Student-Centered Instruction and Services
Enhance Curriculum Processes to Expand Noncredit

This action plan has been developed in an effort to create conditions whereby the college can better partner with local employers in the rapid development and curricular iteration cycles that are required for effective modern workforce training. The rate of business and associated workforce needs far outpace the curricular development requirements of traditional academic courses. Because of that external reality, the college is interested in expediting the curriculum process for CTE courses in an effort to serve that local constituency and fill a gap in our existing service to the community at large. In addition, the college seeks to reach nontraditional students via the range of potential noncredit offerings.

Plan Lead: Sam Bliss

Plan Timeline

Winter 2024

Begin meetings with the Dean of CTE, the Curriculum Advisory Team, the Academic Senate and the Curriculum Committee to develop proposals that might expedite CTE curriculum review.

Status: Completed

Spring 2024

Pilot a process for the CTE Committee to confirm that new mirrored non-credit CDCP curriculum does, in fact, exactly mirror existing approved credit courses/programs in order to remove those courses/programs from the standard new-course/program process and expedite their entry in COCI (Chancellor's Office Curriculum Inventory System).


*The process with the CTE committee was piloted, but unsuccessful. The team has now switched gears to try to implement a variant of the process in Curriculum Committee (approved in meeting March 18, 2025)

Status: Completed

Fall 2024

  1. Hire and train an additional Academic Services Technician using CTE funding to expedite CTE curriculum and scheduling processes.
  2. Begin discussing processes for the CTE Committee to review entirely new CTE curriculum, and not just those that are mirrored non-credit CDCP.


*The process with the CTE committee was piloted, but unsuccessful. The team has now switched gears to try to implement a variant of the process in Curriculum Committee (approved in meeting March 18, 2025)

Status: Completed

Winter 2025

  1. Eliminate local rules restricting noncredit curriculum development.
  2. Discuss ways to integrate CTE curriculum work flows from the CTE Committee back to the Curriculum Committee.
  3. Formulate a plan for the Curriculum Committee scope and structure to handle increased noncredit volume.


*The process with the CTE committee was piloted, but unsuccessful. The team has now switched gears to try to implement a variant of the process in Curriculum Committee (approved in meeting March 18, 2025)

Status: Completed

Spring 2025

  1. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle.
  2. Recruit and orient expanded Curriculum Committee members, pending Academic Senate review.
  3. Evaluate the effectiveness of reallocating the new Academic Services Technician's work duties.
Status: In Progress

Fall 2025

  1. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle.
  2. Train new members of the Curriculum Committee.
Status: In Progress

Winter 2026

  1. Analyze the effectiveness of current processes and estimate volume of noncredit courses impacting the system.
  2. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle.
  3. First recent addenda will be in production with Scheduling and Communications offices and published during the quarter.
Status: In Progress

Spring 2026

  1. Enhance current process to accept new noncredit course proposals out of cycle.
  2. First addenda will be effective in Spring schedule, to include out of cycle curricula and their scheduled classes.
Status: In Progress

Fall 2026

  1. Report on first addenda process.
  2. Begin discussion of expanding the addenda process to include non-transferable, non-mirrored credit courses.
Status:

Winter 2027

  1. Evaluate addenda processes and course submission cycles.
  2. Identify and implement updates as needed.




Status:

Spring 2027

Maintain revised process for the CTE Committee to review entirely new CTE curriculum, and not just those that are mirrored non-credit CDCP.

Engage in ongoing evaluation and revision of that process, as necessary, on an annual basis.

Develop any necessary revisions after the first full cycle.

Finish developing a process for the CTE Committee to take over ongoing CTE 5-year revisions as well - implement that process in Fall 2027.

Status:

Fall 2027

Implement revised processes for the CTE Committee to review all new CTE courses/programs and CTE course/program revisions.

Status:
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