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Priorities

• Board1. Student success2. Equity3. Concurrent enrollment

• Chancellor1. We are the system where equity gaps do not

exist2. Our colleges are student-ready and help

students achieve their educational goals3. We are the partner of choice

• Academic and Student Affairs1. Focus on Board and Chancellor priorities2. Support colleges and you3. Teaching Excellence

• People• Practice• Professional development• Policy

Statewide Transfer Articulation Agreements

(STAAs/DWDs)

Goals• Review existing STAA/DwD agreements for

effectiveness and course relevance to degree path.

• Provide recommendation (in partnership with both 2-year and 4-year partners) on course changes.

• Provide recommendations on how to make the document student friendly including modifications to the format, course progression, career path and other related student focused items.

TimelineFall 2019 Review

Spring 2020 Review

Fall 2020 Review

Spring 2021 Review

Round #1 Round #2 Round #3 Round #4

Biology Anthropology Art History Agricultural Business

Business Communication English Agricultural Education

Chemistry Criminal Justice French Animal Science

Computer Science Geography History Environmental Horticulture

Early Childhood Teacher Education Geology Math Equine Science

Economics Philosophy Music Fermentation Science

Elementary Education Political Science Spanish Horticultural Business

Management

Engineering Sociology Studio Art Soil/Crop Science

Physics Theater

Psychology (AA/BA)

Psychology (AS/BS)

Today

• Identify faculty to represent the discipline in STAA/DwD conversations at upcoming 2:4 meetings• Fall 2019 – round 1

• October 25, 2019• Spring 2020 – round 2

• April 2020

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Colorado OER Grants Round 1

• Investment of $550,000• $3.4 million projected savings to students • Projects reaching nearly 24,000 enrolled

students statewide

• CCCS received $163,000

Institution Proposal/Project Title Award Amount

ACC "Access to Open Educational Resources (OER) Fosters Equity and Student Success" $13,000.00

Aims "Aims Community College's OER Tactical Goal Initiative: Building F2S (Free-to-Student) Courses" $25,000.00

CCCOnline "Colorado’s Top 40: Curating OER Content for the Top 40 GT Pathway Courses" $25,408.00

CCD "Expanding OER to Make Learning Affordable" $20,000.00

FRCC "Developing Open Educational Resources for English Composition Courses" $3,200.00

PCC "Pueblo Community College Open Educational Resources (OER) Project" $25,000.00

PPCC "Pikes Peak Community College OER Initiative" $40,000.00

RRCC "Red Rocks Community College OER Pathway" $30,000.00

NJC OER Conference Travel Funds $2,500.00

TSJC OER Conference Travel Funds $4,500.00

Colorado OER Grants Round 2

• 2019-2020: CDHE OER Grant RFP is open

• Applications for institutional or small group/individual are accepted though Nov. 1

• $1,000,000 available

Open Education Ambassadors

• 21 CCCS Open Education Ambassadors (May 2019)

• 2nd Open Education Ambassador training from Open Textbook Network on October 18 th at FRCC Larimer (space available)

Today

• Discuss in disciplines where OER is working now, as well as any opportunity to collaborate across colleges for the OER grant or other OER opportunities

Pre-Requisites

Summary of Changes (SP 9-71)

• No longer must have consistency in pre-reqs and co-reqs across all colleges.

• There must be consistency within a college.

• Courses must meet the minimum number of contact hours for a given course type as defined by CDHE.

Today and Back at Your Colleges

• Discuss in disciplines if there are any pre-reqs the discipline would like to recommend. Then each college can decide to adopt those recommendations.

• The focus of the conversations at the colleges should be on pre-req efficacy (are they working as intended) and how to eliminate those not working.

Questions or Comments?

landon.pirius@cccs.edu