvement in campus life
☐ 7. Promote quality of institution through enhanced communication within the community (internal/external)
☐ 8. Enhance the overall campus life experience
☐ 9. In an effort to serve students build bridges between instructional services, student services and administrative services
☒ 10. Increase the College’s visibility, value and recognition in the service area

2.) Please describe the connections between the goals you checked and your proposal (200 words maximum):

With the introduction of new technical equipment, we can assume our technical theater classes would become more attractive to students, thus increasing enrollment. This would allow us to offer the lighting class more often, and reduce time to completion for technical theater students. Presently, the light board we are using to train students is no longer used in the professional field. In fact, local high schools such as Hemet High and West Valley are training students on light boards more advanced than ours. With new equipment in place, we can increase the College’s visibility, value and recognition as a relevant and viable training ground for technical theater artists in the service area.

Explain how your proposal is supported by the following plans: 2009-16 Educational Master Plan (4 points), Distance Education Plan (4 points), Technology Plan (4 points) and/or Facilities Master Plan (3 points). Link to Plans

This RAP is supported by the 2009-16 Educational Master Plan, and the Facilities Master Plan. The following is a supporting quote taken from the 2009-16 Educational Master Plan: “Fine and Performing Arts: In the art labs, theatre, and music building, equipment ranging from kilns to lighting instruments needs replacement, reaching a total of $116,000 in immediate near-term needs. (The longer picture is also one of need, especially in the theatre complex, where of $104,000 of moveable equipment, nearly $86,000 worth has already surpassed expected usable life.)” (67). Purchasing an up-to-date light board is essentially an investment for the future complex. From the Facilities Master Plan: “The Cultural Arts Center will place the resources of two smaller arts buildings into a single structure, providing cross pollination of education in the arts, and a destination building for public attendance of concerts and showings” (78). This plan is promising, but the students need new equipment immediately. We are training students on twenty year old technology. Until this new complex is built, we do our students a disservice – we can offset this by purchasing new equipment for the existing space.

1.) Describe your goal(s) for this project (10 points). How will this improve student learning or enhance institutional services? For a review of goals, see pp. 18 – 20 of a presentation via this link.

My goal is foster a thriving technical theater program on the San Jacinto Campus

2.) What are the measurable outcomes for this RAP (10 points)? That is, how will progress toward meeting your goal(s) be identified and/or measured? Click here for learning outcome reference materials.

In order to attain this goal, up-to-date equipment must be purchased. This will make our technical theater more attractive to students, relevant to the technical theater field, and competitive with other community colleges.

3.) Explain how your outcomes are tied to your CLOs/PLOs/AUOs/SLOs (10 points).

One of our Program Learning Outcomes for students is to develop essential skills in the craft of theater. By utilizing outdated equipment that is no longer used in the field or at 4 year schools, we cannot say we are meeting this outcome. As mentioned earlier, our light board saves programming to a floppy disk – some students have never even seen a floppy disk before! A student completing our technical theater program is underserved and unprepared to meet the needs of a lighting technician in the field, or at a 4 year school.

What are the steps that you will take or need to be taken to implement this proposal?

1.) Who is in charge of implementing the project (2 points)? Payden Ackerman, Theater Department Chair of SJC and Jeff George, Performing Arts Technician III

2.) What are the projected start and end dates (2 points)? Fall 2016 (Start and end date)

3.) What other departments will need to assist to assist with the acquisition/implementation of the project (2 points)?

None

4.) When will the outcomes be measured (2 points)? The 17-18 program review should indicate if there’s been a growth in fill rate for the technical theater classes after the installation of the new light board.

5.) How will you measure the desired outcomes (2 points)? The program review data should be indicative, but we can also survey students within the classes.

For the object codes and titles below, please indicate the monetary amounts requested.

Object Code 4XXX

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Object Code 5XXX

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Object Code 6495

New Equipment/Building or Site Improvements: ETC Ion Lighting Console. Amount requested: 10,000

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(S2) Subtotal from Non-Personnel Requests: 10,000

Total Proposed Budget (sum subtotals (S1) and (S2) above): 10,000

3. Secondary Effects (if this proposal is approved)

If a Classified/Administrative Personnel Prioritization Request is being submitted in tandem with this RAP, what additional space, if any, is needed to accommodate this position: Click here to enter text.

For equipment and technology requests, will additional space be needed to accommodate the requested equipment? If so, where is the proposed location? Click here to enter text.

Will requested equipment require maintenance agreements or support personnel? If so, what the projected costs? Click here to enter text.

Please list future year anticipated needs and estimated financial needs. NOTE: This section refers to any anticipated funding not addressed by this RAP but required in the future. This will not be automatically funded. A new RAP must be completed in the future.

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