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Child Development Program Review June 2017 Modesto Junior College CTE Program Review June 2017 Contents Program Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Program Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Response and follow-up to previous program reviews ..................................................................................................................... 3 The Mission of Modesto Junior College ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Student Achievement and Completion .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 College Goal for Student Achievement .................................................................................................................................................... 8 Success ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Conferred Award Trends ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Student Learning Outcomes ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Student Learning and Outcomes Assessment .................................................................................................................................... 14 Curriculum and Course Offerings Analysis ................................................................................................................................................ 22 Curriculum Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Course Time, Location and Modality Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 23 Program Analysis .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Program Personnel ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Faculty Assignments ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Departmental Productivity Measurements .......................................................................................................................................... 26 Long Term Planning and Resource Needs ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Long Term Planning ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Resource Request and Action Plan .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Evaluation of Previous Resource Allocations....................................................................................................................................... 31 Career Technical Education Questions ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 How many students did you serve in the last two academic years? ......................................................................................... 32 What kinds of students are you serving? .............................................................................................................................................. 32 What percentage of your students are persisting? Consider within the program and within the college. ............. 32 Are students getting and keeping jobs? ............................................................................................................................................... 32 What percentage of students are attaining a living wage?........................................................................................................... 32 Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Program Review 2017 [Top] Page | 1 Program Overview Instructions Supplemental information, links to previous reviews, and dashboards can be accessed from the review, please ensure your pop-up blocker is turned off, or use Ctrl-Click to bypass it. Please review each question below, following the prompts and links given in the help text. Additional help, and a list of frequently asked questions is available on the Program Review Instructions page. Program Overview Please list program awards that are under this department according to the college catalog. Next to each program award listed; • Please denote if it should be included here, or should be listed elsewhere. • Answer yes or no, if the program has external regulations • Additional lines, if needed, may be added by typing the tab key while in the last cell • Any additional notes can be added in the box below the table [addl help] Program Awards Include in Review (yes/no) External Regulations (yes/no) Assoc Teacher Teacher Child Dev AS Early Ch AS-T Master Teacher Site Supv The Department has increased in all certificates and degrees from 2015/2016 to 2016/2017 with the exception of the Associate Teacher Certificate. Upon review of student applications and conversations with students, students were discouraged to identify a certificate as their goal because once they achieved their goal, their financial aid was affected negatively. They misinterpreted this as discouraging applying for the certificate within the bigger goal of an AS or AS-T. We are seeing an increase in AS and AS-T as our field is requiring higher levels of education for all newly- hired caregivers. Many of these students will go on to complete bachelor degrees to compete for the many positions in the community that require bachelor degrees. Program Review 2017 [Top] Page | 2 Response and follow-up to previous program reviews On the Curricunet website, please locate your department and the previous program review. After reviewing, please complete the following questions; Briefly describe the activities and accomplishments of the department since the last program review. The Department declined from five faculty members in 2014/15 to one tenured faculty, one 3-year faculty, and one first-year faculty for the year 2016/2017. • One faculty member took ten Student Interns to “Loose Parts” sponsored by California Community College Early Childhood Education (CCCECE), paid for through Child Development program funds. The faculty member is a member of the CCCECE. • One faculty member serves as the Curriculum Representative from the FCS division and attended a curriculum training day. • The faculty member who oversees the Child Development Training Consortium (CDTC) local contract attended the annual Coordinators meeting. • One faculty member attended the California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) forum, specific to leadership. • One faculty member is a member of the International Association of Nature Pedagogy. • One faculty member is a member of the local Association for the Education of Young Children. • Two faculty members attended the Great Teachers Retreat. • One faculty member attended Brave Spaces Dialogue training. • Two faculty members attended Children Learning with Nature Institute at UC Santa Cruz, a three-day institute. • One faculty member organized a one-day training for students, staff, faculty, and community members with Claire Warden, renowned Nature Kindergarten specialist from Scotland. The department wrote a grant from the Foundation to pay for students attendance fees. • One faculty member attended the Healthy Schools Act Health and Safety Prevention and Practices in Stockton, sponsored by Child Development Department Education through the California Department of Education. • Two faculty members serve as co-advisors for the Child Development Club, meeting weekly. • One faculty member prepared to be part of a Vocational Team sponsored by Rotary International. A four-person professional team comprised of a Speech Language Pathologist/Professor at University of the Pacific, Occupational Therapist serving children with autism and
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