CURRICULUM UPDATES AND

HOT TOPICS

ASCCC 2012 Spring Curriculum Regionals

May 5—Woodland CollegeMay 12—Long Beach City College

Transfer Degree Progress

347 local degrees approved as of April 24 Pasadena leads with 10 approved degrees All CCCs compliant (minimum two approved degrees) as of

May 2

18 TMCs finalized and active; seven more in preparation (chemistry, journalism, geography, computer science, anthropology, Spanish, philosophy), two more in queue (TV/radio/film, social work)

CSU participation: 9 TMCs accepted as similar by 18 or more CSUs, 14 accepted by 16 or more, numbers growing regularly

Repetition Guidelines

New Title 5 regulations on repetition active in summer

Three total attempts, including Ws, to pass a class

Courses tied to a parent course (honors courses, modularized courses, accelerated courses) will count with parent course for repetition

Guidelines from Chancellor’s Office being worked on and due out soon

SSTF Recommendations

1.1 Develop college readiness standards with K-12 Under discussion but not moving forward

quickly

2.1 Common Diagnostic Assessment Under development. ASCCC is working to

ensure that the right to supplement the common assessment with local instruments is retained

SSTF Recommendations

3.4 Students who test below college level must begin remediation early. ASCCC encouraging the use or

prerequisites to fulfill this recommendation.

5.1 Encourage Innovation in Basic Skills Instruction Chancellor’s Office organizing workgroup

to explore options this summer.

Curricular Decisions Forced by Budget Concerns

Is your college having issues in this area? Courses put on hiatus or removing from

catalog Program discontinuance initiated for budgetary

reasons rather than program viability

Need to have established procedures in place for program review, program discontinuance, and program suspension or hiatus

Important for faculty/staff/administrators to collaborate to articulate overall vision/values/priorities for the college

PCAH Update

The new version of the PCAH will be released this summer Coming online version will hot link to forms Forms will have drop down menus New section on Non-Credit Other sections updated, including changes

to prerequisites Section on units-to-hours clarified

FAQ Document

09.01 F 10 DEVELOPING A REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR CURRICULUM

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges develop a reference document or tool designed expressly for curriculum chairs and curriculum committees that offers information and advice regarding commonly posed questions on curricular regulations and procedures and make that reference tool available through the Academic Senate Curriculum Website and other appropriate methods.

Initial version has been written and approved and should be available soon.

Additional Resources

Chancellor’s Office developing webinars on topics such as noncredit approval, CTE program approval, high school diploma programs, and community education

Questions for the Chancellor’s Office staff can be sent to curriculum@cccco.edu

Curriculum Institute

ASCCC biggest event of the year

Release of new edition of the PCAH and the Online Curriculum Inventory 2

Breakouts for both new and experienced curriculum committee chairs and members

Participation from Chancellor’s Office Staff

July 12-14 at the SFO Hyatt

Space available!