Committee
Charge
The Curriculum Committee is charged to make recommendations
to the Executive Committee on issues related
to the development, review and implementation
of curriculum both at the college and state level.
By resolution, the committee is charged to have
members representing students, articulation officers,
librarians and noncredit faculty. Under the direction
of the President, the chair and/or members of
the committee provide technical assistance to
local college curriculum committees, academic
senates and the faculty in general.
Membership
2007-2008
Wheeler North, Aviation, San Diego Miramar College,
Chair
Karen Daar, Anthropology, East Los Angeles
College
Berta Cuaron, Vice President of Instruction,
Palomar College, CCCCIO Rep
Greg Granderson, Counseling, Santa Rosa Junior
College
Michelle Grimes-Hillman, Psychology, Mount San
Antonio College
Michael Heumann, English, Distance Education
Coordinator, Imperial Valley College
Karen Kunimura, Physical Education, Sacramento
City College
Pat Mosteller,; Older Adult Learning, San Diego
Continuing Education
Rose Nemet, Student Senate Representative, Diablo
Valley College
Goal 1: The
Academic Senate will increase and make more
visible our service to local senates
Outcomes: Increased visibility of the Academic Senate and local academic
senate to all faculty on the 109 California Community Colleges
Objectives:
1.1
Examine and improve services to member
senates
Res. No.
Status and
Priority
Provide technical assistance to local
senates and curriculum committees as needed.
Committee Charge
Ongoing
-Medium Assistance will be provided to local
senates and curriculum committees through
the Curriculum Institute, and email/phone
exchange.
Monitor curriculum website for updates
as needed.
Committee Charge
Ongoing - Medium The Committee will explore the need for
additions and updates such as those related
to the Title 5 Changes of 8/16/2007 and
will continue with prior efforts about
CMS (Curriculum Management Systems.)
Maintain regular and effective communications
with local curriculum committees, academic
senates, and faculty in general, including
local committee use of web sites for curriculum
review.
Committee Charge
Ongoing -High The Committee will maintain regular and
effective communications through the Curriculum
Institute, email/phone exchange, articles
in the Rostrum, and breakouts at Sessions.
Continue support for the
AA/AS applicability of mathematics courses
at or above the level of elementary algebra
and English courses no more than one level
below the level commonly known as English
1A.
F05 9.03
Ongoing – Medium
Note: ASCCC T-5 AA/AS Degree changes did
not effect course degree applicability.
The Committee and ASCCC Liaisons will work
with the SACC to ascertain authenticity and
impact of reporting variations.
Note: Part of the concern is that a degree
applicable course is disqualified from categorical
Basic Skills funding.
ASCCC Liaisons at SACC will be providing
significant input into the PCAH updates this
year, these issues should be reflected in
those updates.
1.2
Increase personal contacts with each
campus
1.3
Reach out to new faculty and new faculty
leaders
1.4
Affirm the importance
of strong local senates
Goal
2: Strengthen our Leadership in Academic
and Professional Matters on behalf of the
Faculty of California's Community Colleges
Outcomes: Increased external recognition
Objectives:
2.1
Serve faculty
who serve students
Res.
No.
Status and
Priority
Collect examples of alternative
courses at the levels of freshman composition
and intermediate algebra, including vocational
examples, and make them available as a resource
to local colleges.
S06 9.01
Ongoing - Low
Committee will explore if further surveying would produce tangible salient
results.
2.2
Generate
resources for local faculty
Continue to revise and
update the Curriculum Institute Binder.
Committee Charge
Ongoing - High
The committee will review and revise the 2007 binder.
Update papers that have
been affected by recent changes in regulations
and state practices, including but not limited
to, "Good Practices for the Implementation
of Prerequisites," “Components
of A Model Course Outline of Record,” and "Curriculum
Committee Review of Distance Learning Courses
and Sections."
S98 9.06
Ongoing – High – 2008
Spring Plenary
The Committee will undertake to further this
work pending the approval of the new version
of the PCAH.
Remove from the Program
and Course Approval Handbook the following
sentence: "It is not the intent of the
regulation that basic skills or ESL courses
generally be eligible to be so designated
for course repetition]" (page 36); and
also seek to amend the immediate subsequent
sentence in the handbook as follows: "In
basic skills and ESL courses, where further
skill needs to be developed, generally an
additional course level should be offered
wherever practicable."
F01 9.06
In Progress - Low
The Committee and ASCCC SACC Liaisons will
continue to monitor the revision to check
for these changes.
Develop a guide for local
senates and curriculum committees to use
when approving the offering of a course in
a reduced timeframe of less than half of
a term; and explore instituting a requirement
that local curriculum committees approve
the teaching of courses in reduced timeframes
in a manner similar to the requirement that
curriculum committees approve teaching courses
through technologically-mediated instruction.
F04 9.04
In Progress – Medium
This remains an important issue for the 2007-2008
Committee to consider. Given the need to
update several papers as per Title 5 changes
the Committee will attempt some production
work on this possibly for the 08/09 Committee
to implement Fall 08.
Work with the System Office
to review all policies, procedures, laws,
and legislation related to pre-requisites,
co-requisites, and advisories, including
the current validation process, prepare recommendations
for modifying the current validation process;
and review all recommendations, including
possible changes to Title 5, at the Spring
2007 Plenary Session and, if appropriate,
seek to implement desired changes.
S06 9.05
In Progress – Medium
The Committee will stay informed of the work
of the Task Force and provide assistance
as requested.
Recommend that local senates
research the practices used by their college
departments, the curriculum committee, the
program review committee, and other local
processes for awarding AP credit to be sure
that the process is driven by faculty, benefits
students, and is inclusive of all disciplines
faculty deem appropriate for the application
of AP credit; and review research on AP credit
policies and procedures conducted by local
senates and develop a best practices paper.
F06 4.02
In Progress – Low
The AP issues are under discussion at ICAS
(Intersegmental Committee of the Academic
Senates) and Ed Policies has a similar
resolution seeking statewide AP standards.
Once this discussion is completed, the
Committee will consider how best to address
the issues in this resolution.
Investigate a change to
Title 5 Regulations that would allow local
districts, on the recommendation of their
academic senates, to restrict students from
enrolling in general education or major preparation
courses until students establish competency
at a locally determined level in composition
and/or reading two or more levels below transfer,
and report at a future plenary session.
F06 4.04
Ongoing – Medium
The Committee and ASCCC SACC Liaisons will
monitor the progress of both projects to
see if further work is warranted.
Recommend that when a course
of three or more semester or equivalent quarter
units is to be offered in a time frame of
fewer than six weeks, the local curriculum
committee, as part of the curriculum approval
process, engage the discipline faculty in
a separate review of the course for the following:
academic integrity and rigor, the method
for meeting Carnegie units, the ability for
students to complete and for faculty to evaluate
assignments, including those done outside
of class, and the appropriateness of the
method of delivery, to determine whether
the course should be offered in a specific
shortened time frame.
F06 9.01
In Progress – High– 2008
Spring Plenary
This will be incorporated into the revision
of the COR paper; this can also be cited
as a good practice when the committee addresses
F04 9.04.
Work with local senates,
local curriculum committees, and chief instructional
officers (CIOs) to eliminate the use of the
term “transfer” in program titles
for the associate degree.
F06 9.02
Ongoing – Medium
The Committee and ASCCC SACC Liaisons will
monitor the revision of the PCAH for this
suggested change.
Investigate the issue of
coursework recency as it pertains to both
the granting of a degree and/or certificate
and to the application of any prerequisites
needed to enter required courses for a degree
and/or certificate; and provide best practices
information to local senates and curriculum
committees that would enable them to develop
mechanisms to ensure the current value of
the degrees and/or certificates they award
regardless of how long a student has taken
to earn the degree and/or certificate.
F06 9.10
In Progress – High
The Committee will continue this investigation
based upon the 06/07 Committee’s
discussions.
Encourage colleges to use
the assessment findings of other colleges,
with local modifications made as necessary;
and gather information on the processes,
procedures, and impact of using the assessment
findings of other colleges and report the
results of this research.
F06 18.03
In Progress – Low
Note: This will be an issue for consideration
by the Consultation Council Assessment
Task Force.
The Committee will monitor the work
of the Task Force to see if other work
needs to be done.
2.3
Confirm
our focus on students in our decision-making
Explore ways
to encourage colleges to establish faculty-taught
courses that instruct students in principles
of effective governance, and report on the
findings with recommendations relevant to
the establishment of academic courses to
be communicated to all local senates.
F00 9.02
Ongoing
-
Medium
The Committee will examine this with the
Student Senate for California Community Colleges
and determine recommendations for further
action.
2.4
Build relationships
with other groups
Goal
3: The Academic Senate will provide
leadership and professional development
opportunities to faculty and other constituent
groups
Outcomes: Increased number of informed faculty
Objectives:
3.1
Enhance
professional development opportunities
Res.
No.
Status and
Priority
Plan/execute
in conjunction with the Executive Committee
and ASCCC Office, the Curriculum Institute
for 2005.
Committee Charge
Ongoing
- High
The 2007-2008 Committee will plan for and
implement the 2008 Curriculum Institute.
Work with Chancellor's
Office to strengthen local curriculum committees'
knowledge and skills about approval processes,
regulations, etc.
Committee Charge
Ongoing
- High
The Committee will accomplish this objective through its ASCCC SACC Liaisons
and through the Curriculum Institute.
